The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
RECEPTION AT FORT MYER- DRAWS
LARGE CONTINGENT OF
SOCIETY FOLK.

A large contingent OF Washington so
ciety folk viii go over to Fort MyeE
this afternoon to attend the reception
which the chief Of the general stan,
L. S. A, Gen. J. Franklin Bell and
Mrs. Bell, will give in honor OF the
Secretary OF War and Mrs. Luke z.
Wright.
Assisting Mrs. Bel in the Inequalities
OF the occasion VIII be Mrs. Hatfield,
wife OF the commanding officer Of Fort
Myer: Col. Q. A P. Hatfield, Mrs Lang
fit. wife OF Major ". c. Langfitt, in
command Of the Washington Barracks
Mrs. Darlington. wife of Gen. Ernest
A. Darlington, Mrs, Cheatham, wife OF
Major Cheatham. Mrs. Sharpe, wife
or General Sharpe; MIS-. Sturgis, wife Of
Major Sturgis; Mrs Winter, wife Of
Major Winter, Mrs. Summerlin, wife OF
Capt. G. T. Summerlin: Mrs. Tracy.
wife Of Captain Tracy; Mrs. Sladen.
wife Of Captain sladen: Mrs. Treat.
wife OF Major Treat, Mrs. Scott, Mrs.
Cocktails, Mrs. Hagood, Mrs. Davis,
Mrs. Bradley and Miss Van Voorhis,
who IS spending the winter with Mrs
Bell.
The house will re prettily decorated
for the occasion with palms and flow
ers, and the porch will be inclosed and
draped with flags. The orchestra of
the fort will play throughout the after
noon
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Leutzs, OF the
Navy Yard, will entertain a small din
ner company this evening.
Miss LeUtze will be hostess at a tea
Saturday Afternoon. December Y, IN
compliment to Miss Margaret Brecken-
ridge. daughter OF Gen Joseph Breck-
enridge. who will be her house guest
at that time.
Mrs. Albert ]. Gore will entertain at
& bridge tea this afternoon in honor Of
MISS HathOrne Shuey. who was the
maid OF honor at the wedding of Mr..
and Mrs Gore three ears ago. and who
has recently returned from abroad. The
guests will include Mrs. Theodore Shuey,
Mrs Lester c. Barr. Mrs. Charles Par
ker stone, Mrs Edward Graves, Mrs.
William Harrison. Miss NJ. 3 Gore.
Miss Thompson, Miss Harriet Richard
son. the Misses Libbey, Miss Shaw, and
Miss Wheeler Mrs. Hanger, and Mrs,
Anthony viii preside at the tea table.
''Ie GeuJleWomau' sale" under the
auspices OF the GentleWOman's League,
which started yesterday. had q large
and fashionable attendance all day. but
more especially at the tea hour Mrs.
Seldom Evans poured the tea yesterday,
and today Mrs. Green Clay GOOdIOe
will preside IA the tea room.
Baroness Marguerite Moncheur, the
q 81 4HEaF d al
lister. was the gust complimentary 70
whom Mrs. janis +. Barbour enter
tanned company at luncheon today
tn her apartments In the Connecticut.
The company included Miss Nabuco.
daughter u the Brazilian Minister and
Nine NaDuCO; Miss Scott, Miss Alice
scott Miss Chew Miss Lillian Chew,
Miss HOWry, Miss Davidson. Miss / or
othy Williams, Miss Jane Sands, Miss
Caryl Crawford, Miss Clarke. Miss Eliz-
abeth Clarke. Miss Bessie Sessions,
Miss Freder1Ca Morgan, Miss Yulee
Noble, and Miss Marguerite Barbour.
who viii 'Je formally presented 10 So
Ciety next season.
Adss Edgarina Hastings was hostess
al luncheon today IN her home on
Massachusetts avenue. Her guest list
included Mrs Elmer Murphy. formerly
Miss PatrlCe Egan, daughter OF the
American minister 10 Denmark, whose
marriage took place early this fall in
Copenhagen Mrs. Samuel II Greene
j., Miss CalderOn, daughter OF the
Bolivian minister; Miss Mary Lille
Taylor. whose wedding TO Dr. Reid
Hunt Of Baltimore. viii take place De-
cembeT y; Miss Hanna Taylor, Miss
Mildred Lambert Miss Anna POTJuer.
Miss WInifred Davis, Miss Georgia
Knox, Miss Kaufman. Miss Gertrude
Whyte. Miss GOdOy, daughter of the
charge d anaires Of Mexico: Miss Perie
Anderson. Miss Lillien Baxter, Miss
Ruth Bliss. Miss Caroline Shepard. Miss
Stella CaTusi Miss Elizabeth Beale, and
the Baroness Mare Won Paumgartten-
Miss Mallory Church. daughter OF
MI and Mrs, Melville Church, will
make her debut this afternoon in the
home Of her parents, on Twentieth
street, at a large afternoon tea.
Assisting Mrs. Church and her daugh-
ters in the Inequalities of the after
Loon will be Mrs. Thomas DuTant, Miss
Padelford, Miss Webster. Miss Heyl
Miss Brooks, Miss Crane. Miss Grit
fifth, and Miss Woodward.
Mrs. James Howard Hiss. Mrs. Alex
ander Tunstall and Mrs. James N Du-
rant viii preside in the dining room.
Miss Church is an attractive young
woman Of agreeable personality and
has a wide circle OF friends In Wash
ington. Her family have been identi-
fed with resident circles Of washington
society for years. Her sister, Miss
Helen Church, a debutante Of a wear
ago, whose engagement to Alexander
Yearly, Sd, Of Baltimore. was an
nOunCed last spring, viii be married al
Easter.
Mrs. Church Will receive the guests
wearing a handsome princess gown OF
white VOiis, Miss Helen Church viii
wear a. iirectoiTe gown OF Nile green
brOadclUth. and the debutante will wear
a dainty costume Of white satin. made
empire with a fringed oversllirt and
dainuly embroidered In gold and white
She Will carry American Beauty roses