The Washington herald., 1919-10-26
Society.

motion picture theatre In the assembly
hall at the Holton Arms School, that
very fashionable girls' school at 2l25 )
street. The hall. which seats about
10 people. II all being done over and
is going to Be gust lovely. It is to
have balcony and boxes. and as ar
tistic decorations as I've seen in some
time.
She is going TO put on just the finest
kind of films like "The Blusbird,'
Alice in Wonderland" Treasure
Island and such-which will appeal
to the grown-ups. too. Then there
are to be attractive features and en-
tertainments In addition to the pic
lures, very frequently splendid pro-
fessional dancing and such. The or
chestra is to be q particularly good
one. and altogether the whole scheme
OF it Is just splendid. -
So many of the motion pictures
shown at the big theatres are not
suitable for children and all mothers
have wished 80 much there was some
place in town where they could allow
their children TO so and could know
positively that the pictures they
would see would be all they should
see. Then the location OF this the
ater will be most desirable and Is
sure to attract the social elect. The
afternoon performances are 10 be
strictly for children and their chaper-
ons. They are to be given on FRI
DAYS at q ana Z o'clock and on Sat
urdays at 10 2 and o'clock. Cha-
dren are not supposed to 20 to "the
movies any other days but Friday
and Saturday. you see. Then the
night performances will be given
every day at o'clock. The enter
tainment will be changed for the
Erown-ups; made more suitable for
their tastes. Of course.
The opening week 10 TO be Q benefit
for the Girl Scouts and II to be .
particularly attractive week. David
w. Grifnth Is coming down to help
get things going and there will be
several intensely interesting fea-
lures. In the first place. IL you know
Mrs. Galley. you can be sure that
anything she manages Is going to be
not only . success but real treat Of
some sort. She 10 helping Nine.
Grouitch with her Serbian fete and
Is responsible for much Of the sue
cess and interest Of that affair.
The coming visit Of the King and
Queen Of the Belgians to Mount
Vernon calls to mind the recent
event In London when Judge Alton
B. Parker went TO sulgrave Manor
the ancestral home Of the family OF
George Washington, to present on
behalf OF the Colonial Danes OF
America . portrait Of George wash
ington. Judge Parker also carried
. check for $4,000 contributed by
the Colonial Danes toward the fund
for the restoratfon Of the home.
CLAIM Against
sULGRAvE MANOR.
In this connection the Marouise d.
Fontenoy wrote q short time ago
the following:
Subscribers on both sides Of the At.
Iantic to the fund now being raised
for the purchase Of Sulgrave Manor
the ancestral homo Of the Washington
family In England. with . view to It,
preservation a. an international me.
mortal, may be interested to learn thai
the appeals addressed to them have
served to evoke sort Of claim against
the Washington estate on the part oi
Brnsenose College. Oxford.
1T seems that Lawrence Washing
ton. Of Suigrave Manor. the great.
Ereat-grandfather Of the first Presi
dent of the United States, matricu'
lated at Brasenose In 1915 and received
his degree from the university at Ok
ford in 1ss2 Later on he became Z
fellow Of Brassnose. and continued IN
residence there until the outbreak oi
the civil war. Like many anothei
university man, he quilted 1t in debt
|, In the bursar's accounts of that time
he appears as owing the college two
separate sums-one Of II shillings anC
10 pence, that Is to say, about $3.50. fol
fees. while the other amount was fol
80 5 shillings and 9 pence, that is Il
say. about s45, which latter was fol
refreshments. Against these debts Il
to be found the entry. "Mr. Washing
ton to be sued"
There il nothing to show that thes<
debts were ever paid. and IL Is nov
suggested at the university that somt
Of the American subscribers to the
Sulgrave Manor fund might distin.
guish themselves by a more particular
tribute 70 the Father Of His Country
and at the same time commemorative
the latter's name at Oxford by settling
these two debts at compound interest
This, am sure. would go far toward
repairing any injury to the funds OF
the university resulting from the last
Ave years Of war. for as . dollar or q
pound sterling at compound Interest
at per cent doubles itself in about
twelvs years. and between 1872 ant
1919 there are about twenty-five such
interest periods. the claim Of the uni.
versity could be settled In full fol
something over s1.ooo. .ooo. .oot
'T commend this to the notice OF my
friend william Lanier Washington, oi
West Thirty-frst street. New York
who Il the senior representative nov
living OF the family OF the founder
Of the great American Republic"
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
OF woMEN's LEGION ON.
Many women prominent In arm,
and navy circles are actively inter.
ested in the first membership cam.
pafgn OF the American Women's Ie-
gion. which begins today. The or
ganisation Of the legion. which in
c1udes the mothers. wives. daughters
and sisters of men who were ir
any branch of the service during
the war, took place last spring al
the home Of Mrs. william Corcoran
Eustis. Already several hundred
service-star women are legion mem.
bers. and It is the object Of the pres
ent membership drive to enroll thou
sands more.
Among the officers Of the Amer.
lean women's Legion. many Of whom
will man membership booths in the
hotels and department stores during
the campaign, are: President. Mrs
William c. EustIs; vice presidents
Mrs. A. r. Nfbiack. Mrs. Geors,
Barrett; honorary vice presidents