Evening star., 1924-11-26
CHARITY AFFAIR
TO AID ANIMALS
Rescue League to Give
Bridge and Nah long Party
December 3.

The Washington Animal Rescue
League will give bridge and nah
jong party at the Washington Club
Wednesday, December 3, from $50 to
6 o'clock, for the benefit of poor and
wretched animals. The women of
the league have sent to members
life, active, sustaining. associate and
junior-this appeal:
with the growth OF the city and
suburbs. the demands upon the
league have doubled within the year
-l2,9SS animals having been rescued
cared for and disposed of in 1923 ana
l1,749 in six months OF 1924.
This means increased expense, and
with neither federal nor civic aid,
the league is wholly dependent upon
the public for support. In order to
MAINTAIN a sanitary. safe and COM
Portable headquarters, numerous re-
pairs to our building and kennels
became imperative, further taxing
our income. Much has been done;
more remains to be done
Whether or not you play garnes
or own pets, won't you help bear this
burden?
he it much or little. your donation
VIII be greatly appreciated"
me engagement of tables and
checks from those not taking tables
which have been received to date in
sure that the party will be successful,
nut the women of the league are
working that the financial needs of
the organization may be met and that
It's usefulness to Washington may be
increased. The league cares for
homeless and injured cats and dogs
and for forlorn horses.
Ambulance Kept Busy.
The ambulance OF the league is
pusy throughout the day answering
calls and gathering up sick and in
Jured animals. Members use their
automobiles in this work and thou
sands of homeless and injured dogs
and cats are brought each year by
non-members to the leagues quarters
in the large old brick house at the
northeast corner of Maryland avenue
and Four-anda a-half street south
west.
The league has a large active and a
larger associate membership, and
funds for the work are contributed in
the main by these members The
members are those persons who take
friendly interest in poor, humble
and wounded animals. and the league
is in no manner private or social
club. Its officers and directors have
much work to do and it is voluntarily
done. No Washingtonian can read
the membership list without seeing
the names of many OF his or her
friends. That list is too long for
publication.
PatrOneSseS for Party.
For the party Of December 3 the
patroneSseS are:
Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Hughes. Miss
Mellon, Mrs. Weeks. Mrs. New, Mrs
Wilbur, Mrs. Davis, Nine. Riano, Nine.
Peter, Nine. Panaretoff. Mrs. Milton
+. Allies. Mrs. Samuel T. Anseil, Mrs
Frank Scott Appleman, Mrs Anne
Archbold. Mrs. Clarence Aspinwall,
Mrs. Charles ]. Bell. Miss Lydia s.
Btddle, Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs.
Woodbury. Blair, Miss Elizabeth b.
Bliss, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs.
Theodore V. Boynton, Mrs. Frederick
II. Brooke, Mrs. w. H. Brownson,
Mrs. William Kennedy Butler, Mrs.
Llewelyn D. Cardwell. Mrs. James w
Carmalt, Mrs Thomas NJ. Chatard
Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon, Mrs. Whit
man Cross, Mrs. Gordon Cumming,
Mrs Henry NJ. Dawes, Mrs. Frederick
Delano, Mrs. William F. Dennis. Mrs.
Henry f. Dimock, Mrs. Peter A.
Drury, Mrs. Franklin Ellis. Mrs.
Hayne Ellis, Miss Helen Ernst, Mrs.
William Corcoran Eustis. Mrs. James
Carroll Frazier, Mrs. Marshall Field.
Mrs. David DuBose Gaillard, Mrs.
David St. Pierre Gaillard, Mrs. Car
roll c. Glover, jr.
Mrs. Charles c. Glover, Mrs. Ray
mond Gorges, Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson. Mrs.
~ yy- 10,
Mrs John Hays Hammond. Mrs.
George Harvey. Miss Florence Hay
den. Mrs. John B. Henderson. Mrs.
Louis Hertle. Mrs. John Walker Hol-
combe, Mrs. George ID. Hope, Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins, Mrs. Reginald S.
Huidekoper, Mrs. Ridgely Hunt. Mrs.
Walter Stilson Hutchins, Mrs. Ru-
dolph Kaufman, Mrs. Robert Lans-
Ing, Mrs. Henry Leonard, Mrs. c. H.
T Lowndes, Mrs. Charles Graves
Matthews, Mrs. f. B. McCagg, Mrs.
Meigs, Mrs. Frank w. Mondell, Mrs.
Wallace Neff, Mrs. Theodore w.
Noyes, Miss Josephine Patten, Mrs.
Paul Pearsall, Mrs. George T. Porter,
Mrs. Edwin S. Fuller, Mrs. Cuno H. Ru-
dolph. Mrs. Harry l.. Rust, Mrs. ]. n.
Speel, Mrs. Edward j. Stellwagen,
Mrs Alfred Pembroke Thorn, Mrs.
Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs. Charles War
rem, Mrs Harvey w. Wiley, Mrs. A.
H. Wilmer, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, Mrs. Charles Woodruff, Mrs.
X V. H. Wylie.
Leagues Omcers.
At the time of her death Mrs. War
rem c.. Harding was honorary presi-
dent of the league, and the officers
are:
Mrs. Truman G. Palmer, president;
Mrs. Merton E. Twogood, secretary;
Mrs. NJ. R. Blumenberg, first vice
president; Mrs. w. Frank D. Heron,
treasurer.
Vice presidents Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood, Mrs. Godfrey G.
whitney, Walter Stilson Hutchins,
Miss Mabel Boardman, William Phelps
Emo, Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske,
George Arliss, Alexander Britton.
Frazier D. Head, Mrs. F. B. Loring,
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Gist Blair,
Mrs. Henry Dimock, Mrs. Charles
MacVeagh, Lady Jebb, Mrs. Laura
Shelby Converse, Merritt o. Chance,
w. 3. Hibbs, Mrs. NJ. Macomb. Mrs.
Wilson Greene, Mrs. Susie r. Rhodes
and Rear Admiral w. H. Brownson.
Board of directors-Mrs. Truman G.
Palmer, chairman; Mrs. M. r. Blu
menberg, Mrs. Merton E. Twogood. w
Frank D. Heron, Miss Martha c.
Goldman, Mrs. Harry c. Moses. Mrs.
Thomas F. Bayard, Mrs. Ira Ben
nett. Miss Mamie r. Macomb, Miss
Lillian Venable, Mrs. B. Carroll
Reece, Mrs. Henry P. Erwin, Ray
mond Gorges. Mrs. William sMather
Lewis, Mrs, J. Harry Shannon, Mrs