The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-29

and America above the porte cochere
OF the Greenbrier The italian wait
ers and captains were touched by the
gift and sang the italian national song.
la Marcia Nazionale" during the con-
cert hour on Sunday evening when the
Italian flag was unfurled over the
balustrade of the great staircase with
the Stars and Stripes. DR.. and Mrs.
Lancashire have an Italian son-in-
law who Is now prisoner of war.
Their daughter with her little baby is
waiting in Rome until he Is released.
Last Friday evening the motion pic
ture Our Own United States" fea-
| turing Arnold DAILY who is now at
White Sulphur Springs, was shown
In the ballroom of the Greenbrier for
the benefit of national aeronautic COM
mittee of the Woman's Naval Service,
Incorporated. Enough money was re-
ceived TO equip two air squadrons with
athletic outfits. Among the patronessee
TOR the evening were Mrs. John N.
| WHY'S, of Toledo, who les chairman
of this committee for the state of
Ohio; Mrs.John Clay. of Chicago: Mrs.
Francis l. Hine, Mrs. Gardner w.
Brown, Mrs. Charles II. Ditson, Mrs.
Daniel 9. Tenney, Mrs. Marshall Rus
sell and Mrs. G. Ledyard Blair.
| White Sulphur Springs, West Vir-
g1nia, is plum ging into war work as
never before and the various move
m ents on foot to aid the government
are receiving the earnest and enthusi-
astic support of every member OF the
colony gathered at the Greenbrier for
a brief vacation, from their business
duties and war cares. The liberty
| loan drive has carried beyond all an
ticipation and four stars are now add
ed TO the honor flag which was the
first TO be awarded in the state.
| This week marks the opening OF
the war savings cam paign, at the
Greenbrier, and a both. gayly de-
| corated with red. white, and blue has
been erected in the lobby. where every
day society women are stationed 10 sell
war savings and thrift stamps The
campaign opened on Tuesday with
sales amounting to over one thousand
dollars. and will be conducted through
| out the season.
With the presence Of such men as
! the former ambassador TO France,
Myron r. Herrick. and Paul NJ. War
! burg. vice-chairman of the federal re-
serve board at Washington, and Sir
Richard Crawford. counsel for the
British embassy at the Greenb~ier. the
atmosphere is charged with patriotic
sentiment and everyone is giving free
! ly of their time and money to Cup
| port every movement that Is launche &c
| here in behalf of helping win the war
| Mr.. Herrick has three times addressed
the eotourners here on the liberty loar
and war stamps, and to all who heard
| him, there was no more doubt as &c
! the duty of every citizen, for he &C
clearly voiced the sentiment of the
| people when he said: Life Is not
worth living unless we win this wal
and we must sacrifices everything un-
| til we do win it"
Paul NJ. Warburg spoke TO thirty
! ladies on the war savings stamps cam
| paigu at an informal tea given by Mrs
| John Turner Atterbury. of New York
! in her suite in the Greenbrier last
week.
| On Tuesday evening at the public
| school in the village a committee was
| appointed to organize the work for
school children's war gardens, with the
! purpose In view OF utilizing every
available plot of ground for the pro-
ducing of food. by the school children
for home use, thereby alleviating the
d mand for Vegetables on the large
markets that should rightly be sup
| plying all they can to the government
for the camys. cantonments and naval
training stations. The committed
which will appoint subcommittees as
the demand for them In created, al
| present consists OF A. e. HuddleSton
4 NJ. Tressel A. J. Livesay, z. M
Haynes and Mrs. Sue O'ConneiL All
| the school children including the Boy