New-York tribune., 1919-01-12

the American Defence Society, will de-
liver q patriotic address at the regular
meeting Of the Society for Political
Study to be held at the Hotel Aston.
tuesday, January IA. at 2:30 D. nj.
The Eclectic Club, Miss Florence
Guernsey. president. held the January
luncheon and meeting last Wednesday
at the Waldorf-Astoria. Miss Elisabeth
Marbury and George Gordon Battle
were the speakers. Mrs. Max D. Steuer
was chairman Of the day.
The annual supper dance of the
Athene Club, Mrs. Katherine A. Martin,
president: was held Friday evening in
the ,solarium on the roof of the Wal
dorf- f-Astora. Dancing began at 10
o'clock and supper was served at mid
night. Many distinguished American
end foreign officers were guests of
honor.
Thc beethoven Society, Nine. Aida
Ianlnl-Tagliana, president. will hold
the first evening concert of the season
Wednesday, January Is. in the ball
room Of the Plaza. Miss Helena Marsh,
rronrralto. Of the Metropolitan Oper>
House company, will be the solois,,
New part songs will be sung by tbs
Beethoven Choral under the direction
OF Louis koemmench. Harold Osborne
smith will accompany. Dancing will
follow the concert.
During the past week the Motor
Corps of the National League for
Woman's Service answered POP calls.
Most OF these calls were for ambulance
service, which was given both day and
night. One hundred wounded men were
taken from the debarkation hospitals
every night to places of amusement.
The transports were met and dispatch
service was rendered to The army, the
navy. War Camp Community Service,
Navy League, National Special Aid
Society and other wartime organiza-
tons. On the night of January 4, the
Motor Corps was called 20 transport
the stretcNer cases from the Northern
Pacific. They worked until 3 a. m
The Hayward Unit Motor Corps,
with headquarters at 173 West 131st
Street, has forty one members, with
Lieutenant Sadie <. Leavelle at it's
head. During the week this corps
visited Ellis Island Base Hospital, met
the men al the boat from Ellis Island,
brought them to church and to dinner
city and returned them to the hos
pitals. They visited the Camp Merritt,
Gun Hill Road and Staten Island hos
pitfalls.
Soldiers and sailors were sent during
the week to various theatres.
The General Information Bureau,
which opened on Monday, January 6.
has proved success. Through the CO.
operation of the Police Department.
placards have been placed in every
police station in Greater New York and
every policeman will carry one of the
department cards in his pocket The
United States Postojlice has agreed to
place the Information Bureau signs in
every branch postoffice in New York.
The Pennsylvania and Grand Central
stations have signs already and every
"red cap' in the Grand Central knows
about the bureau. Many inquiries are
being made at the bureau, in person.
by letter and telephone. Over fifty
answers and directions have been given
to personal applicants since Monday
and great many more by letter and
telephone.
The Motor Corps calls for the week
have numbered 142, chiefly from the
Naval Hospital
The National League for Woman's
service VIII hold it's annual meeting
at the Hotel b!ltmore, Thursday, Janu-
ary To-. AZ this all-day meeting re-
ports of the work of the league in The
various states and cities of the coun-
try during the past year will be rend
at the morninnsession Luncheon will
be served at l o'clock, at which ad-
dresses Will be made by prominent
speakers. The luncheon will cost so 20
a cover, and reservations for it should
be made through tho league headquar-
ters' 2b7 Madison Avenue, by Tuesday.
January ILL.,. AT the afternoon session
Inc national programme OF future work
wii De presented Americanization
will be the dominant note of the meet
ing.