The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

ferty, L. s, A: Mai Devore, L. s. A
and Maj. Kirkpatrick, L. S. A. ss-g..
Mrs. Alexander c. Bentley will be a,
home on Tuesday afternoons. January Il
and q. at the Highlands.
The annual breakfast Of the Congress
sional Club. limited to club members
only. will be given on Saturday, Feb
ruary !.
Mrs. Champ Clark. wife Of the Speak
er, will give her first reception OF the
season next Wednesday afternoon. She
will have receiving with her the women
who went in the Clark party to the Pan
anna Canal Zone.
Miss Genevieve Clark. accompanied by
Mrs. Timothy Ansberry, left here yes
terday for Columbus, Ohio. where they
will attend the inaugural ball in honor
of Gov. Cox. of Ohio. tomorrow night.
Miss Helen Cox. daughter OF the Cover
nor. was Miss Ciark's guest at Thanks
giving.
Mr. Sidney Gunst has returned to the
city from Richmond, where he has been
the past ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sommers are stopping
at the Bristol Hotel. Ceylon, for an in
definite stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Oppenheimer, of Bel
mont Street. have returned to their home
from Atlantic City, where they have been
the past ten days.
Mrs. Leonard C. Hoffman. vice chair
man of inaugural ceremonies. wife Of
Lieut.. Hoffman. secretary to the Admiral
of the Navy, is one of the most active
NNOrkars in the ~
ocratic League. She is cooperating with
Mrs. Morris Sheppard in the work of the
entertainment committee of the District
of Columbia branch of the Southern
League of the Wilson and Marshall Or
ganization, and will have charge of fifty
young women. who will entertain Mrs
Wilson and her daughters during in
auguration week.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. president of the
d. 4. r., entertained at luncheon on
Thursday at the New Willard. Miss
Mamie Randolph Heath, president of the
Southern Relief; Mrs. Leonard G. HofY-
man, wife of Lieut.. Hoffman. secretary
to the Admiral of the Navy; Mrs. Julia
Holmes Smith, and Mrs. r. /. Perky,
wife of the Senator from Idaho.
Mrs. Wolberg Las returned to the city,
after spending some time with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fred Berman, of South Boston,
Va
Goucher College from a short trip to the
city.
Next Saturday evening, January Is,
the famous Morris dances will be. pre-
scented at the Playhouse in connection
with the two little plays, "Op o. Me
Thumb and .'Marjery Daw.", given by
the Dixie Chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, for the benefit of the
Confederate Memorial Home.
The Morris dances came into vogue in
America few years ago. but they
arose In 'Merrie England" over 100
years before and were the chief form
of recreation for the peasants, as they
expressed their national spirit and
wholesome joy. Their jollity is ire
sistible, and every onlooker becomes IN
fused with the spirit OF joy and gay
abandon.
These dances will be given under the
direction of Mrs. w. A. Holmes,
Southern woman, who has just returned
from England, where she had the oppor-
tunity to study them just as they were
given in the time of Shakespeare.
The young ladies taking part are Miss
Elizabeth O'Daniel, Miss Lucy Morton,
Miss Ann Selden, Miss Lena Daniel,
Miss Evelyn Daniel, Miss Nora Pepper,
Miss Helen Griffith, and Miss Kitty Ten
nant
Miss Nell Fletcher, Miss Lillian Chcno-
weth. Miss Ada Louise Townsend. Miss
Charlotte Blesse, Miss Kitty Tenant,
Mr.. Maurice Jarvis, Mr.. Earl Carbaugh.
Mr.. Carl Buttman. Mr.. James r. DAILY,
Miss Maude Lee. Miss Nora Pepper. and
Mrs. Howell Smith are the cast which