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an the other day. and her eyes almost
filled with tears as she told me now,
when she came back to the ruins OF her
home, her cat was sitting on the door
step to welcome her-mon seul souve-
mir as she said.
1--WE have a social. service depart
ment, of course. and the chfldrens de-
partment has just organized travel
ing store to go to our. more distant viii
lagos on stated days (thfs plan has
been tried by, an English oeuvre not
far from us. and has succeeded swelD,
besides a store to be held here on our
own grounds. You may not understand
about this unless I explain that, with
some of the people, the difficulty Is not
that they are absolutely destitute. but
that they have no way OF getting sup
plies without walking miles to the
nearest town, and that the prices are
too high for their scanty means. The
different organizations here, besides
distributing material free of charge to
those who cannot pay, sell at low prices
(two-third to three-fourths of cost to
the people who can pay something.
I'VE have round dozen of villages
in our charge. Two of the nearest are
also the largest, which is fortunate. be-
cause the people can easily come to us
and we thus save much time. The
largest has. perhaps. three hundred in
habitants at present. At the other end
of the scale is a little place so utterly
in ruins that only one family has had
the courage to come back. AS far as
the desolation and ruin which the Ger
mans left in their trail. there are no
words of description which can over
state the case. The village people talk
of their troubles in matter-o course
way which is really more heartrending
than anything else. One will point to
a few fragments Of walls overgrown
with rank weeds and say. even with
smile, That was my house" If you
ask woman how many children she
has, she will enumerate few young
ones and then add. without change of
expression, And two older ones with
the boches." The husbands are either
in the French army or prisoners of the
Germans, and the villages are prac-
tically without men. except a few of
the old and feeble. Children are plenti-
full. however: over 125 are on the roll
Of those who come once a week for
games and classes. The medical de-
partment is finding a lot to do for the
children, too, not because they have
serious or acute illnesses, but because
nutrition and sanitary conditions are
at low ebb. naturally enough. and
the children suffer accordingly.
I'VE are seeing from twenty to twenty
five patients every day in the dispensaries
or in their homes
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he will exhibit on Friday will be sim
flar to those shown at the y. A. H.
lecture during the Christmas holidays
at woodward & Lothrop's auditorium.
Among those present at the Cosmos
Club. for the lecture Of the Alliance Fran
caiSe ThurIday were Mime. Vignal. wire
Of Cen Vignal Of the French embassy;
Mrs. Tn. NJ Chatard, the Misses Cullen.
Mrs and Miss MCGOWAN, Mrs. g. B: New
man, Mrs. r. Richards. Mrs. and MISS
Cover, Mrs Hall, Mrs. Bowman. Miss K
Kirby, Miss K Brawley, Mrs. J. A. Sterns
and Mr.. T.. Brantly. The next lecture
will be delivered on Thursday. January
"a, at 80, by M Francois Monod. chef
de cabinet du haut commissariat de ia
RepubliQue Franchise aux Etats-Unis
The subject will be Les Ruines de Ia
Guerre,'' with stereopticon views
Following the supper tonight the Arts
Club will entertain at q musical with
Mr.. S. M. Fabian at the piano and Miss
Berenice Randall, soprano.
The lecture which Miss Pauline Jen-
nings of the New York city board OF
education, assisted by Miss Pauline
Gates. was to have given tonight, had
to be Cancelled on account of Miss Jen-
nings having injured herself by a fall
on the ice.
Mr.. Frederick A. Delano Of the Federal
Reserve Board will make an address on
War Savings" at the regular Thurs
day night dinner of the club this week,
with Mrs. sh-Brown and Miss Mon
roe as hostesses and Mr.. Bush-Brown as
chairman.
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White-Prettyman.

The Rev Forrest ]. Prettyman. chap
lain Of the United States Senate, and
Mrs Prettyman announce the marriage
of their daughter Edith to Mr.. Luther
w. White, jr., U. s. r. c. The ceremony
was performed Saturday evening, January
12. in Emery Chapel, Methodist Episcopal
Church South. by the brides father. She
was escorted and given in marriage by her
brother. Lieut.. E. Barrett Prettyman. Y:
s. N. A. Miss Martha Prettyman attended
her sister as maid of honor. and Miss Re-
becca Lamar of Rockville, Md. a cousin,
was her bridesmaid. Mr.. Wallace White,
U. S. N. R., brother of the bridegroom.
was best man, and the ushers were Lieut.
Ernest White. U. S. N. A., and Mr.. Ralph
Dawson, u. s. N. r.
The chapel was decorated with white
roses, palms and ferns. Miss Margaret
King played the wedding music. The
bride wore a gown OF ivory satin with
lace and tulle veil wreathed with orange
blossoms. She carried a shower OF bride
roses and narcissus. The attendants wore
frocks Of green tulle over shell-pink silk
and carried pale pink rosebuds. An in
formal reception followed. The bride and
bridegroom will make their home at Nor
folk.
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OF the social life at the capital for the
past season or two been devotfng all
their time and attention to courses OF
training fitting them to serve their
are now so absorbed with the serious
problems of life that their once-upon-
a-time constant social activities are be-
fng limited to an occasional informal
dinner party and attendance at the
large balls, which are all for some
worthy purpose. Among those who will
be able to serve as q. nurses aid are
Mi6s Nataline Dulles. Miss Amy Ben
nett, Miss Margaret Tuttle, Miss Ade-
laide Tuttle, Miss Margaret Fahnestock
and Miss Anna Montgomery. as some
of these have taken and others are un-
der instruction in first aid. surgical
dressings, home care Of the sick and
dietetics as certificates in these four
Miss. Carolyn Nash. who took these
courses last winter, has been at the
Pennsylvania University since early In
October taking a special course in
nursing. Others who are giving their
branches are Miss Jane Gregory, Miss
Margaret McChord, Miss Frances Trav-
er, Miss Anne Hopkins. Miss Sophy
Johnston, Miss Minna Blair, Miss Vir-
ginia Blair. Miss Margheritta Tillman
and Miss Ruth Wilson.
As the need Of young women with
business training has been keenly felt
by the Red Cross and other branches Of
war workers, Miss Sidney Burleson.
Miss Marie Sims and Miss Dorothy
Mason are among the most assi2uous
of students at one Of the local business
colleges Miss Ruth Anderson, Miss
Joan Oil, Miss Ruth Hitchcock and Miss
Lillian Birney are among the youngest
members of the refreshment corps, hav-
ing Joined early in the summer before
the entrance age was raised to thirty
years. with a preference to married
women. They have given many hours
every week for several months to sery-
ing coffee and sandwiches to the thou
sands of troops who have passed
through Washington. To Miss Ruth
Anderson is special credit due for the
several hundred pounds of homemade
candy which were shipped from Wash
ington to the men over there" in time
for Christmas. For many weeks Miss
Anderson gave all her time which was
not assigned to duty with the Kitchen"
to this candy making, which was first
done under the instruction af an ex-
pert from the Department Of Agricul-
ture. and secured the interest and time
of SO many of her friends that nearly
$50 pounds helped to sweeten the
Christmas for the boys across the
water
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California Women Take Up Nursing.

San Francisco chapter of the Red
Cross is urging women to qualify
themselves to supplement the service
Of trained nurses during the war by
learning to deal competently with the
requirements of minor cases of illness.
There are barely enough graduate
nurses for ordinary times. and with the
increasing number needed for military
service those available for home serv-
ice will be few. Sixty-three of them
left San Francisco recently for service
in France.
1t is pointed out that, as the war is
prolonged. there will be great need in
this country for convaleseent hospitals,
and then the nurses aids will be in de-
mand. Red Cross chapters are now en-
powered to appoint first aid commit
tees to handle this work and San Fran
cisco chapter has appointed DIR. Emmett
Rixford chairman of its first aid COM
mittee. and Mrs. NJ. c. Sloss is chair
man Of the educational committee
To meet the demand for nurses aids
classrooms have been fitted up at Red
Cross headquarters, where morning,
afternoon and evening classes are given
in elementary hygiene, home care Of the
sick and first aid.
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French Night at All Souls.

The Parish Hall of All Souls Church
was crowded last Thursday evening
with men in uniform and volunteer
workers. A short lesson in elementary
French was given by Nine. Boury, fol-
lowed by an address by an officer Of
the French high commission and a
group Of French songs by Mrs. Fair
fax and the singing Of the "Marseil-
laise" by the entire audience. The even
ing concluded with light refreshments
and French conversation. All men in
uniform are cordially welcome at
these Thursday evening entertain
ments.
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Apply to Headquarters.

When members of the Akra branch
of the Pembina County. N. D., Red Cross
Chapter ran out of knitting yarn they
did not stop their knitting, but they
sheared the wool from their own sheep,
carded and spun 1t and now are busy
as before, knitting socks and wristlets
for the soldiers from the gray wool
which they made by carding white and
black wool together and later dyei-s II
blue to conform with the Red Cross
regulations.
This announcement. says the Oswegc
Daily Times, was made by Mrs B. S
Thorwaldson. who is chairman of the
branch. which Is composed mostly OF
Icelanders, who are known the world
over for their knitting.
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Dance for Officers.

The entertainment committee of the
Catholic war relief gave a dance last
evening at the Lafayette for a number
of the officers from Quantico, of Gas De-
fense Corps. Signal Corps, Ordnance
Among those assisting Mrs. William
J. McGee. the chairman, in receiving
were Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst, Mrs
Charles Carroll Walcutt, Mrs. Daniel
Coughlin, Mrs. Pepper and Mrs. Wolfe.
Others assisting included Miss Marie
Mcclure, Miss Geraldine Toomey, Miss
Mildred McGee and Miss Isabel McGee
all members of the young ladies' floor
committee.
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is nearly $4,000 on hand. and many
knitted garments have been received,
which speaks for itself of the enthu-
siastic support given this organization,
which is but a month old.
The quartermaster's unit of the Army
emergency committee will meet at the
home of Mrs. Henry G. Sharpe, 1913 NJ
street northwest, on Wednesday morn
ing from 10 to 12 o'clock to receive
wool and return knitted garments for
the soldiers.
The cavalry branch Of the Army
emergency committee will hold a busi-
ness meeting Tuesday afternoon at 8
man, Mrs. Charles Carroll Walcutt, 1869
Wyoming avenue, instead of at Mrs.
Sands, 1868 Columbia road.
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Proceeds for War Work.

Mrs. William c. Gorgas and her as
sistants have arranged for an interest
ing moving picture exhibit and lecture
to be given by Col. William o. Owen of
the United States Medical Corps for the
benefit of their war work on Friday
evening. January 25, at 8 o'clock, in
Church. The pictures are of scenes
abroad and include many new ones
not shown here before. Col. owen has
just returned from a lecture trip of
several weeks and the pictures which
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Bast-Melton.

Melton. In Maryland avenue northeast
was the scene OF very pretty wedding
on tuesday evening, when their dauph.
ter Emma Ruth became the wife of
The house was profusely decorated
with terms and palms, the latter form
Ing a bower in which the ceremony
took place Just before the ceremony
MIS- George A. Miller, cousin of the
bride, sang 20 Promise Me-" The bridal
party entered the room to the strains
OF the "Lohengrin" wedding march.
played by Miss Helen NJ Black, who
also played the "Barcarole" during the
ceremony.
The brides only attendant was
cousin. Miss Helen NJ. Roy, who was
maid of honor. She wore a Charming
gown OF pink tulle over pink silver
cloth, which was trimmed in silver
lace. The maid of honor carried a
bouquet of pink roses. The bride
father, who gave her in marriage. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
George A. Miller. The bride wore
gown OF white taffeta, embroidered In
silver roses and trimmed in iridescent
tasseis Her cap and veil were of
white tu!le, the cap being caught with
orange blossoms. She carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley and
orchids. Her only ornament was
diamond bar pin, a Gift of the bride
groom.
Immediately after the ceremony,
which was witnessed by more than 100
friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs.
Bast left for Florida, Cuba and other
from the south they will travel through
Pennsylvania and New York The bride
wore a travelling gown of gray broad
cloth. with a gray braid hat trimmed
IN OLD rose, and also gray fox furs.
They will be at their home in North
Fremont avenue, Baltimore, after
March Is. Mr.. Alexander Bast of Raj.
timore. brother of the bridegroom. act.
ed as best man.
The dance given to the soldiers and
sailors by the Dixie Chapter, U. D. C.,
on the evening of January 16, at the
Confederate Memorial Home, was a
most pleasing compliment to those who
One hundred and fifty men were en-
tertained. Capt. Coleman of the can
tonment division and Mr.. Lawton of the
Nh. y: N. {: T. A., a. received the men: Mrs.
Talbot, Mrs. Paul L. Joachim. Mrs.
Henry Pitts, Mrs. w. L. Hazard, Miss
Eta Taggart, Miss Margaret Daniel,
Miss Mary Coleman and the Misses
Bost represented the chapter as hoor
committee.
The chaperons were Mrs. James E.
Mulcare. Mrs. John w. Hall. Mrs. J. w.
Rose. Mrs. Parker Anderson, Mrs. A.
w. Wells and Mrs. J. E. Swain.
Mrs. John S. Tomlinson. Mrs, George
K. Denmark and Mrs. Frank Birthright
presided at the punch bowls.
Private Mench gave several musical
selections while the officers of the
chapter received the guests. The or
chestra's first selection was "The Star
Spangled Banner" The hall was pref
tily decorated with American flags,
palms and Confederate colors
The District division of tho D.upb
ters of Confederacy will give musical
on the evening of January "a at the
Confederate Memorial Home, the pro-
ceeds to go toward relief work.
A very Interesting program has been
arranged and will be given by Mrs
Maude Howell Smith, Mr.. R. D. Shep-
herd, Miss Lille Winner, Miss Edna
Barber. Mrs. Ruth Simpson, Mrs. Nellie
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Shore and Miss Helen Weishampel.
Tickets may be secured from division
officers, chapter presidents, or pur-
chased at the Confederate Home. 1922
Vermont avenue.
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Saving and Serving With Hoover.

New York society women received
firsthand instruction Tuesday on "sav-
ing and Serving with Hoover" Mrs.
William Douglas Sloane opened the
doors of her home at No. West SD
street to enable wealthy women to
learn the latest methods of food con-
servation evolved in Washington. Five
hundred women heard Frederick C.
Walcott speak on '"rhe World Food
Shortage and It's Relation to the War"
Mr.. Walcott is a personal representa-
tive Of Mr.. Hoover.
Every one of the women pledged
herself to do her share in conserving
the foods needed for American troops
Mr.. Walcott said America at large
is not saving enough food to meet the
demands of the war. He continued:
I'VE are responsible not only for
feeding the armies in France but 60
per cent of the civilian population of
France as well. This demands the
help of every man. woman and child
in the United States. 1t means that
when each individual sits at the table
the thought should come to the mind
What can 1 save for our boys abroad
and for our allies?''
Mr.. Walcott declared that on the
whole. New York is doing well in the
food conservation movement. He said,
in addition to feeding France. the
sponsibility Of feeding England and
Italy.
On the committee of women who are
| to help in the food conservation move
ment are Mrs. Willard D. Straight Mrs
John D. Rockefeller, jr.: Mrs. E. H
Hartman, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James
Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mrs. Charles B. Alex
ander, Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting, Mrs
Henry c. Frick, Mrs. Daniel Guggen-
helm, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs
| Iselin, Mrs. Joseph H. Choate. Mrs
Nicholas F. Brady, Mrs. William H
Crocker, Mrs. Arthur S. Burden, Mrs
| f. Gray Griswold. Mrs Charles Dana
Gibson, Mrs. r. Fulton Cutting, Mrs
| Alfred Arson, Mrs. Mortimer L. Schiff
Mrs. Hamilton NICK. Twombly, Mrs
! Douglas Robinson. Mrs. John MCGEE
/ Mrs. Harold Pratt, Mrs. Robert Bacon
Mrs. Walter B. Bliss, Mrs. Charles n
Marshall. Mrs. Edward 8. Hardness
Mrs. Edmund L. Bayliss, Mrs. Court
landt d. Barnes and Mrs. Francis Key
| Pendleton.
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"Sock a Day"

"a sock day is the battle cry of
the devoted British women. only in this
way can the needs of the men be filled
The Red Cross makes an especial appeal
for socks for our men-at this ratio per
woman or better!
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Telephone Operators for Service
Abroad.

The division of womens war work,
committee on public information, issues
the following:
The War Department will send 100
telephone operators abroad. 1t is not
necessary that they should be expert
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Training Camp for Gardeners.

An officers training camp for gar
deners is what Mrs. e. l.. Chaser of the
North Shore Garden Club, Chicago,
calls the intensive gardening course
that is to be given Friday nights dur
ing January and February at Lyon &
Healy Hall, Jackson boulevard and
Wabash avenue.
This is a real university extension
series. furnished by the department of
horticulture of the University OF Hi
nois. It will help materially to teach
how to avoid the mistakes of amateurs,
which were the mistakes made by most
war gardeners last summer. The talks
begin at 1880, giving plenty OF time for
suburbanites to catch reasonably early
trains.
The first lecture on the program was
on Handling the Soil Of the Garden.
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Young Girls In War work.

AS the flower of Washington was
among the hrst to answer Americas
call to arms, SO have many of the
young girls who have been the center
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Army Emergency Committee Active.

An interesting meeting was held by
the Army emergency committee, Of
which Mrs. Albert L. Mills is chairman,
at Rauscher's Friday morning, when
there was an attendance of over 200, in
cluding not only prominent Army wom-
en-, but many of those from civilian life
who are anxious to further this splen-
did work. Reports were read from all
branches telling of their plans and Of
1.-THE work already accomplished. There
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Mrs. Hight Associate Secretary.

At the weekly conference of the Y. NJ
C. A, Mrs. Frank S. Hight was ap-
pointed associate secretary of the Bel
voir Y. NJ. c. A. and has the honor of
being the third unpaid woman secretary
of the Washington district.
Belvoir Camp is located twenty five
miles down the river and is the site of
the new engineers training camp. On ac-
count of ice in the river, the men are
practically isolated at present, and de-
pend entirely upon the Y. NJ. c. A. for
entertainment. There is one weekly en-
tertainment given there by the war serv-
ice commission. However, on other
nights and during the day it devolyes
upon the camp secretary. Mr.. Lutz, and
his associates, Mr. Long and Mr.. Pulz, to
provide the entertainments. They not only
see that the men are amused, but have
the largest religious programs, and the
men are intensely interested in the re-
ligious meetings, which are held twice a
week.
Mrs. Hight has been going to the camp
each Thursday as chaperon for the war
service commission entertainments, and
plans to go occasionally on Sunday after
moons to give short musical program
and on these days the men may give her
small shopping commissions.
Through her efforts a few musical in
struments have been procured for the
men but many more are needed Any
donations of instruments or money with
which instruments can be procured
should be sent to Mrs. Frank s. Hight,
the New Willard. If the name of the
donor Is sent with the same, acknowledge
mept will be made.
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Dance for Liberty Bonds.

The fourth annual dance of the Wash
ington Chapter of the Trinity College
Alumnae Association will be held at the
New Willard Friday. February 8. The
ing liberty bonds of the third series for
Trinity College.
Very elaborate preparations are being
made. as the dance is expected to be an
even greater success than the ones held
in the past. owing to the patriotic dis
posal Of the funds.
Miss Josephine Wimsatt is president
Of the Washington Chapter, with Miss
Margaret Collins as vice president, Miss
Isanelle Murphy as secretary and Miss
kathertne Sullivan as treasurer. Miss
Dorothy Callahan is chairman of the
dance committee, and has assisting her
Miss Anna. Lee Pace, Miss Miriam
Loughran. Miss Esther Garner, Miss
margaret Lane and Miss Gertrude Lane,
ter.
The students of Georgetown College.
catholic University and the various
scnools and colleges around Washing
ton, together with the officers from the
various schools and camps in the vicin. .
ity. Will serve as aids and assist in every
way to make this dance an unusua1Jv
brilliant affair."
Col. and Mrs S. M. de Lofrre Ir 6
are at the New Willard for an indefinfta
stay: Col. de Loire will be on duty at
washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Cogswel1 an
nounce the marriage of their daughter,
Lucille, to Mr.. Lloyd Garrison PRAY. The
ceremony took place Wednesday noon at
the ar,ndo1 nome &c Of the brides parents. the
arundel, and was performed by the Rev.
James L. Gordon, d: D., of the First
congregational Church. After February
10 Mr.; and Mrs. Pray will be at home at
800 Ne" Hampshire avenue northwest.
Miss Elizabeth Gardner Howser is
spending the week end at Annapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Bradley Davidson
nave leased their residence on the
Rockville road to Maj. and Mrs. W. c.
Spruance, jr., of Wilmington, Del, and
nave taken the home of Capt. Keys at
IS w. Irving street, Chevy Chase. Md
MAJ. Spruance is with the ordnance di-
vision of the War Department.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Deuth have re-
turned from short trip to New York
and will occupy their residence, 1903
Connecticut avenue.
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enced telephone operators. but they
must be able to speak French as fluent
ly as they do English.
The American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company in New York city will
instruct these young women. Already
twenty-five have been enrolled and will
be sent to France very soon. Women
wishing to make applications for these
positions will write to the American
Telegraph and Telephone Company.
The telegraph companies of the
United States want 5000 telegraph
operators and have established schools
for the purpose of teaching telegraphy.
These operators will take the places
left vacant by operators who have TAX
en- government positions The War
Department makes the estimate that
4,700 woman clerks. including stenog-
raphers. typists. bookkeepers etc, will
be appointed before the both of June