Evening star., 1920-02-10
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

! VII IVIuO lu OiiUIt
| Explosion of n lamO last night about
S:i. O'Clock caused a fire in the house
of Frank Harrison 40 T. street. 1t was
eXtinguished by No. engine company
before u great amount Of damage had
been done.
While working for the Americn N
Railway Express Company at ID and
streets northeast yesterday after
noon. W W. smith fell and received a
! slight injury to his scalp. His injury
was dressed at Casualty Hospital.
ALASKA and Its Mission" mn illus
rated lecture by Or. :. Hall Young.
, viii be given tomorrow morning at
, 1880 o'clock before the Woman's Mis-
sion:Iry society of the New York Ave-
nuc Presbyterian Church.
! The LO~eJoy Community Center will
hold the following events this evening
at the Lovejoy School Needlework
| Circle. iuffaio Athletic Club. Ladies
Sewing club and community dancing
| from $40 I" 10:3" o'clock.
! TIL Washington Chapter of VIM
thror colleg" win meet Thursday
night at \ O'Clock at 1916 22d street.
. Miss Mary Adams and NJ - Susie AL
bersa'ti will be the hostesses. All
mem bers and alumnae are invited.
Preparations viii be made for col
leSe tea for South cSroiinians. which
viii be held in the near future.
The February meeting of the Cali
fornia state Association will he held
Thursday night at SIS o'clock at the
Thomson school. Miss Frances
Dougherty viii give several character
readings. Music and dancing will fol-
low.
Motion pictures will be shown to-
morrow evening at o'clock at the
Y. W. g. A. 1888 r street.
The events for this evening Mt the
Blue Triangle Recreation Center. 10th
and streets. will include Il social
dancing class for men and girls at
o'clock and regular dance at
o'clock.
The Georgetown Chapter of the Del
ia chi Fraternity, in conjunction with
all Delta chi alumni in the city. will
give banquet and smoker Tuesday
evening. February l.. at the Wardman
Park Hotel J. Conway O'Donnel. Jo-
seph A. Mari. Ted Atkinson and George
u. Horning are on the entertainment
committee.
The mississippi Society will meet
Saturday night at \ o'clock at the
Thomson School. Representative Will
| liam Webb Nenable will speak. Music
and dancing will follow.
DIR. Mitchell Carroll and }. f. San
| ford viii be the principal speakers
at the meeting of the French Club of
the Washington Salon, Thursday
night, at Isl. II street. Their sub
jects will be Art and Archaeology"
and The Art of Making Verses. re-
Spectively.
| The Chemical Society of Washing
tor will meet Thursday night at
clock. "a the Cosmos Club. II. T..
Howe will speak on The Peace Time
| Project of the National Research
Council.
The senior class of the National Uni
versty Law School has elected the
following officers: John p. Baker.
| president: Miss Julia :. Jennings vice
F.! president; Earl Brennan. secretary;
W. a. Hooker. treasurer; Miss Jean
| cite Willensky. historian; Abraham
iGoldstefn. orator. and Benjamin
Buenty, sergeantat-arms.
! The Connecticut Avenue Cftixens'
| Association will cancel its meeting
scheduled for tomorrow night. be-
cause of the illness of many of the
officers and members of the associa-
| ton.
| The Inter-ciub Valentine dance will
| be held Friday night at $50 o'clock.
at col E.street.
, DIR. GuillermO 4. Sherwell will lee
ture tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock.
at the Thomson School. on THE Poetry
! of Spain. The lecture will be fol-
i lowed by a Spanish comedy. featuring
/ the Misses Eliza beth Berry and Nan
Jones. and Alton r. Hodgkins and K.
! ]. Carew. The entertainment is under
the auspices of the Spanish American
tAtheneum.
! Admirers of fine hOrsenesh md
clever horsemanship are( taking ad
vantage of the complim antary drills
that are given by the Sd Cavalry and
the 18th Field Artillery Friday after
Moons at Fort Myer. Va Reserva-
tions may be made with the adju-
tant.
The New Jersey state Society will
meet Saturday night at o'clock at
| 1914 Massachusetts avenue.
| The Delta Tnu Deisa Club of WaSh-
| inston Will give its February dinner
/ Thursday evening at $50 o'clock at
! the fraternity house. l422 Massachu-
I Setts avenue. All Delts invited
| The twenty-secOnd Maine memorial
anniversary services. under the au
! spices of the Department of the Dis
! trict of Columbia. United Spanish War
j Veterans. will be held Sunday after
noon at 80 o'clock at the riding hall
! Fort Myer. Va.
| The nineteenth students concert
will be given by the Washington Col
! lege of Music Incorporated. Thursday
night. at SIS o'clock, at the audi
! torium of Central High School 18th
/ and Clifton streets. a collection will
/ be taken for the Ped Cross.
| J. Stanley Durkee. president Of How
ard University. will speak on the
| i''Universitys New Program at the
Howard University night of the Bethel
Literary and Historical Association at
| the Metropolitan A. NJ. F.. Church
TUESDAY, February -.
! The executive committee of the COM
mission of the National Baptist Con-
f; vention that has charge of the nine
million dollar drive will meet tomor-
row night at the Mount Carmel Bap-
I tist Church.
i The senior clsss of Teachers' College
; at George Washington University has
/ elected the following officers: Eliza
beth Humphrey. president; Gertrude
/ Walter. vice president: Airline Dufour
secretary. and Leila Hardell. treas
urer.
I Francis T.. .JOhnsOn is the new
president of the George Washington
/ University Literary Society. Other