Evening star., 1920-02-20
CITY NEWS N Brief.

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A bsx es.taiai.e te. fsx-fur searfs
valued at $500. disappeared from q
press Company in an alley near lzth
and r streets yesterday. Theft OF the
scarfs was reported to the police by
John p. Costello. special agent Of the
express company.
Marie Gerowit.. 900 New jersey ave
nue., yesterday afternoon told the po-
lice of the sixth precinct Of the loss
of a diamond ring worth $175. She
said the ring was taken from the
counter of store where she was
shopping.
Theft of two $50 victory bonds and
s55 in cash was reported by Julia j
Harding. 1921 10th street northeast
and Helen Waring. 1922 Massachu
setts avenue. told of the theft of two
$50 liberty bonds
Several companies Of aremen re-
sponded to an alarm from box IS
about 2:3O o'clock this morning and
extinguisbed a small fire in vacant
house in Bail court. The property is
owned by John Dacy, 204 Massachu-
settS avenue.
The Petworth Home and School As
sociation will receive parents of chill
dren who attend Petworth School this
evening at o'clock.
The Wisconsin Univernity Alumni
Association will observe Washington
birthday by giving a reception tomor-
row night at Thomson Community
Center. 18th and L streets. to which
all Wisconsin people residing in the
city are invited.
The fourth OF a special series of
eight George Washington University
lectures on Poetry AS Necessity OF
Life" will be given Tuesday morning
at 11:15 o'clock by Langdon E.
Mitchell at the Concordia Lutheran
Church, Goth and G. streets.
The Wanderiusterr' hike for Sunday
afternoon will begin at 2:30 o'clock at
Cabin John bridge and will continue
along the towpath to Chain bridge. w.
II. Sligh. leader.
The wanderlusters will observe
Washngton's birthday Monday by a
hike which win begin at Snowden.
Va. tMount Vernon cars at 10 am. and
p.m), and will continue along Kings
highway to Potomac river. with lunch
near Capt. John Smith spring. W. w.
Paige. leader.
Memorial services of the Jonathan
Davis Consistory, No. 1, Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free
masonry, Southern Jurisdiction. will
be held Sunday night at o'clock at
John Wesley A. NJ. e. Zion Church,
18th and Corcoran streets.
The EeIeet Klus will give . dance
tomorrow night at 2400 18th street.
The first OF q series Of community
meetings will be held tonight at 8
o'clock at the Washington Heights
Presbyterian Church. Columbia and
kalorama roads. Mrs. Gertrude Bon
min, native Sioux Indian, will speak
on "Americanization in Regard to the
American Indian
DR.. Henry F. Lut. vii give an ad-
dress on Heads and Faces-What
Tales They Tell" at the meeting of
the Society for Philosophical Inquiry
tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the Public Library.
DR.. L. II. Loeb, supervisor Of the
Young Judaean of Washington, will
head delegation of Zionists who
leave here Sunday morning for a one
day, day conference 1Ii,; at Veteran Corps
from Maryland and Virginia will at
tend.
Philandef r. CIaxton. commissioner r
of education. will address the public
school teachers of Baltimore Saturday
morning. March s, at the Garden The
alter. in that city. THE Improvement
of Teachers in the Service" will be
his subject.
"The Church and Its Relation to
LaborS will be the subject of an ad-
dress by DR.. John Mcdowell of New
York city tonight at o'clock at the
First Presbyterian Church. John Mar
shall place. The lecture will be given
under the auspices of the young mems
class of the church.
Masonic memorial services In mem-
ory of George Washington will be
held Sunday night at o'clock at
Trinity Community House, Sd and c