The Washington herald., 1918-09-08

Up 10 view ork after him.
With Mrs. MarshaIi's return ,sy,
week. the activities Of the ladies o,
the Senate took q fresh start she
fell at once Into her old routine OF
spending most OF the DAY up al
their quarters at the Senate or,ce
Building. For the moment there n,
only q few Of them at work. as
there are only a few Of them In
town; but they are coming back al.
most every day. and as soon as there
are enough TO be at all effective the
surgical dressings division will re-
sumo operations.
The surgical dressings division of
the College woman,s Club lie sending
out notices that II is about to -e-
sumo its bi-weekly meetings at the
Geographic Society Building two DAYS
in the week from 10 70 5-practically
a union day. Mrs. Montgomery Blair
mas returned and started her surgical
dressing workrooms again. The Ad-
elaioe Daniels unit Of the Red Cross
naval Auxiliary is resuming its reg
ulsr meetings, and there are any
NUMBER of other war activities. that
nave siackened up a bit during the
summer are all tuning up for the
Meanwhile certain other orssni-
zations that have been especially
concerned with summer work are
winding up their season. One Of
these Is the Arion Club of the sig
nal Corps that has been giving a
series of entertainments for soldiers
at Central High School. There are
only two more of these scheduled
Next Wednesday convalescent SOL
diers from Walter Reed HosnItaI
are to be their particular guests
and particularly interesting pro-
gram has been arranged for them
SANDY" motion picture flrn
with Jack Pickford I'm the leading
role, will be shown. as well as a
new official war film. and there
will be a concert by the Engineer
Band from Washington Barracks.
There will be dancing in the armory
OF the high school and arrange
ments have been made for the
swimming. tennis. basketball and
other sports which are a fee
OF the social activities under the
auspices OF the Arion Club.
Since the boys from Walter Reed
must keep early hours, the band
concert and dancing will begin
sharp at o'clock and the pictures
will be shown at dark. The mem
bers Of the Ohio Girls Club will
assist the members of the Arion
Club as hostesses. Refreshments
will be served.
The seriousness of the housing pro-
blem is being more and more forced
home upon the various examinations
interested in war work. both federal
and philanthropic. One OF the inter
esting visitors OF the week has been
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller. jr.. who
was here as head Of the Housing
Committee OF the War Work Council
Of the Y. W. Q. A 10 discuss the
plans for their hostel which is to
be erected at North Capitol and Z
streets close TO Union Station. The
y. W. Q. A. is planning A building
which will offer accommodation to
about 800 young women. and which
they will have no difficulty in finding
as they arrive in the Capital As l
understand il. il is not intended as
a permanent abiding place. but simply
as transient accommodations harbor
OF refuge whence they may seek
more permanent haven. Mrs. Rookie
feller discussed the plans with the
associations architect and went down
with him and looked over the ground.
She also while she was here went
out to Silver Spring and inspected
the associations country home there.
and their other country house out
D4rT-y~gTTn -
feller's girlhood was spent in Wash
ington as Miss Edith Aldrich. dauCh-
ter Of one OF the most influential Sem
ators OF the period OF the Spanish
war. and the Roosevelt administrs-
tion, though at that time Washing
toms housing problem was negligible
except in the matter Of eliminating
the alley dwellings. Recalling the
Washington Of then. the Washington
OF now, was to her. as TO many others
whose memory goes back ten years
or so almost unbelievable.
Returning summer wanderers
are swelling the food Of travel into
Washington. Most OF the summer
colonies are preparing to get back
TO town. though in the mountains
lovely that they are loath TO leave.
Perhaps this is more true OF White
Sulphur than OF most places, Sep
tember promises TO be a great
month there. One Of the most in
teresting OF the series OF Red Cross
golf tournaments which have been
interesting the resort, opens to-
morrow. and runs through the
week. There seems no decrease in
the number Of arriving guests. and
many OF those who have been es-
tablished there pretty much all
summer seem to count on staying
through this month.
Mrs. McAdoo, for instance, expects
to remain at Hawley Cottage until
the end of the month. Secretary Nc
Adoo comes down for every weekend,
and while he is already deep in the