Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

addition to the supreme bench. has a
charming wife, who is one of the best
known hostcsses i'm their home ut Nash
Etlle. Tenn. They have n daughter. Mrs.
Horace Van Deventer of Knoxville. Tenn.
and a son, Horace Harmon Lurton. jr
During their residence In Nashville. they
have entertained many visiting notables,
including members of the supreme bench.
and are therefore no strangers to the
circle of which they will become members
on arriving here. Secretary and Mrs.
Dickinson are also close friends OF JUS
tice and Mrs. Lurton, and Mrs. Dickinson
and Mrs. Lurton have Travelled together
abroad.
Mrs Charles ID. Merwin. the newly
elected president of the District of CO.
lumbia Division Of the I. u. c.. gave
4 complimentary ball to all the young
The chaperons were Mrs. Archibald
Young. Mrs. Magnus Thompson. Mrs.
Henry l.. Wheatly. Mrs 5. :. Belt, Mrs.
Osea Room. Miss Mary Desha. Mira
J. s. Harris. Mrs. J. +. Mulcare. Mrs.
Rosa l. Townshend. Mrs. II. Fred. Mrs
Arthur f. Johnson. Mrs. Baker and
Mics Taggart. Mrs. Fred was in ivory
satin, lace and pearl ornaments. Mrs
Rosa Townshend. white lace; Miss
Compton, cream silk: Miss Lynch, red
crepe de chine: Miss Zerkel. blue silk;
MSS kemon. pink crepe: Miss Ether
idge, pale blue satin. Miss Simms. vel
low satin: Miss Ethel Swaine. white
SILK; Miss Josephine Waggaman. vel
low chiffon; Mrs. Wallace Streater. bite
sat tin; Mrs. Daniel T. CAN'T. black net:
Miss Lane Williams. white satin: Miss
Mary Shaffer. pink mousseline de sole;
MISS Reta Wrenn. pink satin: Mrs Nell
Sheurman yellow. chiffon. and Miss Nan
Shcurman. white chiffon: Miss G.. Sheur
man. white null and lace; Mrs. Nc
Mullen OF Alabama. pink and white
SIR: MISS Lyons. yellow null. Miss
Tonrnier, white chiffon and lace; Miss
Lila w. Collins. white chiffon and satin;
Miss Radford, pink net and gold trim
minSs;' Miss Carroway. white lace:
Miss Virginia Heath. Miss Helen Cooper,
Miss Edna Saunders, Miss Ruth Bowie,
Miss Martina Poole. Miss Louise White.
Miss Margaret Young. Miss Stella Nc
Duff1e. Mrs. 8. B. McDuffie. Miss Estelle
Ions. Miss Stafford. Miss Dorothy Harris.
Miss Tirrell. Miss Littlepage, Miss
Claudia Stuart. Miss Margaret Lewis,
Bowie. Mrs. William Bodell. black SPAN
gled net; Miss Hunt, pink satin; Miss
Helen Brewer. white silk: Miss Ruth
Mosser, yellow silk: Miss Wilder Nc
Nulty. pale blue silk: Miss Emma Nolan,
Miss Moser. black chiffon; Miss Cooper,
pink crepe de chine: Miss Clemens. pink
crepe: Mrs. Robert n. Ions, Mr. ambush.
Dixon. Nell, Candy, Mr.. Magnus Thomp-
son. Mr.. Charles D. Merwin, j. NJ. Webb.
s. s. Belt. Charles c. Miller, Col. r. f.
Hodge, Hughes. William Waggaman. r
r. Dnffia Lanborn. Harper, Ernest Girls
coe. f. W. Mahood, L. r. Fravel, j. W.
Lnain.oers Ciinord Williams. Harry Car
roll, III. NJ. Sullivan, r. f. Dickerson,
l. NJ Neale. S. Rogers. J. Morgan. w. w.
Lemmond, Dr. Edwards, T. .. Timber
lake, George Young, Sinclair, James
Mosser. Carnes. Williams, Fowne.
Foulke. NJ. Eakin, Mckinney, Baker.
Mangum, Permission, MuIcare, Fowle,
Peale, Houghton. Phillips, Henry.
Bosch, Taliaferro, Carlton Bates. o. l..
Horn, James l.. White, r. /. Daniels,
William Worcester, Wallace Streater
and Dr. Gustavus Werber. There was
dancing throughout the evening and re-
freshments OF ices and punch. Mrs. Mer-
win was gowned in black net and made
a charming and gracious hostess.
Mrs. Joseph Romance Edison enter
tanned at a beautiful luncheon today in
compliment to Mrs. Ballinger, wife of
the Secretary of the Interior. The decor
ations Of the table were in red and
green. The other guests were Mrs.
MacMurray. Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. TRACY.
Mrs. Billings, Mrs. Wyeth. Mrs. Sinclair
Bowen. Mrs. Crosby Miller. Mrs. Mac
Donald. Mrs. Tunstall and Mrs. Medoren
Crawford sister of the hostess.