Evening star., 1917-10-25

ard Peters. James A. Farrell, E. j.
Kreig and J. w. Wood. The Eiks are
| going to do something worthy Of
| themselves this Thanksgiving day. and
opportunity to share in the hospi-
| tality.
| Want to Entertain Service Men.
! Some of the people who want to
I honor themselves by entertaining a
soldier. sailor or marine have written
as follows:
From Mrs. Carrie NJ Steward, 21s7
| 1st street:
"A number of ladies from the office
partment wish to join me in giving a
! Thanksgiving dinner to some of our
soldier boys at my home. We will be
| glad to look out for twelve and will
make the hour convenient for them.
p-eferah bly, late in tho afternoon"
! From Mrs. Charles r. Howison. 121
| 5th street southeast:
Tt Is always The Star that comes
forward with all the pleasant surprises
Tor the soldier boys and as a sub
scriber Of long standing 1 wish to e1-
press my appreciation for them all. I
have no boys OF my own in the service,
| as my one and only son Is too young
al yet, but I will be more than pleased
to make ii pleasant for two or three for
the afternoon and evening II they can
leave their respective camps for that
length of time. Kindly send me three
boys and l will try my best to make 1t
pleasant for them"
From Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin FendaIl
NaroUry. 20s LIST street southeast:
We would be pleased to have two
soldier boys to be with US Thanksgiv-
ing day to dinner at 2 pm. boys that
want to feel they were coming to a
and be as welcome as the flowers of
spring"
From Mrs. Mary L. Barnes. 1925 D
street northeast:
Il shall be glad to entertain six Of
the soldiers for Thanksgiving dinner
and will do my best to give them a
real homelike Thanksgiving. Really
prefer to have the ones who are far
away from home"
From Maximillian Winkler, 363e New
Ham mpshire avenue:
of course every one is delighted In
your splendid plan of giving some
mothers boy homelS1e day on the
coming Thanksgiving. If Mrs. winkler
keeps up to her past performances and
the H c. of L. does not interfere, some
of our boys are gong to have a good
time. Send US two boys with the under
standing that II we treat them right
tney are not 10 forget IAelI country
and want to become permanent guests.
OF course. when we adopt these boys
we shall expect to see them often while
they are in Washington"
From Evangeline Downey and Patrice
Rice. 1902 Columbia road:
If you can find two soldiers who are
fond of children (hecause there are
three of us) send them along to help eat
our Thanksgiving dinner. We have din
ner at 1890, so that we can take our
maps.
From J. c. Atchison. Northbrook Courts
South. 18th and Newton streets north
west:
1T is with genuine pleasure that +
being made to take care Of our fine
soldier boys Thanksgiving day. I
want you to know that my wife would
not let chance like this get by her
for anything IN tho world, and I also
subscribe myself to her feelings.
let them come whenever convenient.
We will be there with q table full"
From Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Gingell. 1891
G street northwest:
I'm honor Of our son. who is serving
his country in a foreign country in the
Navy, we would be delighted in having
two soldiers as our guests Thanksgiv-
ing day. We want this because some
one may do the same thing for our boy
service of Uncle Sam
From Mrs. Bradford Knapp, 1915
Crittenden street northwest:
Or Knapp and myself will be highly
honored to entertain four soldiers as
our guests Thanksgiving day. We will
be happy to have them come as early as
they can to our home. We want to
know these boys. It will be a great
pleasure to be at their command for the
day If they have no other plans We
are at their service"
From Mrs. Fred Eecker, 1910 Fair
mont street northwest:
Heartily indorsing the plan Of SOL
der entertainment suggested and push
ed by The Star. please enter my name
as desiring 10 have assigned me three
soldier boys for Thanksgiving dinner"
From Mrs NJ J. Tucker, the Sherman.
| 18th and L streets:
Il will be pleased and happy to have
| for my Thanksgiving guests four SOL
| diers to dinner. AS Arkansas is my
home state. will be most happy to have
any from there; II there are none,
any one from anywhere VIII be most
welcome"
| From Mrs. Lewis D. Dare. 1887 Gala
| tin street northwest:
! 7 must say / think 1t is a splendid
| plan and am very favorably impressed
with the proposition. II you will kind
| ly extend an invitation to two or three
| tonly wish It were a whole reeiment)
| have a honey Thanksgiving dinner"
! From Mrs W. P. Allen, so4 B street
| southwest:
! Il shall be pleased to have two SOL
| diers for dinner Thanksgiving day. If
| there are two men who do not smoke l
| would be glad. l do not like the smell
| of smoke nor anything about 1t. None
! of my young men friends ever smoked
| nor my father. But. to come back
| have three darling sons. and to be
able to entertain some older boys. who
| belong to some mother. will make me
very happy. I am no entertainer. but
any soldier is a friend of my country
and is therefore my friend and I well
| come them heartily"
! From Charles F Diggs 1901 18th
street northwest
y Will appreciate II you will kindly ex-
tend ar invitation to two soldier boys to
take dinner with US Thanksgiving day !
want to congratulate you upon your cam
paign in this connection. and feel that
YOU have the cooperation OF every citizen
of the District"
From Mr.. ard Mrs William Edwards,
11s 14th street southeast
1T would give US great pleasure to en-
tertain three nice soldier boys Thanksgiv-
ing day The farther from homo they are
the better we should enjoy them"
/ From Mrs G G. Willoughby the
Westchester. apartment 4s. 18th and o
| streets:
Desiring TO do our Bit we cordially
extend an invitation to some soldier
boy for Thanksgiving dinner II IL
| would seem more honey to bring a
comrade along. then We extend our
| hospitality TO two"
| The following Invitations vera ole,