The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-03-07

The Misses Cullen. of X street, were
hostesses yesterday afternoon at az large
bridge party.
Mr.. and Mrs. George X. McLanahan
entertained at dinner last evening a COM
pany OF sixteen guests.
Mrs. Chatard entertained at a bridge
PTr5y Yesterday ste afternoon which was
Lady Sarah Wilson. adnt of the Duke
of Marlborough. and Mrs. William B.
Leeds. of New York, are guests at the
New Willard, having arrived yesterday.
Senator and Mrs. Tillman have give
up their apartments at the Normandb
and have gone to their home at Tren-
wedding OF Miss Iona Tillman, their
daughter. whose engagement to Mr..
Charles Sumner Moore, of Atlantic City,
n. j., was announced recently, will take
place some time in April.
Society was we'll represented yesterday
afternoon at the first of series of skat-
ing parties which have been organized
for Monday, afternoons during Lent, I'M
der the auspices of the District OF CO.
lumbia Auxiliary of the Navy Relief So
ciety. Mrs. Meyer, wife of the Secretary
Of the Navy, and Mrs. Beekman Win
throp, wife of the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, will each, every other week,
receive the members Of the club. The
Mayflower Band furnished the music for
the skaters from 3 until o'clock, and
from to 6 o'clock tea was served. Mrs.
Fechteler, wife of Capt A. +. Fechteler,
and Mrs. George Logan, wife of Capt. Lo-
gan, OF the Mayfiower. presided in the
tea room. Mrs. NJ. X. Johnson served
lemonade throughout the afternoon. as
sisted by a number of young ladies of the
younger set. Membership in the dub has
been limited to 400 and includes the most
exclusive contingent of the younger set
The officers of the auxiliary. who have
organized the club, are Mrs. Frank Beat
~, wife of the commandant of the Wash
ington Navy Yard, president; Mrs. Sea-
ton Schroeder, vice president; Mrs. Rich
ard Wainwright, vice president; Mrs. AL
bert Gleaves, treasurer; Mrs. Richard
Wainwright, jr., secretary: Mrs. NJ. h.
Johnson. recording secretary: Mrs. Regi-
maid Nicholson, chairman of the relief
committee, and Mrs. Charles Russell
Train, chairman of the entertainment
committee. assisted by Mrs. Logan and
Mrs F'echteler.
Mrs. Lilburn HARDWOOD Steel, OF 25N
Massachusetts, avenue and Sheridan cir
Gle, will not entertain or call formally
again this season, owing to the death OF
Mr.. Steers brother. Candy Steel, former
ly of Germantown. Pa
Mrs. Edward McCawley is visiting her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles O'Donnell Lee, in Philadelphia
for few days.
The wedding of Miss Annie L. James
and Mr.. Louis r. Turner took place yes
terday afternoon at $50 o'clock at the
parsonage of the North Carolina Avenue
Church, when Rev. S. S. ellison, pas
tor of the church, performed the cere-
mony in the presence OF a small company
of relatives.
The arrangements for the fete to be Civ
en- Wednesday. March Is, at the Play
house, under the auspices of the Junior
League. for the benefit OF the National
Junior Republic are very near compile
ten. There will be a sale Of attractive
fancy articles, and Mrs. Eldridge Z. Jor-
dan, assisted by Mrs. Ormshy Mccain
mon, Mrs. Lee Phillips, Miss Pansy Bloom
er. Miss Olga Roosevelt. Miss Laura Mer-
RAM. Miss Carol Newberry, Miss Muir
ray, Miss Carolyn Murray. Miss Margue-
rite Barbour. and Miss PadeIford will
serve tea Mrs. Samuel Scoville Paschal
will have charge of the childrens at
fractions from ; to 5 o'clock, and there
will also be music during the afternoon
Tickets for the vaudeville show, which is
to be given in the evening, are now on
sale at the Playhouse. and at Mrs Alex
ander Britton's, LII Connecticut avenue.
Mrs. Mower, widow of Gen. Joseph
Mower. U. S. A. who has been Ill for a
long time, is now convalescing. and is
with her daughter. Mrs. Lee, at New Lon
don, Conn.
Former Representative and Mrs.
Gaines. of West Virginia, left yesterday
for their home. where their little family
went several weeks ago. There is very
general regret over the fact that Mrs.
Gaines will not return to Washington
next season as an official hostess, as few
women leave as many friends behind
them.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond will be the
guest of honor ~ reception Thursday
next, at the Capital City Club, Atlanta.
Ga. when she will be entertained by the
women's committee on welfare work of
the National Civic Federation.
The American Ambassador at Berlin
and Mrs. Hill sailed from Cherbourg
March u for New York for their annual
vacation in this country, and will spend
some of the time at the Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page
have gone South and will later sail from
Key West for the West Indies.
After twenty-four hours in New Or
leans, Miss Katherine Elkins, her brother
and his wife, sailed on the Abangarezi
for Panama Saturday. When they ap-
peared at the st. Charles Hotel a few
days ago they did not register. but made
their identity known to- the management
and insisted on the strictest secrecy. It
was maintained until their departure.
They will 30 over the route OF the
canal, and probably sail from colon to
Kingston.
Society Is manifesting great enthusiasm
in the reading OF 'Chantecler," to be given
in the New Willard ballroom for the
benefit of the National Homeopathic Hos
pital. Saturday afternoon, March II, at
3 o'clock The artist engaged for the
recital is Prof. 8. H. Clark, Of the Uni
versity of Chicago, who is well known as
a mastery interpreter of great literature.
Besides the benefit matinee, Prof Clark
will give three evening recitals on March
90 II, and IA. also at the New Willard,
when he win read Les Miserables, % THE
Blue Bird" and new comedy by Henry
Arthur Jones, Dolly Reforming Her