The Washington times., 1912-11-16

large party or young people LETT
Washington today to spend the week.
end at Annapolis. They will attend the
officers hop. which. on account Of
mourning for the late Vice President,
will be Informal. and will return to
Washington Sunday evening. In the
party was Miss Dorothy Gray Brooks.
who will visit Mrs. Craven: Miss Emily
Beatty. who will be the guest Of Lieut.
and Mrs. Charles Soule: Miss Dorothy
Taylor. who will be with Mrs. Rippere;
Miss Estelle Crane. Miss Ruth Noyes.
Miss Elizabeth Noyes. and Miss Harriet
Conger.
The hop at Fort Myer, which was to
have been given on the evening Of
November Is, has been postponed.
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The Governor-eiect OF New York and
former Congressman William Sulzer and
Mrs. Sulzer will be the guests OF honor
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon at a large
dinner tomorrow at their residence, in
Madison avenue and Fifty-third street.
This will be the first large entertain
ment for the future governor and his
wife since the election. and It will be
followed by round OF entertaining.
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M .. " "iiidu IdTTOll fthIIerty, Wlfe OF
Colonel Rafferty,. of Governors Island,
VIII entertain at dance this evening
for her guest. Miss Edith Temple Oracle,
daughter of Col and Mrs. Archibald
Oracle.
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The fact that the President and Mrs.
Taft have accepted the invitation 10
the drill given at Fort Myer in aid of
thu
noon. November %. at o:3O will attrac:
large attendance. Every effort for
Its success is being made by the ladies
OF the post and those Interested in
Washington. A tea will follow the drill.
Assisting Mrs. Albert Mills and Mrs.
Garrard, who are IN charge Of the COM
mittee, will be Mrs. Leonard Wood
Mrs. Gilman, Mrs Kelton, Mrs. Mar
shall, Mrs. Burr, Mrs. Aleshire. Mrs.
Young. Mrs. DE Witt, Mrs. Foote, Mrs
Borden.
Tickets may be procured at the Army
and Navy Club and from Mrs. william
c. Borden. 1901 California street.
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Miss Alice Drexel, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John r. Drexel. of New York,
accompanied by Miss Almon, has ar
rived in Washington on a sightseeing
visit, and is spending several days at
the Hotel Grafton.
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Congressman George p Lawrence, OF
Massachusetts. and Mrs. Lawrence have
taken an apartment in the Connecticut
for the season.
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Mrs. John Hays Hammond was tho
principal guest at a luncheon today a;
the Congress Hotel. Chicago. for the
benefit OF the Woman's Titanic Memo
rial Fund.
The Postmaster General. Frank II.
Hitchcock. Is spending a few days in
New York.
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Former Senator and Mrs. Eugene Hal,
have arrived in Washington and opened
their residence In Sixteenth street fol
the winter.
Former Secretary OF War, Jacob NJ
Dickinson. arrived in Washington today
from Nashville, Tenn. and Is guest
At the Grafton Hotel
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The reception at the an-Americar
Union bu..iing. last evening, In honor o.
the United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, was the most beautiful enter
tainment of the series which have mark
ed the nineteenth annual convention o
the organization.
John Barrett. the director general o
the union. received the guests at tn
head OF one of the two grand sta'rway'
leading to the floor above the entrance
Assisting him was Mrs. Matthew T
Scott. president of the Daughters OF th'
American Revolution: Mrs. Marion But
Ter. District president OF the U. d. c.
Mrs. John Miller Horton, Mrs Oden
heimer, acting president OF the L. d. c.
Mrs. Drury Ludlow, Miss Mamie Ran
dolph Heth, president Of the Southeri
Relief Society. and other national Off
GERS of the L. D. C.
Ferns. palms, autumn leaves, ant
quantities of Chrysanthemums adorne.
the building for the occasion and tn
Marine Band. under the direction OF II
leader, Lieutenant Santcmann. playet
throuGhout the evening
In the big ball room there was dane
ing during the evening and n buffe
supper was served in the library.