The Washington times., 1923-09-22
Red Cross Confab
Will Bring Many
NotabIeSl Here
BY .TEAN ELIOT.

Red Cross, Will address the
opening meeting Of the annual
national convention OF the Red
Cross, which Ii to be neld on
Monday morning at 1880 In Me-
mortal Continental Hall. The con-
vention, which will last for sew
eral days, will be an event OF
social as well as phiianthropfc
Importance, since among the 100
delegates who are coming to.
washington are many prominent
men and women Of other cities.
Mrs AuguSL Beimonl, or New
York, win be here for the eonfers
ence and another visitor Will be
Mrs. R III. Bishop. of Cleveland,
who will sbe the guest OF Miss
Mabel BOardnaan. Miss B0ar0-
man, the secretary of the Anleri.
can Red Cross, timed her retuTIl
from her summer home at Muir
4 ray Bay, Canada, III order To BE-
In Washington Tor the annual
meeting and has just reached
Washing ton sand opened her big
house III r street. Her mother
Mrs. William ]. .Roardi1lafa. who
was ia Murray Bay with her III
AZ present visiting fl Newport
The response to the Red Cross
plea for Japanese relief has
reached astounding proportions;
and Mrs John Allan Doug herty
chairman Of the Waslaing ton
division, announced today that
the quota raised by her division
had passed s5,16O, 900 way be-
yOnd the 5000, 900 goal that was
originally set as the quOta for
the whole United States and
that contrfbut tions were stiIi COM
ing In steadily Mrs Doug gherty
has just returned from New
York, where she went last week
on business for the Red Cross
FxEIE Presidents factsfinding coal
commission. which passes out
OF exisfance today. Is holding d
wake In the form of b recep.
ion to some $50 guests az the
Hammond. The invitations for
the party were sent out III the
name Of the several commission
ers and they viii receive the
guests. assisted by the ladies' Of
their families. IN the absence
Of Mrs. Hammond, Mr.. Ham
raond's sister, Miss Elizabeth
Hammond viii be hostess for
him.
The entire personnel of the
commission will lses Included
among the. guests. The commits
sioners; i1eaded by iii. Hsanln1orids
are Thomas Filey Marshall some
time Vice Prestclogst Of the United
States; Clark Howell. editor and
publisher of the Atlanta Eonsti.
utiOn: George Otfx Smith, Charles
n Neil, Edward e. Devine. and
Edward Eyre Hunt. secretary.
Mr.. Howell entertained his
brother c0nInisaiOn at dinner
last lignt. 4 he party of seven
dining Iii the Presidential SUIT at
the willard.
Mrs. Hammond and Miss
Natalie Hammond. who are 1T
their summer home at East
Gloucester, Mass. viii not return
to Washington until the end of
October.
a LTHoUG ri Mrs. George
w Vanderbilt has returned
to Btltmores IN. C.. after q
short visit lii Washington, her
daughter. Miss CorneIia Vandtr-
bilt, II staying on here for several
weeks and is occupying the big
Vanderbilt house IN K street with
Mrs. n. B. Morgan, OF Biltmore,
to play proprfety. She spent the
summer at BiItmore with her
mother, but has been recently
visiting her cousin Mrs. w. Deer
ing Howe she was Polly Brooks,
you remembeTir New York.
Miss Vanderbilt has MANY
friends in washington and al
ways looks forward to. the tinlu
she spends here. But her pres
ielt visit is being heavily sl1ad.
owed by the loss Of her beautiful
Irish setter "Tish," who strayeI
away two or three days ago,
OF whom no trace can be found.
Tiah, who was brought to Wash
ington from BiItlnore, lis IA
nous show dog, and has taken
many prizes. She is remarkably
intelligent, but as shes a stranger
I'm the city, her mistress is
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Vanderbilt is exceedingly fond Of
the dog and has secured the town
locking for her in edition to ad-
vertising in all the papers and
offering a large reward.
Mrs. Vanderbilt hurried back
to Biltmore after a brief stay here
because of her duties as president
of the North Carolina State Fair
Association. The fair is to be
held the first week in October
and until that is over she will be
detained at BiItmore. Mrs. Van
derbilt and her daughter dispense
hospitality most generously at
their lovely North Carolina home
and they entertained numerous
house parties last summer, fire.
uueptly having a number Of
Neutrality-suspicious. among their
guests.
National Committeeman