Evening star., 1925-03-17

personal message of esteem to his
friends In Washington.
This morning Washington observed
the day in special masses in Catholic
churches throughout the city. The
Ancient Order of Hibernians and the
Ladies' Auxiliary received holy COM
munion at a mass that was celebrated
at 10 o'clock in ST Patricks Catholic
Church by Rev. John ]. Callaghan, State
chaplain of the order.
Assisting Father Callaghan,- who is at
St Matthew's Catholic Church, were
Rev. William J. Neligan of st. Stephens
Catholic Church and Rev. Thaddeus /.
Kryzinski of the Catholic Church of the
Immaculate Conception. Rev. John S.
Martin of the Catholic Church of the
Holy Comforter delivered sermon ap-
propriate to the day and the fraternal
mass.
Carnival Spirit Tonight.
Tonight the celebration will turn from
the more serious side of the observance,
and something akin to the carnival
spirit that has marked the presence of
st. Patricks day in Ireland for CEN
turies will prevail. Sects will be aban-
doned while the folk of all creeds-
Catholic, Protestant and Hebrew
make merry and dance away the hours
OF the evening.
No Parades Here.
Although parades are being held in
many of the larger cities of the coun-
try. no such procession will be held
here.
The allied American Legion posts
will make merry in a brilliant st. Pat
rick's day dance at the Mayfower
Hotel tonight, with the Vice President
and Mrs. Dawes and Gen. John
Pershing as the guests of honor The
guests will be escorted to the fete by
Lieut.. Charles Riemer, commander of
Stuart Walcott Post, No. 10. and a
committee from the other posts par
ticipating.
Actress to Dance.
Both large bathrooms of the May
flower Hotel will be used, tickets haV-
ing been sold to more than 1900 per-
sons. A group of young women, rep
resenting every State in the Union and
every territory under it's Jurisdiction
will comprise the reception committee
One Of the features of the evening
will be the "Pago-Pago" dance by Miss
Katharine Hayden, star of the play
Rain"
The proceeds from the ball will go
to the welfare and relief funds of the
George Washington, Stuart Walcott,
Sergeant Jasper and Kenneth H. Nash
March of States.
Represented at the affair will be
many of the American Legion posts
throughout the country. During the
evening there will be March of the
States" in which the young ladies
representing those Commonwealth
will pass in revue. In addition there
Will be a young woman to represent
the beauty of each of the various
Government departments. The States
will be represented in the following
order: Alabama. Mrs. Wallace Streat-
er; Arizona, Mrs. A. B. Mustain Ar
kansas, Mrs. Charlotte Beeson; Cali
fornia, Miss Cristine Forrest; Colora-
do, Miss Abbie Egan; Connecticut,
Mrs. Walter Kilbourne; Delaware,
Miss Louise Henry White: Florida,
Miss Reba Darrell: Georgia, Miss
Elizabeth Rinker; Idaho, Miss Anita
Harris; Illinois, Mrs. Charles E.
Ralph, Mrs. Mildred Wisebrodt and
Mrs. Carolyn Rynicker: Indiana, Mrs.
t. Norman Templeton; Iowa, Miss
Pansie Wilson; Kansas. Miss Ada
Taylor; Kentucky, Mrs. Joseph Beat
tie: Louisiana, Miss Annette LeJeune:
Maine, Mrs. Louine Huff; Maryland,
Mrs. Mary Kohlas, Miss Ester Hall;
Massachusetts. Mrs. Charles Riemer,
Mrs. c. F. Mccarthy, Mrs. ]. F. Barr and
Miss Catherine Smith; Michigan, Miss
Jennie E. Auten; Minnesota, Miss Rosa
Voccaro: Mississippi. Mrs. Robert Nc
Candlish; Missouri, Mrs. c. B. Stovall;
Montana, Miss Betty Greene; Ne
braska. Mrs. Floyd Woolley; New
Hampshire, Mrs. F. c. Gardner and
Mrs. Harry Allen Spiller, jr.; Nevada.
Miss Mary Napir; New Jersey, Miss
Betty Hart; New Mexico, Mrs. E. G.
Ernst; New York, Miss Katherine L.
Nt-lr
North Carolina, Miss Sara Morrison;
North Dakota, Mrs. James A. Balder-
son; Ohio. Mrs. Charles Earle Smith
son; Oklahoma, Mrs. Minnie Baker;
Oregon, Mrs. John o. Johnson: Penn
sylvania, Mrs. Ethel Wilt and Miss
Annette Burten: Rhode Island, Mrs.
William Clarke Noble; South Caro-
lima, Miss Betty Price; South Dakota,
Mrs. John Dover; Tennessee, Miss A.
Nesmith and Mrs. L. Tally; Texas,
Mrs. Jesse L. Hall, Mrs. Richard
Jones and Mrs. J. White; Utah, Mrs.
June o. Pickett and Mrs. Vara Ken
nedy; Vermont, Miss Betty Hart; Vir-
ginia, Mrs. Judson C. Dale, Mrs. Ed
ward E. Kincheloe, Mrs. Mary V.
Yates and Miss Charlotte Berry;
Washington, Mrs. E. Fowler, Mrs. E.
NJ. Connor and Mrs. l.. Rhoderick;
West Virginia, Miss Irma Thompson,
Miss Villa Benedick and Mrs. c. Par
ker; District of Columbia, Mrs. How
ard S. Fisk, Miss Mildred Nash, Miss
Alice Garretson and Mrs. Russell
Clarkson; Wisconsin, Miss Elsie Sol
lers; Wyoming, Miss Goldie Granger;
Alaska, Mrs. Robert L. Pritchard;
Hawaii Mrs. Henry Hays; Porto
Rico, Mrs. Vivian E. Goldberg.
VIII Represent Allies.
Also represented in the pageant will
be three of the nations that were
allied with the United States in the
last war, Great Britain, by Mrs
Arthur Whitcomb; France, by Miss
Annette Lejeune; Belgium, by Miss
Eleanore Cline, and Italy. by Miss
Mary Voccaro. Mrs. LaSalle Corbelle
Picket, widow of the veteran Gen.
| Pickett, will represent the South.
Capt. Watson B. Miller will lead the
march.
The knights of Columbus and
auxiliary organizations will hold a
card party and dance at the Wash
| ington Auditorium, the proceeds to go
| to the fund fostered by Archbishop
Michael j. Curley for the creation of
| so scholarships in Catholic high
| schools in Washington. Arrangements
| have been made to handle a crowd of
| 5000 persons who are expected to at
| tend.
VIII Sing Irish Melodies.
| Irish melodies, sung by Mrs. Edna
| Hillyard Howard and Earl " Grimes