Evening star., 1927-02-16
Yves! Virginia State
Society Party Tomorrow.

Honoring Gov. Howard Gore and
| former governors. the West Virginia
state Society has completed all ar
| .anoements for brilliant and enjoy
able dinner dance and entertainment
| in Mel idian Mansions, at 2400 Six
| teenth street, tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock. Tickets may be procured from
the office of Representative Frank
Bowman and the Hotel Annapolis,
| and members Of the society and their
| friends are asked to make as early
reservations as possible before the
supply has been exhausted.
Plans are going forward for the
| benefit dance which the Georgia
State Society will give FRIDAY evening
at 2400 Sixteenth street. The pro
| ceeds Will go to the Southern Relief
Home.
The president OF the Georgia
State Society. Representative William
w. Larsen, and its vice president. Mr..
| McCleskey Garlych. have arranged
for ball and card party which is
being sponsored by the complete
membership Of the society.
The Southern Relief Home is main
tanned for the care OF Confederate
Soldiers. their wives and daughters
Washington. The board of governors
of the home are Mrs. Theodore Tiller,
president; Mrs. Wallace Streater, vice
president: Miss Mary Y. Frey. record
ing secretary: Mrs. Jeter G.. Pritchard,
secretary: Mrs. Drury c. Ludlow.
treasurer, and Mrs. Rosa Mulcare,
chaplain.
Tickets for the ball NAV be pro-
cured from any member of the Geor-
gia State Society and az the ballroom
on the evening of the dance.
Judge John A. Chumbly. for the
ball committee of the Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans, announces that prep.
arations fon the Mardi Gras ball to be
given by that organization Friday eve
ming have been completed. The rose
room of the Hotel Washington will
be used and guests may come in cos.
tunes or in full evening dress. as pre-
ferred. though the occasion will be
modelled after the historical Southern
trolic of that name. There will be
short interval during the gayety,
when. as special feature, Miss FL
vina Neal Rowe. accompanied by Miss
Mary Matthews Taylor, will sing a
suitable selection of songs.
w Sol I1UTdEIdIl Oh the
Smithsonian Institution, will deliver a
series Of six lectures during the Lent
en- season at the Women's City Club.
p Jackson place, on the subject of
Modern Continental Drama The
first of the lectures will be given Mon
day evening at o'clock in the ball.
room of the club.
The leading plays of Ibsen, Haupt-
mann, Maeterlinck and Rostand will
analyzed. Mr.. Corbin, at a luncheon
in the Autumn. lectured on why
Books Live" Members who heard
him then are welcoming the oppor-
tunity to listen to him again. Mrs.
Lyman B. Swormstedt is chairman of
reservations. The lecture course is
given under the auspices of the H.
brary and drama sections. Among
those making reservations are Mrs.
Bessie Brueggeman, Mrs. Randolph
Dickens. Mrs. Peter A. Drury, DR.. A.
Frances Foye, Mrs. Marie Manning
Gasch. Mrs. William o. Gilbert, Mrs.
William Ham, Mrs. Ellis Meridith
Mrs. John Mock. Mrs. John Allen
Munson. Mrs. Mary McCloskey. Miss
Clara McQuown. Miss Helen NicoIay
Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes, Judge Mary
O'Toole. Mrs. U. G.. b. Pierce, Miss
Mary Potter. Mrs Albert Putney,
Mrs. j. Garfield Riley. Miss Grace