Evening star., 1928-11-04

The next regular meeting viii be held
November 6 at 8 pm. In the board
room Of the District Building Tickets
for celebration Of tenth anniversary Of
Armistice day at the Washington Audi
torium Sunday evening, November IL,
viii be distributed At this meeting.
These exercises are being conducted by
national headquarters President Cool
idge and Gen. Pershing will speak and
will be broadcast Tickets are free.
At the next regular meeting OF Ser
eeant Jasper Post. No. IL. American
Legion, the annual election OF officers
will take place. The meeting viii be
held ct the clubroons. iS20 Massachu-
setts avenue. Commander John J. Or
losky will preside.
Commander Orlosky is vice chairman
Of the department membership COM
Inittee and there will be an intensive
drive In the post to add the names Of
100 comrades TO the post register.
Adjutant Edward Marthill had the
honor Of carrying the posts colors In
the national convention parade at San
Antonio, and the staff will be deco
rated with another silver band in rec
ognizance thereof.
Post Commander j. Thad Baker and
Adjutant Marthill, who acted as dele
gate and alternate, respectively. Of the
department At the convention, will re-
port to the post at the next meeting
on their views Of the various activities.
U S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, has
been awarded O citation by national
headquarters for its work during the
year, notably Its AmericaniRation pro-
gram, which has consisted in sponsor
Ing a Braille contest among the Girl
Scout troops of the city. The Girl
Scout winning the contest will be
and in addition all the girls finishing
the course will be awarded Red Cross
certificate The post has had the close
cooperation of Miss Estelle Lewis In
this program and also the cooperation
Of the Girl Scout offioials and the Red
Gross The post feels that In Interest,"
ing the Girl Scouts in Braille work in
this city, it has opened up an almost
limitless field for this work all over the
country.
informed that November 6, In addition
TO being election night, is also the posts
BrAille night Gas are also the third and
fifth Tuesdays of the month) and It IL
requested that all the comrades attend,
The executive committee will meet
at the home Of Ella Chambers, Mo-
vember S, at 8 o'clock.
Disabled American Veterans.
The Disabled American Veterans of
the World War will be invited by the
Joint Armistice ball committee to erect
booth In the ballroom OF the willard
Hotel and sell forget-me-nots to the
quests on the night of the ball Novem-
Der TO-
Mother Steed reported number OF
prominent service women have agreed
to serve as patroneSSeS for the ball.
Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, wife OK the
chief of staff of the Army; Mrs. Charles
r. Hughes, wife of the chief of naval
operations; Mrs. John A. Lejeune,' wife
OF the Marine Corps commandant; Mrs.
]. N. Speel, wife Of Admiral Speel OF
the Navy Department.; Mrs. A. l.. VIII
lard, wife OF the commandment Wash
ington Navy Yard; Mrs. Alfred j. Bros.
seau, president general, Daughters OF
the American Revolution, and Mrs.
Mary Logan Tucker, president Of the
Daughters of 1912, are among those who
have accepted.
Miss Faustina Dennis, president OF
the Women's overseas League, volun-
teered for such assistance as the COM
mittee may need. She suggested that
war time canteen be established and
the proceeds applied to the relief fund.
Armistice Ball.
Preparations for the Armistice ball
on November 10 are about completed.
The Joint committee which is COM
posed OF the representatives Of the
Veterans OF Foreign wars and the
American Legion will hold its Anal