The Washington herald., 1918-02-26

SOhboohs VIM - AIoHA 3NCW IoAhs Is
in Washington for the winter on war
work.
Sunday Miss Clare de Graffenried
gave a tea in compliment to Miss
Graves, and today the popular bride
will be the honor guest at q luncheon
which the Speaker of the House and
Mrs. Champ Clark will give at the
Capitol.
Lieut. Tomkins reached Washington
yesterday from Garden City, Long
George Cothran, Of New York, and
Miss Adelaide Cothran, of New Or
leans, who will be in the wedding
party, also arrived yesterday.
Miss Eta II. schmld was the pian-
ist at the Arts Club Sunday evening.
She took the place of Miss Alice E.
Burbage. whose father passed away
on Saturday.
Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Daniels will address the mass meet
ing to be held at Polls Theater FRI
day afternoon at 4:45 O'Clock, when
the Navy Department branch of the
Red Cross will be organized. All
"SA-SA VIM WIN lno 4NdNy Dt-
partment and the wives and members
of the families of Navy Department
employees are invited to be present.
Plans will be outlined for the carrying
on of an effectual war relief work pro-
gram.
Secretary Daniels has given the use
OF the lower floor Of the building at
17l9 H street to be used as a work.
room for the projected organization,
where materials will be given out and
shipments packed. With the coop
GRAFTON of the thousands of employees
of the Navy Department, It is believed
that a large number OF garments and
other comforts can be sent to the SOL
diers weekly. The Marine Band will
furnish the music for the meeting.
There will be other speakers, in addi-
ton to Mr.. Daniels, on the program.
Under the auspices Of the Ameri-
can fund for French woanded, Of
which Mime. de sibour is head, a
tricolor ball is being arranged for
10 o'cluck Saturday night, March
%, at the Willard. Many novel
features of q patriotic nature will
make a brilliant spectacle of the
occasion. The guests are REQUEST
ed to wear evening gowns Of either
blue, white or red. An appeal is
made to all to lend their enthusiast
tic cooperation toward the making
OF q great success OF this ball,
whose object is so worthy and pa
triotic. In addition to the relief
OF the French wounded the proceeds
Will also aid in the reconstruction
work in the devastated districts of
France.
Private Peat, after his lecture at
the Belasco Sunday night, spoke
most enthusiastically of the work
that Is being done in France under
the auspices Of the American fund
for French wounded.
The Army Emergency Committee,
OF which Mrs. Albert l. Mills is
chairman, will hold an important
meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the residence of Mrs. Mackay-
Smith, 1925 Sixteenth street. At
this meeting, which was scheduled
for several weeks ago and unavoid-
ably postponed. a vote will be taken
on the question of this committee
becoming an auxiliary OF the Red
Cross.
The members of the committee
are most appreciative of the gen.
erosity Of the managers OF Raus-
cher's for the use of the ballroom,
where all former meetings have been
held Rauscher's bathrooms. were
leased a few days ago by the gov
ernment, which necessitates the
holding Of future meetings else
where.
The first lecture of the course
of five French lectures arranged by
the Cercle Francois of the Twen-
tieth Century Club will take place
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, at
the College Women's Club, 1922 I
street, and will be given by Lieut..
Labat of the French high commits
sion. The subject will be "Patri-
otisme 9 resprit de sacrifice" Tea
will be served at the end of the lee
ture. Tickets may be secured from
Mrs. Chase Palmer. 1897 Thirty
first street.
Miss Carter Mullikin and Miss Ruth
Donaldson, both debutantes of this
season, are arranging for a debutante
ball. to be given on Friday evening.
March s, at 300 Sixteenth street. The
dance will be given in honor of about
$50 OF the young officers in Washing
ton who expect to leave soon for
''over there" Fifty debutantes Of this
year and last will be hostesses, among
them the Misses Enid and Marie Sims,
Miss Halle Davis, Miss Helen
Blodgett, Misses Adelaide and Mar
garet Tuttle. Miss Margaret Carry,
Miss Anita Henry. Miss Daviatte
Ficklin, Misses Edith and Kathleen
Lester, Miss Jean Raynor. and Miss
Frances Wilkinson. The list of pa
tronesses will be announced later.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Club OF Colonial Danes will be held
at Mrs. Samuel spencers tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The regular
monthly meeting will also be held at
Mrs. spencer's. on Friday morning at
IL o'clock.
Mrs. J. T. Mcclure, of Washington,
Is now at the Mission Inn. Riverside,
California. where she will spend the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William King Reeve
left Washington Saturday evening for
Georgia where they will remain sew
eral weeks.
Among the Eskimos there are no
questions about property rights to
settle, because aside from the igloo