The Washington herald., 1917-03-20

rtures to make the entertainment a finan-
cial as well as a social success.
Miss Adelaide Heath. chairman of the
floor committee. will be assisted by a
number of charming girls. Boernstein's
Orchestra will furnish the music.
The auxiliary board is responsible for
repairs to the two houses in c street.
which constitute the home. and maintains
the infrmary. and makes homelike this
Eirls Of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartley, of New
York. arrived at Washington yesterday
en- route from Florida and are at the
Willard.
Col and Mrs. james A. Shipton will
have as their guest for several weeks
Mrs. Charles A. Pratt. of Little Rock.
Ark. who will arrive at Washington to-
day.
Miss Caroline Nash and Miss Kate Du
Bose are chairman and vice chairman.
respectively. of the navy section OF the
young ladies' floor committee, and Miss
; Blanchard Scott and Miss Georgiana
SchoieId OF the army section for the
Army and Navy League ball which will
be given on Easter Monday night at the
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the work for the enlisted men and for
their families II war should come. The
chape:ons for the young ladies' committee
are Mrs. Dennis z. Nolan for the army
and Mrs. William G. Leahy for the navy.
Capt. Richard Creecy is chairman of the
mems floor committee. Mrs. George B.
Duncan of the army and Mrs. ]. o. Rich
a -dson. navy. are in charge of the pro-
noting committee. Prominent members
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Interesting themselves in the success of
tn ball are: Mrs. Edward H. Ascum,
president: Mrs Hugh Scott, Mrs. ]. B.
Alcshire. Mrs. W. II. Carter. Mrs. c. w.
Fentnn. Mrs. Tasker H. Bliss. Mrs. w
A. Mccain. with Mrs. Newton Baker
wife of the Secretary OF War. for the
army. and Mrs. J. II. Glennon. Mrs. will
, lam Benson. Mrs. Charles II. Davis. Mrs
Frank Fletcher. with Mrs Alexander
Sharp who is chairman of the committee
of arrangements. and Mrs. Edward J.
. Dorm. treasurer. together with Mrs. Dan
iels. for the navy. Mrs. Albert p. Niblack
is assisting as charmap of the patroness
committee as well asH the sale of the
boxes.
Mr.. Hollis Rinehart. OF the University
| of Virginia. and Mrs. Rinehart are at
the willard. Mr.. George Austen and
Mrs. Austen. also OF Charlottesville, Va.
! who are returning from New York, are
| at the willard.
Mrs Henry Mcnamara has announced
/ the engagement of her daughter, Irene. to
Mr.. Philip Deane Elkins. of Pittsburgh.
I formerly of Washington. The wedding
will take place in June. Mr.. Elkins is
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Morgan
Elkins, of this city.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Desrochers. Mrs
| Charles Bouvier and Mrs. Henry Rous-
seau. all of Woonsocket, r. l.. who are
on their way home from Jacksonville
are staying at the Willard.
! The British war film to he shown at
Mrs. Gafrs residence. 152O Twentieth
/ street, on the afternoon of March 81, at
$50, and on the evening OF April l at
| 3 o'clock. is an exclusive film OF which
| only one copy Is in America. 1t will
show the British armies in France and
| was made during the severest fighting OF
! the past year at the cost of several lives
and at enormous expense. The picture
! will be explained by Capt. Ian Hay Beth,
who has gained the military cross for
| valor on the field Of battle and whose
book, 1.-THE First Hundred Thousand" is
! admittedly the best war book that has
been produced.
ished Getting Together" a book which
shows most unusual appreciation of the
! American point of view acquired during
! his present visit to the United States.
! Ills story OF his own experience in the
! trenches (Which he will tell as he ex-
plains the pictures) has been the most
human and vivid OF all the descriptions
of present warfare We have had. Capt
| Beth is Scotsman. and was in a Scot
tish regiment, and is able. therefore, to
appeal to the sympathy of a great public
! here, in whose veins runs the indomitable
, blood of Scotland. Before joining the
! army he was schoolmaster at Fettes
| College, near Edinburgh. He is another
! living example of the heights to which
men can rise whose lives have been
! hitherto devoted to the training of the
| youth Of their country.
| There Is to be shown also on the same
occasion film depicting the Dutch artist.
Raemakers, drawing his world-famous
| cartoons. Before the war Raemakers
was an everyday cartoonist, drawing his
! pictures for an ordinary Dutch newspaper.
He happened to show war picture he
had made to an Englishman then in Off
ciaI residence at The Hague. This Eng