The Washington times., 1922-03-17
IRISH Observe
NATIONAL DAY
IN ALEXANDRIA
st. Patrick's Memory Honor
Cd by Entertainment and
Wearing Of Green.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. March IL
st. Patrtck's Day IL being celebrated
in Alexandria today by entertain
ments. At 81. Mary's Academy last
evening . st. Patriclx's entertain.
ment was given at which the fol-
lowing program was rendered;
Chorus. seventh and eighth grades:
Life OF st. Patrick" Miss Anna
Mos: song, Believe Nc II All
Those Endearing Young Charms"
Miss c. West; solo dance. Miss c.
Powers; Dear Little Shamrock"
and ERIN the Tear and the Smile
in Thine Eye" seventh grade:
Irish Prayer" Misses NJ. Aitcheson.
NJ. Chambers. n. Saunders. N.
Jenkins, A. Mess. NJ. r. Trefer and
M. Kersey; piano duet, Misses G.
Powers and A. Carter: drill; The
Irish Mother" Miss c. Powers;
''Kathleen MAvourneen," eighth
grade: Miss McLeon's reel, Missss
e. Hoy and v. Hayden; song, G.
West; "A Sprig of Shamrock" c.
Griffith; chorus. seventh and eighth
grades.
This evening an entertainment
and silver tea viii be given by
Court 81, c. w. Of A., at the Lyceum
Hall, at which Irish songs and
music win be the order Of the eve
ming. The class Of Miss Matte
Wade Woolls win give an Irish en-
tertainment At Lee Camp Hall this
evening.
\ The State corporation commission
has granted . charter 20 the George
\ Washington Masonic National Me-
\ mortal Association Of Alexandra, Va.
l The objects Of the association are to
erect temple IN memocy Of George
Warrington. and the work win sbc
done by the Masons of the United
States.
Miss Bessie Stuart Campbell will
on Monday. April 3. give her story Of
the Roses at the Young Peoples
building. Miss Campbell 10 well
known In this city. having given en-
tertainments here before.
\ City Engineer e. c. Dunn will In
4 short time time start the improve
nent OF Prince street. from Royal to
of eight squares and the roadway
will be twenty-seven feet wide. Work
will also be started at an early date
on Pitt street. from Royal to Duke
street: Washington from Duke to
Franklin street, and Duke from
Royal to Fsyette street.
The J. r. N. Curtin Baraca Bible
Class OF the First Baptist Church win
meet at that church Friday evening.
when q baseball club viii bo organ
ICED and officers elected.
A meeting of the class in citizen.
ship and Virginia government was
held at the chamber of commerce
last evening under the auspices Of
the Woman's Auxiliary Of the 7. N.
G. A.
The retail merchants bureau Of
the Alexandria chamber OF CON-
merce is preparing for q style show
to be held In this city On April 4. 8
and 8. The show will open with q
of the city on ths night Of April 1.
The committee in charge OF the
affair Is Charles B. Swan, L. Levin
son, M. w. Gaines. A. L. Cohen and
Irwin Diener.
The board of police commissioners
will at the next session Of the city
council send in Q petition asking that
the police force Of the city Be In
creased permanently from eightoen
to twenty-one men. The city council
last fall directed the appointment OF
extra men for the winter months.
but as the time-of these men has
expired the commissioners wish to
have three new men elected per.
manently.
At Lee Camp hall last evening an
old Virginia supper was given by the
ladies Of the Second Baptist Church.
Silver Moon Council, No. Is, De-
gree Of Pocahontas, will give q dance
at Odd Fellows Hall on North Column
bus street on the evening OF
March 30.
COALITION MOVEMENT
IN GERMANY LAUNCHED