The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
Women Aid
Soldier Film
Prominent Social Leaders
Among PGtrOnesses
Wednesday.

About year ago at the request
ef the Public Health Service the
George Baldwin Mccoy Unit Of the
American Womans Legion formed
committee to visit the former Eerv-
ice men at Mt. Alto Hospital. Feel
ing ii a great privilege to be able
TO help these men, who are stUI
suffering from the effects Of the
hardships endured during the great
war, the committees went to work
succeeded in gaining their friend
ship and confidence and are stfrI
striving in every way 10 lead them
back 10 a normal attitude Of mind
and heart. Today committees from
this unit are visiting not only Nj
Alto, but Providence, Casualty and
Garfield hospitals. where the over
flow OF former service patients is
cared for.
To enable the committees 10 carry
on their work TO a successful con-
Clusion, the unit has perfected plans
for the presentation OF "kIsmeJ"
with Otis Skinner. Through the
courtesy Of Mr.. Crandall. owner. ana
Mr.. Eastwood, manager the play
will be shown at the Knickerbockr-
/ Theater on Wednesday afternoon.
January l9. There will be two pei
/ fOrmanCes, one beginning at 2
o'clock and the other at g.
Mrs. Smith. chief assistant oCcu-
pational therapy. with her aides
Miss DUEan. from Providence: Mis-
Gates, from Casualty. and Miss
Barnes, from Mt Alto. with four
/ former service men, will eNhib-'
and sell in the lobby OF the theater
articles made by the men at these
| different hospitals.
The ChaiFmen OF the comittc's
in charge are: Patronesscs ard
| boxes, Mrs Lawrence Townsend.
publicity, Mrs. Lewis Clark Lucas.
| theater, Mrs. Z. Lester Jones Mr.
| J. S. Easby-Smith, Mrs. Robert Coo.
/ Mrs Lewis Clark Lucas. Mrs Wal
| ter I. Mccoy. Mrs. William Bow.
/ Mrs. James Taylor and Mrs Eliza
/ beth WorthinEton Costello: tickets.
Mrs. J. s. Easby-Smith. Mrs. James
| A. Drain. Mrs. Henry TiElhsm Bull.
| Mrs. Edwin Bethel. Miss Greble. Miss
/ Pauline Block. Mrs. r. H Towncr
and Mrs. Arthur Dowell
The patronesses are Mrs. Thomas
I r. Marshall Mrs David Franklin
Houston. Sonora de Riano. Baroness
de Cartier, Lady Geddes, Princess
/ LUbomirski. Madame Marc Peter,
Mrs. James W. WadswCrth. jr.:
| Miss Boardman. Madame Conardct.
Mrs. Hugh S, Cumming. Mrs. Edison
/ Bradley, Mrs. Ehle, Mrs. Theodore
/ Boynton, Mrs. Truxton BeaI, Mrs.
James NJ Beck. Mrs. Charles Mo
Cawley, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend.
Mrs. Franklin Townsend, Mrs. George
Barnett, Mrs. Bruce Howe, Mrs. a.
1 c. Miller, Mrs. R NJ. Thompson, Mrs.
/ Charles B. Wood, Mrs Norman will
Jams, Mrs. William Slater, Mrs
| Thomas +. Walsh. Mrs. J. Allen
| Daugherty. Mrs. Walter Tuckerman,
| Mrs. Walter I. Mccoy, Mrs. stephen
Slocum, Mrs. Herbert Slocum, Mrs.
I Cleveland Perkins. Mrs. sherman
| Miles, Miss Gwynn, Mrs. Gist Blair,
Miss Ernst, Mrs. Grenneu MrH.
Henry Price Wright. Mrs. Edwin
Sweet, Miss Sophy Sweet and Mrs.
| S. L. Christian.
The box holders are Baroness de
| Cartier, Lady Geddes, Mrs. Thomas
/ F. Walsh, Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs.
| Charles Boynton Wood, Mrs stephen
| Slocum, Mrs. Cleveland Perkins, Mrs.
! Truxton Beal. Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs.
] Robert Patterson, Mrs. A. B. Butler.
Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, Mrs. Julian
James, Mrs. Lester Jones, Mrs. Law
renee Townsend, Mrs. James Wads-
worth, jr.; Mrs William Slater,
Mrs. Walter I. Mccoy. Mrs. John
Allen Daugherty, Mrs. James A
] Drain, Mrs. Robert W. Bliss Mrs. Il.
/ G. Slater, Mrs. Charles MCCswlcy,
Mrs. George c. Lodge. Mrs. Herbert
Slocum and the Misses Patten.
The ushers at the O'Clock per-
formanoe under the direction OF Mrs.
Durwsrd Grinstsad will include Miss
Nina Gore, Miss Mona Blodgett, Miss
Madeleine Austin, Miss Pauline
Wheeler. Miss Mamie Chase, Miss
Daviette F1icklin and Miss Mar
gheritta Tillman-
The ushers at the 4 o'clock per
formance under the direction OF Miss
/ Katherine Rawson will be Miss
Leslie Cameron, Miss Muriel Denys,
Miss Katherine Foss, Mrs. Carl
Meta Miss Olga Pnson and Miss
Lois Rss&tdA