The Washington herald., 1919-02-02
O'Clock, after which there was a most

interesting program. Gen. Gibson read
a paper on the Mexican war which
held the attention of all He is a very
remarkable man in many ways.
His daughter, Mrs. X. G. White.
keeps house for her father. has done
so during all the years of her wild
owhood. They will have as theI,
guest this week Mrs. Whites sons
wife. Mrs. Walker White, who was
Miss Pace, OF this city. Mrs. Walker
/ White has been up in Greenwich,
Conn, visiting her sister. Mrs. Law
renee Clark, and will stop here en-
route to join her husband, Capt
White. who ~ stationed at Camp
Hancock, Augusta, Ga. He was at
San Diego for about a year, going
there after he was graduated from
West Point, but is now an instruc-
! tor of machine gun company at
Camp Hancock. He was greatly
disappointed because he did not get
into the fighting on the other side.
Mrs. Whites daughter, Katherine
White, who was married about a
year ago to Maj. Nils Erik WahI-
burg. is now in Kenosha. Wis. He
was a major of ordnance, but has
bas been released from the service
sition as chief engineer of the Nash
Motor Company in Kenosha. about
forty miles from Chicago. He is a
/ Swede, but has lived in this coun-
try for some years and has made a
4 very remarkable record for himself
already in the engineering world.
| Mrs. White, sr., has two brothers
in the service, both in France. Capt.
Kendrick Gibson has been there
about year as has also his half
brother, Col. Atkinson. There is
/ still another brother, DR.. Horatio
Gibson, who lives in New York.
Bobbie Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| Bells son is planning to go South
about the middle of the month. But
before he goesfh is staging a little
play of his own at Carroll Institute
Hall In connection with the Commun-
| ity Drama. You have read about the
Community Opera which has been put
on with such success at the Central
| High School. Well, the Community
Drama is the same idea, and Is be-
ing managed by Mrs Maud Howell
Smith. under the auspices of the War
| Camp Community Service which took
over old Carroll Hall in the early days
of the war
The government used II first for a
branch office of the War Risk Bureau.
| but the place was condemned and the
| Offices had to be moved. Now il is all
! being overhauled and fixed up and is
really quite nice for just the purpose
| for which the War Camp Community
Service is using it. 1t is really COM
munity center now, and it is hoped
that when the War Camp Community
Service gives it up. the community
| can be persuaded to take it over.
| This Community Drama is the first
| step towards a movement TO secure
| a national theater. something the city
needs very much. The movement
should receive the cooperation OF all
OF the city's citizens. BY and by. per-
haps. when the movement grows lar
ger the government can be persuad- =
ed TO give the city Polls Theater. as
they already own it. and it is a very
desirable house. That is what the
Community Drama hopes to accomp-
lish anyway.
The Community Drama staged a
show Of Mrs Burleson's last Friday
evening. Mrs. Burleson is very much
| interested in this work Izetta Jewell
did a little stunt that evening. too.
She has been at her West Virginia
home much lately but runs down here
every little while She will be back
in a day or so for a long stay. Bobbie
Bells play is to be given either on
the 24th or the 18th OF this month
the date has not been quite settled
/ under the auspices Of the Woman's
Club OF Bethesda. and the proceeds
thus raised are to be given by that