The Washington herald., 1920-07-11

-AldNdrna Sne came TO washington.
where she taught dancing until she
went to Connecticut to play in stock.
You should have reen me in mu-
Sical comedy. / told them in New
Haven ;hat 1 could sing and 1 re-
Ic"iVed I singing and dsncing part
After two days they took away
my songs, but they allowed me TO
keep on dancing"
In vaudeville Miss Gordon darced
with Nine. LUbovska's company. an
before coming to the Fulton Thea
ter she wIs in the chorus of Maui
rice Browns production of Me
dea" at the Garrick Theater.
JOHN MOFFAT
BACK TO ENGLAND.
John Moffat, who has been in this
country for four years and whose
activities for the allied governments
during the war while residing in
New York were many. sailed for
England Thursday on the Olympic
He is returning to London, his
former home, but will. from time
to time, visit the United States. He
expects to run again for the Eng
lish House of Commons at the next
election.
Mr.. Moffat is now going to devote
himself to bringing about more
friendly relations between England
and the United States. This work
he has already definitely COM
menced. During the last few months
he has laid the foundation. Cooper
ating with friends in Great Britain
in forming a national allied COM
mittee. of which Major the Hon. J.
J. Astor is treasurer. Col. the Hon.
Arthur c. Murray, brother of Lord
Ellibank, chairman. and Evelyn
Wrench. of the English Speaking
Union, secretary
John Moffat's work in this coun-
try since his arrival here has been
full of interest. Few Englishmen
who have come to this country have
made themselves better-known in
New York social life. In Great
Britain he has been prominent
figure since carly youth. His fam
lily, which has virtually a monopoly
of the cotton thread trade of the
world. is immensely rich. He Is a
nephew of Lord Glenarthur and a
cousin of Lord Glentana-
He had charge of the actual
distribution of printed information
in this country for the production
department Of the information bu-
reau of the British Foreign ONCE.
He was a member of the advisory
committee of the British and Ca
madam Recruiting Commission. At
the request of Gen. White he as
sisted in organizing the British and
Canadian patriotic fund. and as
chairman of its direct appeal COM
mittee succeeded in raising consid-
cradle sums for the support of the
wives and families Of the $4,000
British subjects residing in the
United States who voluntarily en-
listed to fight in Europe.
| He undertook a number Of dif1-
cult and vital missions for several
of the allied governments during
the war and was on many OCCASION,
| of great value to their intellieence
! departments. For these activities
. he received six decorations from
| the allied governments, Commander
of the British Empire, the Cross Of
| the Legion of Honor and the Medal
of the Academy of France, the Or
der of King Leopold II of Belgium
among them.
MAI. D0CKERY
NOW IN ST. LOUIS.
Maj. oliver H. Dockery. ir- II G
A., on duty here, has gone out N
st. Louis, to assist the army Olym-
pic games committee which held its
track and field meet in that cIty.
July 2, 3, 5, to determine which men
shall represent the United States
army at the Olympic games in Ant
werp. The members of the honorary
committee for that event were: Hon
/ Newton d. Baker, Secretary of War.
Hon. Frederick d. Gardner, gov
ernor of Missouri; Ambassador
David r. Francis, Mayor Henry w.
Kirl, Senator James A. Reed, Sena-
tor Selden P. Spencer, Hon. LeonI.
das c. Dyer, Hon. William Z. Igoe,
Hon. Cleveland A. Newton, Chan
cellor Frederick A. Hall, Archbishop
John ]. Glennon, Right Rev. William
F. Robinson, Bishop David S. Tuttle,
Rabbi Leon Harrison, Gen. John J,
Pershing, U. S. A; Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood, U. S. A.; Maj. Gen. WILL |
lam NJ. Wright. U. S. A.
Mai. Dockery also appointed the
following patrons: Gov. and Mrs.
Mrs. Henry W. Kirl, Col. and Mrs.
D"lSHb It. bdNiSs MI. anu MIS-. Au- |
gust A. Busch. Mr.. and Mrs. Lion
berger Davis; Mr.. and Mrs. David r,
Calhoun, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick W.
Pape, Col. and Mrs. David S. Stan.
ley, u. S. A.; Mr.. and Mrs. Josepf, |
Pulitzer, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Lon c.
Hooker, Mr.. and Mrs. Festus j
Wade. Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Ions
dale, Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Weisenber.
ger, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Cunliff, Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. r. Dunn. Mr.. and Mrs
Victor ]. Miller. Col. and Mrs. Robt
Burkham. Col. and Mrs. Muhroe Me-
Farland. U. S. A.; Mr.. and Mrs
Theron e. Catlin, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry E. Hayward, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
p. Aloe. Col. and Mrs. Harvey c.
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin L. VIII
ktnson- Mr.. Edward Hidden Mr.. ana