Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
WILL BE GUESTS OF MR.. AND
MRS. MCLEAN TONIGHT.
President and Wife to Attend q Din
ner and Musical-Per-
sonal Notes.

eAAAN ASAA .. AoAI VIII dItcuO tOulSnI AC the
residence Of Mr.. John r. Mclean is the
most formal event Of this date, the mid
day of Lent, which society. only too will
ing at all times to indulge itself. feels
that 1t has a right to enjoy before the
last half OF the penitential season makes
stronger claims for serious thoughts,
The dancing class at the Playhouse has
also arranged meeting and Capt. Harold
Norton, U. 8. N. and Mrs. Norton will
give dinner and dance at the Chevy
Chase Club.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
sham entertained at dinner last night
Their guests were the Italian ambassador
and Marchioness Cusani, Senator and
Mrs. Rayner, Senator and Mrs. w. MUIR
ray Crane, Representative and Mrs. Hen
~ d. Clayton. the naval attache of the
French embassy and Viscountess day,
Gen. Crozier. Judge Maury. Miss Maury,
Mrs. A. E. Bates, Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Henry Butler, Mr. and
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and Mr.. Gist
Blair.
Mrs. Wickersham entertained at lunch
con today. Her guests were Mrs. Snth-
erland, wife of Senator Sutherland; Mrs.
lockwood Hoar, Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs.
Wfnslow, Mrs. Hunt Slater, Mrs. Living
ston Hunt, Mrs. Denegre, the Misses
Sedgeley, Miss MacVeagh and Mrs. A.
00iAi5Ou N1SSllAlOCh.
Mrs. Wesley Merritt Of this city is
spending the week in New York.
Mrs. Haniel Won Haimhausen, wife of
the counselor of the German embassy,
Is at home to her friends this afternoon,
assisted by Mrs. Switzerland.
Mr. and Mrs; Nelson W Aldrich after a
short stay at Warwick Neck, r. l., where
they will go soon, will sail for Europe
on the 3Oth. Miss Lucy Aldrich will ac-
company her parents.
Washingtonians now at St. Augustine,
Fla, are Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hewson,
who were entertained at dinner by Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Neil Dickman, and
whose other guests were DR.. and Mrs.
Andrew Anderson, Miss Macmillan and
Charles 7. Lowe. Last Saturday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Hewson entertained at
dinner. Mr.. and Mrs. G. z. Phillips and
Judge w. H. Hunt of the Court of Com
merce, Washington. with Mrs. Hunt. are
also in st. Augustine.
Miss Laura Harlan is acting as social
secretary to Mrs. Taft during the absence
of Miss Letterman, whose illness from
The latter continues to make excellent
progress, according to reports received
today.
AudIIcS ldlI Is TIE "ulIc I1OuSC VII
his spring vacation from school Mrs.
Charles Anderson attended a luncheon
given by Miss Mabel Boardman today in
honor of several we'll known women
visiting the capital at this time.
Miss Ida Hustled Harper will give the
last lecture in the suffrage course tomor-
row morning at the home of Mrs. j. b.
Henderson.
Mr.. John B. Henderson, jr., is at Miami,
Fla, for a fishing jaunt.
Miss vassault will be guest of honor at
the Congressional Club tomorrow after
noon and will give a musical program.
The honor guest Friday, March p, Will
be Miss Nettie Lovica White, who will
talk on woman suffrage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B. Graham are visit
ing Lieut.. and Mrs. Billingslea at Column
bus barracks. Columbus. Ohio.
Mrs. Harry Meads Reynolds entertain
ed at her home Monday evening, when
the ladies had as their work centerpieces
embroidered in shamrocks. The dining
room was decorated with American
beauty roses and ported shamrocks, and
as a souvenir Of the occasion. Those
present were Mrs. Earnshaw, Mrs. Joll,
Mrs. Heinline, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Wor-
rell, Mrs. Kreigor. Mrs. Burnes and Mrs.
e
aprons and caps, assisted in serving re-
freshments. They were Miss Elanore
Earnshaw, Miss Nettie Heinline, Masters
Wilson Earnshaw and Charles Reynolds.
Mrs William Cato Of the Logan has
gone to New York for a few days and
will not be at home Saturday, the 10th.
but will be at home Saturdays, March %
and 80.
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N. Y, will return home after a sojourn
of two months at the Logan.
There will be an Easter sale and social
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety at the Washington Heights Presby-
Kalorama roads, from 4 o'clock to 10. to-
morrow. Mrs. Blanche Muir Dalgleish,
Miss Viola Schippert, Miss Augusta Hill.
Miss Virginia McInade. Miss Mildred
Young. Mr.. Howard Wood and Mr..
Charles Hanford will give an interesting
program, and fancy articles and refresh
ments will be for SALE
Mrs. Edward A. Muir Of 1889 Girard
street will be at home Informally Friday,
March Is, and will have with her her sis
ter. Mrs. Louis E. Mears, of Flatbush,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Streb entertained In
honor of their daughter. Eva Theresa, a
number of her friends Monday evening.
March IL, the occasion being her seven
teenth birthday. The guests were en-
tertained during the evening with games.
music. singing and dancing. Prizes were
awarded to Miss Ruth Baldwin and Mr..
Harry Reek. Refreshments were served
at late hour. Among those present
were the Misses Ruth Baldwin. Wilma
Cullinan, Anna Cullinan. Pauline Ewald.
Frances Hayes. Gertrude Jones, Elsie
Mace. Anna Mccarthy, Catherine Will
Hanson, and Messrs. Edmund Burke.
Newton Dempsey, Vincent Fuschint,
James Hayes, John Kelley. Barry Mullin,
Harry Reek, Samuel Streb and 8. Hopper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel G.. Blythe Of
Washington are In New York for a few
days and are guests at the Hotel Wolcott.
Mr.. Blythe has spent the past few
months travelling in the northwest and
was joined in Chicago by Mrs. Blythe.
Mrs 4. D. Johnston and her sister.
Mrs. C. j. Hagan, will leave Friday,
March Is. for a trip to ST. Augustine.
Fla, going from Baltimore by sea.
Mrs. Louise Du Bose of Robey, Va. is
spending week with her uncle Mr..
John D. Farr, in Fairfax county, Va.
ton Classical Club at its seventeenth reg
ular meeting yesterday afternoon at
o'clock at the Bristol School. Prof.
Mitchell Carroll presided. The principal
address was by Prof. H. L. Wilson of
Johns Hopkins University. formerly an
nual professor in the American School In
Rome, on 1.-The Relation Of Classical Lit
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