The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

Cecilia were in the audience and had
with them the same look
ing young foreign officer whom have
seen with Cecilia a number OF tmies
and places; Alice Shepard was there,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. c. Neal, In fact almost
the whole social register, Both the
William Hits and Mrs. BretZ, of
Cumberland have been passing the
week with Mrs Stephen B. Elkins.
Mrs. Elkins has not done any formal
entertaining for Mrs. Bretz as that
lady is in mourning. Mrs. Arthur Lee
has a guest too, Mrs. Thayer, of
Charleston, West. Va.
Mrs. Lee is having such an inter-
esting series of teas at her house dur
ing Lent, when Mrs. Sara Ould Dom
aldson gives a talk on current events.
Sally" Donaldson, as she is known
among her intimates, is a Richmond
woman, but has made her home for
many years in Charleston, w. Va. She
is very popular in society here, the
society that includes the old South
ern families. She has given these
talks here other winters, both Mrs.
Elkins and Miss Riggs having lent
their houses in the past foP~the pur-
pose. Every summer Mrs. Donaldson
takes a course al, Columbia University
and is a very interesting and capable
woman. Her father was once gov
ernor Of Virginia, 1 believes
Mrs. Hughes Oliphant, the new pres
ident Of the Club OF COLONIAL Danes,
is going to Trenton on Wednes-
day, to visit Miss Mary Moore for
several weeks. The clubhouse of that
organization has been rented to a Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Van Arsdale, of
lkesbarre, Pa. The house has been
closed because of the coal shortage
and the weekly and monthly meetings
OF the members have been held ever
since at the residence OF Mrs. Samuel
Spencer. a past president. During the
month of March the weekly Wednes-
day meeting will be at the apartment
of Mrs. Thomas Taliaferro, in the
Portsmouth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris. who moved
in yesterday. have taken the house
by the month, as they do not know
how long they win be here. He is a
large dealer in anthracite coal, a gov
ernment expert, and is here to give
testimony before Congress, have been
told. He may be here only a month
and he may be here a year. Who
can tell?
Mr.. Norris had been in town some
weeks before Mrs. Norris Joined him.
Friday night. They have two daugh-
ters.
The club had their monthly meet
ing on Friday, but did not decide
whether they will give the card party
planned for April now or not. They
had arranged for the card party to
be given at Rauscher's to raise funds
for their war relief work. The govern
ment has taken Rauscher's, so some
place suitable has to be found for
the AFFAIR or else it will be called
on entirely. The club will not decide
definitely for little while yet. Mrs.
Samuel Spencer has loaned her fine bill
liard-roOm for the use OF the surgical
dressing committee of the club, which
meets there daily. under the direction
Of Miss Sophie Casey.
The National Society of the Colonial
Danes Of America has raised $4,000
for the purpose of equipping the oper-
ating rooms Of the two hospital ships,
Comfort and Mercy, now being fitted
out for the use of the navy. The fund
was presented through the Red Cross.
The gift not only provides the ordi-
nary operating equipment for the
rooms, out is furnishing the X-ray ap-
paratus for each, with special drugs,
and Is even supplying moving picture
reels phonograph records and other