Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-22
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


VIII VIUO IN UtuEb
America. Jefferson. Liberty Bell and
Potomac Valley councils of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics
are holding a joint outing today at
Chesapeake Beach. The Drill Corps
of Columbia Commandery, No. =
Knights Templar. will give an outing
July 20 at the beach.
Yesterday was the ffty-ninth ami
versary of the battle of Bull run the
affair was recalled by veterans OF
both Union and Confederate armies
Washington florists are making
plans for the annual chrysanthemum
show. which will be held in the near
future. The date will be determined
after prospective exhibitors have
been questioned concerning the most
suitable time. The arrangements COM
mittee is composed of F. II. Kramer,
z. ID. Blackstone. G. V. Schultz, A +.
GUIDE, o. A. c. Oehmler. William F.
GUIDE, J. Harper Hetherington and
George C. Shaffer.
II you have any bits of warm mate
rial that can be made into clothing
for the children of Europe, send them
to Mrs. Arhcibald Powell. District
Red Cross Chapter, 16 jackson place.
The Federal Employees Amusement
Club held a dance last night at the
Playhouse. 1914 y street The pro-
ceeds will help establish fund TO
carry on a series of concerts, ath-
1etics and amateur dramatics.
Forty patients from the Public
outing today at Chesapeake Beach as
the guests of the comforts section of
the District Red Cross Chapter
-Four members of the WaShingtO
Y NJ c. a. are on the teaching and
managing staff of the Southern sum
mer School of the ''Y." at Blue Ridge
\. c. They are William Knowles
Cooper, c. +. Beckett q. X Roper, jr,
and G. H. Winslow.
Vice President Isaac Cans, Commits
sloner o. Il. Drown, Treasurer ~ j.
May and James l. Lee visited the
camp of the Boy Scouts on an inspec-
ton tour.
George Julian ZoInay. president of
the Washington Arts Club, has lust
returned from Chautauqua, n. Y,
where he delivered a number of lee
lures on Art in Our Daily Life"
Prizes will be awarded at the baby
show tomorrow night conducted by
the Petworth Womans Club. Awards
VIII also be made for canning and
exhibit Entries for the baby show
will close at 8 o'clock tomorrow night.
and registration for the canning and
baking exhibit Will close at 4 o'clock
Another "gOOd time luncheon, was
held today by the Kiwanis Club on
the roof of the Hotel Washington
John j. Boobar. president of the or
sanization, presided.
Representatives of the Department
OF Agriculture yesterday made ar
ransements for demonstrating the
grading of shelled corn, wheat and
oats at Timonium fair.
Motion pictures will be shown to-
morrow night at a meeting of the
Business Womens Council in the
Church OF the Covenant.
The patients and personnel of Wall
ter Reed Hospital will give a truck
party to the members of the Boy
Scouts Band tomorrow evening, end
ing at the athletic field of the hos
plta1, where a concert will be given
by the band.
Oliver Dickson. cOIored. twenty
seven years old. 211 Virginia avenue
southwest, employed in a building at
Sth and d streets, fell down the ele-
vator shaft from the second floor of
the building and fractured his left
leg yesterday afternoon surgeons at
Emergency Hospital rendered first
aid.
Policeman Fisher of the eighth pre-
cinct this morning about 4 o'clock
played the part of fireman in an alley
near 1st and o streets. An Army
truck caught fire, and he extinguish-
ed the blaze after about SIS damage
had been done.
Varicus feafurex of the report 80 ~.
Redistribution commission have re-
ceived the Endorsement of the Ma
tional General Federation of Women's
Clubs and of the District Federation
of Women's Clubs. Especially is the
plan for an advisory council to the
Civil Service Commission approved
and the plan for personnel committees
in the various departments.
Regular intensive work of the sum-
ner School of Pan-AmerIcan ana rU.
eign Commerce began yesterday Win
the first lecture by DIR. r. S. McElwee,
director of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. The course in
cludes six hours work a day. and
members of the school will have $50
hours of tuition in a relatively short
time.
DIR. Rodney III. True, recently elected
head of the department of botany of
the University of Pennsylvania, was
rendered a farewell dinner by the
Botanical Society of Washington at
the Cosmos Club last night.