The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
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did things for them. God bless
heart"
The call Is still coming from
Russia and. other countries for
garments for the mothers and chill
dren. and Mrs. Walsh Is rearrang-
ing her work rooms for a bigger
work than she has ever. carried on.
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
WILL SPEAK HERE.
The Honorable Thomas Riggs,
Governor Of Alaska, and a member
OF the old Riggs family OF this city,
will be the speaker at an open So
cial meeting for girls in the audi
torium of the Interior Department,
Eighteenth and F streets, on
Wednesday evening, at o'clock.
This meeting Is the last Of a series
or three held under the auspices of
the Girls Friendly Society,". The
meetings are not for members of
the society alone, but for all girls
In the city and no admission will be
charged. Following the lecture
there will be a film picture of
pageant given by the Girls Friend
~ Society in the diocese of New
York. showing the history of the
society from 1874 to 1920. This pic
ture was procured from New York,
through the kindness of Mrs. John
c. Boyd, president of the Washing
ton Diocesan Organization. The
other officers of the society, Mrs.
Grahame H. Powell, Mrs. Edward
B. Meigs. Miss Marion Oliver and
Miss Natalie Magruder have also
lent support to make these meetings
a success. The first was addressed
by Franklin K. Lane. then Secretary
OF the Interior; the second by the
Hon. Whitehead Kluttz. president of
the North Carolina Senate.
Tho committee on arrangements
is composed of Miss Natalie Ma
gruder. chairman; Mrs. Cary T.
Grayson, chairman of committee on
speakers; Miss Carolyn Nash, chair
man of finance committee; Mrs.
Goodwin Graham, chairman of pub
licity committee; Miss Frances Web
ster, chairman of music committee,
and Miss Elizabeth Eugster, chair
man of the hall committee. Assist
ing these chairmen are Miss Char
lotte Harding, Miss Ruth Gray, Miss
Dorothy Robinson, Miss Elizabeth
Keferstein, Miss Lucia Hollerith,
and Mrs. John Sterrett.
No tickets are being issued. and
all girls are cordially invited to
attend. Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman
will preside and introduce the gov
ernor.
PAGEANT PRESENTING PAST,
PRESENT AND FUTURE.
The pageant is divided into three
parts, and portrays the past. the
present and the future of The Girls
Friendly Society. The past pre-
sents the scenes in England asso-
ciated with the founding of the
society. The spirit of the Girls
Friendly is present at the home of
Mrs. Townsend, and so impresses
itself that Mrs. Townsend and three
friends discuss the matter with
Archbishop of Canterbury. The
scenes then show the formulating
OF the Society in America: first at
the home of Miss Edison, in Massa-
chusetts. and secondly in Maryland.
at the home of Miss Alexander. The
meeting in Massachusetts is por-
trayed by a knitting-bee and that
in Maryland by a dance. showing
the appeal of the society to the Sc
rfops and the pleasure-loving alike
Next. showing it's rapid growth, is
the first central council. at which
Massachusetts, Maryland. Pennsyl-
vania, Connecticut, New Jersey and
NeY York are represented. ~
The present concerns itself with
the activities of The Girls Friendly
Sodiety and begins with a typical
meeting. The spirit of The Girls
Friendly Society sends her atten-
dant spirits, thrift. dutifulness,
faithfulness and purity, accom-
panied by religion. out into the as
sembly of girls, bringing them back
to her. and at the meeting the de-
partment of commendation presents
the member from afar This scene
Is followed by social service in all
its phases. and then comes the work
for missions represented by dances
of indians. Japanese, Chinese, Ha-
waiians and Filiplnos. Next, threat
enfng the members of the society
are dark shadows of disease and
fatigue, which are dispelled by sun
shine and her sunbeams, with
health and happiness. and the va
cation sprite brings onto the stage
a merry group for bathing. boat
ing ball and the like at the yaca-
tion house. The next scene portrays
the work done during the war pe-
rfod. War drags in humanity by
the hair. who Is rescued from him
and his demons by the Red Cross.
The allies appear. are aided by the