The Washington herald., 1918-03-05

Foulois, OF the Marlborough. e17 Eigh-
teenth street. is in charge OF the sale
of tickets, and members are request
ed to help dispose Of them.
The "Genevleve Clark War Work
ers' will give a benefit card party in
the social hall OF Congress Hall Hotel
on Monday afternoon. March il, at
2:30 o'clock. The tickets will be 81.
The committee in charge Is composed
OF Mrs. Lenore Sherwood. Mrs. Scott
Ferris, Mrs. William W. Venable. Mrs.
Frederick l. Blackmon. Mrs. A. b.
Rouse. Mrs. William e. Ramsewer,
Mrs, Joseph ]. Russell, assisted by
Miss Dickinson. Miss Dixon. Miss
Shallenberger. Miss Hilliard. Miss
Price. Miss GoodalL Miss Sterling,
Miss Drain. Miss Miller.
Mrs. William c. Langfitt. wife Of
Maj. Gen. Langfitt, will be the chair
man for the committee for machine
knitting for engineer soldiers. Through
the generosity OF the Navy League the
engineer woman are to have the use
of eight sock-knitting machines every
Wednesday morning at the headquar-
ters. Of the comforts committee, lI16 H
street northwest The woman's COM
mittee for engineer soldiers f. very
anxious for volunteers 10 do this
work. All who are willing to assist
will please notify Mrs. Langfitt, 3O22
P street northwest.
A lecture, illustrated by motion
pictures showing the activities of pris-
oners Of war from the allied armies
interned in Switzerland, will be given
on Monday afternoon, March II. at
3:30 o'clock at the residence of Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock for the benefit of
the interned prisoners.
1t Is hoped that the lecture will
serve to interest society people in the
sale of articles made by the prisoners
which will be held at the Swiss lega-
ton on March II, 13 and IA. under the
auspices of Mime. Sulzer, wife Of the
minister of Switzerland. The articles
on sale include wood carvings. leather
goods and other examples Of handi-
craft. and are many of them highly
artistic.
The American legation in Berne Is
taking an active part in the relief Of
the prisoners and Mrs. Pleasant Stow
all, wife OF the American minister to
Switzerland, is the president of the
commission for the sale to be held at
Nine. Suffers.
Admission to the lecture at Mrs.
Dimock's on Monday next is by card
or invitation, which may be secured
from members of the committee on
arrangements. at the Swiss legation,
or from Mrs. Richard Crane III, treas
urer.
The patresesses for the lecture are
Mrs. Epznklin Il. Lane, Mrs. David
trapShin Houston, Nine. Sulzer, Miss
Boa IMAM. Miss David Jane Hill,
MISS lAa2rtha Goldman, Nine. Vignal,
Mrs. Frank Polk, Mrs. William Phil
lips. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs.
ColVtlle Barclay. Mrs. Arnold Robert
son. Mrs. Adolph Miller, Mrs, Clar-
ence Wilson, Mrs. John L, Salton-
stan. Mrs. Truxton Beale, Mrs. Char
les Tracy, Mrs. A. B. Ruddeck, Mrs.
Julian James, Nine. Hubscher. Miss
Lee. Mrs. Richard Crane. 3rd, Nine.
de Laooulaye, Nine. de BIanpre, Mrs.
Henry Dimock, Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Miss Ladenburg, Mrs. George Draper.
Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Mrs. Judah
Sears, Mrs. Paul Marburg, Lady
Crawford, Mrs. Dupont. Mime. Chovel,
Countess de La Greze, Mrs. Perry
Belmont, Mrs. Franklin K. Lane,
Mrs. William Slater, Mrs. Edison
Bradley, Mrs. Charles Hamlin. Mrs
Herbert c. Hoover. Mrs. Henry H.
Rogers. Miss Ernst, Mrs. Thomas
Gaff, Mrs. Auchincloss. Mrs. Julius
Rosenwald, Mrs. Crozier, Mrs. Al
bert Gallatin. Mrs. George Wander
bilt, Mrs Grew, Mrs. Delano, Mrs.
Frank d. Kellogg. Mrs. John Living
ston, Mrs. Willard Salisbury, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend. Mrs. John Da-
Wis, Mrs. ]. H. Stabler, and Mrs. Ar
thur WilIert.
Frank Alva Parsons, lecturer for
the Society of Fine Arts, and presi-
dent Of the New York SchoI of Fine
and Applied Arts. will deliver an ad.
dress at the Arts Club Of Washing
ton tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
The subject will be The After Ef-
fects Of the War Upon Art" George
Julian ZolnaF is chairman of the en-
tertainment committee.
Mr.. Parsons next talk in the Fine
Arts course at the Central High
school on Friday will be on "Art and
Its Relation to Dress
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