Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

! The first meeting of the executive
committee which will conduct the
drive to raise the Districts quota OF
| the s30,00J,000 campaign to relieve
starving populations of the near east
will be held this afternoon at 4:3o
| O'Clock at the District building. Com
missioner W. Gwyun Gardiner is to
i preside.
! Western skunk cabbage in it's prime
will be the subject of a lecture to be
delivered by Vernon Bailey at the 591st
/ regular meeting of the Biological So
(! ciety Of Washington to be held Satur-
day night at s O'Clock at the Cosmos
/ Club. Visitors are welcome.
The Mount Pleasant Citizens Assoc
citation will meet Saturday night at
o'clock at~the Brown Betty Inn, 18th
street and Park road.
Musical numbers featured meet
ing of the Navy Yard Helpers Union.
No. 1915. held at Gonzaga Hall this
week.
The Petworth women's Club has
perfected plans for reception to be
given by the club to fifty wounded
soldiers from Walter Reed Hospital.
Posters and decorations for the
League of American Pen Women's ball
to be given at the Willard Hotel Feb
ruary Il are to be furnished by men,
bers of the camouf1age section of the
Army.
Meeting of the Peabody PARENT
Teachers Association tomorrow night
at o'clock is announced.
be the theme of lecture to be de-
livered by Lieut.. Jean Labat of the
French high commission Tuesday
night at S O'Clock before the Brook
land Brotherhood in Lord Memorial
Hall, 18th and Newton streets.
"The Drama of Esther" will be pre-
scented tomorrow evening at Epiphany
parish hall. G street near 18th street,
by girls of the Young Women's Chris
ian Association.
Kappa Alpha Fraternity will hold a
smoker at its chapter house. 1903
day night. John Temple Graves is
announced as the principal speaker.
The Citizens Association of Dean
wood. d. c., has applied to the
District Commissioners for certain
improvements in that locality. includ-
ing the placing of fire box at 4Sth
and Mead streets.
| The Trinity Holy. Name Society will
take possession of it's now quarters
tonight. Rev Eugene Mcdonnell and
Rev. Edward Magrath Will speak.
National Uniyerxity Law school
students will debate Saturday night
at o'clock at SIS 18th street the
question of whether the literacy test
should be stricken ON the immigra-
ton law.
sold Dutch Folk Taleso Will be the
subject of talk by Mime. H. L. Trip
| of the Netherlands at a meeting OF
| the Y. w. c. A. BookIovers to be held
! at o'clock Monday night at si9 14th
street.
| The Washington simmons Club will
| hold a business session. followed by a
/ social gathering Tuesday night at 8
O'Clock at the College Women's Club
! 1922 I street.
I ington Camp. No. 305. are to meet
Tuesday night at o'clock at Con-
| federste Memorial Home. 1922 Ver-
mont avenue.
Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery Of
! Art announced the opening today until
4 February 81, inclusive of a special
can painters to be on public view In
| the special exhibition room of the
gallery. The ten painters represented
are Frank W. Benson, William w
Chase (deceased). Joseph DeCamp
Thomas w. Dewing, Childe Hassam
! Willard l.. Metcalf. Robert Reid
Edward Simmons. Edmund C. Tarbell
and J. Alden Weir.
Mrs. LhteIl, chairman of wOmen's
work of the District Red Cross, is to
give an address tomorrow night at
1890 O'Clock before the Georgetown
Auxiliary, 1889 Wisconsin avenue.
The wayfarers' Club will give a
dance tomorrow night at the Thorn
son School, it is announced.
! America MS" is to be the subject of an
address by Joseph III. Stewart at the
~. NJ. c. A. at 1916 18th street tomor-
| row night al o'clock.
{ Pioneer Council, Sons Of Jonadah
will felicitate Worthy Chief Joseph F,
Madden. at the meeting of the council
/ to be held tomorrow night. on his
services as executive head for the past
four terms.
The Oklahoma state Club il to meet
| tomorrow night at s O'Clock at the
Wilson Normal School. Every Okla
houian is invited.
st. Mary's branch of the Holy Name
Society has elected officers as follows:
Andrew Nolte, president; Gregory
Kramm, vice president; James C
Kraft secretary; John Kunlo, treas
urer; A. C. Hammer, NJ. Rosinski and
George Auth. delegates; Joseph Zego-
WITT, marshal. and Rev. Father Roth
spiritual director.
The Young wOmen's Christian ASSOC
T, citation has opened clubrooms at 110C
NJ street northwest. Miss Helen Nc.
| F Street
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