The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
INTERESTING WOMEN VISITORS HERE


tic, Mrs. C. B. Hudspeth, Mrs. Frank
lin Tyler Applegate. Mrs. Howard
Hodgins, Mrs. James b. Aswell, Mrs.
James Pleasant Woods, Mrs. Jesse
Lee Ward. Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin.
Nine. Jaime c. de Veyra, Mrs.
Richard Yates, Mrs. James Cantwell,
Mrs. Helen Spencer Mussey, Miss
Mary O'Toole, Mrs. Peter A. Drury,
Mrs. Lee Benoist, Mrs. Frank s.
Parks, Mrs. Edith Bracket Stuart,
Mrs. Frank Morrison, Mrs. Paul L.
Joachim, Mrs. Gurney s. Strong,
Mrs. BENJAMIN Soule Gantz, Mrs.
Murray Lee clifford, Mrs. @. Avery
Dsbinett. Mrs. George w. Eastment'
Mrs. J. e. Walcott, Mrs. Charles
Stanley White, Mrs. Thomas A.
Groover, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor,
Mrs. Howard Sutherland, Mrs, Sara
Lee Phillips, Mrs. George T. Mayre,
Mrs. John Floyd Waggaman and
Mrs. George Bullock Willis.
Mrs. Jesse Lee Webb Is chairman
of the patroness committee.
Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs.
Alanson Houghton, Mrs. Cary Gray
son, Miss Bertha H. LOCKER and
Mrs. Randolph Mason. of the board
of lady visitors of Children's Hos
pital, will be in the receiving line
at the institution, tomorrow after
noon, for the second "at home" to
be held there since the hospital was
recently renovated.
The success OF the prior affair led
the ladies to make the event
monthly occasion for those who
contributed to the repairs and
equipment last year, to see how
wisely and how beneficially their
donations had been expended. All
who visit the hospital will be per-
sonally escorted through the vari-
Gus wards and rooms, and the in
spection tour will be made inter-
esting by a visual demonstration
of how the officials are. taking care
of the sick little ones of Washing
ton.
The hospital has never been in
better physical condition in years,
and the ladies' board naturally
takes a pride in showing to those
who are interested in the welfare
of the tiny patients the marked ad-
vance that has been made since 1t
was enabled to make the essential
improvements.
ALLIANCE FRANCAIsE
HOLDS LECTURE TOMORROW.
The next lecture Of the Alliance
Franchise will be given at the Wash
ington Club tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock by Leonce Benedite, con-
servateur of the Musee du Luxem-
bourg in Paris. 1t is he who created
in that musee a section for foreign
artists, which counts now about
sixty American paintings. He or
ganized also the Musee Rodln, with
the great sculptor. whose friend he
had been for many years. The sub
ject of the next lecture. which will
be given with stereopticon views, is
"Auguste Rodin."
Among those present at the last
lecture were Mrs. Charles ". Boyn-
ton, Gen. and Nine. Collardet, Mrs.
H. H. D. Peirce, Mrs. F. E. Deland,
Mrs. w. A. De Caindry. Miss ]. D.
Strong. Miss L. B. Converse, Mrs
John Hervey Young, Miss Critten,
Nine. Rivapiszewska, Mime. Pulaski,
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Baldwin
Miss NJ. F. Green, Mrs. G. C. Thorpe
Mrs. B. Groesbeck, Mrs. c. A. Ken
yon, Miss J. H. Hearin, Mrs. Charles
Douglas Heron, Miss NJ S. Pills
bury, Mrs. Chauncey Hackett, Mrs
A. Twiggs Taylor. H. G. Crocker.
Maj. and Mrs. H. r. Stiles, Miss F.
w. Boyce, Mrs. and Miss Cover,
Mrs. w. K. Layne. Mrs. Mitchell
Carroll. Mrs. A. P. Davis, Mrs. Car
roll Frazier, Mrs. Hughes Oliphant,
Miss NJ. Stinson, Miss NJ. Wood, Miss
c. de Abercrombie, Miss E. D. Hale,
Miss D. st. Jacques, ]. S. Miller, jr.,
Col. E. D. Peek and DR.. T. Williams
+ + +
A T a recent meeting of the An
| ~ thony League. DR.. Merrill E.
Gates, former president of Rutgers
and Amherst colleges, spoke on the
subject of Patriotism in Times of
Peace" Miss Lucille Hardesty sang,
accompanied by her sister, Miss
Irene Hardesty. Miss Marie Corey
also sang several songs. Mrs.
Charles Baker was hostess. On
| Wednesday afternoon Mrs. ]. J.
Locher, chairman of the motion pic
ture committee of the D. c. F. c.,
spoke on The Service of the Film"
Her talk was supplemented by that
of Miss Lillian Williamson, who had
the program in charge. Miss Mar
garet lie Hayne played several Sc
lections on the piano to the delight
of the audience. Mrs. S. H. Cum
fninghaln and Mrs. Alfred Hardesty
were admitted d to membership.
Next Wednesday from to s
o'clock the league will be at home
at 2007 Columbia road. as usual,
when Miss Myrtle Stinson will talk
on her experiences in France during
the world war and of the debt that
America owes to that nation. Mrs
| George B. Taylor will be hostess and
Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler will have
charge of the music
Mrs. Nanette B. Paul will conduct
the class in parliamentary law on
Friday evening and will speak on
The Two Persian Queens" with
Esther in native costume, at the
First Congregational Church on
Monday evening. All meetings of
the league are open to the public.
DR.. Charles D. Walcott, secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, and
Mrs. Walcott, have gone to New
York, where they will remain the
| week.
Inc ofhcers and members of the
Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae As
sociation will be hostesses at a
combination card party-dance on
January 25, 1921, at the Meridian
Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street.
Miss Katherine T. Rover is chair
man of the card committee and Miss
Bernadette l.. Dore of the dancing.
The officers of the Notre Dame de
Namur Alumnae Association are
Mrs. James ]. Kilroy, president; /;