The Washington herald., 1913-04-17

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Miss Ethel Bagley presided at the pretty
tea table.
Mrs. Marshall will carry out an original
idea on Wednesday afternoon next, when
| she will receive at the Shoreham and have
with her the wives of all the Cabinet OIL
GERS. Such an arrangement Is unique In
Washington society. Mrs. Marshall plans
| to give the calling public an opportunity
to meet all the official hostesses in one
drawing-room and save them from max
| ing a long round of calls.
Mrs. Salisbury, wife of Senator Sauls-
bury, will be at home this afternoon at
the Shoreham from until o'clock.
The last of the dances given by the
engineer mess at Washington Barracks
will take place tomorrow evening at $50
o'clock.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond will be at
home tomorrow afternoon at her resi-
dence in Massachusetts Avenue. Mrs
Jacob Dickinson and a number of other
friends will assist her in receiving.
The debutante of the spring season is
to be Miss Ruth Townsend, daughter OF
Representative Edward w. Townsend, Of
Montclaire, n. j.
MISS lOWHSen0 Will De introduced 10
Washington society by Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, an old family friend, who will
give large reception for her on Satur-
day afternoon, April 26. from until 7
o'clock.
Miss Townsend is most attractive and
will be a charming addition to the
younger set here. Her father Represent
ative Townsend, is well known to the
reading public as the author of "Chim-
mic Fadden."
Mrs. Walter B. Swindell, OF Baltimore,
Md, is the guest of Mrs. Susanna Old
berg for the week. Mrs. Swindell is
direct descendant of Joshua Pierce,
whose father was one of the first set
tiers OF the District and owned pierce
Mills in 1890. Another ancestor owned
the farm lands now known as Rock
Creek Park. Mrs. Swindell takes a deep
interest in historical and genealogical
work, of which she is an authority, and
is also affiliated with the D. A. r.
Col. W. W. Brown, of PENNSYLVANIA,
and Mrs. Brown are spending a few days
at the Dewey Hotel Col Brown was
formerly auditor for the War and Navy
Departments and Assistant Attorney
General.
ton bridge entertainment at the Arcade
tonight promises to be a brilliant sue
cess. IT is given under the auspices of
the board of lady visitors of Columbia
Hospital and the proceeds will go to sup
port that institution.
But few tickets remain, and those still
wishing to go can secure what are left
from Mrs. Lawrence Heap, 1884 X Street,
who has charge of the arrangements for
no a ~
the board of lady visitors. No tickets
will be sold at the door of the Arcade.
Mr. and Mrs c. c. Glover have closed
their residence in Farragut Square and
have moved out to their country place,
'Westover." Their daughter. Nine. van
Swinderen, wife of the Netherlands Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, at The Hague,
sailed yestedlay from Cherbourg for
this country, as she wished to be present
at the marriage of her brother, Mr.. Car
roll Glover, jr., and Miss Marion Wise
on May 10.
Mrs Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, wife Of Sem
ator Hitchcock, will not receive this
afternoon at her residence in / Street.
Mrs. Lurton, wife of Mr.. Justice Lur-
ton, was hostess at tea yesterday after
noon from 5 to Z O'Clock in honor OF
Mrs. John X. Shields wife of the new
Senator from Tennessee. Mrs. Horace
Lurton, jr., assisted in receiving the
guests, and Mrs Warren, wife Of Senator
Warren Of Wyoming, Mrs. William p.
Jackson, wife of Senator Jackson OF
Maryland, and Mrs. Carl Vrooman pre-
sided at the tea table, which was dec
GRATED with a centerpiece of ferns ana
spring blossoms.
Among the many entertainments which
will be given in honor of Miss Alys
Meyer and Lieut.. Raymond
Rodgers, whose marriage will take place
April 20, are a dinner on April Is, with
Miss May as hostess; another on Tues
day. April %, when Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Chandler will give A dinner in their
honor, and another dinner on Thursday
of that week. when Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
men Jennings will be hosts
Miss Scidmore entertained at a lunch |
con Tuesday at the Grafton in honor |
of Mrs. Mckee. The other guests were !
Nine Okabe. Miss Ida Thompson, the |
Misses Cullen, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor,
Mrs. Busby, and Mrs Beever.
Mrs. John w. Foster has Cancelled all |
Of her social engagements on account !
Of the death of her mother, Mrs. Nc
Person.
A banner house will fill the Columbia !
tomorrow afternoon at 4:45, when /,
Mrs Christian Hemmick will present |
"Remaking the Raleighs," an original |
play by Alfonso Washington Pezet, of |
the Peruvian Legation. In the cast will |
be Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Miss Elizabeth |
Noyes, Mr.. Robert Gilmore, Miss Eliza |
beth Howry. Miss Ethel Lee, Mr.. E. |
Reed, and Mr.. A. W. Pezet.
Bernard Shaw's play, How He Lied |
to Her Husband" with Miss Miriam r. |
Crosby, Mr.. w. Graydon Stetson, of