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ington Club In compliment to the
president general of the national
organization. Mrs. George Maynard
Minor of Connecticut, when all MEM
bers at large, visiting and chapter
members, are cordially invited
October % has been selected as
the date for the first of the series
Of dances the Robert z. Lee Chapter
OF the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy always give each winter
to carry on their relief work among
the needy Southerners.
TWO CHARITY BALLS
END OF NOVEMBER.
November IL, Armistice night, Is
going to be celebrated by the
American Women's Legion with
charity ball which gives promise OF
being a very brilliant occasion Two
annual charity balls, which are al
ways smart social events, have Sc
lected their dates the ball Tor the
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital-Mrs- Wilson's pet charity-ls
slated for November "a, and the
Naval Relief ball for November 20
Both of those functions were al
ways attended by the President and
Mrs Wilson in the days before ne
was i'll when they were In the city;
The Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital ball will be known
as the Pilgrims ball." and will be
marked by a return to simplicity
the tickets are to be So and the
boxes $50. The bishop of Washing
ton Is president, and Canon DeFries
vice president Of the board of man
ayers
Mrs. woodrow Wilson heads the
list OF patronesses- Mrs. David
Meade Lea is the president OF the
board Of lady managers, and Mrs.
Freeman Clarke the vice president
Miss Eleanor Wheeler, debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
V. Wheeler, will head the debutante
committee She is very pretty and
a graduate OF Bryn Mawr. Mrs.
Charles Patterson will head the
young women's committee. Comdr.
Theodore Jewell heads the mems
committee; lie Roy Tuttle will be
treasurer.
Another benefit ball which is an
annual entertainment and which
never fails to bring out the cream
of society is the Children's Hospital
ball which is to be given on jan
uary s. The Southern Relief ball,
perhaps the largest affair of the sort
given in Washington, which is de-
efdedly a Southern town and inter-
ested in anything connected with
the South, has arranged for Feb
ruary 7 for the date of its enter
tainment Easter Monday, March
%, will be celebrated by the Dixie
ball, another annual affair with a
Southern atmosphere.
FIRsT TAG DAY
OF THE SEASON.
Then yesterday was tag day for
the Christ Child Society; the first
tag day Of the season. The street
corners were held down" by large
group Of society matrons and maids
who strove hard to raise a large
sum for their extensive charity
work. The Penwomen's League
gave the first of their winter series
Of Friday afternoons at home last
week; the National Pen League and
International Literary Association
entertained at a reception and the
women's Press Club held an cleo
tfon of officers at their weekly
luncheon last Thursday. Everybody
and every organization seem to be
ION the job" once more.
TWO CLUB
EVENTS TOMORROW.
There are two parties tomorrow.
The League of American Penwomen
will keep open house at the club
house, 1922 H street, from to
o'clock, as a farewell to Miss Amelia
Griswold, past president and for
twelve years an active member and
officer of the organization Then
the College Women's Club will have
a weekly tea from 4 to s when the
speaker will be Mrs. Cabot Stevens
of the Near East Relief. Mrs. W.
H Howard will be at the tea table
and She will be assisted by the mem
bers of the library committee, Miss
Sarah Abbott, Miss Julia McCook,
Miss Lucy Graham and Miss Annie
Peters. At the annual reception,
Wednesday, October 20, the guest
of honor and speaker will be Mrs.
Annette a. Adams, Assistant At
torney General. Mrs. Basil Manley,
president of the club, will receive
with Mrs. Adams, and they will be
assisted by Mrs. A. A. Steele, Mrs.
John Z. Walker, Miss Edna Jack
son, Mrs. D. Roberts Harper and
Miss Marie K. Saunders.
LUNCHEON
NEXT MONDAY.
The social season of the wom-
ems Alliance of All Souls Unitarian
Church will open with a luncheon
Friday next at the Burlington. The
hostesses will be Mrs. Whitman
Cross, Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson,
Mrs. Charles F. Bryant. Mrs. U. G.
B. Pierce, Mrs. George Kicker, Miss
Catherine Newton, Miss Florence
Spofford and Miss Helen Nicolay.
THE HOUSING OF
THE FUTURE.
An interesting event is planned
for the evening of October % at
Rauschers under the auspices of
Neighborhood House. This will be
a lecture entitled THE Housing of
the Future" by the distinguished
English philanthropist, Mrs. Henri
eta Octavia Barnett, of London,
wife OF the late Canon Barnett, of
Westminster, England. Mrs. Bar
nett at very early age became con-
spicuous through her works of Max
Ing of the Home" The Place of
Women in Philanthropy" and "Prac-
tical Social Settlement Work" being
the first woman nominated by the
local government board as a guard
ian of the poor. She has gained
conspicuous fame in her achieve
ment of the Garden City suburb at
Hampstead Heath, which is a won
derful model for the new housing
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