The Washington herald., 1921-04-10
VETSOF RAINBOW
DIVISION PLAN
IMMENSE SHOW
Hippodrome of 25 Acts in
the Making; Woman
Solon Speaks.

MISS A1lce m 1NODcEtsOus NoSeA~%s
kectsd to Congress from Oklahoma
was the honor guest at Monday eve
ning's meeting Of the District Chap.
ter of the Rainbow Division Veter-
ans, at their dugout. 1904 z street
northwest She gave the world
war veterans a graphic description
Of her personal experiences during
the Western frontier days as
daughter of Indian missionaries;
happenings during the civil war
accounts of her welfare WORK our-
ing the Spanish American war as
q result of which she was elected
a member of one of the camps OF
Spanish War Veterans; ana tnen
gave the story of her activities IN
behalf of the soldiers during tne
world war. Miss Alice" as she
reouested TO be called by the vet
srans, said that as q member Of the
United states Congress she would
ever welcome suggestions from the
former service men as to Just what
they wanted of Congress, but she
added that at first her attention
would be given over to caring for
the disabled men, which should al
ways come first in the activities OF
All veterans organizations.
Following her talk. the chairmen
of the subcommittee OF the Rain
bow exposition committee made
their reports. The following COM
rades are members Of the said sub
committees: Finance committee,
Edward ]. Mahan and Elmer +.
Neagle; construction committee,
Edwin ]. Stubs and Bernard V.
Rhodes; publicity committee, J.
Bentley Mulford; ticket committee,
Leroy A. Keene. Ralph s. kiefer
and william H. Kay; advertising
committee, Oscar Underwood, jr.,
John w. Shepherd. Z. ]. Mahan.
Winfield S. Lynn and Carl A. Crano.
and for the general and special
committee, Walter D. Roney and NJ.
Manning Marcus.
President Edwin ]. Stubbs. who
lost his left arm while in battle
as a member of New York's fight
ing" Sixty-ninth Infantry Regi-
ment, is paving the way for a sue
cessful Rainbow exposition, which
will be staged on lots facing the
Union Station Plaza for two weeks,
starting on April IS. Mr.. Elliott
Woods. superintendent of the Unit
ed States Capitol Building and
Grounds, gave President Stubs
permission for the use of the
grounds and police officials have
issued the permits.
The purpose of the event is to
raise funds for the carrying on"
OF the welfare work among the
disabled veterans OF the Forty
second Division by the District of
Columbia Chapter.
Members of the organization are
now preparing an official souvenir
program. This will contain. in ad-
dition to the names of the many
attractions at the exposition, a
brief history OF the accomplish
ments of Gen. Charles T. Memo
hers division and a complete ros-
ter of the D. c. Chapter. of which
the former Fighting Commanding
General" is honorary president.
This past Sunday Comrade j.
Bentley Mulford visited Walter
Reed General Hospital, where he
made a personal call on all the
Rainbow patients confined to the
wards The veterans at the hos
pitsl will be guests of the chapter
at the exposition, as will all
wounded veterans of the world
war.
President Harding Invited.
Special invitations are now being
prepared, to be delivered in person
by the various members of the To-
cal Rainbow Division, Veterans
Chapter, to President Warren G..
Harding. to members of his official
family, to the members of both
Houses of Congress. to the diplo-
matte officials representing our
recent allies, and to local officials.
George Washington Post.
George Washington Post No. l.
American Legion, will have the
meeting of Tuesday. April 10, a
ladies night" 1t will be the first
affair Of its kind held by the post
and will be held at Community
Service Hall, s1s Tenth street
northwest. The program of the eve
ming includes a speaker from Con-
gress; the presentation of a play
entitled The Old Guard" conclud-
ing with dancing until midnight.
The play will be staged by profes-
sfonals, under the supervision of
Charles B. Hanford, Shakespearean
actor, who served in the navy dur
ing the world war. and is Chairman
OF the entertainment committee of
the post.
A feature Of the evening at the
meeting last Tuesday was an ad-
dress by Albert E. Haan. the newly
appointed national service director
OF the American Legion. who out
lined the work OF the National Sery-
ice Division.
.. .. Retired Association.
The U. s. Retired Enlisted Mems
Association entertained 200 Of the
comrades and their friends at an
open meeting held in the Pythian
TempIe, Saturday evening, April q
Stuart waIeott Post.
very interesting program ha,
been promised by Capt. CoIIey
chairman Of the entertainment com
mittee. for the next meeting OF IN.
stuart Walcott Post, No. 10. Ameri-
can Legion, on Tuesday evening
April zs, in the Board Room =,
the District Building. Va
Post Entertainment.
The Henry c. spengler Post No
: IL the American Legion, held its
monthly meeting at the armory. t79
L street. April Z.
Dock Mansfield, news artist. smoke
and Lew Levy, Kirk Miller, wiIlis =,
Greenourg, and Jake Heidenheine,