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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1917

Page

15

Community clubs and societies meet in February notices

The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase met Feb 2 at Mrs Howard Patre’s home to discuss local education and county and state conditions, followed by a round table. The Woodmont Women’s Club met Feb 18 with a civic address planned for the next meeting. The As You Like It Club of Germantown met Feb 17 with talks on Maryland history and a Frederick feature. The Sixteenth Street Heights Sewing Club elected officers and planned Neighborhood House sewing. Various chapters held social events, musical programs, and reports on juvenile court work, with future meetings set across districts including Parkwood, Petworth, Capitol Hill, and Southeast areas.

Woman's Club Chevy Chase Howard Patre Raymond Street C E Richardson Creeley E E Dickerson Round Table Mra Nedel Lottle Champ Millwood Della Young Onleavilla Poole Women’s Club Woodmont Germantown William Dawson Maryland Frederick Edwin Houck Bentztown Josephine Boland Sixteenth Street Heights van Tuyl Dogwood Street Carl F. Stuhler W. N. Holmes R. HE. Heater T. J. S. Williams C.L. Maxwell Stuhler C. A. Lind St. John’s Lodge Henry G. Milanese Tion D. A R James L Parker Parkwood Continental Congress Elizabeth .Pierce Goodwin Sidney H Phillips Howard S. Cunni Ienam Wilhem C. Sanford Charles P. ‘Grandfield Irving Ball Flora W Patterson Ob Roy McKahan Washington Emig Fouo Cassitetes Crashes Eeyser Gaschre Berkins Ransdell Charles Windle EB. J. Ryan Charles Fereyuson Clayton Fiint Capitol Hill Webb Tenth Street Grange‘r Lesher Mra. Stafford Mra Granger Mra. Stine Q. H.igee

Washington College Music Orchestra Rehearsals Announced

The Washington College of Music will hold two rehearsals weekly by popular demand. The concert praised the student ensemble under Mr Christian, with Frank Morris Jones delivering a professional sounding performance of Greig’s concerto.

Washington College of Music Christian Greig Frank Morris Jones Jones Washington

Ingram Memorial Church to Hold Monthly Musical Service

The Ingram Memorial Church choir presents a service this evening under organist W H Starwell with a program including Anthem Praise Ye the Father, solo I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say by Mrs Charles Bealle, quartet I Come O Blessed Saviour by Mrs Walter Oliver Miss Josephine Mack and Messrs Raymond Towne Emanuel Simons, anthem Calvary, choir, duet Awake My Soul by Miss Helen White and Mr Russell Burroughs, cornet solo Abide With Us by Mr Winters, and solo Know.

Mount Pleasant William Buchanan Claude Robeson Liszt Kavlor Martin Saint Paul Mendelssohn Regina Coeh Hammerer Arenaky Isomer Florence Steffens Mozart A Ll M Haycock Charles D Church James S Hicks Rossini-Shepherd Tachaikowsky Rossini-Pitzhugh Franck Ingram Memorial Church Starwell Father Jesus Charles Bealle Helen White Mr Russell Burroughs Cormet Mr Winter's

Quartet at Y M C A Meeting At Pell's Theater

The Y M C A engages the National Quartet for an afternoon program at Pell's Theater with Fred B. Smith delivering the address. Quartet members include Elizabeth Maxwell Lilian Chenoweth W E Braithwaite Harry M. Forker and Wthel Garrett Fohnston with songs by Buck DeKoven Holden and others.

National Quartet Pell’s Theater Fred B. Smith Elizabeth & Maxwell Lilian Chenoweth W E_ Braithwaite Harry M. Forker Kanso Buck DeKoven Holden

Studio teas begin season with musical performances

Dents, Mrs F W Coleman sang Last Night I Heard the Nightingale and Star of Summer. Miss Gladys Kaln sang Lover in Damascus and Mrs C N Jones sang San Toi and Life's Epitome. Mrs C N Jones and Mrs Pearl Tunstall presided at the red table. First in a series of studio teas with Mme Oldberg and Miss Chambers to entertain through spring.

Girl Scouts to March in Inaugural Parade Weather Permitting

All Girl Scouts of Washington with uniforms are to march in the inaugural parade Monday if weather allows. They must wear black shoes stockings and white gloves. Assemble at No 3 engine house opposite the Senate office building on Delaware Avenue near C Street at 2 p.m. Lunches in pockets. They will stay in the engine house for shelter and chairs will be provided. Troop 1 held a basketball meeting at Wilson Normal School gym and plans to challenge any District team. The captain Mrs G S Rafter spoke on duties and privileges of scouting. Roby Day visited with stereographs. Miss Goding of Wilson Normal paid a visit. Troop 2 Boy Scouts hosted at McKendree Church with Phrenology talk games and refreshments. Ruth Colman, scribe.

Girl Scouts of Washington No. 3 Engine House Senate Delaware Avenue C Street Wilson Normal School G. S. Rafter Roby Day Miss Goding Wilson Normal Boy Scouts McKendree Church Ruth Colman

Washington Shakespeare Society meets in Cairo on psychology of Shakespeare

The Washington Branch of the Shakespeare Society of America met Friday night in Cairo with Mrs. Elenore Bingham addressing on The Psychology of Shakespeare. Bingham, chair of English literature in British schools, gave a dissertation on Hamlet and other plays. Plans for an April 23 Shakespeare clubs congress were discussed. Rev. George Butler chaired the session. Also noted, Madrid reports cabinet curbs on news of merchant ship movements to and from Spanish ports.

Washington Shakespeare Society of America Cairo Elenore Bingham Bingham Hamiet Congress of Shakespeare Clubs Thera American Federation of Shakespeare Societies National Shakespeare Memorial Association George Butler Washington Society

Pleads For Derelicts At District Almshouse

Mrs. L. F. Zinkhan of the Washington Asylum Hospital administration voices urgency for humane care amid reports of deplorable conditions at the district almshouse. She cites noisy freight yards, dirt and dust, unsafe surrounding grounds, and crumbling facilities as obstacles to proper care for indigent patients awaiting a better municipal hospital.

L. F. Zinkhan Washington Asylum Hospital District Sunshine Society Congress Washington Asylum

Western High School Girls Train in First Aid for War

Senior and junior girls at Western High School organize to learn first aid under local doctors with plans to join the National Red Cross. Led by Miss Marion Johnson and Miss Margaret Milholland, the program aims to produce trained units for potential national service.

Red Cross Western High School Marion Johnson Margaret Milholland Georgetown National Red Cross Florence Kemp

Better if Heaven Had Burned and Hell Been Quenched Says Dr. Eliot

Boston March 3 Dr Charles W Eliot President Emeritus of Harvard has drafted a new Unitarian statement to be broadcast It asserts a loving God as a divine father guiding humanity and defending human dignity It condemns evil and supports education reform and humane methods over fear or punishment The work ends with the claim heaven of Revelations burned and hell quenched

Western Elmer Newton Westlern High School Georgetown Boex of Education Board Ofeducation Heaven Hell Dr. Eliot Boston Charles W. Eliot Harvard

Speech to Congress on Hospital Aid and Suffering Citizens

A plea in the Sixty-fourth Congress pleads for emergency help for sick, poor, and homeless families. The speaker asks lawmakers to extend immediate hospital funding, opposing park extensions and bridge projects until relief is secured. The message urges justice, charity, and a hospital site and appropriation to end the city’s disgraceful hospital condition.

Congress Theas Washington Asylum Hospital

Mary T Goldman Hair Color Restorer Promotes Safe Trial

A vintage advertisement urges readers to consider Mary T Goldman Hair Color Restorer to prevent gray hairs. It warns against imitators and offers a free trial bottle to test on a single hair lock, asking buyers to specify their original hair shade.

Mary T. Goldman Minn

Educator Jaggers Honored By President Wilson

Hart County Kentucky teacher R E Jaggers known for teaching adults to read and write in six weeks or less was honored with a White House presentation. He led a contest of Blue Grass teachers to determine who could educate the most illiterates in the period and previously taught 76 adults to read and write in six weeks.

R. E. Jaggera Hart County Wilson Jaggera White House James Kentucky Mr. Jaggers

Boy Scouts Help Put Out Fire in Washington

Union Springs Alabama Boy Scouts visiting Washington formed a bucket line and helped extinguish a fire that damaged a home on North Chevy Chase before fire apparatus arrived from several miles away.

BOY Scouts Union Springs Ala Washington North Chevy Chase

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