Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Hotel Rammel is dressing up for !
Easter. 1t is receiving q coat Oh
snow white paint.
Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, l. U. . r.
will hold a meeting tomorrow nighV
in Odd Fellows Hall, North Coium'
bus street. All visiting Odd Fellows
will be cordially welcomed
There will be a called meeting OF
the parent Teachers Association to-
narrow afternoon at $3.50 in the Lee
School. A good attendance IS desired
as business of Importance Will come
before the meeting.
The barrel of flour the Virginia
GRAY have been selling voices on was
raffled off at the Idle Hour Theatre
Saturday night and the holder OF
the lucky number was William
Franklin, of 623 South Alfrd street
Business with the merchants is re-
ported as being fine this week. Sew
eral of the stores report that nearly
all the spring goods that has been
ordered has already been sold, and
now they are anXiOusly awaiting the
second shipment.
The Richmond had a big run of
'Kismet" last night and is expecting
another big house for the fina! run
TODAY The Ingomar has a picture
that is called See My Lawyer" and
the Idle Hour presents Buck Jones
in ITO Finish"
Work of remodeling AIS King
street is nearing completion and VIII
ba occupied by the Alexandra STUDIO
in the near future. The building
being remodeled was formerly oc-
cupied by Abe L. Cohen
Mrs. A. K. Long and little daugh-
ter. of Harrisburg, Pa, are visiting
Mrs william Chauncey. of South
Fairfax street. Mrs. Long was tor
merly Miss Charlotte Smith, of Alex
andFia.
Episeopal High Schools baseball
team is playing the team Central
High Schoui at the Stadium this al
ternoon. The game is being staged
under the auspices of the &c Cluo
of Central.
A large number of AleXandrianS
will be i'm the bleachers when the
Nationals and the Yankees start the
American League season tomorrow
afternoon New York will remain
for a four day period and then tho
WashingtonianS will entertain Phlla
delphia for a few days ana then 90
on the road.
The second meeting of the Alex
andria CUmmandery No 1881, Uni
ted Order of the Golden Cross, was
held in the Old Elks' Hall last night,
The Grand Commander, Henry M.
Fowler. attorney from Washington,
and several other officers We're pres,
emit. The meeting was well attended
and seven new candidates were lnltI-
ated
The April meeting of the business
and professional WOmen's Club this
evening will be held in the open, as
agreed upon at the last meeting, eX-
cept in the event of ram. when II
win be held in the Chamber Of F,
Commerce rooms. The Girl Scouts
will be the guests of the club.
A reward of s25 has been offered |
bv William f. Webster for the arrest |
of conviction of the party or parties !
guilty of poisoning his valuable |
hunting dog. The body of his dog to- !
gether with the bodies of twenty |
one other dogs were found in the !
southeastern section of the city sew
eral days, ago all victims of whole !
sale polSoner.
When "tin lizzie" trys to run
down q two ton truck it had better /
be sure that it's armor plate IS on /,
correctly. This morning q Ford was |
coming down King street and butted
into the rear end of Il. + Burroughs |
big truck When "LizZie" continued |
upon her way it was with the aid of
some outside power and her hood was
so badly bent up that her friends did
not recognize her.
Rehearsals for the play, "A Spark |
of Life" are progressing nicely. The !
cast of this play was selected from |
the members of the Senior Glass of |
the high school and the play will be
presented in the high school auditor, /
ium on April 20, 81 and p. Tickets /
are now on sale by the students of
the graded schools as well as by the
high school students.
The Rev. Thomas I. GasSon, of
Georgetown University, will deliver
an illustrated lecture on the Passion
Play of Obermmergan in Lyceum
Hall. Wednesday evening at eight
o'clock. The lecture is profusely IL
Illustrated with magnificent lantern
slides. showing the world famous
presentation of the Passion, as it
has been exhibited for centuries by
the village of the Bavarian towns
The lecture is free, no admission
being charged, but an offering viii
be received at the door for the bene-
fir of The EnrnnRan fnrnina sufferers