Evening star., 1918-12-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

4 special meeting of the WOmen's
Land Army Of America will be held
at the Washington Club at o'clock
tonight Miss Sophia Carey, repre-
sentative for the British land coun-
Gil, will speak upon the prospect of
the land army as an after-war task.
Mrs. F. L. Ransome, chairman Of the
District of Columbia division, will
preside.
An unlocked front door made 1T
easy for burglar to gain access
Monday night to the rooms of Miss
Helen IIillyer. Miss Mabel Hard and
dwelling 1t 1928 Goth street. In the
morning when they arose they dis
covered the loss of their pocketDooks
containing $32.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trie Company is .laned as defendant
III = suit to recover $1,000 damages
filed in the District Supreme Court
by Eella Ea skin. Mrs. Easkin says o
car OF the company collided June 80
last at 1th and G streets southeast
with an automobile in which she was
riding with her husband and child.
She was thrown to the street and
sustained serious injury. the plaintiff
asserts.
The Order of Washington will hold
it's annual smoker" at Hotel Lafay-
cite at Sis o'clock tonight. Maj.
Charles Drake Westcott will read
paper and DIR. Lewis B. Thomson will
tell "reminiscences of his SOP Ray
Thomson's recent diplomatic career in
Greece and the Balkan states. d..
Joseph G. j. Bullock, Daniel Smith
Gordon and Alfred B. Dent are the
committee of arrangements.
The weekly meeting of the Catholic
Women's War Relief Service will be
hello tomorrow evening at the Catholic
N"lucn's War Service Club, 24US Il
street northwest.
Wis. sophia Carey, representative in
Alnerica Of the British Land Council,
;tt the Washington ClCh. 1910 18th
Stree. tonight will expIaia why the
Uofa ems land army should continue i'll
operation after the wal
OF education, addressed the Washing
ton Forum ut 11th street and Penn
sylvania avenue. last night on "Edu-
cation for the New Era
The Rector. Aid Society Of All
SuSNN NHoSc III GIG,
will serve a supper tomorrow from )
to S o'clock.
The annual meeting of the GruetIi
Nerein. the Washington Swiss Society,
will be held tomorrow evening at 112
18th street northwest for the election
OF officers End other business.
Capt. william, II. sta.ton. director
Of TIE Navy League of the United
States. will address members of the
Twentieth Century Club at All Souls
Church. lith and l. streets, at 1850
o'clock tomorrow morning on ''The
need for Ships and What We Can Do
to Help The public is invited.
The Georgia Tech Alumni Club will
hold a dinner meeting at 6O7 14th
street at : o'clock this evening.
Omcinl motion pictures released by
the ordnance department taken at the
front are to be shown tonight at the 7.
W. c. A. 619 18th street.
DIR. John Willis Will lecture ON "FOf-
eiGners in America. at the Western
Presbyterian Church, on II street be-
tween 10Th and 10th Streets tomorrow
evening at o'clock. !,
Missionary work among the white
people of the Tennessee mountains
will be told of by Rev. aIcveigh Ear-
rison of the Order of the. Holy Cross,
at st. Paurs P. f. Church. s23d street
near Washington Circle. tomorrow
evening. 1t will be Illustrated by Ian
tern slides.
The annual meeting for election of
officers of William B. Gushing Camp.
No. so, Division of Maryland. Sons of
Veterans. L. s. A, will be held at
Pythfan Temple, 1912 9Th street. Fri
day, at pm.
Assigned to Walter Reed Hospital.