Evening star., 1919-02-23
Annual Easter Ball.

! The concert hall of the United States
marine barracks will again be the
{ scene of the annual ball given by the
Womans Army and Navy League. the
GATE beng, as always, Easter Mon
i DAY night, this year falling on April
| 21.
BY securing funds through the Civ
ing of these balls and the yearly
subscriptions the organization is
enabled to carry on it's work of CO.
operating with chaplains and others
in promoting the welfare and con-
tentment of the enlisted personnel of
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
Many gifts are made for the amuse-
ment of the men-of musical instru-
ments, agazines-the latest gift
being talking machines to be sent
through the president of the league,
Mrs. Emerson II. Liscum. to Walter
Reed and the United States Naval
hospitals. generous sum having been
voted for this purpose
The league helps to support the
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club
located at 3l7 c street northwest of
this city, where many lonely man
pronounces it a veritab Bile home. This
organization is the oldest of woman s
| service organizations
Mrs. Frances A. Brining of Boons-
boro, Md, announces the engagement
| OF her daughter. Mary Jane. to DR..
Earle G. Breeding of Washington.
| The announcement was made yester
day at charmingly appointed lunch
con which Mrs. Brinng gave in her
Boonsboro home. DR.. Breeding has
| recently gotten his honorable dis
| charge from the Medical Corps, L. S.
A, after several months service at
| the Waiter Reed Hospital, and the
marriage will probably take place
late in the spring.
NJ. Carlo Lten. the great Belgian
tragedian. is coming before the AL
lance Francaise next Monday after
noon at 4:30, in the Washington
Club. He will recite from Paul Yer
laine, Charles Baudelaire. Emile Yer
haeren, Maeterlinck, Cammaerts and
Fyseur. Among the people present
at the last lecture were Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas NJ. Chatard, Mrs. Charles R.
Shepard. Miss b j. kibbey, Mr.. and
II. Baldwin, DR.. and Mrs. NJ. f. Gates,
Miss J. D. Strong, Mrs. and Miss Nc
Gowan, Miss f. H. Butler, Mrs. B.
Micou, Miss Townsend. Miss D.
Lampson. Miss K. Brawley. Miss n.
Magruder, Miss A. d. Boiling, Mrs C.
G. Redfern, Rev. Edward H. Ingle,
Mrs. c. E. Grayson, Mrs. William H.
Dali and Miss r. Lefevre.
Inc OdlI Tor tne EplScOpdl ii ONE Tor
Children, to be given at the New Will
lard Friday, February 2S, will be one
OF the most brilliant of the winter,
and many dinner parties are being ar
ranged for that night. from which the
guests will attend the ball
Mrs. Delos A Blodgett. who is trav-
cling in Cuba. has generously donated
two boxes for the use of the boys
from Walter Reed Hospital, who will
come as honor guests. Others taking
minister from the Netherlands; Nine
mer imperial Russian ambassador;
Mrs. Mackay-Smith Mrs. Joseph E.
Thropp, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood,
Mrs. Dennis A. Upson, Mrs. Francois
Berger Moran, Gen. and Mrs. Frede ric
v Abbot, Mrs. c. G. Calhoun, Mrs
Walter H Schoelkopf, Mrs. Truman G.
Palmer and Maj. William Eric Fow-
ler.
The additional patronesses for the
ball included: Mrs. Thomas H. Mar
shall, Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory
Mrs. Carter Glass. Mrs. Newton D.
Baker, Mrs. Willard Salisbury, Nine
de Riano. Mrs. ColviI1e Barclay. Nine
Ekengren, Nine. Grouitch. wife of the
minister from Serbia; Nine. Philip
Barber. Mrs George Barnett, Mrs
Edison Bradley, Mrs. Perry Belmont,
Mrs. Truxton Beale, Mrs. George w.
Baird, Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs. Ray
mond T. Baker. Mrs r. S. Reynolds
Hit Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs
Armstead Peter, 5r.:< Mrs. Richardson
Glover, Mrs. Thomas Marean Chatard
Mrs. Charles T.. Glover, Mrs. Cary