Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-10
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Dr George Roberts father of Mrs.
w. H. Reed, is critically Ill at the
Alexandria Hospital. DR.. S. b. Moore
is in attendance.
Mr.. J. Ellis Norris left Sunday to
resume his position with the National
Mercantile Agency at Havana, Cuba,
after spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Norris.
Miss Mary Cary Pyke who spent
the holidays with her parents. IN
Wide Water, was the guest Of Miss
Hilda Schneider, enroute to Stuart
Hall, Staunton, Va, to resume her
studies.
The monthly service of prayer and
Healing will be held in St. Paurs
Episcopal Church tomorrow night at
7:45 o'clock The Holy Communion
will be administered at 1890 a. m.
Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, ! %. 0.
F. will confer the initiatory degree
upon class of candidates at it's reg
uiar meeting tomorrow night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Herbert McCuen
left Yesterday for their home in Nor
folk, after a two weeks visit to the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Fl. McCuen, in The Wagar.
The Retail Merchants Bureau Of
the Chamber Of Commerce will meet
i'm regular session tomorrow night III
the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Alexandria Washington Lodge,
No. 22, A. F. and A. NJ, will hold a
special communication tonight to
confer the Entered Apprentices de-
gree upon class of candidates.
The regular meeting of Oriental
Lodge, No. G, Knights of Pythias,
will be held tonight in Pythlan
Temple Cameron street.
At a meeting of the teachers and
officers of st. Paul's Sunday School
held last night, Mr. X. E. Wallace
was elected Assistant Superintend-
ent.
NJ. B. Thompson, president of the
Alexandria Trades Council and also
a member of the Legislative Conn
mittee of the Virginia State Fedora
ton of Labor, left today for Rich
mond to attend called meeting OF
the Legislative Committee.
A dance will be given tomorrow
night in tn Elk's Hall by the Russell
Mitchell Post, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars. The proceeds OF this dance
will go toward the equipment Of a
club room in this city. The music
will be furnished by Jordan's Orches-
ira, of Washington.
A lecture illustrated with steropti>
con views will be given in the audi
troium of the Chamber of Commerce
tomorrow night at s o'clock. The
subject of this lecture will be the
handling of high explosives by the
railroads and is under the direction
of Z. F. TIGER, local agent of the
Southern Railroad.
A fire occurring shortly before 8 /
o'clock this morning at 1912 Wythe |
street, caused an alarm that was |
answered by all three fire companies. !
The flames which were on the inter-
ior of the building were eXtinguished F.
before much damage was done. The
damage was covered by insurance, it
is stated.
At the Richmond Theatre today,
Richard Barthelmess will again be
shown in one of his greatest pictures,
TAXABLE David" The Ingomar will
feature Frank BorZage and Anne
Little in "Silent Shelby" The Idle
Hour has its main attraction James
Oliver Curwood's "Nomads of the
North"
Alexandria High Schools basket
GERS will, tonight. in the Armory
Hall meet the Fredericksburg boys.
Last year the Alexandrians proved
to be much better than the Freder.
icksburg boys, but this year it is re
ported that things will be little
different and if the High School
boys win it will be sure to be the re-
suit Of a hard fought game.
Registered at the hotels today are:
At the Monticello-W. Snyder of
T. J. Stafford, of Pet
+. c. Sawyer, of New
York City, f. F. Cooled, of Grand
Rapids. Mich, n. Goldberg, and P.
Sudriko, of Baltimore, l. h. Robey,
Of Warrenton, and Fred F. Layman.
Of Waynesboro. At the Rammel-R.
]. Dunn. of Baltimore, w. E. Bag
gett, of Baltimore, j. F. Starr, of
New York City. E. L. Thomas, Of ,
Richmond Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Horne, |,
and F. Williams, of Newark, N. j., II
G. H. Jones. of Lexington, Va. P.
Simeon of New Cork Civ and Mr.