The Washington times., 1937-05-14
LITTLE HOUSE
RITES CALL
FIRST LADY
BY MARY PADGETT

Another lovely addition to the
memory garden" of the Nationa
Girl Scout Little House, 1850 New
York Ave. N. W., will be planted
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The shrub to be planted is
camelia japonica, from Savannah
Ga, the birthplace" of the Cir
Scout movement in the United
States.
The planting represents the Girl
Scout participation in the Ma
tional Better Homes in America
campaign, emphasizing the land
scaping phase of that program.
Many distinguished persons will
be guests to see the special cere-
mony.
Twenty-Five Girl Scouts who
have attained citizen" badges
will form the honor guard for Mrs.
Roosevelt. Hostesses will be mem
bers of the Little House commit
tee-Mrs. Henry H. Father, Mrs.
Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs. B. F.
Cheatham and Mrs. Arson Phelps
Stokes-and they will be assisted
BY 10 "first-class' Girl Scouts.
A tiny model of the Savannah
Little House, where the first Girl
Scout troop was formed by Mrs.
Juliette Low, will be on display.
AS the featured entertainment
during the donor luncheon OF the
Washington Chapter of the Ma
tional Home for Jewish Children
at Denver, Tuesday at 12:3O p. m,
in the Mayflower Hotel, there will
be a sprightly musical revue,
"Folies Parisiene."
Members of the organization
make up the cast, under the direc'
ton of Mrs. Albert W. Jacobson
and Bernard Fischgrund. Par
ticipating in the show are Mrs.
David Baum, Mrs. Hymen Ber-
man, Mrs. Murray BraunStein,
Mrs. Chester Buchantz, Mrs. Al
bert Blitz, Mrs. Harry S. Douglas,
Mrs. AL ]. Fogel, Mrs. Harry
Grossman, Mrs. Corbett Glad
stone, Mrs. Samuel Koonin, Mrs.
David Nessen, Mrs. Abraham Or
leans, Mrs. Nathan Reiskin. Mrs.
Israel SaSlow, Mrs. Saul Schwartz
bach, Mrs. David Taven, Mrs. Al
bert Woronoff. Mrs. Joseph zup-
nick and Sam B. Brook.
Senator Edwin C. Johnson, of
Colorado, will be the guest of
honor and the principal speaker.
Funds from the luncheon will go
toward the support of needy chill
dren Of tuberculosis parents at the
Denver institution. In addition,
the presentation of $500 will be
made to the camp for underpriv-
ileged Jewish children. This
amount will maintain hut for
the summer in the name of the
Washington chapter.
Members and friends are asked
to make reservations with Mrs.
Harry Brandt or Mrs. Nathan Peck,
Members of the Susan Riviere
Hetzel Chapter, D. A. R., are pre-
pairing to place a bronze tablet on
the grave of Major John Album,
q young soldier in the Revolution
and an officer in the War of 1912.
The ceremony will be held Satur-
day, May %. at 4 p. M, in Oak
Hill Cemetery.
Two Observation-Disclosures
- Major Album, the Misses Anne
Sterrett and Adlumnia Dent Ster-
rett, will unveil the tablet, and
great-grandson, the Rev. H. Hatch
Dent Sterrett, of All Souls EpiSco-
pal Church, will officiate.
Miss Luella Chase, the chapters
regent, will preside at the cere-
n1ony. A speaker will be Mrs. C,
c. Haig, State regent of local D.
A. r.
Mrs. Minnie Ashbrook Tull, 215
A st. N. E., will be hostess to mem.
berS Of the Marcia Burns Chapter,
D. A. R., at her home Wednesday.
Assisting hosteSSes will be Mrs.
Cynthia I. H. Edmunds and Mrs.
Henry Zones.
The chapter recently placed a
memorial wreath on the grave of
Marcia Burns for whom the group
was named.
A recent new member is Miss
Grace Swift.
Miss Frances McReynolds has
arranged a delightful program for
the final dance of the season o.
the Illinois State Society, which
will be held next Wednesday night
in the Willard Hotel. Representa-
tive Kent E. Keller is president
Of the society.
Before the dancing there will be
o short reception honoring the
"Little Congress" of Illinois. Mrs.
Walter Bastedo is chairman of
reception,
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