The Washington times., 1909-05-16

oher's yesterday to meet the American
minister to Greece, George Moses In
the party were the Italian Ambassador
and Baroness Mayor des Plenches. Miss
hean, Miss Robson, Miss Rodgers, ana
Mr.. de Thai, Of re Russian embassy.
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Miss Hastings Tea.
Miss Edgarina Hastings will be hos
tess at tea this afternoon at 3 O'Clock,
asking her gueBts to met Dr. and Mrs.
Eugene Raphel, of West Virginia, who
are visiting. Mrs. Rachel was formerly
Miss Julia Csers onnier, of Baltimore,
her marriage being an important social
event of Easter Monday ir Baltimore.
The house will be 3rettily decorated
and the dining-room windows will be
opened on the porch. giving the guests
access 10 the old-fashioned garden in
the rear of the house
Mrs Stanley Bristol and Miss Eliza
beth Beale wiz preside at the daiutiIy
appointed tea table, and Miss Gertrude
Whyte and Miss Willoughby. Of Bslti-
more. the latter q house guest of Miss
bowl on the por,'h.
Others assisting Miss Hastings will be
Miss Georgia knox, Miss Hanna Tay-
lor, Miss katherine Holbrook, Miss
and Miss Florre May Raphel, eister Of
DR.. Raphels ct Baltimore.
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Miss Ada Newlands and DR. Virginus
Dabney, whose marriage will take place
tuesday ar noon, were the honor gueste
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings at
dinner last evening. Miss Katherine
Jennings viii be one Of the bridesmaids
at the wedding.
Representative Butler Ames and John
Barrett, director of the Bureau of Amer
ican Republic, are spending the week
end az Senator du Points country place
in Delaware.
Merely Mary Ann"
The Vice President and Mrs Sherman,
Senator anu Mrs. Elkins, Gen. George
H. Harries. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w.
Smith, Mrs. D. P. Mccartney. Mrs.
William Manning Irwin, and DR. Mau-
rice F. Miller will he among the box
holders at the benefit performance of
Merely Mary Ann at the CoIum bia
Theater tomorrow evening. The pro-
ceeds of the house for the evening will
go TO the Eastern Dispensary and Cas-
ualty Hospital.
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Col. George TruesdeI has loaned the
handsome grounds of his residence at
Nineteenth street and Columbia road,
for lawn fete TO be given under the
auspices of the board of lady managers
of the Episcopal Eye. Ear and Throat
Hospital, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, May Is and q, for the benefit
of the hospital.
A number of novel forms OF enter
tainment have been planned by the
committee in charge, and one Of the
features OF the fetS viii be the may
stack"
Mrs. Joseph r. johnson and a. com
n1ittes of ladies from St Thomas
Church, and Mrs. A. G. FentOn and a
committee of ladies from St Margaret's
will be rivals at the candy booths There
viii also be two cake tables, one pre-
o. Epiphany parish, and the other by
Mrs. w. II. Fox.
Assisting Mrs. Wilmer will be Miss
Fannie GiIlis, Mrs. John G. Boyd, Miss
Bryan Mrs. 3. II. Buckingham, Mrs.
George T Dunlop, Mrs. A. T. Foxwell,
Mrs Monte Griffith. Mrs. Charles Par
rish. Mrs E. J. SteilwaEen. and Miss
Miss Evelina Blunt. Mrs ". w Finley,
Mrs. T. Percy Myers, Mrs. p. NJ. Rixey,
Mrs. r. 2. Saxton. Mrs. Seth Shepard
and Miss Jane Wilkes.
Mrs Taft has promised 20 send fresh
flowers each day from the White House
for the floral booth. Of which Miss Flor
ence Wood, of a ascension Church COM
mittee, viii have charge. Assisting her
will be Mrs John G. CapeT. Mrs. George
Frank Hume, Mrs. 3. Lowndes Jackson,
Mrs. William s. Rives, and Mrs. Henry
Y. Satterlee.
Church Fair.
The beautiful old home OF Y. D. Pyles
at silver Hill, Nd, was the center OF at