Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Horner, o
Rosemont, spent the weekend Il
Norfolk.
Judge Louis C. Barley went t.
Fairfax county this morning tt
hold court for Judge Thornton, wh'
is still unable to attend owing tt
illness.
Mr. G. R. Buddin, superintendent
of the Washington division of the
Southern Railway, left Saturday foI
a trip to North Carolina, accompa
MED by Mrs. Buddin and little Mis-:
Nancy Buddin.
The memorial day exercises tc
be observed by Robert E. Lee Camp
Confederate Veterans, on May Gath;
will be arranged at the meeting OF
the Camp to be held this evening ir
Lee Camp Hall.
The ladies of the Relief Associa.
tion of the Colonial Danes are re-
quested to attend the meeting at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning, in Lee
Camp Hall, and have scissors and
thimbles with them prepared for
work.
The thirtieth degree will be con-
ferred tonight by Lafayette Council,
Knights of Kadosh, No. 2. Tomor-
row evening they will confer the
thirty-frst and on Wednesday even
ing the thrty-second. Thursday
night a banquet will be held.
Tourists visiting here Saturday
were heard to remark swell, the
people of Alexandria are patriotic
all right enough" as they saw flags
to the right of them, flags to the
left of them and Boy Scouts selling
others on every side. Those here
today will see a still larger number
in the breeze.
The Payne Street Chapel Christ
ian Endeavor Society will give a
social at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening,
April 3rd. Admission free. An in
teresting musical and literary pro-
gram has been arranged, after which
refreshments will be served. The
society extends a cordial invitation
to all, especially those living in
the immediate neighborhood of the
chapel.
Mrs. Thomas Mills Watkins was
the hostess Saturday afternoon, at
her apartments in The Fairfax, at
the meeting of the card club of
which she is member The game
was progressive five hundred and
the players were Mrs. Kemp l..
Lambeth, Mrs. Frederick Paff, Mrs.
James NJ. Reed, Mrs. Owen Lynch,
Miss Daisy Howell, Miss Virginia
Paff, Miss Louise Paff, Miss Eleanor
Watkins, Miss Ruth Watkins and
Mrs. Watkins. The prizes were
won by Mrs. Lambeth and Mrs.
Lynch.
The Cardinal Baseball Club of
this city will meet the Yannigans
Of the Washington League Club
in a game on the home grounds here
this afternoon at three o'clock.
Special trains will bring Washing
ton fans over to see the first game
of the season in this part of the
country. The members of the Alex
andria Light Infantry, recently re-
turned from Texas, will be guests
of the Cardinals at the game. The
lineup of the Cardinals will be:
Eddie Thompson, pitcher; Giovan.
netti, catcher; Merchant, first, Nc
Bride or Devers second and Deg
nan, third base; Purdy, shortstop;
Owens, right field, Doleman, center
field, and O'Donnell, left field
Sweeney and Quail will be used as
relief pitchers.
The announcement was made yes.
terday by the Rev. William J. Nor.
ton, rector of Christ Episcopa
Church, that rented pews in that
historic old house of worship are 6
thing of the past. The revenue for
merly obtained from that source i
to hereafter be secured from weekly
or monthly pledges from the mem
bers of the congregation. The for
mer system is an old one there, hav
ing been in vogue practically eve
since the church was dedicated il
1773, certain pews having been oc
cupied by prominent families ant
their descendants for long tern
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