The Washington times., 1919-10-26
lots WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL SOCIETY

Mrs. A. p, Niblack and Mrs. George
Barnett: honorary vice presidents.
Mrs; Newton Baker and Mrs. Jo-
sephus Daniels: secretaries, Mrs. Rob-
ert II. Dunlap. and treasurer, Mrs.
Charles Carroll Glover, jr.
The executive committee of the
Legion includes: Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe chairman; Mrs. George Barnett,
Mrs. Blaine Beale, Mrs. j. Franklin
Bell, Mrs. William Black, Mrs. Andre
Brewster, Mrs. Frederick Brooke. Mrs.
j. M. Carlisle. Mrs. John DOYLE Car
mody, Mrs. Marlborough Churchill.
Mrs. Robert H. Dunlap, Mrs Ralph
Earle. Mrs. w. c.. Eustis, Mrs. f. F.
Fletcher, Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover,
Mrs. Y. ). Grant, Mrs. Janes Iarbord,
MRS. Harries, Mrs. T. c. Hart. Mrs. L.
Clarkson Hines, Mrs. RecinaId Huide-
koper. Mrs. Lester Jones, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, Mrs. william G. Mitchell.
Mrs. A. p. Niblack, Mrs. Leigh c.
Palmer, Mrs. G. J. Rowcliff, Mrs. John
Lewis Smith and Mrs. Joseph Tracy
organizations come and organiza-
tons go, but certain of the old stand
oy go on forever. accomplishing an
untold amount of good and making
very little noise about 1t. For ex-
| ample, l give you the Needlework
Guiid OF America, of which Mrs Tru-
man Newberry, wife of the Senator
from Michigan. is the present head.
Many of the relief organizations have
dropped their work now that the war
Is ended, but the members of the Need
lework Guild feel that such work as
they are doing is as necessary now as
| II was in wartime and they are laying
( plans for accomplishing a great deal
during the coming winter. On FRI
day MRS. Newberry gave a tea for the
| ofncers OF the society and certain of
| the chapter heads: and, although this
was gathering for social purposes.
many constructive ideas were evolved
| from IL.
The guest of honor was Mrs. VIII
liam Spencer. of Erie. Pa, president of
the Erie branch of the guild: and she
told the assembled guests something
| of-the growth of her branch. which is
one of the largest and most successful
in the country, and what it has ac-
complishal
About year ago the national So
ciety OF the needlework guild adopted
the French town of st. Quentin. Sc
| lecting this particular town as a COM
pliment to its national honorary presi-
| dent, Mrs.. Theodore Roosevelt, st.
Quentin being naturally close to her
heart-and the organization is now
supplying clothes for its poor and
needy. During the summer thousands
of garments were sent overseas
Miss Elinor DuPuy is president of
the District section of the guild. Last
year this section made use of the
Church of the Covenant lecture room
for Its meetings and it is expected
that the same arrangements will be
made this winter. The District branch
is growing rapidly and new standa rd
5000 garments to be distributed to
the poor of WashingtonT-is being set
for it this season. Many of the gar
ments will be made by the members
of the branch and others contributed.
They must, however, be new things
and warm, comfortable really useful
things.
Washington has never had opportu-
nifty to witness any of Lord Dunsany's
brain children upon the stage, but his
plays are of such rare literary quality
that they read" as we'll -as they
"act." Consequently those of us who
have his Gods of the Mountin,' "a
Night-at an Inn," The Golden Doom"
and the rest upon our library tables
are looking forward with the keenest
at the Shubert-Garrick on MY Own
Lands" subject which affords the
famous Irish poet and playwright de-
lightful scope for the play of his
fancy-and to the possibility of meet
ing him later on, If his itinerary al
lows him to linger in Washington Tor
little.
Lady Dunsany is here with her dis
tinguished husband, and from all ac-
counts she's as well worth meeting
as he is--a very human and appeal
ing sort of person. l read in the
New York Evening Sun little story
by Agnes Burke about how she found
| Lady Dunsany fair game for a few
| questions as to whether a woman
| should marry a hard-working, enter
| prising young man. with no thought
| beyond achieving financial success. or
| al playboy artist who stirs the soul,
but whose Temperament" may prove
| trying. Her conclusions are so en-
| tertaining and the picture she pre-
sents of Lady Dunsany. now a visitor
in Washington, is so charming that
! think I'll have to pass some of her
| Interview" on to you.
Now Lord Dunsany is admitted
ly great poet and an even bet
ter playwright, she says.
| He sells his plays and his
poems, so that there is no cues
tion of an artistic starvation at
stake. But he is at once Celtic
and poetic, inspirational and
whimsical; br makes ridiculous
| answers to people over the tele-
| phone, and has an awful time
| finding the blotting paper: he
| cannot remember his engage
ments. Such an artist must be
| handful as a husband for his
| supervising running mate.