Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF


Mrs. Ncra O'D0n0hue. seventy years
old, was found in her room at %
Myrtle street northeast yesterday.
suffering from gas poisoning. She
was discovered by Mrs. Ella Colbert,
her landlady, before she had been seri-
| ousfy affected, and was taken to
Casualty Hospital Her condition is
not critical. A jet had accidentally
been left open.
w. o. Tally, 2e52 11th street. has
reported to the police the theft OF
eight, quarts of liquor. His apartment
was entered about noon yesterday.
Elizabeth Finn. six years old, 6O1 eth
street southwest, was bitten on her
back and thigh by dog while in the
alley in the rear of her home yeSter-
day. The dog belonged to a nefghbor
Absolute divorce is asked in a suit
filed by John w. Mullen against Pearl
III. Mullen. They were married at Rock
vile, Md. November %, 1906 and sep
arated in January, 1916. There are
four children. A correspondent is
named.
Mrs. Marion Spingarn, head of the
woman'S bureau of the police force,
has rendered her resignation. Her
husband. Capt. Arthur Z. Spfnsarn, y.
s. A. who has been detailed in this
city the past year. has been orserec
to France, and Mrs. Spinsard Will re-
turn to her former home in New York.
Mrs NJ. c. Van Wrinkle is acting as
director of the bureau.
Miss Fay Gring Butler, an Army
nurse, has filed suit to recover $4,000
damages from Mrs. Cora Wallace Nor
ton for alleged personal injury. She
says she was on the sidewalk at 13th
and NJ streets December last, when
an automobile driven BY the defend
ant struck her and dragged her for
fifty feet She asserts no notice was
given of the approaching machine anG
after she was injured the vehicle was
driven rapidly away, she states.
easy, Attractive Salads will be
the subject of the lesson to be given
to the Wilson Normal Community
Center class tomorrow night at 1880
O'Clock. under direction of the Dis
trict home demonstration office, De-
partment of Agriculture.
Phi Nh aIumnae are to hold a meet
ing Tuesday night at $50 o'clock at
2024 G street northwest. All out-of-
town Phi Mu girls. It is announced,
are invited to attend.
r. Hayes Hamilton plans to enter
tain soldiers in the hospital at Guam
tico with motion pictures and slides
showing scenes in our National
Parks" The entertainment will be
given under auspices of the Amerf-
can Red Cross.
What abuses and what remedies are
now possible in Washington in the
treatment of children placed out in
private or institutional homes will
form topics for a symposium to be
held by the Monday Evening Club to-
morrow night at o'clock in the as
sembIy hall of the Y. NJ. c. A. Walter
s. Ufford is to preside, and members
are invited to take an active part in
the symposium, bringing with them
friends who are interested in child
welfare in the District of Columbia.
be the representative of middle At
lantic states to the graduate council
meeting of Mount Holyoke College,
which meets at South Hadley, Mass,
this week.
Miss Ann Sutor is to take the lead
ing roll in a performance of Civil
at Community Club No. 8. SIS 10th
street northwest.
Prof. Allan Davis, principal of
Business High School, will speak to
the Kolumbia Esperanto Kiubo at the
Public Library Wednesday night.
The Adath Israel Kenesfah will
give It's first dance Tuesday in the
vestry rooms of the Adath Israel
Synagogue, 9Th and ! streets north
west.
The PoetfcaI Study Club Is to meet
Friday afternoon at o'clock at the
residence of Mrs. A. p Clark, 1878
Lanier place northwest
President j. Stanley Durkee Of
Howard University gave his indorse-
ment to the public health service
campaign against social diseases at
the showing of the Aim Fit to Win"