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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-06-09

the last and strongest after having
taken his guns in the night TO 100
Yards Of o.. blowing b. Go pieces al
day break After that he used d.
plomacy.
when Francisco villa rode across
the line at Columbus, y NJ. Pershing
was ordered into Mexico after him.
Pcrshing's record IN Mexico is one
of the bright spots on record that
is a continuous row of bright spots.
When Pershing came back from
tho Philippines he was made brig
adler general over the heads OF SCI
superior officers. the record jump
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CT lsNlNN WAR OFFICE
REPORTS HRITlSH HALTED

BERLIN STA London. June $50
The var office tonight issued the
following report.
Tho knciish today we're unable
to continue the battle in Flanders
With the force which they employ
Cd Tor the attack yesterday 4 local
advance to he east of Mcssincs was
rcrllsed
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ed professor of military science al
the University oi Nebraska and al
tho same time studied law winning
an Ill degree
In 1895 hc was tactical officer at
West Point
In 1899 hc was a. El Caney cap
tain OF tho Tenth cavalry and CALI
cd the "braycst. coolest man under
lire
After the Spanish war tho Moros
began acting up and pershing was
needed again lle sailed into his
lob and made the M1ros respect him
and bis country
lie blew up - Moro forts taking
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FORMER CARRANCISTA
SENTENCED TO PEN

By Associated Press.
Los ANGELES. June daniel
Is. Duracq. formerly chauffeur for
Nenustiano Carranza. president Of
Mexico vas sentenced today 90 serve
ten years in san Quentin prison for
killing his father IN law. willard
parree. January H. last. at Bell
station. near here DuraoQ. who AZ
ter shooting par1eo. telophoncd "a
newspaper his story Of the affair
and then disappeared pleaded guilty
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RprEITIoNs PLANNED
FOR PERSHf>G , IAN
NJ As.oeis,sd Pres.

~ Associated fresa
LONDON. June 5 Head u hv
Major General John J. Perish ING ia
commander. the first reprcs" natiyes
Of the American army that , 'n en-
ter the European war disc hhark"d
this mo-ninE AT British , ort after
an uneventful voyage on oard ih"
white star liner Baltic. m" party
uas received with fun mil far' hou'
ors and Immediately ent tained TOT
London. whore u Vas " hcow'l ~
the Earl of Derby. the hihi7l'r "'
var. viscoun, French. go hmander OF
the british home fa-te > ana th'
American officials.
General Pershings : FrspnaI stat
and the members Of the general 7''l
uho uill perform III" pt"llmiuaf
uork for the frs; fighi hE force NUM-
her 81 Officers aLd ac'ompahl'.
by squad Of som" 70 r. prl''i'' '".
q large civilian cleric " force.
VIII H. Enie TIainrd.
The American res d"nN "' I'n''
and various Briu ~ Organization
have prepared ln ttensi'' pf'sf'I
"a entertainment b tho party hu
~ ia doubtful " Wrh of Niu p
carried out as &C lcral F"rshinI ''
pressed a desire q o. ihef' % 'l''
imum Of nnythin ! 20 'h' nature
,.cention Of q bcial character IN
.,,,rer, devo' A. itself to vnr.
H,r,,,,inr No kure throughout N
Journey and the rhole a'u'''p
-. .tssion a tat Of men rwhar.
a.. =, f. rrays, enterprise WITH ~
d.ene., realiEa bon ~ ~ 'ii.i' ll"
and demands
Among thof taking an ac'i'' l'
- variove committees az rniH
..,.,,c,, for M American cuufinE'
are sfrs job Astor and MS. 'l'
law Reid.
Pr,,a,e 4 I.pdgod In Tower.
Tho Ams rcans we're sufprl'''
-, 81 The elaborate arrangerer
g., their en,~rtainmcuf and also
,hs plans hnafe g facilitate ih'
work Thk priv1'es IN ih" ron'ins'
-ul Do IN guests of ~" british Ari
An the be trscks iu tho historic Io'
% Londob
Erery bling s-om al'omnhii'' i'
pony en- b. was ready for oh" ron''
I.ncs Of the American and soon
ofnosssf snd men were sra'irr'f o'
she rits on business and urh'se'i
Whib the Americans are ke'nly
,sy@siat In their nee 'urrolndi
,6ev II j. giving thenseItc7 'n
auslnsi ~ var There va no atm
pbe-s a. an excursion iaun' about
,-iuf 81 the American contingent.
me Officers 10 the contingent "a
frlm arl0us stations in NJ ~
gla.ss and the business - star
Animation. with Sc various branr
"a lsgun only after they net
shiphsard The days on me mp =
riven a. staff vofk and studying
FfszSh language.
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GERMANS FROM ~ -SIN\
tRONT DENOItAIl/ID
Irum a cOfrc-pondcni - the vs.
su~iatcd prrs-J

su-tntcd fr"s-1
british headquarters IN France
June s.. via London Comparative
qHisi rctrucd to-day along the front
of the latest British attack which
ur,st,d hr Ncsancs Rdg" from
Inn, German. Thursda, tn" noise
of tho guns vts quite appalling but
|otherAisc tHr lHF was one ui almost
Iromplcie iul.fIou Tonight b. also
'1uief aud thu british haE" thorough
ID. consolidated their gains aud are
abI. 90 defend them against amy
counter affI.. fN" temporarily Do
VIIIrrod Germans may commence.
/ Prisoner kept coming 300 To-Day
|Iu Iurroa rs hundreds u't"d hN
.urarI, Rrrk OF most terrific gun
Irs md hulf aUiehrd Ia result
OFF tho starvation barug' th" hfi'
fI-h has E.pf uu their lines OF conn
mHuIeaIoU and supply ih"." men
upau rea. Iiul fn. .un. 900 1881 spots
within thr British .nrh'i wire s'o'N
aIIr. mad. for their anticipated 'i
rival. stripped tI'W.'l'r. Zoo ih'
.aai-s Hui fnr' uf fHr'r heavy boot
and nuuF thrmsrltvs tn fh" ground
,here thsv soon Hcrc lHs' 300 ih'
hrs4. 4I,.u off complete exhaustion
For them tho vBf is over and ih'i
.raI..f ~ being o.f u' Do VAS only Goo
APPARENT
CHAD The, Ne Captive.
Th, wru Who "Id seen MOST '
H.r military service nn ih' i'u'.i''
trnut R,r' The most U'm'i'lIt'' "
tI
We bad H'''d m''h 'I ''' ''.
EDITION un iH' western 'f'N'
ONE OBJ 'h' ".i'N 2. IT'D I.'
A.. Frr,. Hu' N' f'-''s ihonthi 'h''
. eas much HNa.-.falInn '''N' '"'.
. $500 Hal un realization NH'i N'I w
e When W., came from i.i. 1913 % I'
p Rrst arH ur were '"Id We
going aelIns' fHr British. hli in
d es mood moot uuf.F as mo Eni.
o. trrs r.' tn position t' '''omll
.. anything serious arH'ns' 20. POI We"
f.afr offensive OF ARA. Ih' 'I'
.-,I.ry Hrr pr experienced whom
A .r.f came fH frr Nossir'. ridge "a
.r ..r. fsrrIn'. f"10 anything 40 N
% ..rn . BOARD 0r tHr 'a-'".n 'front.'
.n ttpmlar,imcni irrrihlr.
ut 'f.er "a vr.k ago th' lH'll
H mrfnd choir intensive bowharhm''
'r ~ sas terrible f. endure Pew 'I
f' |rE. Thought '' would .'' out ''
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BRITISH PREPARE
|. FOR MORE ACTION
ON MESSINES HILL
lcontInued from pnso ~

Continued from page ID
lup tho total ~ we'll over 5000 Viii
many moro yet iu como
Two comparatively large poDk"is
l,f gertnnna Overlooked 100 the frat
rush. have been surrounded 10 bal
mo wood near the northern llhuk vi
limo ton mile attack truui and Boo
ID,ygsn Trench. down toward tho
Iaouthorn flank of This uu' me
moppng up troops az expected
leo deal with these Germans during
the lay
az more than 100 officers taken
lmnny are artillery men All the
latter said the British iir" of mo
l8st several days had destroy 30
scores 90 German gun Iu SOME in
stances aI four guns 900 German
.lhnttoricR wcy damaged NhiI" 300
lothor cases three %. thr tUur guns
were lost
Ihcrs BE- Effective WORK
The vur ~ tHc british living
corps m du.1ius tho .nHu'iur r
b beluul au praise German Officers
lsaid tho, frli absolutely helpless
when aunur. umr overhead 'ud
ithc British murr. began 'o 'r'
luud.I their observation 'HI '.''.
: liiuH
Z ON all ail'. elH H'H'1 great praise
Z Iuf thr Irish troop. which prurlpi.
a led BOO ihr aluuuua .tsrp over 'H'
lcr center OF OBJ" M'reIn'' f.lt'
ri and fu ih' Ur'h.s' "n' N'' Nn
D., beyond Mon fum 'n. south ". 'r'
y Hand fought I.'n. .idr .'-tnl''iInh'
from IIsfsr INrI" f fl'alt'
4 anon. fh. ...H FORCE. # tn Nhi.
, tnuI MHt. .H' bette. showing
" When I.r .IHH'mE .Imr however
There 800. nothing 'H DhuH.. nH'N"'.
Them
Irish iruup- Irresistible.
~ 100. |r.Hm,u swept forward ID
t IfrsIsfIhH Bu. rEU.- h.r" on" 1'f
i' urn In. f." H.H. rH 600 .f 'h
'' Nrf.. t.Hl.f. They fought 20
y |HrN. in| MU.f "...E Hu| fN. nn'
D. |HIN.HfH experienced Rt. n .n.Iu
t Ifhew Dtra I. ..H fE'1 ..r.IHl" CD
b" Tho position map l' Urr u. 'Ir Er
~ ush h.w4 ..Hef. office. f". scout
bon |frishmrn aI. represented H. gree
oil far. AND fH, IIsfrrus1 Do. UuuE
k-I Thr. 'E .Is HE side
1e Tho German forces holding Ne
es luue. Hff, ruI fNs salient w.ngu
lirE f seemed fr Hs., boon utter
rt|HUmora faI H. fH. 'nr.U Hf fH' H
.r. |ush attack The. attempted fhr
NIL counter au..k. afe yesterday h
10. ItHsre vts rn power Boz wt OFF 'He
Th. hrsgies' vfs absolutely nrok
lur b.. fhs British artillery IaIu
60 reaching fh, infantry lines o.
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close Call Tor British.

Later when the troops gaily NOV
cd up ami over the open ground and
.rpupbod down to val, iur the hour
OF attl,. German signals began 10
ro no o. was q moment OF terror
Cor tbr British hraEadirr general
commanding this bi' OF the line, for
nn thought bis plan had been dis.
covered The Germans however
evidently thought Dr. was q raid COM
ml a. matter of fact an tho
British troops had just moved from
THAT part OF the line. as a mine had
been set Tor explosion iu front 81 10.
Later o. Has learned that the Ger
mans heavily manned their trenches
iu front 20. OBJ, mud patch and their
LOSSES iu the ensuing attack we're
great
Tanks had their ups and downs
m the battle doing effective work
and also atfor .inE much amusement
Tor the IOmmies
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last Wednesday 10 charge OF man
slaughter when he was arraigned be-
fore Judge Paul J. Mccormick OF
the Superior Court.
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j. s. SOLDIERS
GIVEN OVATION
BY BR|T|SHERS
tcontinued from Page ~

and held In leash by a rigid private
vas Whito goat. the mascot OF tha
British army a group Of forty
BRUSH and American Newspaper men
and other citizens who had come 20
meet passengers completed tbs as
ssnblage.
The waving Of hankerchlefs vas
tho only Demonstration from tho
steamer or the pier until the gang
plank bad been iun up. when com
mnnication has been established with
the shore Lieut. Gen. Pitcairn Camp
hell. Admiral stilenan aud other Of
ncist proceeded aboard the vessel
and sent through the fs-rnal Intro
auctions
Band Plays T. y. Anthem.
Then the British general escorted
General Pershlng and his personal
STAFF 10 the dooF. The hand played
The Star SpanEled Banner" and al
The military men In sight stood ~
attention while civilians uncovered
their heads General persbug iu
speeted the guard % honor. and palk.
ING alonk both lines 81 soldiers talk
III 10 several 81 the pflyates who dis
played kilt stripes on their sleeves
Simplifying wounds received IN action
Then the band played the British an.
them the English soldiers marched
smsrtly away and the Americans TO-
turned to.the ship.
Later General Pershlng received
the newspaper men and IN response
Ia demands for a statement said
Trip Was delightful
The trip has been delightful par
iicularly the latter stages Whou We
we're escorted through the danger
rone by our own DESTROYER speak
ing FOR myself and my STAFF. Vc are
HlAd N oe tho standard hearers ~
America In this great war for ciyili- !
sation. Tho opportunity ~ landing
~ n British port and tho welcome ue
received arc very significant and are
deeply appreciated We expect IN tho |
course OF a very short time 10 boz |
playing our part. which I am conf |
dsnt will be a very big part. on the
western Front"
Bsiore leaving tho steamer General !
PershlnR and tho other American OH /
cers babe farewell 10 the captain. for
whose sklllful management NJ hlsl
vessel on tho trying and dangerous
VOYAGE they expressed great aduira !
uon
Party Goes Ia London
a special train carried contingeuis
OF Americans 20 London Many of M,
way side scenes were novel io N
ssvoomers. particularly tho yartlm (
sisht of women and girla working B b
tho fields and occasional groups y
smiling German prisoners Of war 1,
work IN their gray uniforms. rocru A.
az drill In numerous camps. airplai h.
Nfloat and quick giimpse- Of bat' kr
-R@s t% rfsIP gpcd af66g The 70 in
Try road
Tho arrival ~ the Americans VI
London also was quie' on" th'
knowledge OF the coming ~ the h"'
ally being unknown 10 the ~ bile
There were no military fpmaliti - at
., tho station.
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Buy Edison Mazda Lamps. Don't
be- misled by so-called famous
lamps with meaningless name.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

Pena, Miss Gwendolen Denys, the
Misses Rocca, Miss Chisholm. Miss
Nancy Williams, Miss Dorothy Bert
holf, Miss Caroline Stone. Miss Hilda
Davis. Miss Helen Dyer, Miss Dorothy
Garner, Miss Jean Corbey, Miss Mary
Maxam, Miss Elizabeth Jeffries. Miss
Scherger. Misses Anna and Eleanor
Brown, Miss Dorothy Wooden. Miss
Geraldine Toomey, Misses Naomi and
Margaret O'Neal, the Misses Duvall.
Miss Edna Dyer, Miss Margaret Joyce,
the Misses DAILY, the Misses Manning.
Misses Isabel and Mildred Niece.
Miss Shugrue. Miss Berberich, Miss
Helen Behrens. Miss Marie Mcclure,
the Misses Breitmyer and Miss CALI
her.
Mrs. r. II. Dunlap. who has recent
ly returned from France. where she
did some work last summer among
the blinded soldiers at Le Phare. Paris,
is organizing another Washington
committee for men blinded in bat
tie" The committee. which has had
its offer of services for our own men
accepted by the government. includes
Mr.. George Howard, Mr.. William F.
Hit, DR.. Charles Wood, Mrs. Robert
Lansing, Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs.
stephen b. Elkins, Mrs Thomas y.
Woods. Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, jr.,
and Miss Potter. quite a substantial
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

Robert Lansing. Mrs. Newton d.
Baker. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane. Mrs. David Frank
lin Houston, all of the Cabinet: Mrs.
Eugene Hale, Mrs. William Phillips,
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, and many
others. Card tables will be set for 3
O'Clock and tea will be poured at 3.
Mrs. George Kennedy, of Worcester,
Mass, who was formerly Miss Mar
Saret Strother-Smith, of Washington,
will come to Washington early in De-
cember, and on February 10 will at
tend her friend, Miss Lemira Gillett
Hill, daughter of Mrs. Katherine Gil
lett Hill, at her marriage on that day
to Lieut.. James Nicholas Wynn Nc
Clure, son of Col and Mrs. James Nc
Clure of Kentucky. The wedding will
take place in the pretty studio of Mrs.
Gillett Hills residence, where a few
months ago the bride of December
served a. the only attendant at the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Kennedy.
Mrs. John B. Henderson, whose
vegetarian dinners have become far
famed, gave a unique party We'd
nesday evening at her home, Boun-
dairy Castel, when DR.. Yami Kim, a
famous little Japanese woman ply
sician. gave a dissertation on the soy
bean and other unfamiliar Japanese
dishes. The head of the Food Com
mission. Mr.. Herbert Hoover, and
Mrs. Hoover were there, as were
also the Ambassador of Japan, Mr..
Aimaro Sato. the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Burleson. Lady Lister
Kaye. Mrs. Davis Ireland, Mr.. John
b. Henderson, jr., and Mr.. Shapiro
Y. Constantinidi, first secretary of
the Greek Legation. Mr.. Hoover was
particularly interested in Mrs. Hen
derson's meatless dinner, and was a
live question-mark all during the
evening. Mrs. Henderson keeps a
chef who devotes his entire time to
evolving meatless menus. A feature
which must have much pleased the
Japanese Ambassador and DR.. Yami
Kim is the bevy of cunning little
japanese servants who waited upon
Mrs. Henderson and her guests, For
this particular dinner. the decora-
tons were particularly Japanese in
effect.
The Stonewall Jackson Chapter No
20, L. d. c., will give a pink tea and
bazaar with dancing for the benefit of
the home fund on the afternoon and
evening of Monday, December 3, at
the Confederate Memorial Home, 1872
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18
MOVIE ACTRESSES AND
THEIR HAIR

Did Il ever occur to you that every
movie actress you have seen has love-
ly hair, while the most popular count
their curls as their chief beauty? In
fact. many are leading ladies' just be-
cause Of their attractive locks. In
Quiry among them dlscloses the fact
that they bring out all the natural
beauty of their hair by careful sham
pooling, not with any soap or make
shift, but with a simple mixture by
putting a teaspoontul Of canthroE
(which they get from the druggisl
in a cup OF hot water and applying
this instead OF soap. This full cup OF
shampoo liquid is enough so It is easy
to apply II to all the hair instead OF
just the top OF the head. After its
use, the hair dries rapidly with uni
form color. DandrufI. excess oil and
dirt are dissolved and entirely disap-
pear The hair is so fiuffy that q
looks much heavier than IL is. while
its lustre and softness is denghtfuL-
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

Perkins, Mr.. Duncan c. Phillips. DR..
William II. Wilmer, Mr.. Corcoran
Thorn, Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs.
Newton d. Baker. Mrs. Josephus Dam
iels, Mrs. Franklin X. Lane. Mrs.
Breckenridge Long. Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestokc. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. Mrs John
MCGOWAN. Mrs. Randolph H. McKim,
Mr.. Richard A. Harlow, Mrs. Charles
c. Glover, jr., Miss Kibbey. Miss
Hegeman, Miss Charlotte Cullen, Mrs.
William C. Rives. jr., and Mr.. P. Lee
Phillips.
The Catholic women's war relief en-
tertained at its seventh dance of the
season Tuesday evening in the ball
room of the Lafayette for officers at
the naval training station at the Cath
olic University, from the Washington
Barracks, the Army Medical School
and from the Ordnance Department.
The Engineer Band furnished music
for the occasion. Mrs. William j. Nc
Fee is chairman of the dance commit
tee. and was assisted in receiving by
Nine. Calderon, wife of the Bolivian
Minister; Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst,
Mrs. Charles Carroll Walcutt, Mrs.
Clarence S. Ridley, Mrs. Thomas Ii.
Carter, Mrs. Hannis Taylor and Mrs
Reed. Among others assisting were:
Miss Elena Calder. the Misses de
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

Vermont avenue. Mrs. Clemont W.
Sheriff, general chairman; Mrs. Frank
Morrison, chairman of fancy work;
Mrs. Opal Tracewell, chairman of re-
freshments. The patronesses will be
announced later.
The Washington branch of the As
sociation of Collegiate Alumnae will
give an informal tea on Wednesday
afternoon, November q, from 4 to 6
at the College Woman's Club, 1922
I street. The guest of honor will be
Mrs. Louis X. Matthews, dean of
women of the University of wiscon-
sin, who is national president of the
association. She will speak promptly
at AS on "Woman's Part in the
War" Members of the College Wom-
ems Club, University of Wisconsin
women and all college women in the
city wishing to join the Washington
branch of the Collegiate Alumnae will
be guests at the tea. Mrs. Raymond
Morgan, president of the branch, will
receive with Mrs Mathews. Dean
Mathews was elected president of the
Collegiate Alumnae at the national
convention which was held in this city
last April. ohe is making a speaking
NSNi SOhlo VI TIE eastern COL
leges and is able to spend a day in
the city between engagements.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph B. Johnson, of
3l4 Rhode Island avenue northeast,
entertained at dinner Tuesday even
ing In honor of Lieut. Paul Shelby
Roper. U. S. A, of Fort Sill, Okla.
The other guests were: Miss Clara
Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schaef-
fer and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dieterich
Roper. Both vocal and Instrumental
music was enjoyed throughout the,
evening. $50
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Janvrin
Browne announce the engagement of
their daughter. Gertrude Veronica, to
Mr.. Hadley Fairfield Freeman, of
Cleveland.
The District of Columbia branch of
the National Society of Colonial
Danes will give a bridge party at
Rauscher's on Tuesday afternoon, No.
vember q, at o'clock. with tea to
follow, to raise funds to carry on the
excellent work of the society in help
ing to support the Y. NJ. C. A recrea-
ton rooms at the camps about WASH
ington.
Ever since last spring the Colonial
Danes have been paying the salary
of a Y. N. C. A. secretary and pro-
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

viding him with an automobile, which
enables him to make daily visits to
each of the camps near Washington.
This is one of the activities which
the society wishes to keep up during
the winter months. 1t is hoped that
the proceeds of the entertainment will
be sufficient to carry on this and the
other work of the society for six
months.
Miss Alma Ruggles is in charge of
arrangements, and the patronesses for
the entertainment are Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, Mrs. Robert Lansins,
Mrs. Newton d. Baker, Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, Mrs. Franklin X. Lane, Mrs.
David Franklin Houston. Mrs. Eu-
gene Hale, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins.
Mrs. James w. Wadsworth, jr., Mrs.
William Phillips, Mrs. James Marion
Johnston, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock,
Mrs. willard Brownson, Mrs. Thomas
T. Gaff, Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Mrs.
Richard Ely, Mrs. Thomas w. Sy-
mons, Mrs. Charles C. Glover, Mrs.
William Belden Noble, Miss Martha
Goldman, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Mrs. Amos Fowler, and Mrs. Thomas
Selfridge.
Mrs. Roland P. Skinner gave a sur
prise shower" Tuesday evening at
her home at Avalon Heights in honor
of Miss Florence Dant, whose mar
riage to Mr.. Wilson NJ. Vogts takes
place shortly. Miss Dant was show
cred with the contents of a large box
containing many useful articles. In
addition to Miss Dant and Mrs. Skim
ner. those present were: Mrs. ]. B.
Dant, Mrs. Annie Marceron, Mrs. An
ME Roache, Mrs. L. B. THOMPSON,
Mrs. Ralph Dant. Mrs. George Dant,
Mrs. James Vogts, Misses Hettie Ma
lone, Helen Dant and Helen Smith.
Mrs. John H. Hewson. one of the
honorary secretaries of the Washing
ton committee of the American-Brit-
ish-French-Belgium permanent blind
relief war fund, gave her residence,
1883 New Hampshire avenue, for the
annual meeting held there Wednes-
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. OF the
Washington committee. Rev. Randolph
ii. Mckfm Is chairman, Mrs. Hewson
and Mrs. John Allan Dougherty hon.
orary secretaries, and Mr.. Charles J.
Bell, treasurer. Other members Of
this committee are Mr.. Charles Henry
Butler, Mr.. William Corcoran Eustis,
Gen. c. L. Fitzhugh. DR.. Nevil Mon
roe Hopkins, Mr.. Thomas Hyde, DIR.
Raiph Jenkins, Mr.. Henry Cleveland
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

MRS. W. L. FRERSON wife of the Assistant Attorney Cen
era who popular hostess Chattanooga Tenn. before
coming Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

Miss Janet Richards will give a lee
ture Friday. November 30. Sis D. m,
at Rauscher's on a subject Of timely
interest. Americas Debt to Lafay-
ette." to be illustrated with slides.
The proceeds will be donated to the
Association of Perpetual Alteration
and Work for Poor Churches. This
is a Belgian Order and the Belgians
in this city are now making outfits
for the army and navy chaplains Of
the United States without charge to
the government.
The list OF patronesses includes:
Mrs. Edward Douglas White, Count
ess Macchi Cellere, Madame de Riano,
Madame Naon. Madame de Cespedes,
Mrs. w. S. Benson, Mrs. Stephen y.
Elkins, Mrs. John p. Story. Mrs. w
L. Capps, Mrs. William Emory. Mrs.
Ben johnson. and Mrs. Henry
Flather.
The board of lady managers, who
are honorary members, include
Madame Jusserand. wife of the
French Ambassador; Mrs. Georgo
Bliss, Mrs. c. c. Reid. Madame CAL
deron, Mrs. William Goodyear John
son, and others.
The Washington Home for Found
lings, 1715 Fifteenth street. will have
a tea on Thursday afternoon, Novem-
Der 2. from Q until 2. The following
The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

The young ladies' floor committee for
the Thanksgiving eve dance. Novem-
her y, at the Willard. to be given for
the benefit Of the Episcopal. Eye Ear
and Throat Hospital, is as follows:
Mrs. Howard Hume. chairman: the
Misses Burleson. the Misses Downing.
the Misses Tuttle, Miss Manuela de
Pena, Miss Anne Hopkins. Miss Helen
Blodgett, Miss Margaret McChord,
Miss Ruth Hitchcock. Miss Elizabeth
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