Evening star., 1923-04-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

the southeast corner of the House Of
flee building yesterday afternoon at
tracted the attention of pedestria an,
who sounded an alarm of fire. It de-
veloped that the smoke came from
burning leaves that had accumulated
In the areaway and probably caught
fire from lighted cigarette. Fire
men extinguished the blaze with
chemicals. The building was not dam
aged.
Miss Alexandra GaIeski will give nm
illustrated lecture on THE Pre-Ra-
phaelite Brotherhood and Its Infiu-
ence Today" before art class OF
George Washington University. 2024
G street, tomorrow, 5 pm. Public
invited.
DIR. X. II. MOOmaw will give exp0Si-
tion of Sunday school lesson tomor-
row. 2:30 pm. at Mount Vernon NJ.
E. Church.
American War Mothers will meet
tomorrow. 8 pm, at home Of Mrs. X.
e. Gross. 645 G street. Mrs. Knowles
Cooper will speak.
"On to Norfolk Club, Post I27, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, will give a
dance tomorrow at Mrs. Dyer's, 1917
r street.
biological Society Will meet satur-
day, pm, at Cosmos Club. Mrs.
Charles d. Walcott will give illus
trated address on wild Flowers of
the Canadian Rockies" and Albert b.
Mann Of Carnegie Institute will con-
slider The sUefulness Of Diatoms. u
illustrated. Visitors welcome.
ArhOr dey will he Obrerved on lawn
or PHYLLIS Wheatley Y. w. G. A, by
Girl Reserve High School Council, the
afternoon of April "a. Tree planting
and exercises.
Harmony Lodge, No. IL, Masonic
Fraternity. will be special guests of
Washington Hebrew Congregation to-
morrow, pm. DR.. Simon, L member
of the lodge. will deliver address,
ON the Square"
A mnss meeting or "Crusaders Of
Good VIII" will be held Sunday, 8
pm, at Eighth Street Temple DR..
asovr Howard W. l. Hodgkins; president Of
% preside. "1sansfSn Rt Rer onEsrs''y Msr Z VII! r
Thomas Of St. Patrick's Church will
ofer prayer. Rabbi Simon and WILL
liam II. De Lacy will bring greetings.
Col. John Temple Graves will give
address The True Spirit of Amer
ica."
Columbia w. &. r. L. will meet to-
morrow. pm. with Mrs. e. S. Henry,
i320 Columbia road. Mrs. John Nelson
Mills will speak
Northesst Washington Citizena' Az
soclation Will meet tomorrow pm,
IN Northeast Masonic Temple.
The Big Sisters will meet tomorrow,
8 pm, at headquarters. 700 I1th
street, room 610.
Nat
quet and literary and musical pro-
gram Saturday. 6:45 pm, at Ebbitt
Hotel. Motion pictures of New Eng
land scenery and Maine summer re-
sorts. Dancing.
Mrs. Harriet HnwIey Locher will
speak on THE Future Of the Movie"
before the W0men's Alliance of All
Souls Unitarian Church tomorrow, II
am, at 1889 Columbia road.
Mount Pleasant Citizens Associa-
tlon VIII meet Saturday. pm. at
Martha Washington Seminary, 3522
10Th street. Charles Moore will give
Illustrated address. The Transforma-
tion of Washington"
dance under auspices Of Catholic
W omen's Service Cub will be given
at catholic Community House tomor-
row, pm.
The young people of the yermont
avenue Christian Church will give
annual spring play tomorrow. pm.
at Pythian Temple.
Inc Washington Handicraft Child.
llo6 Connecticut avenue, will meet
tomorrow, pm. Olaf Saugstad will
give a talk on "Handicraft as Related
10 our Industry of Today"
Starr Truscott will speak on "Pana.
ma oe1ore the Washington Society.
Massachusetts Institute of Technoi
oss, at luncheon tomorrow, Uni
Mrs. G.. Wallace W. H,nre e.
Distrlcts candidate for president gem
erai or the National Society of the
daughters of the American ReyoIu
tion. will hold a reception for tba
active national officers of the society
at the Willard Hotel Monday after.
noon from to o'clock.