Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-30
CRY NEWS IN BRIEF.

3 eenbers Of the Rubfnstein Club. un-
~ the direction of Mrs. A. M. Blair.
ave q recital at the Washington Arts
cub last night.
seen. George washington and His
7ouses'' is to be the subject OF an al
aress by Joseph I. Keefer before the
Washington Society of Engineers. at
Ctr street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Wednesday night
The southern Society OF Warrington
Is to meet in the small ballroom OF tho
New willard Thursday night. A dance
will follow.
The twelfth annual church service Of
the Society of Colonial Wars OF the
Ddstrict was held at st; Marks Cnurcn.
morning. A patriotic sermon was deiv-
ered by Rev. C. Rockford Stetson,
rector.
The annual election Of omcers II to
be made at the May meeting OF the Co
lumbia Heights Citizens Association
TO be held tomorrow evening at f:3o
otlock in the Post Office Hall, on Park
road.
~The Broader Aspects Of Birth Con-
troll is to be the subject OF lecture
by DR.. William c. Woodward this even
ing. before the Birth Control League
81 the District, at Perpetual Building
hall, 18th and E streets. The public
81 invited.
patriotic meeting fl to be held by
the Bethel Literary Society tomorrow
4vening at Metropolitan A. NJ. Z:
ritizens on the war will present pro-
gram. Secretary Lane of the Interior
Department. Representative Gardner.
Rev. w. II. Brooks. Prof. John r. Haw-
f. TD~~H ~ TVS ora
% speak. Music is to be furnished by
the Na}le Singers and the Lyric
swakeheId, the Birthplace of WASH
lpgton," is to be the subject of an ad-
9ress by Col. Joseph I. Keefer at
16eeting of Washington Association,
70. !. n A. s; E.; to be held tomorrow
evening at 7:30 o'clock, at the associa-
3ion hall. 1904 Pennsylvania avenue.
Eeerxe w. Evans is to read a paper
on The Birth and Growth of the Patent
once" at the May meeting of the AS
nociation of Oldest Inhabitants of the
District, to be held Wednesday evening
4E 1880 o'clock, at Union engine house,
18th and H streets northwest.
aEmeiency in Service, was the sub
dect of a lecture delivered by Charles
hummer Hill yesterday afternoon, be-
46re the Woman Wage Farmers Asso-
ciation. Members of the association de-
|ctded to enter the home garden cam
paign and accepted an offer from the
Boy Scouts to spade up their gardens
Tor them.
Rev. A. J. DonlOn, president of
Georgetown University, celebrated the
1ity yesterday, at which candidates
we're received into the Sodality of the
Immaculate Conception. In his sermon
ne called upon the candidates to fight
fYf writ ha ~;r;t
NAT they would in the present war. An
1cademy in honor of the blessed virgin
VAS given last night by the students.
4edresses were made by Richard L.
GAnnon. Thomas C. Egan and William
Burlee. Music was furnished by
ssncis J. Grogan, Richard L. Barrett.
Robert NJ. OLone, William F. Curtin,
Joseph H. Dilkes. Walter ]. Cass and
6eorge H. Terrett.
Albert Gray. i've years old. Fort
eleven years old, were bitten by dogs
Yesterday. Policeman Clifford rendered
4rst aid to the former and took him
nome, while the latter, whose home is
at 407 I'D street. was taken to Emer-
Gency Hospital.
"A defective Aue yesterday afternoon
caused small fire in the house of
mrs Lucy Knott. New Cut and Conduit
roads. The fire was extinguished by No
truck company after SO damage had
peen done.
The May meeting of the Southern So
|eiety of Washington is to be held in
Thursday evening. to be followed by a
social meeting and informal dance. Ad-
mittance will be by card only. Capt
~ G. Calhoun. president Of the society,
announces that by order of the execu-
tive committee members Of the society
will be admitted only upon admission
cards. which will admit also one guest.
The following. who are to represent
the Young Mems Hebrew Association in
debate with members OF the Rich
nond Y. NJ. H. a. May IS. were chosen
1n try-out at the local headquarters
yesterday: Max Aronson, Harry Cayton
land George Helford, with Hal Sheffer-
Iman rs alternate. The question Of de-
bate Is the proposed abolition Of capital
Arthur J. May, Max Fisher and
40ward Moran have been designated by
{ne National Association of Credit Men
70 represent that organization at the
Rational fire-prevention convention to
- held at the New Willard Hotel May
and 10. The appointees are mem
4ers Of the Washington Association of
Credit Men.
.x24e Washington branch Of the
@thers Correspondence Club for the
<otherless boys of the army and navy
70 hold an open meeting Wednes-
ny evening at o'clock at Congre1a-
Qon Church, 10th and G streets north
Hest. The nature and scope of the
work Of the club is to be explained by
Dr. Alvin Campbell of Warner Memo
rial Church. There will be patriotic
selections by Mrs. E. L Busby and Mrs.
J. L. Carr.
GChanges I'm the public schools OF the
District of Columbia were described by
". b. Patterson, supervising principal
OF the fourth division, in an address
before the Liberal Religious Union at
All Souls Church last night. He told
Of the growth of the system.
Helen Chapman C0nlyn has fled suit
to recover $1,000 damages for alleged
personal injury from the Washington
Railway and Electric Company. The
plaintiff says she was attempting to
aiight from a car May 10 last, when
the vehicle was suddenly started and
she was thrown violently to the
Gfound and sustained serious injury.
She is represented by Attorneys Daniel
Thew Wright and T. Morris Wampler.
The Twentieth Century Club In to
meet Thursday morning at 1880 o'clock
II All Souls Church. Original produc-
Maryland avenue tomorrow night will
become one of the Districts best
lfghted thoroughfares One hundred
ind fifty-eight 100-candlepower mean
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