The Washington times., 1912-12-11
President Will Attend
Reception to Red Cross


quests at Miss Mabel Boardman's an.
nusl reception to the Red Cross this
evening at her residence In r street.
This entertainment. which has been q
custom OF Miss Boardman's for several
years. will be attended by . large num-
ber Of guests from diplomatic. offcial
and residential society. '..
The President and Mrs. Taft occupied
the Presidential box at the Belssco
Theater last evening. They were ac-
companied by Miss Taft. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hilles. and Major Rhoads.
Invitations have been sent out for the
dance at the White House on December
10 Miss Taft also has cards out for
= dinner at the White House on satur-
day.
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Miss Frances Hodges. daughter Of
Colonel and Mrs. Harry r. Hodges. will
be attended by her sister, Miss Alma
Albert Hilands Archer. Engineer Corps.
u. 8. A.. whose marriage will take
place at st. Johns Church. the after
noon Of January g The other attend
ants for Miss Hodges will be Miss Zena
,
Miss Mary A. Webb. Miss Noyes. Miss
Aileen Gorsas. Miss Mary Devoi. and
MISS Sanford. Of Detroit.
With one exception, the mon who will
be In Lieutenant Archer's attendants
are all from the engineer corps. Lieu.
tenant Sultan will be best man. and
the ushers will be Lieutenant Har-
rington. Lieutenant Rockwell. Lieutcn-
ant North. Lieutenant Reinicke. Lieu
tenant Herkness, and Lieutenant Gre
bic. OF the held artillery.
Colonel and Mrs. Hodges vii entertain
the entire wedding party at dinner on
December 81.
Miss Alecn Gorgas. daughter of Colo.
mel William G. Gorgas. medical corps.
U. 9. A., and stationed In Panama. will
csme to Washington at the end Of De.
cembcr TO be bridesmaid at the wedding
Of Miss Hodges and Lieutenant Archer.
and will be the house guest Of Miss
MacMurray at her home In Massachu-
sets avenue.
Before coming to Washington. Miss
Gorgas will be the guest Of Mr. and
Mrs. John r. Hendricks. at Roland
Park, Baltimore. and a number OF en-
tertainments have been arranged for
her In that city.
Mrs. Wharton Lester and Miss Lester
have sent out cards for a dance M
Rauscher's on the evening OF Decem'
her q.
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The Honorable Lady Johnstone. who
was a visitor at the home OF her moth
who Is now In New York with her a.
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs Amos Pin.
chot. will sail for Europe on Saturday
The Minister to ConstanttnopIe and
Mrs. W. w. Rockhill are preparing to
return to this country In the near fu-
ture. They were to have sailed two
months ago for their annual visit here,
but were detained hS the war.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Curtis have
returned to Washington from theil
honeymoon. spent partly at Dowei
| House. in Maryland. and at the Mer'
riam country place at Liberty Furnace
Va. and are at the house In Eighteenth
street. which they have leased until
March.
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Court and Mrs. White entertained a
dinner last evening In compliment t
the other members Of the suprem
| Court.
The hop at Fort Myer which wal
| scheduled to take place Saturday even
, ing, December II. has been changed tt
Friday evening. December IL, on ac.
count of conflicting dates.
y; Miss Helen Smith has sent out cards
for a tea on the afternoon OF December
q at her residence, l7Oe Twenty-tirs
street.
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The, first concert Of the season OF tn
Washington symphony Orchestra at tn
Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon
| was attended by large audience o
representative society folk.
Mrs. Bryce. Nine. Crcullu. Mile. de
Garde. Mr.. and Mrs. Livingstone Hunt
and Mrs. James Lowndes were tn
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tucker
man In their box. and with Mrs. Charlie
Boughton Wood were Miss Morgan an,
Miss Marie Stevens. With Colone
Thompson were Myron whitney. ant
Basil Miles. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rec
side had with them Mrs. Hunt Slater
and In Mrs. Duncan McKim's box Wa
Miss Jones. Mrs. Buckner Randolph
Mrs. Phillips. Mrs. Clark. and Mrs
Charles Rae.
Others In the audience were the Ger
man Ambassador and Countess vol
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