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of Florida. Miss Steele spent a part
of the, winter with her cousin. Mrs-
John A. Barker, jr., in Baltimore.
Miss Steele came over from Baitf-
more yesterday for the dinner given
for the members Of the wedding
party.
Mrs. Edna wemple, who was Wis
iting Mrs. Lee Page in Norfolk. mas
returned to Washington.
Comdr. Randolph Miner was host
at dinner last evening at. the Shore
ham.
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. McKen-
ney entertained a small company at
dinner last evening to meet Mr.. and
Mrs. William ]. Flather.
Joseph Thompon and his daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Thomp-
son, returned last night from
short visit in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Truman II. Newberry, wife
of Senator Newberry. is III in n
hospital in Detroit
Mrs. Showalter will entertain at
a luncheon today for her guest. Mrs..
Carrie Jacobs Bond, who will give
the program today at the weekly
tea of the Congressional Club.
Van II. Manning, jr., is at the Nc
Alpin Hotel in New York.
Miss Marguerite Beaman Neale,
who has returned from New York,
will assist at the tea of the League
noon. zap
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. G. Moore have
gone to Southern California.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Gordon have
gone to New York and are at the
Hotel Marseilles.
The employees of the Palsis Royal
Department Store gave an enter
tainment ambulance to "our boys" at
the Walter Need Hospital last eve
ming. A number OF prominent artists
delighted the large attendance with
new and novel features. Later in
the evening, refreshments were
served. This was one of the largest
and most successful events of its
kind ever held by the employees of
the Palais Royal.
Mrs. d. d. Lent is visiting her
daughter, Miss Margaret Lent, in
Norfolk.
Miss Alice Silverthorne Of Chi
cago, who was visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Francis May. has left for Pine
hurst. N. c.
MR.. AND MRS. BELL r.
GO TO FLORIDA --.. H.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell have
gone to Florida to spend several
weeks: 1t. Comdr Samuel Henry
Dickson. u. S. N, has arrived from
New York to be the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Bells son, Robert w. Bell.
| The Junior Class OF George WASH
Iington University will be at home
this evening to the president of
4 the university. his council, the
board Of trustees, the deans and. the
members of the faculty at the Delta
Tau " Delta Horse from ~ to III
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Among the interesting features OF
Miss Mock's celebration of George
Washington's Birthday in her
studio at the old brick capitol next
Sunday afternoon will be a read
ing. Young Fellow. Me Lad" Rob-
ert Services great war poem, which
viii be interpreted by Miss Clara
Alexander, recently of London, a
famous Mississippi raconteuse and
: Interpreter of negro verse and song.
She possesses a rich. full, mellow
voice that lends itself admirably to
the negro songs and stories with
which she delights her audiences
But remarkable as she is in her
negro interpretations. she is great
ier in her Interpretation of Robert
Services splendid war poem than in
anything she has yet attempted. II
was written after the poets young
brother had made the supreme sac.
rifice, and 1t voices the heart cry
of a lonely old father for his lost
son-his only son, and the fathers
agony Of soul on being informed
his "Houng Fellow. Me Lad" would
never return strikes a universal
mote that belongs to all wars for
all time.
! Miss, Alexander read this poem al
recital she gave yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. e. Mar
vim Underwood.
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Of the American women's Club at
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