Evening star., 1918-01-27

. A meeting of the Randle Highlandi
Citizens Association Is to be held to
morrow evening, according to an an
nouncement from its secretary.
A musical for the blind will be givel
at the Library of Congress Tuesday
evening at Sis o'clock in pavilion Z
The program will be rendered by Mis-:
Jessie Masters, contralto, and Alber'
w. Harmed. accompanist. Seats not re-
Iquired for the blind and their escorts
are free to the public
Robert G. MacCartee. ofnciaI stenog-
rapher in the courts of Prince Georges
and Charles counties, Md, and a gen.
leral shorthand reporter in Washington
has been reported as arriving safely
Ioverseas. Mr.. MacCartee enlisted in
an artillery regiment.
Under the authority of the Depart
ment of Agriculture the following COM
Imittee of citizens of Prince Georges
county has been appointed to assist
James f. Armstrong in the sale of nj
trate of soda to Maryland farmers
w. S. Hill, Upper Marlboro; William
Walls, Clinton: Clifton Hawkins. T B;
Arthur Ridgley, Marlboro. and Rev. c.
c. Nelson. Seat Pleasant, and James
Mahoney and Nathan Scott, Brandy
iwine.
A ''housewarmins'' is to be given by
the board of trustees and the board of
managers of the Presbyterian Home
For the Aged Tuesday afternoon at the
new Presbyterian Home, 1918 Newton
street. Luncheon will be served from
| II to O'Clock and tea from 4 to s
o'clock. Mrs. P. R. Quaiffe is president
| of the board of managers and Stanton
j. Peelle president of the board of
trustees.
As a result Of the heatless Monday
order, the free lectures of the Liberty
| War Kitchen will be held in the audi
| torium of Woodward & Lothrop's at
2:30 o'clock on Tuesdays instead of on
Mondays
All Iowans in the District are urged
to attend the meeting of the District of
Columbia Iowa Society, which is an
| nounced for tomorrow evening. February
4. at o'clock. There viii be regu-
lar business session, election of Off
GERS and organization for social and
relief work in the interest of the war.
.. II. Benson. president. and Mrs. c. F.
Stuhler, secretary, request all old men,
bers of the society to issue personal in
vitations to Iowa newcomers
Alumnae members and former pupils
have been invited to attend the re-
treat, beginning tomorrow and closing
Thursday morning, at st. Cecilia's Acad-
emy, 9Th and East Capitol streets. The
exercises will be conducted by Rev.
Wendell P Corcoran, C. S. C.. Of Notre
Dame University. Notre Dame. Ind.
Justice Stafford has sentenced Mary
Bolden, colored. to serve ten years in
the penitentiary. Mary was convicted
of enticing a fifteen-year-old colored
girl into disorderly house for immo-
raj purposes.
The Public Library will be open rs
usual on heatless Mondays. it was an
nounced last night. In making the an
nouncement officials of the library
pointed out that the institution is
exempt from the heatless day order,
first, because it is a branch of the Dis
trict government, and, second, because
it is part of the public educational sys-
tenn of the District.
Services of the Church of the As
| cension are to be held this morning at
IL o'clock at Children's Hall. 1925 18th
street northwest. Rev. DR.. j. Hennins
Nelms will preach the sermon.
Otto .SDolan. ten-year-old white boy,
and the other, Mack Slaughter, .colored.
f1fty-eight years old, were taken sick
on asrailroad train while on their way
to this city YESTERDAY afternoon. They
were taken to Casualty Hospital.
A ball will be given at Rauxcher..
February 20 by the Association of Pri-
benefit of the Washington ward in the
American military hospital at Neuilly
France. Committees have been an
pointed to dispose of tickets, and the
advance sale indicates a big attendance,
according to Charles D. Long, secre-
tary of the association. .
The method of use and the care of
the Army rife was explained to mem
bers of the anti-aircraft battalion of
the Home Defense League at a meet
ing of the battalion in Central High
School last Thursday night by Capt. C.
Holt of the United States Army. Capt
Holt explained the proper care of the
rifle and the use of the sighting de-
vices for battle ranges. The regular
weekly drill of the unit will be held at
Central High School January 81, at s
o'clock.
The Catholic Women's War Relief As
sociation will hold meeting in Car
roll Hall, 10th and G streets northwest
rat O'Clock Monday night. All mem
bers are urged to attend, as plans for
relief work in the District will be dis
cusSed.
what the Vote will Mean to wom-
en- will be the subject of an address
before the Woman Wage Farmers AS
sociation at o'clock this afternoon
at Florida Avenue Baptist Church,
Sixth street and Florida avenue north
of the association.
"COlored Soldiers in L. S. Training
Camps" will be the subject of an Illus
trated lecture Monday night by Thomas
j. Galloway at Asbury NJ. E. Church.
11th and K streets northwest The
pictures to be shown with the lecture
were taken under direction of the War
Department. There will be no admis-
| sion fee.
The monthly meeting of the Mid
| City Citizens Association will be held
| at o'clock Tuesday night at Flynn's
| Hail. Sth and X streets northwest. G. A.
Lyon of The Star will speak on public
utilities in the District of Columbia.
There will also be an address by a rep
recting the sale of war savings stamps
| The Equal Franchise League of the
District will outline war relief work at
a tea at the headquarters of the Ma
| tional American Woman Suffrage As
sociation. 1926 Rhode Island avenue.
on the afternoon of February 2, from 4
until o'clock. Mrs. Carrie CHAPMAN
Gait will deliver a brief address. Every
member is urged to be present and
| bring a friend.
| Hot ashes yesterday afternoon came
| in contact with trash in the basement
| of the house of Benjamin Gordon. 61s
| 9Th street southwest, and caused a dis
astrous fire. 4 domestic was the only
| person in the house when the fire oc-
CURED, and her call for assistance re-
suited in the appearance of several
companies of firemen. Firemen sue
ceeded in confining the flames to the
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