Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

| Comfort.
After visits extending over several
weeks in Brooklyn, n. Y, the guest of
| Mrs. Charles F. Jones' and i'm Detroit,
Mich. with Mrs. William V. Parshall,
Mrs. Howasl 0. Cook has returned to the
city.
A pleasant party assembled at the resi-
dence of Mr.. c. W. Pafflow at Takoma
Park Saturday evening to celebrate the
day. Those present were Mr.. Middleton
Smith. who made amusing remarks: Mr..
Joseph l. keefer spoke of George
Washington: Mrs. Wall gave "a reel
tation; Mrs. Bauers. piano; Mrs. William
J. Latimer. solo; Mrs. and Miss Sater,
Mrs. Perry. Miss Poole. Mrs. John c..
Mrs. L. c. Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. Lille,
Mr.. W. D. Musser, Miss Knsela and Mrs.
Mary Ward Shuster. After the serving
of refreshments Mr.. Paffiow read a
| historical article upon George Washing
| ton" Mrs Paff1ow amused the guests
by telling their fortunes.
Mr.. and Mrs John II. Pryor of sos
| Massachusetts avenue northeast are to-
day celebrating the fiftieth anniversary
of their wedding. Because Of Mrs.
Pryor's health. no formal celebration is
to be held, but during the day both she
and her husband have been receiving
many letters and kilograms of con-
graduation from their friends, as well
as personal visits.
Mr.. Pryor, who has been an employee
of the Post Office Department for forty
two years, is seventy-fve years old. He
was born in Baltimore, and Mrs. Pryor,
who was Miss Sarah Seaman before
marriage. was born in Chesapeake City,
Md. Mrs. Pryor is seventy years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pryor have three chill
dren. They are Mrs. Cara Pryor
Buchanan. Charles E. Pryor of Cleve-
land. Ohio, and ]. Percy Pryor of this
city.
Il A surprise party was given Miss Ger
trude Schmidt yesterday at her resi-
dence 81 II street northwest, on the occa-
sion Of her eighteenth birthday anniversa-
~. Mr.. Ruben Schmidt and his brother
Edward received the guests. Those
Ipresent were Miss Mollie Lewis. Miss
r. Applestein. Miss Sarah Segal, Miss
Lena Lewis. Miss Minnie Shaffer. Mr..
Venezky. Mr.. Joe Lowenthal. Mr.. l..
C. Feldser, Mr.. Isadore Feldman. Mr..
Edward Kaufman. Mr.. Herman Field
man, Mr.. Jerome Berman. Mr. Harry
Clique. Baltimore, Md, and Mrs.
Schmidt.
Miss Dorothy Knapp Of 923 Massa-
Ia party of friends Saturday evening.
the occasion being her fourteenth
birthday anniversary. Games and dane
ling were INDUCED in, after which the
room which was tastefully decorated
with flags and bunting. and refresh
nents were served. Those present
were Katherine o'grie I.o,; Mar ,E;,srts
Werntz. Dorothy Smith. Ruth Hillyard.
Dorothy Finckel. Adrian Shreve. Ethel
Bagman. Ruth Kebler, Cecilia Jump.
Ruth Barnhart, Helen Bowie, Virginia
|Thigpen. Howard Draper. Oscar Haines.
Kari Goodman Arthur Fitzgibbon,
Wesley Huntress, Henry Mainwarring,
Cloyd Riley. James Mulquin, David
Muiquin. Wilbur Enrich. James STAINS
field. Everett Shreve and Lawrence
Alexander.
Miss Doris Moore left Friday for Phila-
| delphia to visit friends and attend a
house party OF the Kappa Sigma of the
| University Of Pennsylvania
Miss Mary Shaen was the hostess at a
party Saturday night, when the girls
was tastefully decorated in the nat, onal
colors. The guests were the Misses Mary
Bentrick, Helen Barbour. Louise Garry
Edna Carrick, Meta Carrick, Annie F'itz-
| hugh, Grace Maher and Messrs Horace
Anderson. Irving Burgess, Jack Carrick,
| Irving Earnshaw, James Lawson, Waite
| Williams. Justin Swain, Frank Sill ana
Dave McWilliams.
Mrs. Jennie A. Hardin of Braddock
Heights. Md, has returned after a two
| week visit to Denton. Md, as the guest
| of Mrs John a. Macintosh.
Mrs NJ. w. Pardee of Philadelphia, Pa,
| formerly Of this city, entertained at a
| box party at the opera house in that city
Saturday night. The guests included Miss
Cornela Nolin. Miss Mary Ri kman, Miss
Hortense Erman. Miss Olga Pardee. Miss
Ada N. Pardee and Master Henry Coch-
ran Pardee.
Mrs. Thomas G. Patten wife of Rep
resentative Patten Of New York has join
ed her husband here and will be among
those invited to receive this afternoon at
the Brazilian embassy.
Miss Jurgenson of New York is a guest
of the Brazilian ambassador and Nine.