The Washington herald., 1920-12-19
SOCIETY EVENTS

Ter Is rather niled Win cndrity
balls and parties for sweet char
ity" Of every description. Already
three big affairs have blazed on the
social harizon and innumorabie
smaller ones. But the one big
charity event of the season. accord
ing to the shadows 1t Is aireaoS
casting before 1t. Is the Columbia
Hospital ball on January 6, All OF
the ultrafashionabie set have said
they are going. and a number OF
dinner parties are being arranged
to precede the ball..
The committee In charge or the
ball have determined to make II
''the best ever" and are appealing
especially to the taste Of the young
er dancing crowd. There Is to be
good music-the best they can ind.
and a really good supper. The great
criticism OF the charity affairs |
usually Is that the music was bad
and the supper worse. and the CO.
lumbia Hospital board have deter
mined that this will not be said of
their party. People are to really
have a good time at this one.
The ball committee is under the
direct charge Of Mrs. Joseph Hamp-
and dreaming ball these days. and
is determined to make it a brilliant
success. and she will. working
with her are Mrs. Frand Anderson,
Mrs. Thomas Bradley, Mrs. Frank
s. Bright, Mrs. Josephus Daniels,
Mrs. William e. Fendall. Mrs. Da-
vid Dub. Gaillard, Miss Amaryliis
Gillett, Mrs. Frazier d. Head, Mrs.
Henry P. Fairbanks, Mrs. William
A. Hill, Mrs. Victor Kaufman. Mrs.
II. Barrett Learned. Mrs. Reeve
Lewis, Mrs: g. Brown Miller. Mrs.
Francois B. Moran. Mrs William
Sewers, Mrs. 2. L. Tanner and Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman.
The patronesses include Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson. Mrs. Thomas R.
Marshall. Mrs. Newton d. Baker.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs. David
+. Houston, Mrs. A. Mitchell Pal
mer, Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs. De-
los A. Blodgett, Hon. Mabel T.
Boardman, Mrs. Louis Brandeis, Mrs.
Cromwell Brooks. Mrs. Charles
Bromwell, Mrs. Frederick z. Chaplin,
Mrs. Ira c. Copley, Mrs. Joseph w.
Folk, Lady Geddes, Nine. Slayko
Grouitch. Mrs. Charles Hamlin, Mrs,
John Hays Hammond. Mrs. Merritte
w. Ireland, Mrs. Julian James, Mrs.
David +. kaime, Mrs. +. B. Kel-
logg, Mrs Henry Leonard, Mrs.
Adolph c. Miller. Mrs. Henry Mar
quand, Mrs. Randolph H. Miner, Mrs.
John Crayke Simpson, Mrs. Howard
sutherland, Mrs. Edwin +. Sweet,
Mrs. Corcoran Thorn. Mrs. Harold
Walker, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
Mrs. Charles Warren. Mrs. Charles
V. Wheeler and Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood.
THE Columbia Hospital was in
corporated in 1866. It was
l then, as it is now. the only
hospital at the national Capital ex-
clusively devoted to the care and
treatment of women.
During the fiscal year Is1s-Is20
there were admitted into the hospi-
tai 2,245 adult patients of whom $50
were charity patients.
During the same year, 1888 ba-
bies were born in the hospital, and
of these 403 were born to charity
patients.
The hospital has a free dispen-
sary service, and here 1,074 patients
were treated.
With the marked increase in the
number of patients and babies cared
for by the hospital. the need for
supplies grows also, and that the
work and usefulness of the hospi-
tai may continue to grow. and
these needs be met is the aim of
the Women's Board. The hospital
has no endowment.
The officers and members Of the
women's board for the hospital are
enormously proud of the institu-
tion's record. The officers and mem
bers are: President, Mrs. Henry
Barrett Learned; vice president, Mrs.
Frank s. Bright; treasurer. Mrs. 2.
L. Tanner; recording secretary, Mrs.
Reeve Lewis; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Charles H. Bradley; Mrs.
Frank Anderson. Mrs. Clarence AS
pinwall, Mrs. J. e. Black, Mrs. ].
c. Boyd. Mrs. Thomas Bradley, Mrs.
Charles II Bradley. Mrs. Frank S.
Bright. Mrs. William H. Carter, Mrs.
Josephus Daniels. Mrs. Daniel Da-
Wis. Mrs. William T. Davs, Mrs.
Matthew Delaney. Mrs. r. J. Dorm,
Mrs. Edward Echols. Mrs. Edward
Everett, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks,
Mrs. William E. Fendall. Miss Anna
ryllis Gillett. Mrs. David DUB. Gail
lard, Mrs. Joseph Hampson. Mrs.
Frazier ID. Head, Mrs. William A.
Hill, Mrs. ]. c. Hunsaker, Mrs
Charles Cheney Hyde. Mrs. H. Bar
rett Learned. Mrs. Reeve Lewis.
Mrs. G. y. McLanahan, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, Mrs. ]. W. MacMurray,
Mrs. G. Brown Miller. Mrs. Edward
B. Meigs, Mrs. F. c. Moore, Mrs.
F. B Moran, Mrs. George H. Myers,
Mrs. John L. Newbold. Mrs. George
S. Newgarden, Mrs. Walter Penfield. |
Mrs. Clarence Perley, Miss Ruth |
Putnam, Mrs. William Ritter, Mrs |
Charles Sheldon. Mrs. A. S. Sted-
man. Mrs. William Sewers. Mrs. T. |
l.. Tanner. Mrs. Walter Tuckerman
end Mrs. Myron Whitney.
SOUTHERN RELIEF BALL
PROMISES GREAT DEAL.
One of the most brilliant comfns |
social events of the season is the |
twenty-eighth annual ball of the
Southern Relief Society, which will |
be held on February at the Will |
lard.
Mrs. George Barnett. chairman
Of the Ball committee, is well
known in Washington for her per-
sonal charm and untiring work, and |
with her able supervision the event |
promises to be a great success.
The Southern Relief Society has
been in existence for thirty years.
having started in small way dur
ing President Cleveland,s adminis-
tration to help destitute Southern
people in Washington.
The proceeds of this annual hall
together with voluntary contribu,
lons' is the main dependence Of