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manent and imperishsbls place In
the ceiling Of the great building,
where they may shine down for
years upon patriotic gatherings of
all sorts. Every family. every or
ganization. every business that
proudly displayed Its nag during the
war is invited to place their stars
iu the ceiling. contributing IS for
each blue star. for those who served
and 800 for each golden one for
those whose place shall know them
NO more forever. Each star IL to
carry the name of the person whom
u represents in that proud GALAXY
that the building may be truly a
great national monument to all who
served.
hrs. Francis Scott. who with her
husband, Judge Scott. of New York,
has been Mrs. Dimock's house guest
cheers from the little gathering
when she told il that the great or
ganization OF the EIks-the B. p. o.
E.--had sent word through her hus-
band that they would put proper
stars in the ceiling for every one
Of their members who was entitled
ito place there. They had not yet
made a roll OF them, but there would
be at least $4,000 of them.
Altogether it was a very enthusi-
astic group of women who adjourn
ed to Mrs. Dimock's dining-room.
and drank tea or chocolate and nib
bled at all sorts of nice little sand
witches and cakes, and perfectly de-
licious little hot biscuit 1t was the
sort Of table where one wanted to
sample everything. and come hack
to several. In fact, when Mrs.
Charles Bell-who. by the way. was
starting for Florida that night-as-
sured Mrs. Dimock. in response 20
her hospitable urgings. that tina:
was what she was doing, one of her
neighbors commented that that
might be Mrs. Bells idea of tea. but
for her part she called it a square
meal. To which they all laughingly
agreed. but admitted that they were
in the same boat.
To return to the benefit. Mrs. d.
mock reports all the boxes and most
of the ground floor seats-the two
parts of the house in which the Ma
tionaI Victory Memorial Building is
interested-as sold. She is disap-
pointed that Cardinal Gibbons. VINO
had expected to be one of her
guests, and who is greatly interested
in the Memorial Building. had been
obliged to withdraw. She had a
note from him expressing his regret.
but he had been called South. to
New Orleans, l think il was, and
cOu'd not possibly attend the per-
formance.
On tue other hand. she showed the
ladies at her house the, other day
Mrs Wilson's check for the White
House box. cit was from Woodrow
Wilson's check book. but made out
and signed by Mrs. WILSON,, and the
note. expressing the
FIRST Lsdy's hope and expectation of
being able to occupy it. and her
abiding interest in the National VIC
tory Memorial Building.
Among those who have purchased
seats are Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs.
William 4. Slater. Mrs. L. II. C. Sla-
ter. Mime. GTouitch, Mrs. HenneIl
Jennings, Mrs. Theodore Boynton.
Nrs. Breckinridge Long. Mrs b. II.
Warder. Senator Lawrence Phipps.
~'n tor James Phelan. Senator
George Is. Mclean, Mrs. Thomas B.
Dunn. Comdr. Claude Mayo. Repre-
tentative Frederick c. Hicks, Mr. w.
, P. Emo. the Misses Cullen, Mrs.
Frederick Atherton and Judge Mar
tin Knapp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bryan
Huyck will be at home this after
noon from until at their apart
ment in The Mansfield.
Mrs. Delos BIodgett and Miss
Helen Blodgett will not be at home
today. Miss Mona Blodgett is visit
ing her cousin, Miss MyTtis Porcher
at Cocoa, Fla. She will return about
the first of March.
Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond. the fa-
nous composer. known nationwide e
as the writer of Perfect Day" was
accorded a magnificent testimonial
to her musical genius by the ladies
of the Congressional Club at a re-
ception in her honor in the club
house Friday afternoon. The large
assembly room was crowded to tSe
door and many were forced to stand
on the staircase and landing in their
keen desire to see-and hear the tall
ented guest. A most cordial re-
sponse was given the artists happy
rendition of many of her compost
tions, some of them yet unpublished.
MIS- Bona IN her own CharacteriS-
tic style explained that she was no
singer nor had she ever had any
instruction in the art of vocal music.
Hers was a style of singing of her
very own and whatever value in it
must be reckoned with regard for
her humanity heart interest in her
compositions. She gave, one number
after another, interspersed in a mono
las HaT#H l.
of the circumstances and inspira-
tions that led to the compositions
Mrs. Bonds secret of success is
evident in her charming personality
and humanity interest: She talks in
q modulated tone and her singing
notes svinoe that heart feeling and
pathos that dominate the inspiration
OF all her compositions. The sweet