The Washington herald., 1919-02-02
club to the Social Service League of
Montgomery County, Md.

| know. is only a suburb of Washing
ton, as the city extends over the line
The Social Service League takes care
of the poor and needy of the county.
furnishes visiting nurse for the
county and fills need in the county
30 great that words can hardly ex-
| press II. 1t helps to keep many from
| being burden to the City of Wash
inston. j believe that Izetta Jewell
VIII also be on the program that
evening. too
| one thing that the social service Is
DONG Just now is helping 10 support
poor widow left without means and
with seven children. ranging from the
age OF u years to 10 months. She
rs proving that she can keep her
family together and the children in
school on s75 a month, though how
! she does ii in these days of outrage
Gus prices is a mystery to everyone.
She lives not far from Chevy Chase
and Edgemoor In a little house she
owns hut which is not quite complete.
her husband was a carpenter and
dled before he finished the house.
Ihe Social Service League is try
4 'hAS ~ s'N PtOpit 10 give lnGU1 yiJ
for six months to help this poor
/ woman keep her family together,
and not have to place her children
in asylums. She is proving herself
! worthy of such help. At the end
OF that time II is hoped that n
| mothers pension can be secured for
her. No sum is too small to con-
| tribute to this worthy cause. ANY
one wishing to help may send their
| contributions to either Mrs, Giryin
Peters or Mrs. c. Griscom RandIe
both of whom live in Edgemoor and
are taking special interest in this
case. Those who don't want to con-
/ tribute directly might at least at
tend the play when it comes on
! either on the twenty-fourth or
twenty-eigh Of the month.-the
| exact date will soon be announced
and thereby help to swell ths
! funds of the Social Service League
| Each ticket will entitle the holder
to bring a soldier with them. They
can be had of Mrs. Maud Howell
Smith, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Randle, ol
any OF the members of the Woman's
| Club of Bethesda or at the door oi
Carroll Hall the night of the play
OF course the world and his wife will
all be on hand at the Southern Relief
Ball tomorrow evening. The box usu'
ally reserved for the President will bt
occupied by he members OF the Cabi'
net and their wives.
Other box holders are: Nine. Crueta
Gen. and Mrs. Frederic V. Abbott
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson. Mrs. E. T
Stotesbury, Mrs. +. b. Moran, Mrs
| Charles Brougnton Wood, Mrs. Gibson
| Fahnestock. Mrs. Joseph +. Thropp
| Mrs. Thomas F. Logan, Miss Natalie
Young Smith. Miss Lyle Hays. Mrs
| Frank Johnson. Mrs. Thomas F
Ryan. Mai. William Eric Fowler, VIM
| B. Noble, George Peabody Eustis, Mrs
J. G. Penn. Mrs. T. o. Chandler. A
w. Mclean. Mitchell Harrison and
The Daughters of Confederacy.
Mr.. George Peabody Eustis has pur-
| chased a box for the wounded officers
at Friendship Convalescent House
| William Bowie Clarke will have
charge OF the box arrangements and
will be assisted by a number of the
floor committee. Mrs John Hickey
and Mrs. Belle Riley viii be in charge
OF the flower table
On February s. 1919. the RaccaI
Canoe Club will resume its dances al
the Arcade private ball room. with the
Jardin music. The club was forced
to forego dancing due to the fact that
sixteen of its members were enlisted
in the service OF their country, and
as they are returning one by one and
the Arcade Building being released by
the government. it has been planned
! to give these dances which are well