Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08
TO WELCOME MISS BARTON
Reception and Banquet Arranged for This
Evening.
Short Addresses by MANY People ON
the PrOgram-Musical Num-
bers q Feature

The reception and banquet to be ten
dered Miss Clara Barton, president OF the
American Red Cross, upon her return from
her heroic mission to Turkey, promises
to be brilliant social function. 1t will
be held tonight at the Shorehan Hotel,
corner 18th and H streets, under tbs aus
pices of the District of Columbia Auxiliary
Of the Red Cross. The reception, from Z
to o'clock pm, will be public, and all
citizens. together with visiting guests OF
the city, are invited to attend. AS the re-
ception will be informal, full dress will not
be expected of those who come to greet
Miss Barton
The guests who attend the public ~ecep-
ton will enter upon the H street side, pass
through the parlors where the receiving
party are to stand. and make their exit
through the office and the 18th street en-
trance. Miss Barton will be assisted by
a number of prominent people connected
with the Red Cross. They will include Dr.
j. b. Hubbell and Mr. George H. Pullman.
who accompanied Miss Barton to Turkey;
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Wister, DIR. A. Monae
Lesser and Miss Bettina Hofker Of Phila-
delphia. Rev Royal A. Pullman
AND andr;a George NJ Pullman Of cn ieo of
Baltimore. Mr.. Stephen E.. Barton, Miss
Myrtle Barton and Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Atwater OF New York. Mr.. S. b. Hege.
NILS cara a. spencer MIS-. JOnH a. LOSdH,
Mrs Tucker and Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey of Washington.
The banquet will commence at o'clock
and will De held in the oval dining room
or the Shoreham. The tables will be In the
form OF a double red cross. and will be
laid with red, of the shade of the associa-
tons color. The decorations, which have
been contributed by Guide, will consist of
roses, palms, ferns and flags, and will be
bountttul in quantity.
Members of the foreign legations, of the
caOlnet ana number of persons promi-
rent In official life have been invited to at
tend TIE banquet as guests of honor. Com
missioner Ross, in behalf Of the District
government, will preside. and Mr.. B. II.
Warner, on the part of the citizens at large,
| will Introduce the speakers of the evening.
besides making short addresses themselves.
Speeches will be limited to five minutes, and
the speakers will include Mrs. Sara A.
Spencer, for Miss Barton's personal friends
and the District of Columbia Auxiliary of
the Red Cross; Mrs. John A. Logan, for the
women of the Grand Army of the Republic;
Mrs. NJ. b. Platt, for the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union: Capt. Thomas Will
son. for tie Loyal Legion: Secretary Her
bert, for the navy; Mrs. Sara H. La Fetra,
for the Worlds Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union; Mrs. Fannie Pomeroy. for
the Loyal Legion of Women; Mrs. Ruth G.
Ellen Spencer Mussey. Miss Clara Barton.
DR.. Hubbel and Mr.. George H. Pullman
will respond. A feature Of the evening will
| be a carefully selected musical program
contributed by Webers Band. in honor, Of
| Miss Barton, and will include the rendition
OF t he FRA tional airs of Red Gross nations.
| The officers of the National Guard of the
| District have been invited to the reception
and many of them will attend in full dress
uniform.