Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
$500 Pairs of Socks Needed.

! Within the next two weeks the COM
! forts committee of the Navy League will
ship emergency order of 5000 knitted
articles. Three thousand five hundred
! pairs of socks are to be included in this
shipment and contributions or assistance
| in the knitting the nine sock knitting
machines installed at the headquarters.
| 1916 H street, will be greatly appreciated
by the committee in charge Competent
| tea cheers, including Mrs Charles c. Marsh.
| Mrs. Evans Sewall, Mrs. |. H. Espey. Mrs.
i Osborne. Mrs. Townsend, Mrs. Freing-
| huysen. Mrs. Little and Mrs Meaker give
| daily instructions in the use of these ma
| chimes. The>comforts committee is also
constantly assisting the men in KHAKI
| having given outfits to many regiments.
| The sock-knitting machines are an in
valuable help to the woman'S committee
for the engineer soldiers and the artillery
branch of the Army Emergency Commit
tee. each having the of the SOCK
knitting machines one afternoon d week.
Last Friday was gala day at the head
quarters, hundreds calling to congratulate
Mrs James Carroll Frazer. chairman. on
the first birthday anniversary of the COM
forts committee. The stupendous work
accomplished by the comforts committee
can probably be realized by the contrbu-
ton of 12S.515 knitted garments of the
New York branch. which is under the
able management of Mrs. Herbert Sat
terlee.
Patronesses for the illustrated lecture
for the benefit of prisoners of war from
the allied armies informed in SWitZer
land to be held at Mrs. DimoCk's at $50
pm Monday. March II, include Miss
Boardman. Mrs. David Jayne Hill. Mrs
Franklin Houston, Miss Goldman. Nine.
Simon. Nine. Virgnal, Mrs. Frank Polk,
Mrs. William Phillips. Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Mrs. Colville Barclay, Mrs.
Robertson, Mrs. Adolph Miller Mrs
Stabier. Mrs. Clarence Wilson, Mrs. Sal
IL 1frE
Charles Tracy. Mrs. A. B. Ruddock,
Nine Sulzer, Mrs. Julian James. Nine.
Hubscher, Miss Lee. Miss Patton. Mrs
Richard Crane, Nine. de Laboulaye.
Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Mrs Ladenburg, Mrs. George Draper,
Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Mrs. Sears,
Mrs. Warburs, Lady Crawford, Mrs
du Pont, Nine. Chovei. Countess de la
Greze, Mrs. Perry Belmont. Mrs. Frank
lin K Lane Mrs. William Slater. Mrs.
Edison Bradley. Mrs. Charles Hamlin.
Mrs. Herbert D. Hoover, Mrs Henry
Rogers. Miss Ernst Mrs. Thomas Calf
Mrs. Auchincloss, Mrs. George Wander
bilt. Mrs. Grew, Mrs. Delano. Mrs.
Frank D. Kellogg. Mrs. John Livingston,
Mrs. willard Salisbury, Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend and Mrs. John Davis. Ad-
mission will be by invitation cards,
which may be obtained from the COM
mittee on arrangements at the Swiss
legation, or from the treasurer, Mrs
Richard Crane. jr.
a sale of articles made by the pris-
oners will be held at the Swiss lega-
ton March y. IS and II, under the
minister to Switzerland.
Nine de Laboulaye and Nine. de
BIanpre assisted by mum Der of prom
inent women, will besin charge of the
sale.
Mrs Maud Howell Smith and Mr.. r
l y 10
recital at the Arts Club tonight to be
| followed by a program of song solos
| by Mr.. Paul Bleyden, who will be &C
companied on the piano by Mrs
Rieyden.
| Miss Julia Lathrop and Capt John J.
| Crowley will be the principal speakers
at Thursday nights dinner at the club,
with Mrs. Allender and Miss Solomons
| as the hostesses and Mr.. H. X. Bush
Browg as chairTfn. .., The subj, subject of Of
| of Our Government"
The San Carlos Opera Company is to
/ give a performance for the benefit of
the free wool fund of the District of
I Columbia Chapter, American Red Cross,
at the Belasco Theater the evening of
! Monday. March %, the entire receipts
| to go to the fund with which wool is
| bought to be supplied to volunteers
willing to make knitted garments for
| the Red Cross.
Among the patronesses and box hold
| ers for the performance are Lady Read
ing, Nine. George Bakhmeteff. Nine.
Naon, Nine. Riano, Nine. Sulzer, Mrs.
Josephus Daniels. Mrs. Franklin X.
| Lane Mrs. David F. Houston. Mrs.
Henry Rea Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller.
| Mrs Benson. Mrs Willard Brownson.
Mrs. Barnett. Mrs Phillips, Nine. Roso.
Mrs Victor Kaufman. Mrs. John
| Crayke Simpson. Mrs. Gorgas, Mrs.
Sharpe, Mrs. william Ritter Mrs Bene-
| dict Crowell. Mrs. Mccain. Mrs. George
Marye and Admiral Stanton.
| The Washington Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America
will hold its eighty-ffth regular meet
ng of the society, held through the hos
/ pitality of Judge Martin \. Knapp at
! the Washington Club. 1901 X street