Evening star., 1920-03-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

UlII NLV0 IN DhILl.
Academy of Sciences, the Medical So.
ciety of the District of Columbia ana
the Anthropological Society OF w ASH
ington will meet Wednesday night al
Sis o'clock in the assembly hall OF
the Carnegie Institution, 18th and r
streets. Sir Arthur Newsholme will
give an illustrated lecture.
memorial meeting was held yes
terday afternoon at the hall of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
in memory of Mrs. Jennie L. Munroe.
Addresses were made by George II.
Shibley, Mrs. Hilton King. George A
Warren, Miss Gillette. Charles Sum
mer Davis, II. Martin Williams. Mrs.
Mary Greathouse. Mrs. Alice Thacher
Post and B. Pickman Mann. Music
was rendered by Mrs. Walter l. Swan
ton and Mrs. V. l.. Bigelow.
The Women's Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies in the Presby-
terry of Washington will meet wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. at
which meeting it is expected that the
two societies will be united. a new
constitution adopted and officers elect
ed. All women in the auxiliary socie-
ties in this presbytery are invited.
The Womcn's Alliance of All Souls
Unitarian Church at a recent meeting
elected the following officers: Mrs.
Richard Fay Jackson. president; Mrs.
Whitman Cross, vice president; Mrs.
j. f. Jones, corresponding secretary
Miss Mary Porter. recording secretary,
and Mrs. William F. Hillebrand, treas
rrer The rext meeting will be heio
in k
booker Theater.
The journeymen bookbinders of this
city will celebrate the seventeen
anniversary of the orga nization Easter
Monday night at s o'clock at the
Pythian Temple.
The meeting of the Epworth League
of the Foundry NJ. E. Church was ad-
dressed last night by Senator George
E. Chamberlain. who spoke on The
Cost of the War;"
A bureau of information concerning
the authors carnival ball and book
fair April IA has been opened at the
headquarters of the League of Amer
lean Penwomen. 1922 H street nortn-
west. The ball and fair Is to be given
TO raise a fund to aid young authors
and artists.
A sDecial meeting of the executive
committee of arrangements for the
Southern Baptist convention. whlcn
will be held here MaS12-17. will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock at the Calvary
Baptist Church. Sth and H streets:
Details of the coming convention Will
be discussed.
Charles Sickle of New York will de-
liver an address on IA Square Deal
in Industry" at o'clock tonight at
First Congregational Church.
All naval reserve officers arc re-
ouested to meet tonight at the naval
reserve office, 10th street and Penn
syIyania avenue southeast. Announce
ment will be made of the names OF
the ships which will be sent here to
keep the reservists in trim.
The annual meeting and election of
officers of the Rhode Island Avenue
Citzens' Association will be held We'd
nesday night at s o'clock In the Sher-
wood Presbyterian Church, Rhode Is
land avenue and 22d street northeast.
The next meeting of the Argo Will
he held Wednesday night at O'Clock
at the Argo Temple. Ten new men,
bers will be initiated.
The Washington College Of Law will
debate this afternoon at 5 O'Clock on
the proposition whether congress
men as requested by the American
Legion. The affirmative will be sup
norted by j. Cohen and M. Etchlson,
the negative by Miss Valla and Mr..
Davis.
Fire Chief Frank J. Wagner return
ed to duty today after an illness
Of about ten days. The chief is glad
to be back In harness this week. pc
cause on Thursday he VIII observe
his seventy-seventh birthday ami
versary.
FIRE i'm the cellar at O'Dennell's drug
store. 604 9Th street. shortly after !
o'clock this morning did damage es-
at $500. The fire started in
a small quantity of trash and much
smoke emitted during tne rev nm MN
was done in the store, and business
vas not interrupted. Origin OF the
Are was not determined.
D,..-.t of Columbia Federation of
women's Clubs will meet this evening
at 7:30 o'clock at the Harrington
Hotel Addresses will be delivered
hv Mrs. Nannette B. Paul. Mrs. F. NJ.
Ransom. Royal c.. Vernam and Jesse
C.. Suter.
rh. Dauxhters Of America Dra-
matte club will meet Wednesday even
inc at the Northeast Temple. when
final rehearsal will be held for the
second performance of the two-act
drama, '"The Last Loaf" which Will
be presented April and Z.
Senator France of Maryland will ad-
dress the meeting. of Columbia Lodge
No. 174. International Association of
Machinists, Wednesday night at the
Naval Lodge building. Senator Key
Pittman will speak at the meeting
April Z.
Students of st. Johns College who
last year attended the Camp Lee
iunior officers training school in Vir-
einia- have organized a team to can
y 90 In hahalf of the cnllaEe,s extan-