The Washington herald., 1918-05-21

not yet been arranged. Mr.. Langlais
and his bride will make their home
in Washington for the present.
Mrs. Larz Anderson. who has
been active in canteen work in
France since last summer. returned
to this country several days ago,
and will come to washington after
visit to their home at Brookline,
Mass.
Mrs. Egan, wife of Capt. Gerald
Egan, U. 8. R.. now in France. IL
with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Elmer Murphy.
Capt. Egan IL the son of the United
States minister to Denmark and
Mrs. Maurice Francis Egan.
At the regular business meeting
of the Mount Holyoke Alumnae As
ISOLATION, held Saturday, May IS.
the following officers were elected:
President. Mrs. T. Malcolm Price J.:
first vice president. Mrs. q. s.
Brown: second vice president, Mrs.
J. r. Hilderbrand: recording secre-
tary. Mrs. McFall Kerbey; corre-
spending secretary, Mrs. Gladys
Pratt. and treasurer. Miss Emily
Smith.
Mr.. wallame Bryant. Of Boston.
has purchased the studio home of
Mrs. Frances Johnston. 1882 v
street. He has made extensive i'm
provements in the way OF interior
decorations. and Is installing his
charming collection Of antique fur
niture from the Museum of fine Arts
L.
two teas. as a housewarming. when
some Of his recently completed por-
traits will be on view.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Bar
nett have with them at the Marine
Barracks Mrs. Hare, OF Philadelphia,
and her daughter, Mrs. Conger.
Mrs. Barnett will be at home in
formally next Monday afternoon.
The Washington City Alunnae and
the Phi Alpha Chapter OF the Chi
Omega National Fraternity will hold
an informal reunion this evening at
the women's University Club rooms.
2027 G street. A cordial invitation Is
extended to all OF the out-of-town Chi
Omegas in the city to cofe and get
acquainted.
Mrs. Frank Bliss. of Buffalo,
known in New York State as an in
terpreter OF the drama, Is to read
two Of ]. NJ. Barrie's plays, tine
Twelve Pound Look" and THE Day."
at the National American Woman
Suffrage Association headquarters,
1926 Rhode Island avenue. Wednes-
day evening, May 20. at 8 o'clock, as q
benefit for the Women's Oversee
Hospitals, maintained bv the asso-
citation in France. There is to be no
admission charge, but the audience
will be asked to contribute towards
the support OF the hospitals.
Mrs. Bliss is on the Advisory Coun-
ell on Amcricanization for the u. 5.
Bureau OF Education, and IL in WASH
ington to assist in promoting that
work. She has spoken from coast
to coast on the subject. She has
been active along many lines Of re-
form work in Buffalo-is the vice
president OF the Civic Education As
sociation nf that city. being the only
woman on the board OF directors.
Nine years ago Governor Hughes
appointed Mrs. Bliss as q manager OF
the Western House OF Refuge, a
State reformatory for women similar
TO Bedford Woman's Reformatory.
which position she has since held.
For a short time she lived as ono of
the girls" at Bedford to study the
conditions and get the atmosphere.
She is also vice president of the Man.
ayers Association of State Charitable
Institutions Of New York, and was
the first woman commissioner ap.
pointed by the city of Buffalo when
it became a municipal undertaking.
She Is interested in prison reform and
employs the play OF Justice" as a
medium for enlisting the support OF
people in this great reform.
Mrs. Bliss made an intensive study
of the vocational work for girls In
private AMI State institutions through
out her State. This was done for
the purpose Of increasing the train
ing facilities for vocations in state
penal institutions for women. She
presented her findings to the State
salary classification commission with
request for a supervisor of indus
trial training for the State, which
was granted.
The officials and clerks Of the
Washington office Of the Panama
Canal have undertaken raising funds
to enable them to purchase a fully
equipped ambulance to be placed in
immediate service.
Their initial effort takes the form
Of benefit performance on the
evening Of Monday, May q, at the
Belasco Theater, when the play 10y