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

CULLEN. secretary of the committee
! upon girls work, is in charge Of the
rooms, which are open every after
noon and evening, including Sundays
Mrs. Louis F. Post will speak ON
/ The Presidents Fourteen Points at
meeting of the Association of Col
lege Alumnae at the College Alumnae
House, 2606 K street northwest. to-
morrow night at o'clock.
| William H. Curry has fled suit for
an absolute divorce from Lottie Curry.
/ They were married DECEMBER g.. 1903
A correspondent is named.
An Indictment charging Robert L.
Mason. former resident of Washing
| ton. with non-support has been
! quashed by order of U. S. Attorney
Laskey. The court was told that
after the accused had been returned
| to Washington it was discovered that
| his wife was not in necessitous cir
J cumstances as described by the stat
ute.
Suit to recover x35. OO0 damages Tor
alleged personal injuries has been
| filed in the District Supreme Court
by Mrs. Mary w. BathoR against the
Pennsylvania railroad company! She
says she was passenger August IL,
! 1917, and tripped over bag left in
| the aisle of car. Later party OF
rough young men boarded the train.
| it is alleged, and engaged in throw
| ing apples at each other. One of the
| missiles struck her, she alleges. and
| injured her permanently.
While playing In rear Of Sill Sher-
rier place yesterday afternoon Warren
road. was bitten ON the left leg by q
dog:
Fire In the basement of nm apart
ment house at 2S12 Connecticut ave-
niue last night about $50 o'clock
caused $500 damage. More serious
damage was prevented by No. "a en-
| CINE company.
! An overheated stove caused IRE In
the basement of 1919 Connecticut ave-
niue last night about 10 O'Clock. The
fire was extinguished after 5000 DAM
age had been done.
| The growth of child welfare In the
United States and the efforts of the
children's bureau of the Department
of Labor were outlined by Mrs. Max
West of the bureau in a talk at
Friends meeting house. 18th and Irv-
! ing streets, last night. Mrs: West adj
yocated a more effective child labor
law and enforcement OF the law pro-
viding for compn1sory education of
children in the District. The lecture
was one of a course under the, aus
pieces of the Fellowship Union OF the
Friends meeting.
The war camp community service
Twill stage an ali-Star vaudeville revue
next Saturday night at Central High
School for the soldiers at Walter Reed
Hospital and at camps near the city.
Among those who will participate. all
/ Washingtonians. are r. Woodland
Gates. Camille Little. Martin Richard
son, Flora Brylawski, Ruby Raymond
and Izetta Jewell.
Residents I'M the vicinity Of the
Webster, Franklin and Thomson
schools will meet in the Thomson
School tomorrow night to discuss the
advisability of establishing commu-
Unity store. The idea of those calling
the meeting is to operate similar to
the Park View store, which. buys its
products direct from the farmers of
and has them shipped here by the mo-
Itor truck service OF the Post Office De-
partment.
A retreat of three days for the stu
ldents began at st. Cecilia's Academy
yesterday morning. Rev. Father
French of the Missionary Band OF the
Congregation of the Holy Cross is
conducting the exercises. The sisters
lof the Holy Cross in charge of the
academy have extended a cordial in
vitation to former pupils and alumnae
members to make the retreat. The
exercises will close Saturday morning.
|
| Mrs. Caroline Handy, fifty years old,
wife of DR.. William f. Handy, 1915 r
street, was treated at Emergency Hos.
ipital last night for a bullet wound in
her left leg. She was accidentally
shot by her husband while the latter
| was examining revolver. Mrs Handy
was not seriously wounded.