Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
and trustees Of the organization will
assist.

assist.
Those interested last season in the
lectures of Lieut.. Andre LHuilller
and the Somme-Py fund Will like TO
hear of his return to this country
He has been sent by the French gov
been accomplished and to thank all
who assisted in the restoration OF
this village His recital sounds like
a fairy tale. for when he reached
there last June the village was en-
tirely covered with trenches. NUM-
tion depots. barbed wire and unex-
ploded shells. The first thing done
was to gather up the shells. a very
dangerous proceeding, but, with the
|, aid of 400 German prisoners. they
were exploded and the ground cleared.
While this work was being done the
lieutenant and his assistants lived in
the old trenches They soon erected
temporary wooden shelters and the
former population began to return.
But they had no food or clothing.
so that everything had to be supplied
by the French branch of the Somme-
Ply fund committee. Fortunately. the
American Red Cross gave Lieut..
L'Huillier a little Ford, in which he
went every day to the nearest town
and brought back bread, food to the
poor peasants who were working so
valiantly to recover their homes The
French government paid half the ex-
penses of reconstruction and soon
small houses were erected and the
people were happily harvesting the
fields. The Somme-Py fund commit
tee has adopted a plan by which this
village is being gradually rebuilt.
There can be no greater charity than
to help people to help themselves. and
rummage sale is being organized
here in order to continue this good
work.
Mrs. John Prather entertained
company at luncheon on Wednesday
in honor of Mrs. Edgar F. Hubball.
who was before her marriage Miss
Mary Warner of Virginia.
Nine. Grouitch, wife of the minister
from the Serbs, CroatS and Slovenes,
and Mrs Mayo, wife of Commander
Claude Mayo. U. S. N. were elected to
honorary membership in Stonewan
Jackson Chapter of the U. D. c. at
the meeting last week. Nine. Grouitch
is native of West Virginia and was
born in Clarksburg, the birthplace of
Stonewall jackson. The chapter gave
it's November dance last Saturday
evening at the willard. when Mrs.
Frank Morrison. the recently elected
president. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton
ceived the guests. They We're assist
ed by Mrs. Claude Mayo, Mrs. Ben
jamin Saule Gantz. Mrs. Robert K.
Williams. Mrs. Wallace Grayson
Orme, Miss Mamie Randolph Heth,
Miss Lillian Chenoweth. Miss Char
lotte Pendleton, Miss Margaret Cock
rell, Miss Sallie Gibson and Miss Ma
RE Mcclure.
Mrs Frank Martin will entertain at
luncheon Wednesday at her residence,
in Baltimore, in honor of Miss Louise
Wood, daughter of Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood U. S. A. Miss Wood will be
the house guest of Miss Marie Macglli
James, the debutante daughter of MIR.
Norman James, and will be among
the guests at the afternoon recep-
ton to be given for Miss James Tues.
day by Mrs. James at their nome, az
Catonsyille. Miss Wood will spend
THANKSGIVING at st. Timothy's School,
Gainesville.
The Duchesse de Richelieu. formerly
Miss Elinor Douglas Wise OF BAL
timore, is spending some time In Eng
land. After the first of the year sne
is planning to return to America for
visit. During the war she gave a
number of concerts throughout thls
country in the interest of the Fund
for Tubercular French Soldiers.
Among the we'll known Army Off
GERS decorated by the Prince of wales
at the investiture here Thursday was
Col. NJ A De Ianey. Medical Corps.
.. S. A. Col De Laney was White
House physician under President Taft
and was the first American officer to
go to France when war was declared
in 1917.
At first he went to duty with the
British army and was mentioned in
dispatches by Field Marshal Sir Doug