The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12

clock with Mrs. Thomas wheel
wright. at Buck Head springs IL Is
rose day, and members are asked 10
bring specimens
In the Service Circlo-
In the service of the King circle
Kings Daughters will meet with Mrs.
w. III. Roy. 4s North Twenty-Sixth
street, Monday Afternoon at four
o'clock. As this will be the last busl-
ness meeting Of tho season a large
attendance 10 expected.
At the Woman's Cub.
At the Woman's club tomorrow
afternoon at $40 o'clock Miss Lou
Belle Catesby Jones will read "Pyg-
malion," the well-known drama OF
George Bernard Shaw. Miss Jones
readings arc always looked forward
TO at the club. Mrs. Chiies NJ. Fer
rell In chairman. Hostesses for the
informal reception taking place late
in the evening VIII lie the Mesdarles
John c. Robertson. K. y. Hotchkiss,
William G. Bentley, Manfred Call,
Frank Meanley. II. II. Smith, ia mes
Fontaine Minor. A. Sidney Morton,
Archer Jones, NJ. O. Burke. Miss Caro-
line Holla day, Miss Maude Stringfel-
low and Miss Mary Evelyn stiles.
Lecture on French Children.
Conditions among the children of
France Will be described by Mr.. and
Mrs.. Lincoln Smith, of Boston, on May
II. in the Jefferson hotel auditorium
under the auspices of the childrens
aid department of the War Relief as
sceiatiou OF Virginia. Mrs. Smith is
field secretary OF the F'ranco-Ameri-
can Relief association and she has
worked among the children and Will
tell OF her actual experiences.
over 1000 children have been cared
Trts q nd NTs tod 1re Ut
SO many Richmond people have
adopted war orphans but this is the
first opportunity they have had TO
hear directly from that field what Is
being done. The proceeds of the lee
ture Will go to the children's relief
fund OF the War Relief association
Tickets may be had at the Corley
compa ny or at the jefferson hotel.
War Lecture on Italy.
An interesting event of this week
Will be the illustrated lecture on Tues
day at $50 2. Nj. IN the jefferson
auditorium on "ttalys Part in the
War illustrating the air lighting of
this country. The lecture IS under
the auspices Of the a1umnae of Miss
Elletts School for Girls Charles
pson Clark. OF the American acad-
envy in Rome, Is the speaker. To
illustrate these lectures, Mr.. Clark
has brought with him not only slides
made from hitherto inaccessible Pho
togra phs, but he viii have motion pic
lures that have never been shown in
America. motion pictures prepared es-
peciaIly for him by the Italian gov
eminent. The beauty of these official
Italian pictures is already we'll known
in America. especially those pictures
OF the hghtine in the high Alps. Mr..
Clark comes 10 raise money for relief
work and all the proceeds OF his tour
will be devoted to aiding Italian blind
the manned soldiers. as he will con-
t!nue TO receive his salary from the
American academy in Roma.
May Party at Paxton
Fancy dancing VIII be one Of the
most interesting features of the gar
den fete 10 be given at Paxton, the
hone Comptroller OF the Currency
ana John shelton Williams, OIL
Cary street road. May %, under aus
pieces of the board of ma ayers OF the
Female Humane association. 4 group
OF pretty children will give the May
pole dance, while others are TO do
speciality numbers, including a solo by
a tiny girl Several OF the interpreta-
tive dancers of the Young Women
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