Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

nittees for the summer season is to be
discussed at meeting of the Colonial
Beach Society Tuesday evening at 7:30
o'clock in the Public Library. All sum-
mer residents are invited to attend.
Japan and the Japanese" is the SUBJ
iect of lecture to be given by Rev.
DIR. William Elliot Griffis Thursday
evening at o'clock at All Souls
Church, 14th and l. streets. under the
auspices of the Women's Alliance and
the Unitarian Club. The lecture will be
illustrated with lantern slides. The
public is invited.
For the benefit of the Washington
Emergency Receiving Home for Chill
dren at Bancroft, Va. dance is to be
given in the Arcade ballroom, 14th
street near Park road northwest. Sat
urday evening. May 10. at $50 o'clock.
Mrs. Guy Zepp and Misses Thelma An
derson and Corlene Held compose the
arrangements committee.
The Armstrong Players. pupiI-actors
of the Armstrong Manual Training
School. have perfected plans for the
presentation in the auditorium of Dun
bar High School Friday evening of the
Indian operetta, The Feast of the Red
Corn" which was presented by Carlisle
Indian students during the recent in
augural season. Benjamin Washington,
a teacher at Armstrong. is in general
charge. Several unique electrical ef-
fects have been arranged by the stu
dents of the department of applied cleo
| tricity-
Officers of the freshmen dental class
of George Washington University were
| elected as follows at a meeting Friday
evening in the dental school: J. F.
Kelly, president; c. E. Kelly, vice pres
| ident: Mr. Gorton, secretary and treas
urer; John Fletchel, sergeant alarms
and Robert W. Mccullough. class
editor.
The Level Club Of Master Masons Of
the Department of Commerce held it's
monthly business meeting in the red
parlor of the New Ebbitt Hotel last
night. Herbert Murray entertained the
dent of the society, presided.
Mrs. Eleanor Green. a widow, whose
age was given eighteen years. was
taken to Casualty Hospital from her
home. 2023 14th street, Anacostia, yes
terday and treated for poison she is
said to have taken as a result of an ac-
cident. Physicians at the hospital said
they thought she was not seriously af-
fected.
Jacob 6. Moody. an employe of the
navy yard, who is to leave for Moline
H.. to take up the duties as consulting
mechanic in the manufacture of guns
for the government in the plant of an
ngineering company there, was the re-
cipient of a farewell dinner given by
his friends Friday evening at the home
of Luther Frank, in the NatcheZ apart
ment house Mr.. Moody has been the
director of several musical organiza-
tons in this city.
Capt. George r. Hobson, Engineer
Corps, L. s. A.. who is to report for ac-
tive duty at Fort Myer Tuesday, was
yesterday presented with a testimonial
letter by his associates in the office Of
the supervising architect. Treasury De-
partment. The letter congratulated
him upon being the first in the office
TO be called to active service.
Edward II. Clark, Washington CORE
spondent for the Chicago Evening Post,
told of his experiences while at the
front and the conditions existing in the
the Maine Society of Washington last
evening in the Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union building Solos were
sung by Miss Z. f. Hoch and Miss
katherine Rich.
southwest, last night, about o'clock
unwillingly surrendered IS to three
unidentified colored men in Fegan
court southwest. according to report
made to the police. The men assaulted
him. cutting and bruising his face, he
said, but he would not go to hos
pital.
Commissioner Browniow and Mai.
Pullman, superintendent of police. are
to speak at the May meeting of the
Park View Citizens Association to be
held Tuesday evening at the Park View
School.