Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-16
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The Red Cross woman's Clubs will
hold the first of a series of card par
ties this evening at o'clock. Tables
will be made up for auction and
other games An invitation has been
extended to the personnel of national
headquarters of the Potomac Division
and guests Playing will be at the
Red Cross clubhouse, 2009 \ street.
An important meeting of the Catho-
lie Women's War Relief Service Will
be held this evening at the tathoIic
Women's War Service Club. 240S h
street northwest, at ) O'Clock.
War Camp Community Service. No.
= (coloredl will conduct sing" at
its headquarters. POLL Georgia ave
nue.. every Sunday afternoon between
$50 and 4:3O O'Clock. Josephine b
Wormiey and Claude r. Amos viii III
rect the singing. Everybody invited
mississippi State society will meet
Saturday evening at O'Clock at lZia
r street After the business meeting
and address by William Webb Ven
able, dancing Will take place. Re
freshments viii he served
Montgomery County t,Id.l Council
OF National Defcnseswili hold its last
meeting Tuesday l pm, at the Mont
gcmery Country Club, at Rockville
The personnel pt nv" N'N'''N
tional headquarters and of the head
quarters of the Potomac division, to-
trether with n number of their
friends. are to be the special guests
tonigh. at the first of a series OF
ThursLay evening card parties ar
ranged by the Red Cross Woman's
Club at the clubhouse zoos \ street
northwest.
REPRESENTATIVE NiucIieIoc last night
tod members of the Kentucky tlub.
at its annual meeting a the Masonic
Temple. his experiences in the pat
tic zone which he visit d last sum
mer Mrs Kjncheloe gave a reading.
About 400 KentuCkiauS attended. II
was voted TO hold meetings hereafter
on the fourth Thursday evening OF
every month at the Thomson School,
18th and l. streets.
The battle of Chateau ThierrE.
where the United States forces
turned back the Germans last July,
will be described by Gel. Robert H {.
Kelton at the annual meeting of the
Washington Alumni Association of
Vale University at the University
Club tonight Col. Kelton was chief
of staff OF the Sd Division, United
States Army during the operations OF
the American forces when the real
turning point of the great wa oc-
CURED. Tie VIII ILLUSTRATE ms stuutSSS
with lantern slides. All Yale men in
Washington. whether members of the
local association or not have been
invited to attend the meeting.
benjamin $. Wiggin, coIored, a mes
sepger of the War Trade Board, was
arrested yesterday by p. ]. Ahern of
the United States secret service
charged with forging and altering
check in favor of clerk in that bu-
reau, on a warrant issued by United
States Commissioner Richardson.
Wfggin was held in $4,000 bail for
hearing January % before the COM
missioner. The check was for $3.50
Wiggin denies the charge
The Irish History Study Club will
meet this evening at Northeast Tenn
pie, 18th and II streets northeast.
Lieut.. Jean Labat, attached to the
French high commission, will lecture
on "Three Years in the Trenches" at
St Paurs Lutheran Church, 18th and
II streets. Friday evening at o'clock
Lieut. Labat was wounded five times,
besides being gassed. He was deco
rated with the Croix de Guerre.
The services commemorative of the
birthdays of Gems. r. 2. Lee and
..Stonewall" Jackson will be held at
the Vermont Avenue Christian Church,
between n and o streets northwest, at
s o'clock Monday evening. Speaker
Champ Clark will deliver an address.
The public is invited.
A "teIephotoIogue'' of Washington
will be given by r. Hayes Hamilton
at the Victory K. of c. Hut. 9Th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, tomorrow
evening at o'clock for the men in
the service. Places of interest will
be illustrated and described in detail
i'm order to acquaint the men with the
nations capital The same lecture
NJ C. A. Hut at the Walter Reed Hos
pitai.
The Colorado Society will meet this
evening at O'Clock at the Thomson
School. 18th and i streets. A discus
sion of the life and works of Eugene
Field will take place Former SEN
ator J. S. Tierney will contribute d
paper on the life of Mr.. Field. Miss
Violet Pierson will recite some of the
best known of Fields poems.
The District of Columbia branch of
the National Association for Advance
ment of Colored People will hold it's
annual meeting at the 18th street Y.
NJ. C. A. this evening. Officers will be
elected.
wanderIusters will hike into vir-
ginia Sunday afternoon, following
trails from Thrifton to and along
Spout run and to, what is known as
Little Italy" The mixers will meet
at 36th and NJ streets al o'clock
Officers of st. AIMS Holy Name So
c;ety, recently elected for this year.
are: President, James Calvin; vice
president, lola Lester; secretary, John
NJ Poloni; treasurer, James V. Rider
Jeweiry valued mt more than 500
and $50 in cash were stolen from the
apartment of John d. Furlong. 2901
18th street. yesterday afteroon. En-
trance was gained by opening the door
with a duplicate key. The stolen
property included rings and pins.
The Junior Social Club of the Bir-
ney Community Center Will hold its
weekly dance at the center at o'clock