The Washington herald., 1917-02-26

war situation" at home. from the view
points Of Congress, the public and the
President. Owing to the inaugural parade
next Monday the usual lecture will be
deferred until Tuesday morning at the
same hour and place.
Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw and Mrs.
Claude U. Gibson. Of Brookline, Mass.
and Mrs. Ralph w. Page, of Aberdeen,
N. G., are other arrivals at the Willard.
! The Spanish American Atheneum, o.
washington. Is making preparations for
an unusually interesting program and
dance to be given at Rauscher's Wednes-
day evening, to which many prominent
resident and out-of-town guests have
been invited.
An address in Spanish will be given
| by DIR. Santos Rubiano, of Madrid,
Spain. on the Spanish writer. Angel
Ganivet. on whose life and works the
speaker Is now preparing to publish a
book. DIR. Rubiano Is q major Of the
Spanish army. and an author OF some
| note. who Is making a short stay in this
country. on a scientific mission.
"a Spanish Duer' written by F. H.
| Waller. will be recited by Miss Dorothy
Pasch.. who has identified herself with
The musical program will be rendered
by Mr.. Alfred M. Bergere. who Is a resc
dent Of the famous old town of Santa Fe.
New Mexico. Mr.. Bergere Is an italian
| by birth, but has lived in the United
States since his youth. He studied music
| for many years in Europe and In New
York. Nine. de Bergere was of a famous
Spanish family Of the name of Luna
direct descendent Of one of the oldest
oyal IA II0
An illustrated lecture on the Canary
Islands will be given by Mrs. Jennie
o. Berliner. wife Of the late Solomon
Berliner. who for eleven years was the
| American Consul at Teneriffe. Canary
Islands Mrs. Berliner, who is the sec
retary general of the Spanish American
Atheneum is a graduate Of the George
Washington University. and since her re-
turn to this country has identified her
| self with progressive clubs and educa-
ton and literary circles.
| Representative and Mrs. Rowe will en-
tertain at dinner at the Willard this
evening.
The February meeting of the Capito;
Society c. A. r. was held at the home
OF Miss Hazen. 2sA Twenty-seventir
| street. on Friday evening. A short busi-
ness meeting was held in which seven
new members were received into the
society and plans were discussed for e
dance to be held in April Miss Marcia
Brown played Mendelssohn's "Consola-
tion." and eulogies of Washington were
read by Miss Brown and Mr.. Williams,
After playing five hundred. prizes were
awarded to Miss Bedinger. Miss Grover.
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Casanova. The
hostess served refreshments. Mrs. Lux
ford and Miss Bedinger were present as
guests.
| Among the guests at the Hotel Lafay-
ette are DIR. William de Kerlor, of New
York: Miss E. w. White and Miss E.
White, OF New York; Mr.. II. A. Bach
mann, Of Sheboygan. Wis, and Mr.. and
Mrs A. H. Comstock, of Duluth, Mimi.
The annual George Washington Birth
| day festivities ended Saturday evening
at the Tome School when the curtain
| rang down for the last time on THE
Magic Lamp most delightful one-act
musical comedy presented by twenty
| four of the students including the chorus
| Of sixteen. The book is by Mr.. Chaun-
| cey l.. Parsons, head of the English de-
| partment, and the score by Mr. Thoma
| Moss, the musical director In the cast
| were Messrs Greer McIlvain. of Pitts
| burgh Pa; John Harper Moore. of Allie
gan. Mich: George Francis Kelley, or
! Lake Charles. La: Milwad Lee Simpson.
of Cody. Wyo.; Gwynn w. Rust. of
| Washington. D. c.; Hamilton C. Albaugh.
OF Baltimore; Robert p. Bradford, of Will
| mington. Del: John Brook, OF Columbus.
Ohio: George W. Gleason. of st. August
| inc, Fla: Marshall E. Pridmore, of Chi
cago. ILL.,; Earl Brampton Pridmore. Will
lam Robert Dey, OF Syracuse. n. Y:
John Gordon Bassett. of Baltimore; Ed
win Hanson Webster, of Belair, Md;
James Starr Nicholson, of Pittsburgh,
Pa; Frank Stanley McCauley. of Cum
berland, Nd; Ira Appel. of Pittsburgh,
Pa; Donald c. Brock. Of Chicago, Ill: :
Frederick Lee Hardesty. of Washington;
Elias F. Buckley. Of Columbus, Ohio, and
Edward v. Rawlings. OF Detroit, Mich
Earlier In the evening George Bernard
Shaw's THE Man Of Destiny was pre-
sented with great success.
Former Senator T. E. Burton. of New
York, is stopping at the Hotel Lafayette.
DR.. Tom Williams has returned from a
visit to North Carolina.