The Washington times., 1911-03-30
Mrs. Letter Gives Dinner Tonight For
Miss Taft and Col. and Mrs. Campbell
Mrs. A. L. Barber Hostess
At Luncheon At
Belmont.

/ Mrs. A. L. Barber was hostess At
luncheon today at Belmont. her hand
some residence at Fourteenth and Cliff
| ton streets, asking her guests to meet
Mrs. A. H. Fowler and Mrs. w. D..
/ Bishop of Chicago, daughters Of the
former American minister to France. E.
b. Washburn. The other guests were
Mrs. Macdonald, the Misses Sedgley,
Mrs. Balloch, Mrs. Fleming. Mrs. Day,
Mrs. A. d. Brockett. of Alexandria, Va,
Mrs. Charles F. Wood, OF Bridgeport,
Conn, and Mrs. lie Droict Langdon
| Barber.
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Charlie Taft Guest
Of Mayfower Officers.
Charlie Taft. who Is spending his
spring holidays at the White House.
was the principal guest OF the ward
room officers Of the Mayfiower today at
luncheon.
Mrs. Anderson, wife of Medical Di-
| rector Frank Anderson, U. S. N, who
has been spending a few weeks in New
York. will return to Washington early
next week
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ryerson. OF Chi
cago, who have recently arrived in
Washington for a visit, have taken an
apartment and will spend the month of
April here.
The Navy Yard will be the meeting
place for society tonight, the occasion
being the evening skating party ar
ranged by the subscribers to the Skating
Club, organized by Mrs. Frank Beatty
Nd he rt ~ 1Eo
Of the Navy League, for the benefit of
the league. The regular meetings OF
the club on Monday afternoons have
been so successful, that an evening party
was arranged for tonight from 9 to IL
o'clock. The Mayfiower Band will play
throughout the evening. and large at
tendance is expected. \ number OF
young peoples dinner parties will pre-
cede the skating.
Mrs. Charles F. Wood. OF Bridgeport.
Conn. is visiting Mrs. A. H. Fowler at
her residence on n street.
The Secretary to the President and
Mrs. Charles D. Norton are spending a
few days at Hot Springs, Va.
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Wedding of Miss Davis
To Take Place Monday.
The wedding of Miss Myra Louise
Davis. daughter of Mrs. Eldred G.
Davis, to John Harmon Snyder. will
take place Monday evening, April Il.
/ at O'Clock, in ST. Margaret's Episco-
pal Church.
Mrs. q. X. Caldwell will be her sis
ter's matron Of honor. and the 6est
Campbell Snyder. Of New York.
The ushers who will seat the guests
will be Virgil Miller, Enoch Chase,
Freeland Lyman, George Caldwell, G.
w: Craig. and Baron Holtzberg. There
will be no reception after the ceremony.
Mrs. Randolph CoyIe announces the
engagement Of her daughter, Miss Edith
Lowell Coyle, to Francois Emile Mat
thes. Of the United States Geological
Survey, the wedding to take place in
June.
Mr. and Mrs. George s. Smith. Miss
Hester Smith, and Malcolm Smith. of
Boston, Mass, are spending few days
in Washington at the Grafton.
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President and Wife
At the New National.
The President and Mrs. Taft attended
the New National Thester last night.
accompanied by the former Governor of
Ohio and Mrs Herrick. Miss Helen Taft,
Charlie Taft, Major Butt, L. S. A, and
Commander Andrews, L. S. y.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley enter
tained a small company Informally at
dinner last night for their house guest,
Miss Beatrice Sterling, of New York.
The other guests were the Naval At
tache of the Austro-Hungarian- En-
bassy and Baroness Preuschen, Capt.
and Mrs. John H. Gibbons, U. S. N:
Mrs. r. c. Bulmer, Ensign Herbert J..
Spencer. U s. N, and Lieutenant Com
mander Byron T. Long, L. s. n.
Owing to the Illness of Mrs. Dunlap,
the invitations to the reception which
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Andrew Dunlap,
L. S. N. were to have given tonight,
have been recalled.
The Commandant of the Marine Bar
racks and Mrs. Biddle, who have re-
turned to Washington from a brief So
journ in Atlantic City, where they went
on account OF Colonel Biddles health.
will give up their apartment at the
Highlands and take possession of their
quarters at the barracks tomorrow.