Evening star., 1918-01-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Local Hebrew women will meet al
2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in. the
rooms of the Y. NJ. H. A., 1347 Penn
forming a Washington chapter of Ha-
dassah. an organization working for
the relief of the suffering Jews of Pal
estine. There are already fifty chap
ters throughout the country engaged
in this work.
Samuel Gompers Is to deliver an ad-
dress at the morning services in the
Eighth Street Temple tomorrow. The
public is invited.
The Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, 1406 Columbia road, will have
a social for soldiers and sailors this
evening. and all enlisted men are in
vited. There will be bowling, basket
ball. games. music. some dancing and
refreshments.
A class of c.1didates is forming for
initiation tonight by Flagg Council.
United Travellers of America.
One of the features Of the smoker to
be given this evening for soldiers,
sailors and civilian strangers in the
city at the Young Mems Hebrew Asso-
citation, at 1347 Pennsylvania avenue
will be talk by Lieut.. Sroument OF
the French army.
A social meeting of the Collegiate
Club of Washington is to be held Tues
day evening at $50 o'clock in the
vestry rooms Of the Eighth Street
Temple
Priscilla Palmer, cOiored, seventy
eight years old, 49 G street, last night
dropped dead while visiting at the
home of a neighbor. Susie Francis. her
urif her a ha tirpa
Coroner hewitt gave certificate of
death from natural causes.
b. F. Rollins. Great Falls. Va, was
taken to Georgetown University Hos
pital yesterday afternoon and treated
for a broken arm. He is said to have
received the injury in fall from car
at Great Falls ten days ago
A small fire occurred in the house of
Sarah V. Stewart. 1850 32d street, yes
terday afternoon. The fire was caused
by a defective flue, according to the
police. and No. 5 engine company con-
fined the flames to the kitchen. About
$25 damages resulted
Comfortable quarters and nm abund-
ance of good food yesterday afternoon
were not SO great an attraction as the
snow-covered fields and freedom to
four inmates of the National Training
School for Boys-James Spelhouse.
James MandoZa, howard Henry Smith
and Paul Frazier. Police We're asked
to assist in an effort to recapture them
ORcers for 1918 will be elected at
the annual meeting Of the Holy Name
Society of Washington at Gonzaga Hall
Monday night. Reports showing the
progress of the societys work for the
year will be submitted. John Hadley
Doyle, who has been president for four
years, will retire.
The Scottish Society of St. Andrews
gave a smoker last night ut the Home
Club. IA Jackson place northwest.
Speakers of the evening included Sena-
tor McCun. ber of North Dakota. Charles
Lydell of the British embassy, Lloyd
Harris of Toronto. and Representative
Phil Campbell of Kansas.
An illustrated lecture by Mrs. Mary
Vaux Walcott, scheduled for last even
ing at Friends Church. 18th and Irving
streets northwest. was postponed be-
cause of the desire of the committee
in charge to conserve fuel. DR.. j. T.
Huddle will speak at the church to-
night, but this meeting will not in
crease the consumption of coal, as the
church house is heated today in prepa.
ration for the services tomorrow.
Michigan eitlzens resident I'm WASH
ington have been invited to smoker