Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

Auxiliary, Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club.
The Veterans OF Foreign Wars of the
District of Columbia will celebrate the
thirteenth anniversary OF Armistice
day, at the washington Auditorium,
Nineteenth and E streets. Wednesday
night. The program contemplates
unique celebration of the momentous
Night" Two of the big theatrical and
motion picture producers are lending
their co-operation-one by sending
noted vaudeville actor and the other
a motion picture star.
Representative Royal c. johnson,
chairman of the World War Veterans
Legislative Committee, will act as grand
! marshal of the pageant, and is serving
with the director general of the jubilee,
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford. U. s.
A., retired, in formulating plans. Mr..
johnson has secured eminent judges
and prominent lawyers to sit on the
bench at the Palais de Injustice; and
those who fall into the clutches of this
court may experience some compensa-
ton for their misfortune through the
fact that the arrests will be made by
gendarmes and M. P.'s who include a
Representative, an Assistant Secretary
in off1cial and social life.
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover
have been invited to attend.
Mrs. Edward r. Gam, sister Of the
Vice President, heads the Patron and
Patroness Committee, and Vice Presi-
dent Curtis has signif1ed his purpose to
attend. Mrs. LutZ VAIL, widow of the
former adjutant general of the Army,
heads the Refreshment Committee;
lie ~ i1ff a
Moulin Rouge and a group of so or
more gigolettes. Mrs. Charles F. Adams,
wife of the Secretary Of the Navy, is
chairman of the Committee for the Sale
Of Boxes, assisted by the wives of the
secretaries of the several executive de-
partments and independent Government
establishments.
Through the offices of the French
embassy posters advertising theaterS
and dance halls, wines, champagnes and
other conspicuous posters will be dis
played. The Paris office of the New
York Herald has dispatched across the
Atlantic thousands of copies of the
their armiStice extra" printed in 1918,
which will be distributed at q price of
l franc, serving as the common medium
OF money exchange, procurable at the
ratio of 10 francs for the dollar. Mill
tary and naval attaches from all the
in uniform.
Commander in Chief Darold d. DeCoe
will reach the city in time for the cele-
bration. Department Comdr. Charles
B. Jennings will be MARIE of Paris and
will supervise the organization of the
Reception and Floor Committee. Guests
are requested, as far as possible, to
come in uniforms, or in costume appro-
pirate to the occasion. Col George L.
TAFT, past department commander, is
chairman of the Ticket Distribution
Committee and can be reached at the
City Post Office. He Is assisted by John
I. Spreckelmyer. Fred A. Livingstone,
Col. Harry Coope and Comrade Ernest
Wickstrand, together with the adju-
tants and QuartermaSters Of the unit
posts. Tickets are available at the
National Service Bureau in the Tower
Building and at various downtown bust
ness houses.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of National
Capital Post, No. 1877, held its regular
bimonthly meeting October 81. Mrs.
Audree Strong was admitted to mem
berShip, being the twenty-sixth mem
Der taken in during this term. The
oficerS-elect will be installed Tuesday
evening by Chief of Staff Den Breeder.
Also on this night the auxiliary will
celebrate its twelfth birthday ami
versary.
Senior Vice President L. Soda re-
ported favorably on the run1mage sale
held october 81 and 28.
The monthly visit to Mount Alto
was made october 20, when cake and
ice cream was served and bridge and
500 played. Chief Of Staff Den Broe-
der and District Hospital Chairman
Fawcett were guests.
Department officers are requested to
be present at the official installation of
the newly~elec officers of the several
unit posts. as follows: Follow Me Post,
at Pythian Temple, November 10, 1880
o'clock; National Capital Post, at
Pythian Temple. the same evening, at
about $50 pm; Potomac Post. at Sol
diers, Sailors and Marines Club, No
vember IL, 8 o'clock: Gen. Clarence
r. Edwards Post, at Veterans commit
tee room, House once Building, No
vember Is, 8 o'clock. and Federal Post,
at Thomas Circle Club. November %,
o'clock.
nights, officiated at the installation
ceremonies of Columbia, Equality
Walter Reed and Front line posts. re-
spectively.
The installation ceremonies Of Ad-
vance Post, and Of the recently insti-
tuted Washington Police and Fire Post,
were conducted on earlier dates.
National Capital Post. No. 1877, met at
Pythian Temple ana accepted the
membership of william Mafera, Com
pany H, 3Oth Infantry, A. E. F., by
transfer from Gen. George r. Dyer
Post, No 81, of New York City. The
post elected II delegates and ~ alter
mates as representatives to the depart
ment's constitutional encampment.
Judge Advocate-elect Daniel j. Leahy
and James j. Bird were appointed the
posts representatives on the depart
ment's committee on bylaws. At Tues
DAVIS meeting. the officers will be in
stalled by Department Commander
Jennings.
Follow Me Post, No. 1880, will meet
Tuesday, when the officers will be in
stalled by Department Comdr. Jen-
Follow Me Ladies' Auxiliary met at
Soldiers. Sailors and Marines Club,
with President Blanche Melton Off
ciating. The following officers were
elected: President t;d. Mrs Gia W n,,i5s
Downs; Junior vice president, Mrs.
Hattie Byram; chaplain, Mrs. Blanche
Melton: treasurer, Mrs. Roberta Faw-
cett. A special meeting of the aux
iliarv was held at the home OF Mrs.
Roberta Fawcett, 1404 Allison street.
Front Line Ladies' Auxiliary. with
Front Line Post, conducted their joint
installation of officers at Pythian Tenn
pie. The national president OF the La
dies Auxiliary, Mrs. Dora Raffensper-
per of Harrisburg, Pa, installed the fob
Towing oficers: President. Leonelda
Y olkman; senior vice president, Carrie
H. Hooley; junior vice president, Edith
DenBroeder: treasurer, Sylvia Masters;
chaplain, Clara Caskey; musician, Rita