Evening star., 1924-03-23
WEEK MONTICELLO
PROGRAM ISSUED
Speakers for Fund to Appear
at, Keith's During Each
Performance.

The Monticello fund committee,
headed by Mrs. Rose Gouverneur
Hoes and Mrs Richard Parker Cren-
shaw. which has in charge the JEFF
ferson opportunity" of raising within
the month of March the Washington
quota of $4,000 toward the purchase
OF Monticello as a national shrine,
announced from the headquarters
in the New Willard yesterday after
noon a program for the coming week.
Speakers will appear at Keiths at
every performance during this week,
beginning tomorrow night, stressing
the present opportunity to honor
Thomas jefferson and his great work
in aiding in the purchase of his old
home as u gift to the nation. Through
the courtesy OF Roland Robbins man
:lger Of the Keith Theater here. a
large group OF debutantcS of this
and last season. with Miss Ruth Stod-
lard as chairman. will be present also
at each performance to make the col
lection of gifts for Monticello at the
conclusion of the talk. The Bishop
of Washington. Rev. James T.. Free
man. Will be the speaker tomorrow
night.
Debutante Committee.
Miss Ruth Stoddard's debutante
committee includes Misses Ellen Blair,
Bessie Mckeldin, Janet Moffet Dor
othy Mondall Frederica McKenney,
Elizabeth Adams, Betty Byrne,
Claudia Read, Margaret Zolnay, t.liz-
abeth Zolnay, Eugene Lejeune, Jessie
Adkins, Eleanor Northrop. Elinor
Wheeler, Helen Campbell. Laura
Bryn, Virginia Selden. Katharine
Dent, Muriel Gray. Cecil Lester
Jones. Diana Cumming. Ruth Nor
gan, Gerry Morgan, Elizabeth Haynes.
Helen Thompson, Betty Werner,
Katharine Wrenn, Elizabeth Stiles
Corinne Stephens. Mrs. Gerald Linke
and Mrs. Charles Lobdell.
The committee OF debutantes will
turn the gifts over to the various
teams, engaged in the jefferson OPP
portunlty tomorrow to Mrs. Dunlop's
team: on Tuesday, to Miss Dabney's:
on Wednesday, to Mrs. David Meade
Lea and Mrs. Julian Mason's team; on
Thursday, to Richard ShandS team;
on Friday. TO Rev. Meade MacBryde's
team; Saturday. to Mrs Guthe ridges
team. and on Sunday. to Mrs. Mar
Garet Hopkins Worrell's team. \
tiny silver cup, which is now in the
window of Berry d Whitmore, with
the three big cups given for the Mon
tlCello fund. will be given to the hold
er of the plate containing the largest
amount received during the week at
keith's.
Card Party Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
at the home of Mrs. Minnigerode An
drews. 1872 18th street. will occur a
second card party by members of Mrs.
Forrest Nroomans team, with Mrs W.
w. King vas chairman and Mrs. Paul
L. Joachim as vice chairman. which
is being held over from last / day
afternoon at Wardman Park which
the storm prevented so many who
held tables from attending. Mrs
Coolidge. Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Wallace.
Mrs. Harry :. New and Mrs. James j.
Davis are leading patronesses for
this event. Also, on Friday afternoon
OF the present week. a card and nah
Jong party will be held at the Iesi-
dence of Mrs. sherman, 1231 31st
street, under the auspices of the Lea
Mason team.
The committee for the Jefferson
opportunity and the National
Monticello Association have received
great assistance from a number of
the Washington hotels, whose man
ayers have courteously put their
iobbys and bathrooms at their dis
posal during the weeks in March
With their headquarters established
at the New Willard, parties have been
held at Wardman Park Hotel. the
Hamilton Hotel, Rauschers and Tie
Shoreham Hotel.
Monticello Mi-Carcme Fete.
On Saturday afternoon of this
week, at the Shoreham, from to
o'clock, will be held a Monticello
Mi-Careme fete. under the direction
of Mrs. William Laird Dunlop. jr..
assisted by the captains of her team.
Mrs. X. II. Bagby. Mrs. Mitchell Car
roll, Mrs. Leland Stanford CONFESS,
Mrs. Mamie 6. lobe, Mrs. Gertrude
Tucker Logan, Mrs. Frank Oden-
heimer, Mrs. James Huntington Tur-
ner and Mrs. Forrest Nrooman. Mrs.
Dunlop has planned splendid pro-
gram of music and dancing. with a
wonderful psychic fortune teller IS
a special feature of the afternoon.
future is an English woman of rank,
who possesses in d wonderful degree
the power to read fortunes. For this
event tickets may be had of Mrs.
Dunlop'S committee or at the Shore
ham on Saturday.
Owing TO the great interest oc all
the teams and the activiti IS connect
ed with the Monticello opportunity,
events will also holdFover until the
first week in April, including the
rummage sale, to be engineered by
Mrs. Charles p. Cooke and com
mittee. under the auspices of the
division headed by Mrs. David Meade
Lew and Mrs. Julian Mason and the
phildrpD'S Gift mass mpefiDP which