The Washington herald., 1918-11-18

pre-empted by the Junior League or
the City of Washington for its an
nual ball, and IL all the arrange
ments now being made are carried
out, 1t will be a brilliant and
memorable event. Because the bene-
Mt will accrue to a local charity. more
than usual interest centers in 1t.
Miss Lillian Birney is chairman Of
the ball committee and Miss Catherine
Dorsey Harlow chairman OF the floor
committee.
Mrs. Henry @. Corbin has returned
to her apartment In the Connecticut
and resumed her Sunday afternoons.
Miss Janet Richards. in her weekly
review of the Worlds Work this
house, will speak especially on the
subject. The Menace of Hypocrisy:
Having Lost by the Sword, Can They
Win by the Wilmer"
The Washington Wellesley Club will
meet for the first time this fall at the
College Woman's Club, 1872 / street,
on Wednesday, November 90 Sup
per will be served for those who wish
! it at o'clock, with the meeting fol-
lowing. Those desiring supper reser-
vations are asked to notify Miss Edna
Spaulding, secretary treasurer of the
club, 2224 n street northwest.
Future meetings of the club. pre-
ceded by suppers at the hour named
above, have been planned for the
third Wednesday OF each month, at
the College Woman's Club. The hour
has been arranged to accommodate
the large number of Wellesley grad
yates among the war workers in
Washington who were unable to at
| tend meetings last year beause OF the
early hour at which they were called.
A dance for the benefit of the Wei
lesley unit, now associated with the
Red Cross near Lyon, France, in re-
lief activities for the civilian popula-
| ton, will be given at 24OO Sixteenth
street, on Saturday evening, Novem-
Der 3.
The series of dances under the aus
pices of the young people of All Souls
Church will be inaugurated on Satur-
| day night, November y. when the
! first dance will be held at l742 Church
street from S to IL o'clock. There will
be six dances in the series chaperoned
| by Mrs. Margarita Spalding Gerry,
Mrs. L. G. b. Pierce. Mrs. j. McDon-
aid sterrett and Mrs. Benjamin E.
Smith.
A benefit will be given at Christmas
| time at Rauschers for the Italian
| War Relief, which organization has
| reopened its workrooms in the former
| Italian embassy on New Hampshire
| avenue.
The officers include Countess di Gel
| lere, chairman; Mrs. Robert Lansing,
vice chairman; Miss Elizabeth Wood
] ruff, secretary; Mrs. Leslie Gordon,
| treasurer; Mrs. Hardinge Scholle, as
| sistant secretary; Mrs. Cuniberti, first
vice chairman; Mrs. Falorsi, second
vice chairman; Miss Maria c. Frio, In
! charge of unit No. 1; Mrs. Lands. in
charge of unit No. 2, and Mrs. Thomas
| NJ. Hendrick, head of unit No. 8.
A committee formed of prominens
Italians in Washington are in charge
of the arrangements.
Mrs. Thomas Caleb Pedlar, formerly
| of Washington, now living at Forest
| Hill Gardens, Long Island, n. Y, an
nounces the marriage of her daughter.
| Mrs. Gladys Perkins, to Mr.. Robert
| DennistOn. on Wednesday, October q.
| in the English Church at Mukden,
| Manchuria, China. A reception at the
! American consulate followed the cere-
mony. Mr.. and Mrs. Denniston will
make their home in China where Mr..
! Denniston represents a British firm