Evening star., 1918-12-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIET.

District CommlssfeneP Gardiner Win
be the principal speaker at a meeting
of Columbia Heights Citizens Assoc
citation at Wilson Normal School
Tuesday night. He will discuss tho
question Of conservation Of food.
The Herzl Clnh Of Washingten, noted
Zionist club and cooperating with the
Washington branch of the Jewish
Welfare Board. will hold an impor-
tant meeting this afternoon at l:3o
o'clock in the =. NJ. H A. building. nth
street and Pennsylvania avenue north
west.
The woeaey Park Au1iliary ef the
Red Cross. for the past month engaged
in handling Washington's Christmas
boxes for soldiers overseas. which
work ended yesterday, announces a
new schedule beginning December 4
for its work rooms maintained on the
second floor Of Woodward & Lothrop's.
They will be open only on Monday,
10 until o'clock until further notice.
The authorised q. 9. Navy aim. seThe
Making Of Sailor" will be shown to
the Navigation Club. composed Of the
young women In the navigation bu-
reau. tomorrow evening at the audi
torium of the Interior Department
building.
Nsnnie III. Burroughs, president 0f
the National Training School for
Women ana Girls. will address the
18th street branch Of the Y. N. C. A.
| tomorrow evening on the housing
problems OF the local colored people.
The eBryant-Buchanan Parent-Teaeh. !.
ery Association will meet at O'Clock
wednesday night at the Buchanan
School.
A meeting Of the Y. W. G. A. Book
lovers will be held at o'clock to-
morrow evening at 619 14th street.
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake will speak
on the poetry of Joyce Kilmer.
Representative La Guardia of New
York will speak on The American
! Soldier Abroad at services at He
brew Temple at IL o'clock this morn
ing.
A musical ana dramatic entertain
| ment Is to be given at the Arts Club
! of Washington. 2O17 I street north
west, this evening at $3.50. The fol-
! lowing musicians and artists have
consented to assist: Mrs. Benjamin
souls ssa lie Gi.at Gantz. vocal solo. Mrs. Ber-
SAAASt
lyn Payne. violin solo. Miss Anna
Payne, accompanied; Mr.. Homer
Guernette, violin solo; Mrs, James
Hamilton Fred will recite. Prof. H.
Il: W. les. Miss Catherine L Grady,
ISIS e. Louise Patterson and J.
Francis Germuiller also will assist
The Warrington State and Alaska
Society will meet Thursday evening
in the Thomson School. Among the
speakers will be Senator Wesley L.
Jones, who has just returned from the
A social dance Will close the evening.
william Frank johnson, forty.fve
years old. giving his address as 8
East Marshall street, Richmond, Va,
was locked up at the second precinct
an alleged violation of the Sheppard
prohibition law. He became ill while
In the station and was taken to Wash
ington Asylum Hospital.
John J. Dermody, 4424 9th street, has
reported to the police Of the tenth
precinct the loss of suit of clothes.
He said he employed a stranger to
take the suit to tailoring establish
ment and he failed to do SO.
Albert Knabe, seventy-Ave years old.
523 A street northeast, was taken
suddenly III at 18th and II streets yes
terday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock.
Police Of the third precinct took him
home.
The Daughters Of Veterans, q. 8. A..
will give a dance for uniformed men
at Knights of Pythias Hall, 9Th street
near L northwest, Tuesday evening.
The social opening Of the knights OF
Colum bus hut, 18th and Dopwood
streets, for the boys at Walter Reed
Hospital will take place at 8 O'Clock
tomorrow evening. Michael D.
Schaefer. state deputy Of the Knights
of Columbus for the District of Co.
will preside. A vaudeville entertain-
ment will be presented under the d.
rection of Miss Jennie Glennan. Rev.
j. W. Daily, chaplain Of the post, is in
charge of arrangements.