The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
ers. to have them turn up their noses
at 1t and declare 1t very old-fashioned.

ers, to have them turn up their noses
at 1t and declare 1t very old d-fashioned.
With that ball OF its mind, Wash
ington is turning with equal zeal to
the next benefit-quite a different sort
and for quite different benehciaries.
1t is to be q sale for the benefit OF
interned prisoners - British, French
! and Belgians-over which Mime. Hans
Sulzer. wife OF the Swiss Minister.
will preside at the Swiss Legation.
Art objects. leather goods, wood cary
ings, handicraft largely of the pris-
oners OF war, will be sold there on
/ Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday Of
next week.
The sale is to be preceded by an IL
lustrated lecture, to be given tomor-
row, at Mrs. Henry Dimock's, with a
view to arousing interest in these war
prisoners and their condition and sut-
ferings. Nine. Sulzer, while Of course,
| maintaining the proper attitude Of
neutrality, does not attempt to dis
guise her humanitarian interest In
these "internes," who are SwitZer-
lands guests, and for whom the great-
ly-burdened little republic is doing all
it can. The American Legation at
Berne is taking an active part in their
relief, and Mrs. Pleasant Stovall, wife
of the American Minister to Switzer-
land, IL president OF the commission
for the sale, to be held at Mime. Sui
zer's.
Mime. Slavko Grouitch, the American
girl who married into the Serbian
diplomatic corps, and who has sew
eral times made appeals TO her native
country in behalf Of her adopted coun-
try, is in Washington just now, and
is deeply interested in the lecture at
Mrs. Dimock's, and the sale at Nine.
Sulzers. She gave a preliminary talk
herself yesterday morning at the
Theodorus. Bailey Meyers Mason
House-the home of the Woman :
Branch OF the Navy League-dealinG
more particularly Of course on the
sufferings of Serbia-"the Belgium Of
the Balkans"
Really Mrs. Arthur Lees Wednesday
lecture-tea parties are making tire
mendous hit. Mrs. Lee bought out
Mrs. Sara Ould Donaldson, who makes
the address each week on current
events, I believe, and sent out about
200 invitations. Then when Mrs. Dom
aldson is through lecturing there is a
regular tea, with distinguished ladies
pouring and all the embellishments of
a real function.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham.
who were South for a while, have re-
turned. Mrs. Bingham really spends
very little time here now, but goes
back and forth between here and New
York so often would think she would
be worn out.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. Gray. Of Cleve-
land Park, gave a dance Wednesday
evening in honor of her sister. Mrs.
George Sidney Barclay. who is her
house guest. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Barclay, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Sherman. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace ID.
Rouzer, Lieut.. and Mrs. Richie Laurie
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant and
daughter. Miss Betty Bryant; Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard H. De Butts and Thomas
Sigh.
The workroom, to which purpose
is given the large assembly room
on the second floor of the spacious
suffrage house, is open Tuesday and
Thursday mornings from 10 to
o'clock and in the past I'VE week
thousands of dressings have been
made and turned over to the Dis
trict Chapter of the Red Cross
Among the regular workers are Mrs.
A. B. Wenzel. who is spending the
winter in Washington in connection
with the work OF rehabilitating
wounded soldiers; Mrs. Charles w.
Hawthorne, from the Provincetown
(Mass.1. colony of artists: Mrs. AL