The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-20
DISTRICT SOCIETY
TO PRESENT PLAY
FOR LEGION VETS
Shakespeare Group Com
pletes Rehearsals for
Merchant of Venice"

ALI arrangements have been COM
pleted and fnal rehearsals are be-
ing held for the presentation Of
The Merchant Of Venice" by
the Shakespeare Society of Wash
ington, as a complimentary benent
to George Washington Post No. /.
the American Legion. at Gonzaga
Hall, November rs and 90. The De-
partment of Interior Orchestra, un-
der the direction of Walter G. VIII
marth, will furnish the music, W tn
incidental selections by the Lyric
Orchestra, also of this city.
The cast of characters will. in
clude Charles 3. Hanford, chairman
of the entertainment committee of
the post and one Of Americas fore
most Shakeypearean actors; DR..
Earl Whitley, John NJ Kline. Wal
ter w. Beck. C. Z. Ruebsam, A. J.
Rhodes, Lawrence Downey, DR.. E.
". Wilcox, Elton 3. Taylor, T. w.
Harvey, J. n. BONN. Lulu @. Adams.
Vietta Droney and Mabel Owens
Wilcox, all of whom need no intro
duction to the Washington public.
An adequate scenic production OF
the play will be used. loaned by Mr..
| Hanford.
The post will have as its guests
at both performances wounded men
from the various hospitals. Tickets
donated for this purpose WI be
distributed to the various hospitals.
At the meeting last Wednesday
night Post Commander Howard S.
Fisk presented to the post the gold
fountain pen used by Marshal Fer
dinand Foch when he signed his
name to the membership card, fol-
| lowing the presentation Of the cere-
monial badge on h 8 arrival In the
National Capital recently. when he
was indicted into the legion. 4
| duplicate membership card. bearing
his signature. together with the pen,
will be placed n the archives Of the
post.
/ The following were elected to
membership in the post: Burton o.
Lewis, A. B. ouinton. jr., NJ. c.
/ Buckley, Arthur w. Robbins, James
1 c. Longstreet Joe w. Turner. An
drew ]. Rady. villain E. Stockett,
| jr., Roland E. Hill, Nathaniel D.
Renfroe. George F. Curry, Harry w.
/ Hill. Haynes Ellis. Robert 7. Oliver,
I Frank A. Smith. Edw d. Hotch-
kiss. Elmer p. Hsrdell. Erwin T.
/ Parham, Frederick Eugene Wright.
/ George II. Schlueter. Frank Sutton,
/ Samuel Shacklett, George S. Gibbs,
/ Nathan F. Jenney, James Francis
| Gilliand. Bernard c. MCGEE. Thomas
w. McKnew, william S. Wh!pple.
/ Frank Z. Frazier. Louis 81. Gosorn,
William c. Moore, waverly Y. Cher
ry. r chard A. Worthington and
Maurice f. Shesrer. Frank E. Dun
can was made a posthumous mem
Der Of the post.
! Albert z. Ham, delegate to the
third national convention at Kansas
City, presented a report on the ac
tivities OF the convention and it's ac-
| complishments
! The post commander announced
the recent deaths of John McRae
and Ellsworth P. Bertholf. The
latter was buried last Monday after
noon at Arlington National Gene
tcrv with full m litary honors.
The question OF a distinctive uni
/ form is receiving the attention OF
1 the post and special committee
! composed OF Guy Withers, chair
man. w. J. HOLMAN and Edward
| G.. McCandlish was Apo nted to
! present a report at the December
| meeting
Arthur B. Campbell, a manber OF
the post sailed recently for Chile,
where he will be the private secre-
tary of the American Ambassador.
Fred f. Wright. recently elected
a member, sailed last week on o
years trip to South Africa.
Vice Commander Robert A. Will
liams sailed a few days ago for
southern waters. where he will
spend the inter-.
| +. NJ. Blackwell has been trans
ferred from this city TO Atlanta,
Ga. with the Medical Corps OF the
navy.
s. n. Archer, an officer with the
American army in Coblenz, Ger
many, in communication TO the
post comm ander sent greetings TO
the members of the post.
At the next meeting in the board
room, District Building. on December
:. delegates and alternates will he
elected to the coming department
| convention to elect departmental Of
| fiCers ana also nominate officers for
] the most for the wear 1899