The Washington herald., 1917-12-09

the resisnations Of one member Of
the board Of trustees ana Of tFo
provincs presidents. due 70 their ruili-
tary connections Harry W. Hay
ward resigned a. one OF the trus-
tees, since he was a member of
the New York Nationai Guard mus
tered into the Federal service on July
Is. O. n. Alexander 10 now IN the
National Guard. Ralph Bryan re-
signed in order 10 Join the Z. s.
army.
J. N. ParmeIee 90 s'oVer there In
France On the ambulance service Ar
thur Faster is drivinG an ambulance
for the American Ambulance Corps
In France. II. wynkoop Rubinkam
ds also IN France driving an ambu-
lance. He has been decorated with
the Iron Gross by Gen. Gourand. But
the list OF men from this fraternity
who have given pp all they hold
near and dear IN life for their coun-
try ID very long indeed.
One hears all sorts Of knitting stories
these days, but this II The newest: II
you jump At q sudden noise or your
heart pslpltatss after eating, or you
sieep ntfuily. or you ind it hard 70
~-~~%@SAN~g wv nECQ 10 Knit ~ VIII
cure you. so prominent man declares
who has tried Il. He sad he was Just
recovering from nervous prostrafion
when the knitting craze struck this
country. He couldn't read and he
could not 30 out 80 he used 70 sit
watching his nurse knit.
Finally he decided to have her teach
him. Ten weeks later the EentIeman
In question was robust, happy, with no
ailments. He has knitted fourteen
sweaters since he started. He declares
in trying not 10 drop q stitch he forEot
himself and soon his nervousness dis
! appeared.
Anna Petersen is back in town after
an absence OF two years. She, with
her mother. is living in Maeomb street
in Cleveland Park. Anna has a new
car. which she drives herself, and Is
looking very well Mrs. Petersen and
two years ago for Panama and from
there just travelled in the West as the
spirit moved them until they struck
Seattle, Wash. They liked Seattle so
much that they stayed there almost
two years.
Marguerite Petersen, now Mrs. New
ton, is living in PittSfield, Mass. and
has one child. Edmund Petersen also
married and. the father Of two chill
| dren, is making his home in TexArk-
ana, Tex, while George Petersen. an
other son, is married and living In Salt
Lake City.
The Petersens lived for years in
Georgetown. where they had one Of
the old large homes for which that
section OF the city is famous. Mrs
Petersen was always fond Of travel
ing and has done more OF it than usual
since three OF her four children mar
ried.
Another charming newcomer iE our
/ midst is Nine. Watanade, hand
some English woman with a japanese
name. She has leased for the winter
the lovely apartment OF Mrs. II. NJ
COttingham in 1870 Wyoming avenue
Mrs. Cottingham and her daughter.
Mrs. 7. r. Patterson. will leave
Washington Wednesday for Marietta.
Ga, to pass the winter. Marietta il
their home, but they have been liv-
ing here for about a year Nine
Wstanade will not take part In so
ciety this winter as she is in deep
mourning. She is staying a. the
| Powhatan until she takes possession
Of the apartment. Her late husband
was the manager and director Of the
largest commercial and banking house
in Japan. Her home vas in Toxic.
One OF the handsomest collections
OF rare art objects from Japan in
this city u to be found in the home
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