Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1923, Page 57

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©C., | Girls and Théir Affairs. Conducted by Helen H Fetter. : LTHOUGH 1t is still the fashion in Washington and elsewhere to call the young girl a flapper, her masculine counterpart has recéived the new designation of heik.” The origin of this term is ous- to the motlon-plcture fan. i'd the uninitiated in the ways of mgvie heroes, the following recipe s humbly suggested. ake one photograph of Rudolph Valentino (lendable by any flapper), adfi to it & night's reading of a cer- afn book by Hull (dog-eared coples ifabie at all drug-store libraries) garnish with any average boy in|his middle 'teens who has learned thp latest version of the tango. The refult is the explanation of why the Youths of today are called shelks hen & few months ago they were cake-eaters, a few vears ago lounge lizards, and a couple of decades &g0 Just dudes. Yet, in spite of this newest appella- tion, the term cake-eater still clings to the modern boy of dudish tenden- cies. Many and various have been the definitions offered within the Jast two vears for the term “flapper.” yet few writers, wits or otherwise, have of- \ered & definition of the term “cake- cater,” which is still generally used 1o designate the male of the specles flapper. College Head Handles Posters| av &y MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM WESLEY GUTH eets in campaign for the new campus desired by G reatdent of the eol Local Girls Work in College Campaign PR E interesting definition of the cake-eater includes the following description: “The average cake-eater is from five to six feet in length and of an exceedingly peculiar appear- ance. The species vary, some of them being domesticated, while others s¥e extremely wild. In some respects | Goucher College. | $200 has been raised by single indi- viduals selling candy, Christmas cards ! Baltimore. Md., to ralse a fund |y G E ACH R O e April T the of $6,000,000 to move the Institution | chapter gave a dinner at the Ameri- to its new campus. just to the north | can Association of University Women of the present. city Mmits, into. new/|.CiubnoNSe, with distinguished guests the cake-cater 1 not at all PATHEUIar | Luiidings wn the 421 aeres of Kround | CampaTKn. Similar dinners or fanen: sbout its food. for It is ““{”“ AT~ recently purchased, is of considerable | €ons were given simultaneously that { Capital City furnish considerable The large entertainments which these maljority of them feed on tobacco girls have planned in Washington for much'of the time. number of students this institu- tion. HE efforts of very to many points in favor . but statistics show that Iarge number of excep- ® ok o o PPVHE question as to whether or the cake-éater is really a useful person is also one of much dispute. Most flappers seem to flnd the cake- cater exceedingly useful though not senerally remunerative. But then, few flappers of gold-diggerish temperaments. For all thelr boasted practicality, it Is a thing much re- zretted by parents of flappers that these sweet voung things seem to pos- sess unusunlly | generous tempera- nents ‘and are glad to pay the finan- cial obligations incurred by them and their pet vake-eaters, too. However, | many cake-eaters do provide the mod g/, (onveyance to places of amus nent. The cake-eater is also as! welcome to the owner of an ice-cream | parlor as the flowers in spring are | to nature lovers. On the whole, the cake-eater is rather a harmless, amiable indivi®ual. with a taste for sweets and minus & capacity for. malice toward those who might otherwise make his existence a thing of misery and dismay forever not ell is only six years old. and vet list night she .made lier second appearance in formal recital program and { enthusiastic admiration for her ability {as & planist. is the yvounger {daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. | Russell of 1812 Belmont' road. Her father prominent lgcal real estate circies. Her oldef gister Fran- ces is also an unusually fine young | pianist. though not generally consid- ved the prodigy that Constance is It is really uncanny to see this tiny | miss, just beyond the Kindergarten | age and still fond of her toy animals, | sit before a grand piano and bring out in mature fashion all the subtie motifs of master works. Her small, | plump hands show deep dimples as| night {they roam the keyboard. ning. Ten “C's” Awarded Friendship Clubs Rifle Girls And Colleges; National Camp Opens The girls' rifle team of All the Friendship elu;:l lnv mm'} High School celebrated the high schools, !ncludlr_xx junior 4 V' Vi Sc! & t ORD received at the | oo et pociSvon with a special meet. |30 the Hyattsville High School, me For Girl Scouts oy et = o th ‘ District Girl Scout headquarters| e o about fifty girls in the school for theleliaet dnacor aRRt oL O e has been . season at the Young Women's Chris- that Camp Andree, national camp at|nucje room last Tuesday afternoon.|tian Assoclation headquarters on F Briarclifft Manor, will formally open|jfcs Louise G. Hart. the faculty coach | Street recently, for what is generally sae usltntngRechopl leaders be-| ¢,y the team. announced the names called college night. Representatives of seven of the; glnning tomorrow. innounce- | of the ten girls who will receive let- | jeading women's colleges and co- ment from reads as fol-,ters lu the annual chapel exercises|cducational institutions gave talks lows £or athletie awards, to be held shortly. | describing the charms, both academic “On | These ten € winners are: Esther and social, of their respective inati- y ‘One hundred students, all of whom Monahan, Alicia Manney, Anne De- | tutions. Bryn Mawr was represented | re college girls, have enrolled for|lano., Bernadine Haycock, Sylvia by Miss Hedgecock, Cornell by Mrs. the course. which will cover a three. | Cariigan, Heler Stokes. Elizabeth Dunn, Goucher by Miss Vivian Vestd. . riffith~. May Huntzberger, Lois George Washington by Miss Pabst, week period and will include three|Thompson and Margaret Somerville. |Mount Holyoke by Miss Mildred King. distingt series of instructions—the|Medals and percentage décorations Campers' Course given by Migs|¥ere also announced. —Thirty-three Louisél Pfice, national camp director; the ocal Directors’ Course,’ under won She is in | | | | the early fall will Include a bazaar Of course, the crowds of Shriners events Included card parties, a con- see while in town they probably will | Statistics show that the total en-lcert and a rummuge sale. not look carefully for our exclusive from 246 to 986 students within the|left Washington to spend the week tde - voluminousness of the Shrine|last twelve years and that there is|end in Baltimore and attend the coun- decorations has proved rather over- Columbia itself in which as many | tion yesterday. They spent the after- choice exhibit of cake-eaters draped | Washington girls are enrolled as are | noon on the new campus, where they n front of shops and around tree- |and one-half times as many Wash- | their plans, Pave to “blush as the violet"—a very |ington girls as any other of the| The officers of the local chapter unusual state of affairs. The alumnae chapter in Washing- | dent: Mis Frances Chapin. vice the cake-eu is a temporary ftage | ton number who are | president: Miss Irene Rice, treasurer: that leads to a definite individual of {fund. The local chapter is pledged | sccretary: Miss Nellle Powell, recording observed for $150,000, about one-third of which jsecretary, and Miss Helen Dyer, chair- v""!‘hew are o there are a X Baby Girl Pianist of Washingt Constance attends the Cook School | and she has played at many of the school entertalnments and at meet- also given the musical numbers for| her mother's teas. cianly_ability who will bear watch- ing. knows but that Washing- wn Cherkassy, and. best of all, Con stance may Krow up into that rara promises. Toda however, enough to admire ington and listen to the fine way in which she plays the music of great pleased with their parts in_the recital | offered at Wilson Normal Sehool last and a motion picture benefit. Recent will have so many things to do and rollment of the college has increased A group of ten of the local alumnae variety of cake-eaters. Unfortunately. {no_institution cutside the District of | cil meeting of the alumnae assocla- whelming competition for the usual in Goucher. This college serves one | had luncheon and. further discussed sxes on ¥ street. For onge they will | women's colleges. are: Miss Isabells Baldwin. pres Many folks are of the opinion that i ! working actively to help raise this!Miss Marie Dowell. corresponding real importance. As one writer has s ulready heen raised n of the cumpalgn committee. this theor. and also belongs to the C. A. R ings of the society. Constance has Here is u minature fapper of musi- hortly be able to exploit its avis a prodig¥ that fulfilled all early her as the “baby planist’ of Wash- composers. Both she and her sister| by Mrs. Routt-Johnson-Man- | | i 1 | Central ccess The New York \ Smith by Miss Katherine Thompson medals in all will be awarded gifls in Each speaker discussed the courses the supervision of Miss Sybil Gordon |EITIS team met the team from Wesl- | other Soseible. in @ o8l way. for department, and Troop Management | Tne witting and prone DasItlons werd | of wiris fram all the Friondahip clabe Doris Hough, regional director of the | slace. by, both. Fhosiing Intr-elght | nisber present And the enthusiastic New Fore3pin, are regletered trom | tion. " As recognition for her excel- | lowing the speschen, combined to ingis., Wiconsin, Texas. Soutli| very popular King Tut bandierchiefs. | ings of the season D. C.; London, England, and there are and Wilson Normal School by Miss Winifred Wilson, this sport On Wednesday, May 16, the Central of study available, the athietics and ; feam met k ext- other school activities and the kood ern Higl ool in a return match. of the field department and Dr. Eliza- | Western's _total score was 715 and | students attending these Institutions. bith Kemper Adams of the education There wi a very large attendance et and ! n The sitting and prone positions were n rst and Second Class Scout|used in this match. Lois Thompson | but particularly large from Central Work,' under the direction of Miss High School's Bon Secour Club. The % iplace by both shooting nintv-eight Girl Scoute In’ the south. prone and possibles in the other posi- | discussion of higher education, fol- The students are registered from lowing the speeches, combined to REid lent work, each of these girls was North Carolina, Pennsylvania.|formally presented with one of the | clubs one of the most successful meet- 3 Wisconsin, Texas, South ! Island, Ohto, Alabama, New Jersey, \ Minnesota. California, Washington, “B b Po * 299 f W h' three reglstrations frem Brussels, a ’ mnwt o as lngton Belgium. verything pertaining to the life of the Girl Scout. as well as to the work of the leader. will be taken up during the period in which the class is In session. The girls will live as scouts, using the patrol system, and will be under the direct supervision of Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, national director of the organization ot only will they be taught tha rudiments of camp life, which In- aludes tent pitching, fire building. nature work, swimming and life- saving, but they will also be given rigld course in homemaking, the instruction comprising lessons in table setting. cooking, bedmaking and other arts identified with the home. “Gerald Thayer will be the chief instructor on_nature lore and Johm T. Archer of Harvard University will be in charge of all group singing. Jstruction in field work will be un- ddr the supervision of Mrs. Ffederick Edey, national fleld chairman, and Miss Alice Conway. Miss Allc ai- ford will be instructor of first and xecond class work, and Miss Anna M. Smock of Kirksville, Mo, a trained nurse, will give the instruction in first ald, while swimming, life-saving and water-front protection will be taught under the direction of a Red Cross expert. “These courses will be supplement- ed by a series of evening lectures ven by Miss Sally Lucas Jean of the erican Child Health Association; | Park Commissioner David 1. Kelly of Essex county, Newark, N. J.; Miss Katharine Evarts of Wellesley Col- lege; Ernest Seton-Thompson, founder of the National Woodcraft Leagu and by representatives of the New York State College of Forestry. “Among the features planned is an indoor rally, which will be staged by the local directors’ school; a swim- ming meet, scheduled for the after. noon of June 17, and a ‘spontaneous stunt’ night, which will be held the 19th. The troop will be invested June 21 and the class will be. dis- missed the 22d. ‘The camp will be opened to school children June 29 and will.close at the end of August. One hundred girls AN be cared for weekly. .. Can.Eat jn Peace. From the Detfoit News. It is Just apout ‘this season of th year when a fellow can afford to be- pot-10 watch his overcoat. — e - - e NAMES FOR GIRLS And What They Mean DA has one of the most attractive meanings of all girls' names. Ida is said to be taken from the German word meaning “happiness.”” On the other hand, this name is o accommodating that, if spelt with an “e" on the end, it is transiated as meaning “rjchness.” Wherefore, oh, fair Idas, take your choice of happiness or- riches. After all, from a strictly philosophical point of view, they may be identical. Taken from & ktrictly literal mercial amgle, however, they as far apart does not always mean richne: richness does not always bring hap- piness. The cornflower has been designated as lda's flower and “joybringer” her sentiment. THrough the Saxons and Normans, the English people eventually evolved “Alda" "as & distinct form of the original German nume and Aldabella is.a popular version of the name. < also used as a name for men In the early days and the name was borne by the first King of Ber- nicia, one of the Anglican kingdoms which comprised the Northumberland, said to have reached from the Humber to the Firth of Forth and from the orth sea to the Ceitic Strathclyde. King Tda founded Bexnlcia in 547, twelve years before his death, He fs particularly noted for the consolidation and ad- vance of the heathen power under him and also under hia twelve sons, causing a widespread aportaxy from Christianity among the Picts. Probably the moet charming femi- nine lda of literature was Princess Ida, heroine of Tennyson's poem. “The Princess: & Medley.” This princess was the dauzhter of King Gama. She had been betrothed in childhood to a prince whom she had never seen. When grown. she refused to marry one not of her own choosing and proved herself one of the pioneers for women's freedom by retiring from the world with some woman attend- ants and founding a university for women only. The poem, however, tells how the prince to whom she was betiothed in childhood finally wins her hand. Several authors of pre- vious perfods are suggested by au- thorities ae being responsible for giv- ing Tennyson the basic idea of this poem, but the oldest of all in Aristo- hanes' “Lysistrata,” which shows ow very old woman's rebelllon against being kept in ignorance and “pro- tected” by gallant men really in. Ida should be an appropriate name for a modern girl. Faculty Enjoys At}l/e.?‘;cs and Tea The faculty of Central High School enjoyed a unique entertainment and tea presented by the girls in the “C" Club of the school last Four members of the club, representing the four sports which the girls take active part exhibited tiny dolls dressed according to the sport de- scribed. The girls each gave a short history of the sport in the schdl the way in which It was played he number of girls engaged in it 4nd other facts that seemed to interest the large audience very much The girls who spoke were Jeannette Evans, representing basket ball; A ne Delano, representing swimming: $&r- garet Somerville, representing (e, and Augusta Hoover, represenfhc tennis. Following the discussion of sports. punch, cakes and mints served. Girls Get Chocolate = oy : Pie 'n’ Everythin The girls who are members of the “C" Club of Central High School en- Joyed a spree and informal banquet recently when, after the Graduate “C" Club interscholastic track meet, they set the tables and waited on the 160 who participated in the meet, coaches and officials. Although these dutles are consider- ed a great privilege, the event proved an unusual lark this year for the In addition to their gay “offi- badges and large portions of the luncheon, Miss Charlotte M. Craw- ford, one of the teachers, gave the surprise of several huge chocolate Bien cut In generous siices for the girls. YOung 500;07 Worker. Not many girls or women now en- gaged in social welfare work began their careers and attendance of soclal conferences when only four months old. Yet this is the experience of little Miss Ruth Mary Woolf of Pitts- burgh, who was in Washington re- cently with the many social workers for the big national conference here that proved so successful. Ruth Mary Woolf is only three years old, yet she has attended three national conferences. It would certainly seem as though Ruth Mary possesses a running start on all these other social reformers who start in at the ripe old age of. say, twenty-five, to attend annual educational confabs. If some of the theories about the absorption possibilities of the subconscious mind are true, Ruth Mary should prove a combination of Jane Addams. Julla Lathrop and Grace Abbott twenty years hence. Her inheritance as well as environment should be a factor directing_her destiny toward that of the social worker. Ruth Mary's father. J. A. Woolf. is director of the Jewish Big Brother Club of Pittsburgh, and her mother, a gradudte of the recreational depart- ment of the Chicago School of Civies and Philanthropy, was until recently connected with the recreational work of a settlement house. Both parents have theories, as Is natural to parents, and they are trying out all thes theories on Ruth Mary—as is likewis natural However, Ruth Mary still shows no abnormal symptoms and is a delight- fu] little girl. She wore the badge of membership in the National Confer- ence of Social Work while here with the indifference of an old-timer. - The Shriner Maiden. There was a Shriner maiden, She wore a King Tut gown Her sandaled feet flapped gayly Sightseeing over town. “I think,” she safd, “that statue Are dumb, and monuments A waste of time. T llke the shops— Those are my sentiments.’ Her relatives looked duly shocked. ‘You awful child,” they cried. “Surely in our great Capital You should have national pride.” The flapper shook her tousled bob, Shuffled her sandaled feet, And chewed her favorite chewing gum All up and down F street. Her throat grew dry and so she p bought Some cooling orangeade, Then hungry, so she had “hot dogs” Beneath an awning shade. Later, attended by a “sheik,” She ate banana-split; And when she’d had some Chinese food * Bhe didn’t feel quite fit. Home to her hotel room she went And found its quiet cool; The relatives were “rubbering” Down by Memorial Pool. The flapper flopped upon her bed And soon she-went to sleep She dreamt she fell into & well ‘Whose slimy walls were steep. She hit the water with a plo] ‘That made her hot head e Thy ick 1) food and nightmare, week, in he Gore e kingdom of JUNE 3, This column’ s, ¢onducted under the auspices-of the ‘District: of Columbia branch of .the Natlonal Comgress of Mothers and _Parent-Téacher Ausoola- on, Mrs, Glles. .Scott Rafter, president, and Mrs. Virginia White Epeel, legis lative chairman of the District Cof gress of Mothers- and Parent- Teacher _Assoclation, made addresses Wednesday at & banquet given by the Maryland Congress of Mothers' and Parent-Teacher Association, The motto-of the clothes conser- vation depaftment is “Keep the chil- dren in school.” and this department, under the management of Mrs. G. 6. Fraser, has supplied necessary cloth ing to hundreds of children, during the past winter, thusenabling them to attend gchool. Most of these gar- ments were ‘given to children of school age, but a few were given to' younger brothers or sisters. The school nurses and teachers keep Mr: Fraser informed as to thé children needing this help and the clothing Is given in the spirit of one sister helping another. s The shoe and rubber chairman, Mri J. F. Randall, reports that her de~ partment has given seventy-five pairs of rubbers and over fifty pairs of new shoes to school childrew during the last winter. Besides the new shoes about 200. pairs of other shogs have been repaired by the cobbling classes in the Smallwood Vecational School. and given to:the children Whe heeded em. Mrs. Joseph Sanders, the health chalrman, is encouraged over the milk lunches, which are being served in nearly every school. The parents are much encouruged over the im- provement in the health of many of the children, due very largely to the dally milk. According to the standards, prepared by a joint com- mittee of the probation association and the children’s bureau and adopt- ed by the National Probation Asso- clation, which met recently, the de- tentlon home for children should be operated by the juvenile court These standards ulso provide for a clinic for the study of the child, con- ducted as a branch of-the juvenile court. The District of Columbia Con- gress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Assoclation have recommended these two features, on motion of its juve- nile court committee, composed of Mrs. E. R._Kalmbach, chairman, and Mrs. J. W. Byler and Mrs. L. D. Smoot Plans are being made to get a juve nile court law here in the Distriet which will not only include these but be a model In all other respects The standards adopted this year are the result of an exhaustive study of all phases of juvenile court work by recognized experts The juvenile court committee of the mothers’ congress Is preparing to enlarge its activities in rection by asking each local parent- teacher assoclation to appoint a juve- nile court chairman. and the: resentatives from the various org zations arc to be organized in ay that it is hoped to hav ther present at every hearing Juvenile Court The District Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Association has affiliated with the newly formed Dis trict of Columbia Probation Asso ciation, which is the local branch of the National Probation Association. juvenile court ch ot n | th ! “Do parents and teachers realize that growth and weight in a child of school age are as important an indi- cation of his state of health as the {same signs in the health of an infant? Is there any relation between over- fatigue, irritability and inattention and the little red cards or red-inked figures showing serious underweight that go home when the children have been weighed and measured school?” are some questions being asked. That there is a connection hetw health and weight and between health, school progress and conduct, it 1s pointed out, is agreed by physi- clans and child health experts. At the recent conference of soclal work- ers held in Washington much em- phasis was placed on the fact that #chool and home must work together to bring all children to the normal standard of health; that food habits amd rest habits with principles of nutrition were proper subjects of classroom discussion as well as the personal cleanliness and health exer- cises already a part of most curricu- lums. In one of the conference group meetings devoted to the consideration of school medical inspection and health teaching Dr. Hedger of Chi- cago advocated that teachers pass a thorough health examination be- before receiving their teaching cer- tificates. Lack of rest, improper food habits or physical defects make nerv ous and irritable teachers as well as pupils. The Johnson-Powell Mothers' Club which has devoted much of its ener- gled for the past three vears to s health work, hot lunches, 10:30 o'clock milk lunches and the recording of weight and measurements of the 1,300 children in its school, is watching with interest an experiment being carrfed on by {ts health committee with the co-operation of the nutrition department of the Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Physi- cians have agreed now on the ap- proximate gain In welght per week a child of given age should make. These figures have been made the basis of & health game in one of the seventh grades at Powell School. There are thirty-six children. Lead- ers elected by the class have chosen sides, dividing the class. Eight weeks Is -the period allotted. The total average. expected gain for eight weeks of each side has been figured and placed on a cha As it hap- pens, the average eéxpected gain for each’ side is the same, three pounds for the eight weeks. .Which side, reds or blues, can make first the ex- pected gain or better, constitutes the game, with a treat for the winning side as a prize. The children are weighed each week, the average gains computed and entered on the chart, and a short discussion of food, rest and health follows. ~Sometimes the gains of certain children on a side will. not exceed the losses of others on that side, and there Is much an- noyance expressed with the boy or girl who may have said he did not go_to bed early or falled to take his milk every day. Leaders are learn- |ing to check up on the daily milk jconsumption of their side. and the constant interest of the teacher helps greatly. It is a very close contest at present, and the outcome is awalit- ed with much interest. Here, as_in the nutrition clinic, it is found that the very underweight child has usually too many demands on his time and strength to gain. He loses vur{ easily, An hour off his regular sleep, a foo strenuous game of ball, or a long hike without a com- pensating period of extra rest will cause him to lose from a half pound to three pounds in a week. The child of normal welght has so much more reserve strength on which to draw, for extra demands. There are so many demands on children’'s time out- side_of school hours, the rehearsals for eéntertainments, church and school, music lessons, scout activities, to say nothing of the movies, all right in their place and in moderation, but the mother of an underweight child must_guard her. child’ i she would have him g and therefore in heaith. She must prevent overactivity as well as pro- vide the sufficlent and balanced food 80 neécessary to his welfare not only a school child but as a future citi- zen. y Mrs. Andrew Stewart, membership chairman, sent forty letters to school principals where there was no Parent- Teacher Association. During the last month_three school associations have been formed In response to these let- ters. Plans have been completed for the annual picnic of the District of Columbis Congress of Mothers an the Parent-Teacher Association, which take place Iin Montrose Park, Georgetown, June 12. The Jackson Parent-Teacher tion, of which Mra ‘L. D. Smoot is president, will be hontess. this di-| at{ fourth Department encampment, “hool | 1923—PART 2. MRS. JAMES W. BYLER. luncheon for the benefit of the Emery playground, tne proceeds being $250. Mre. R. J. Joroleman, the president of the association, had charge of the luncheon. The Parent-Teacher Association at Woodside, Md., held the last yearly meeting Tuesday night, and decided to affiliate with the District of Columbia Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Association. This as- sociation has raised nearly $5,000 to P for a sidewalk to the schoel. Miss E. Hoesen's class won the pic- ture presented by the association for | having the hest representation at the ceting. This Is the third time this lclass has won the prize. Mrs. Ida Fidler. president, was in the chair. | The Kenitwortn Parent-Teacher As- tion will hold a “Days of the Week” bazaar June 16, from 3 to 8. The proceeds are to be used for play ground equipment. | s | i Langdon-Burroughs Paren: ! Teacher ~Assoctation have published |a cook book with a washable cover, {half the profits from the sale of which will be given to the shoe and rubber fund of the District of Columbia Con- gress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Association. SPANISH WAR VETERANS. regular semi-monthly musters veterans for the week are: night, Col. Aster Camp in | Hall. Soldiers Home; Depart- { ment Band reheasal. 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Wednesday night, Lineal Society ar.d Washington Tem- ple. No. 1. in Pythian Temple; Gen. Urell Camp, in _Pythian = Temple. Thursday night, Richard J. Harden <amp, in Pythian Temple. Friday {night, Gen. Miles Camp, in Grand [Army’ Hall: Admiral George Dewe !Naval Camp, in Northeast Masonic | Temple { Past Commander Claiborn S. Close, Frederick Zulch and Clarence. Bel nap were elected delegates to repre sent Gen. Miles Camp at the twenty- fifth national encampment, to be held in Chattanooga Tenn., September 17 to 20. Robert Cullin, Harry Fowler, Albert Davis, James Lemon and Pat Leahy as delegates to the twenty- to District The be held in the boardroom, Lullding, June 13-14. Past Commander Huhn of Harden Camp has opened the headquarters of the Chattancoga Club at 27 T street northwest. He is also busy on the annual Santiago day, July 17, when the annual big fleld and track { meet will be held. Dewey Naval Camp elected the fol- lowing delegates to the Department Encampment: Willlam H. Shreeve, Wilson Oliver, James R. Purcell. Urell Camp elected the following delegates to the Department Encamp- ment: Chris Teeling, McMaster, Jam Freeland, Herman Harbers and Thomas A. Wilkenson. Pettit Camp elected and installed the following |new officers: Senior vice commander, {L. D. Jones: junior vice commande; {John D. Norton: officer of the da; Phillip P. Quinn; officer of guard, Joel J. Yowell Past _Department Commander Charles W. McCaffrey installed John M. Watts as junior vice commander of Miles Camp at its last muster, ow- ling to the absence from the city of ien. Nelson A. Miles, who was in Boston, Mass. The taking in of h {son, Col. Sherman Miles, was post- pened untfl the general returns, at which time a date convenient to the jgeneral will be made for the cere- Department headquarters, 921 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast, will be open to all Shrine veterans, and Supt. Tom Hudlow will have a welcome for all who call Department Junior Vice Commander Arthur H. League presided at the memorial ~ ceremonles _aboard the steamer Grampus last Sunday morn ing, held by the ladies of the George W.' Dewey Naval Auxiliary. The ladies of the Lineal Society and Washington Temple, No. 1, of the Spanish War Veterans assisted in di tributing of the flowers from the deck of the Grampus upon the waters of the Potomac. Miss Anna Patterson, daughter of Department Commander Harry F. Patterson, and Miss Jeanette McCaf- trey, daughter of Past Department Commander Charles W. McCaffrey, 1endered solos at the memorial cere- monies held In Hitchcock Hall, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital last Sunday afternoon. H. James Sheridan of Gen. Miles Camp, who is department his- torian, delivered Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Capt. John Murphy, chief of staff, was the speaker at the memorial ceremonies held at the National Sol- diers' Home cemetery last Sunday morning. Commander Clarence P. Brower of Harden Camp and his corrs of officers exemplified the military ranks of “freedom, patriotism and humanit upon the following new recruits &t the last muster. i Pettit Camp has elected the follow- ing delegates to' the Dartmouth en- campment: Charles S. Taylor, Harry B. Meyers and L. D, Jones. Department Commander Harry F. Patterson has appeinted the follow- ing committees for the twenty-fourth annual department encampment: Cre- dentials—Past Commander Claiborn Close, department adjutant of Miles mp; Past Commander Robert E. Wallace, department quartermaster of Utell Camp. On- resolutions and enactments—Past Department Com- mander Lee H. Harris, Lawton Camp, chairman; Past Department Com- mander_Samuel G. Mawson of Pettit Camp, Past Department Commander Charles W, McCaffrey of Miles Camp, Past Department Commander Charl J. P. Weber of Miles Camp, and Past Commander John Murphy of Ufell Camp, department chief of staff, as secretary. On auyditing—Past Com- manter Richard L. Lamb of Lawton Camp, Past Commander Louis E. Fel- fon of Pettlt Camp and Past Com- mander Harry B. Coulter of Harden Camp. s Chaplain Fielder of Harden Camp and Mrs. Fielder entertained members of the National and Washington Tem- le, No. 1, Lineal Soclety of the Span- sh War, at their home, 1420 Columbia road northwest, Saturday night. Re- freshments were served. hrine City,” a march song, dedfcated to.the city 6f Washington in honor of the Shriners’ convention and composed b Past Department oqumanln?’ar v*m; Hodson, was introduced and sung by Miss Kathryn Marle McCaffrey: i The Department Band has received new caps, and with the blue blousés that the comrades are going to do- nate, which belonged to the old umi- form, added to white trousers, it will 8. Ci Constitution Chapter assembled for the last time this season at its May meeting at the home of the chaplain, Mrs. John W. Rawlings, 101 Primrose street, Chevy Chase, Md., Mrs, Charles H. B. Fisher, Mrs. Marcus W. Lewis and Mrs. Stella McElhannon, sharing 28 hostesses. Mrs. Harry B. Denham, regent, pre- sided, and after prayer by the chap- lalp and the usual exercises, annual reports were made. rs. Roper, historian, recounted a visit to ey Forge, and the Im- pressiveness of the scene, as each state participated In the ceremonies held, represented by a flag and stand- ardbearer. Constitution Chapter agreed to contribute $5 toward the District flag and uniform for this service. The delegate to the national con- vention, Mrs. James I Parker, gave & ooncise and clear resume of the sallent features of the conventlon, in which was paid grateful and loving tribute to Mrs. George Maynard Minor, the retiring president general, to her efficient and frultful administration and fo the staff who ably assisted. Mrs. Parker spoke of the excellent financial condition of the affairs of the national D. A. R. organization, and of the splendid achievement in erecting the administration bullding. It was moved, and approved, to send a copy of this report to Mrs. Minor, and to include it in the hi torical achives of the chapter. The chapter decided to buy five tickets to the Americanization con- cert which was held in city hall. It was moved in favor of sending resolutions of sympathy to Rev. Paul Sperry on the death of his mother, Mrs. Sperry, who was a _charter mem- ber and early regent of Constitution Chapter. Resolutions on the death of Mrs. Matthew [T. Scott, former president general of the National So- clety, D. A. R, were to be sent to her two daughters. The annual election of officers took place, with the result that Mrs, Frank Evarts was chosen regent arles Allen, vice regent; Mrs. Harry Cary, recording secretary; Miss Hasel Phillips, corresponding secretar; Miss Leona Kelley, treasure John Little, registrar; Mrs: Roper, historian, and’ Mrs. Fisher, chaplain. There was an unusually large at- tendance. The special feature of the enter- tainment w followed was a musical contribiion by littke Miss Frances Brooks, plaftist, who charmed with artistic and skillful renditions, including compositions, a ballad in E minor, a song of the sea and an Easter devotional hymn. Following & collation and bestowal on the guests of valley lilles, the chapter adjourned uatil October. The Frances Scott Chapter, D. A. R., held its last business meeting of the season May 22 at the home of Mrs. Arthur Adelman, 3709 Keokuk street Luncheon preceded the session, which was called to complete the vear's work and elect officers for the com- ing vear, Those selected were as Regent, Mrs. Alfred Ball Garges: vice regent, Mrs, Warren E. Emley; ro- cording secretary, Mrs. Watson E. Coleman; corresponding secretary, Daniel Charles follows Howard F. Kane: Mrs. Arthur Adelman; registrar, Miss Helen Thompson; historian, = r: Walker. ‘8. "Martin; chaplain, Mrs. Emma Pratt. The meeting adjourned to meet the first Tuesday in October, when Mrs. Percy Daniel will be the hostess at her country home at Falls Church, The tea at the Women's City Club given by the Frances Scott Chapter May 24, was a great success. Mrs. Frank 'Briggs. recording secretary general; Mrs. William Sherman Wal- ker, organizing secrtary general, and Mrs. James Stansfield, registrar gen- eral, ‘were the guests of honor and received with the officers of the chap- ter. Mrs. W. W. Whittier and Mrs. A. L. Walcott presided at the tea table, assisted by the younger mem- bers.’ Miss Nancy Stillwell, accom- panied by Mrs, Louis Abbot, sang a group of songs, which were much appreciated by the guests, which in- cluded the national officers, the state officers, regents of the District of Co- lumbia and a few others, as well as & number of out-of-town members. Mrs. . Warren Dowe of New Yorl was chairman of the committee in charge of the tea treasurer, Hintorical Committee, D. A. R.—Tha final“meeting of the scason of the District of Columbia historical com- mittee was held last Saturday eve- ning in_Y. W. C. A. building on ¥ street. Mrs. Catharine E. Nagle, state historian, presided and the speakers were Henry Draper, historian of the District of Columbia Sons of the American Revolution; Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher and Mrs. E. J. Ryan chairman of historic spots committes who spoke of the bronze tablet that is to be placed on the Arts Club, 2017 I street, June 23 A program was given b stance Goodman, reader; Miss Frances Lloyd, pianist; Miss Mar- garet Webster and Miss Mary Apple, soloists. Mrs. Con- Capitol Chapter, last meeting .at regent, Mrs. O, Quincy street, May ing persons were elected to office for the coming vear: Regent, Mrs. 0. (" Luxford; vice regent, M{ss Laura H McCausland; corresponding secretary, Mrs_George A. Martin: recording sec- retary, Miss Marga Mc treasurer, Miss Mary €. Hazen: trar, Mrs. Fred Volland; hist Miss Martha L. Schmidt; audit Miss Margaret Webster i the o A. R., hel Roms ot the Luxford, 501 22, The follow- Tosed its 1e of it8 re« with Mrse Lewis and assisting Vietory Chapter, D. A. ¥ season Monday at the hc gent Mrs. Frank R. Sale, W. C. Rudiger, Mrs. H. H Mrs. Walter W. Husband hostesses. Reports showed excellent work done during the year, appros priations for various interests amount- ing to more than $400. The annual election resulted as follows: Regent, Mrs. Frank R. Sale; vice regent, Mr H. K. Fulton; recording secretary Mrs. W. W. Husband; corresponding secretary, Mrs. (. B. Watts.: treas- urer, Mrs. J. M. Sheridan; registrar, Miss Kathrina L. Harvey; historian Mrs E. Webner: members of board Mrs. D. D. Coldwell, M Ars thur S. Field, Mrs. Frank B. Littell and Mrs. James L. Owens. Five new memi the chapter. | were added to Veterans of Great War Disabled ex-service men and other veterans of the world war will re- celve the support of the American Legion In & sweeping program adapted at the recent meeting of the national executive committee of the veterans' organization held in In- dianiapolis. The leglon will conduct a campaign to obtain changes in the Sweet bill, which, according to a re- port submitted to the committee, pro- vides relief for only 1,000 disabled men instead of caring for 15000 vet- erans as the legion had expected. Among legislative measures which the leglon’s governing body author- ized the organization to support are: Adjusted compensation for all vet- erans, declared to be certain of adop- tion by a safe margin in the next Congress: creation of a standing committee in the house of representa- tives to handle only veteran legisla- tion; retirement privileges for dis- abled emergency Army officers; enactment ‘of a universal draft law by which the President, in the event of war, would be empowered to draft capital, labor, industry and transpor- tation, as well as man power: authori zation of an archives building in Which to preserve records of the war: Investigation of the disposition of funds approximating $9.000,000, re- maining in the treasuries of various war relief organizations with a view of obtaining the unexpended funds or an association of administering agen- cies with the leglon in order that the money can be used for relief work among ex-service men: congressional and state surveys of federal and state prisons to ascertain conditions among Cx-service prisoners found mentally abnormal as a result of war service Congress was asked by the com- mittee to make appropriation for the care of stranded and needy veterans in foreign lands, which now taxes the resources of legion posts in many parts of the world. It was also de- ided to proceed with the study of the ‘Asiatic question by authorizing con- tinuance of the orientals committee on plea of committeemen from Wash- ington, Oregon and California. §vhen members of the committee asserted that the present allowance of $100 for the burial of poverty- stricken veterans is inadequate, it Was voted to ask the government to increase the sum to $250. Provisions will be made by the leglon to care for orphans of world war veterans, according to action taken by the committee. following a report that ‘within five years the num- ber of these dependents will be so great that the work of caring for them will compare with tifat of re- habilitating veteran! The Disabled American Veterans of the World War has taken the iritia- tive in urging & joint council of all recognized national former service men's organizations to bring on- certed pressure upon Congress to give legisiative relief to the nation's war maimed. The proposal to obtain unanimous action on problems of the disabled has been debated here for many months when it was definitely estab- lished that Congress seemed unable to gather exactly what was really wanted In the matter of laws. Representatives of the American American_Legion and the Disabled American Veterans of the World War were called to the Veter- ans’ Bureau for consultation with the legal department to work out a scheme as to how far.the organiza- tions were to be allowed to go in examinihg folders of claimants. At that time the matter of united action of leglslation was informally discussed and now H. H. Raege, legis- lative chsirman of the - Disabled American Veterans of the World War, has put the matter squarely up to the other two Tnlnuonn—me American Leglon the Veterans of Foreign Wars in & letter addressed to Maj. William Wolff Smith, general counsel of the Veterans' Bureau. The 'American Legion Auxillary participated in the services at Arling- ton on Memorial day, and among other speakers at the world war sec- tion of the cemetery, Dr. Kate Wal- ler Barrett, national president of the auxiliary, gave a lendid address. Auxiliary members helped to deco- rate the graves on Memorial day morning. More than 500 PPt Were placed on the markers 4f the memorial trees on 16th street last Sunday morning. Many small popplies were sold in various parts of the city pense of making for decoration pur- | Post_gav dance at Pythian Tem- ple, May a 9. e H. C. Spengler Post, No. 12, will hold a meeting at Na- tional Guard Armory, 8 p.m. June 7. The auxillary of the Spengler Post has in_charge a party to be given by the West Virginia department for the boys of Walter Reed, on Monday, | June 4. The West Virginia president, Mrs. Booker, will be present. The unit of th: Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 254, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Thursday evening at Pythian Tem- ple, 1012 9th street northwest. and | all 'veteran Shriners are cordially in- vited to be our guests. A large class of new members are scheduled to be abligated. The poppy campaign conducted by this post and its ladies’ auxillary proved a success, and already a per- manent poppy campaign committes has been appointed to devise ways and means of conducting a similar | campnign each year during the Me- | morial day period. The little red flower, the poppy. has been made the “official” flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and receipts from the sales will permit the different posts to broaden necessary activities in be- half of all veterans 2 Berlin was chairman of the poppy com- mittee. Sam Berlin, chairman of post ac- tivities in Mount Alto Hospital, is ar- ! ranging for an automobile outing to be given the later part of June for the patients in that institution, and any member or friend who is in a position to donate a ear for this pur- | pose is requested to promptly send in i their name and address. | "'The committee on transportation to | the Norfolk encampment will make & | report at the next meeting regarding the several routes available, the pro- | posed reduced rates, etc., and this will be of interest to every member that expects to attend the annual en- campment. There will be three inter- esting routes available, the proposed motor caravan, via raiiroad, also the | steamboat route, any one of which the | members will be able to make at a | reasonable amount. The railway and steamboat fares will be reduced for the encampment period. post The ladies’ auxiliary of Equality= Walter Reed Post will meet Thurs- day evening at the home of M James Reed, sr.. vice president, 1228 B street southwest, at which time plans for the summer scedule of ac- tivity will be outlined and arrange- ments made for increased hospital activity. George Washington Post. No. 1, the American Legion, held memorial serv- ices last Sunday afternoon at Rock Creek cemetery for those who died during the past year. There was & roll call, after which the invocation was offered by Rev. Dr. James E. Free- man. _An address was delivered by Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley. Mrs. Whitman and Comrade Horace Lake sang a duet. The benediction was given by Rev. Joseph Fletcher. A firing squad bf marines fired a volley over the grave of Bruce Lamond, who was a member of Rock Creek Church. Comrade Walker presided in the ab- sence of Chafrman Mahoney Memorial day exercises at Arling- ton were attended by many members of the post. Col. E. Lester Jones and Maj. Thacker V. Walker, commander of the post, served on the reception committee. Comrade W. N. Willlams, eighty-six years old, who was pre sented by Mrs. Harding with a bou- quet of roses, one for each of his years of age, while he was i1l at Wal- ter Reed Hospital recently, was pre= sented to her at the exercises. The regular meeting of the post will be held Tuesday at § p.m. The meeting of the Vincent Cos- tello Post unit scheduled for Tues- day night has been poséponed. The Vincent Costello Post and Stews art Walcot Post units each contribue ;.efld $10 to the graves endowmend und, Taking No Chances. From the American Legion Weekly. The dear old lady entered the drug store and looked doubtfully at the youthful clerk behind the counter. “I suppose,” she began, “that are & properly qualified druggist? “Yes, madame.” “You have passed all the examinas tions?" “Certainly. “Nevet polsoned anybody by mise take . “Not to.my knowledge.’ “Very 11, then,” she replied, heav~ inga. of rellef and laying a coim; on_the counten ‘¥ou msy give me a ‘s worth of cough drops. 0w