The Washington herald., 1913-05-09

decorated with baskets of snap-dragons
and other spcjng flowers, while branches
OF wild hone~kuckle. dogwood, and other
towering plants were used generously
about the drawing-rooms.
4 Mrs. Swanson has as house guests for
some days Mrs Reilly Gordon and Miss
Gordon, Of New York. and Mrs. Douglas
Gordon, of Baltimore, all Of whom assist
ed her in the hospitality.
She was further assisted by Mrs. Dent,
Mrs. Thigben. of Alabama; Mrs. W. L..
Marshall, Mrs. Knapp, Mrs. Elbridge, and
Miss Marshall.
Receiving with Mrs. Swanson and Mrs.
Bryan were Mrs. Garrison and Mrs. Burle-
son, while the guests included Mrs.
Thomas r. Marshall and women of the
Senate, House, and resident and official
society.
Mrs Joseph R. Knowland, wife of Rep
4 resentative Knowland, gave a California
luncheon yesterday in compliment to Mrs.
Lane, wife of the Secretary of the In
TERROR There were also present Mrs. Nc
Kenna. Mrs. John d. Works. Mrs. Will
lam Kent Mrs. Needham. Mrs. John z.
Raker, Mrs. William d. Stephens. Mrs.
William Kettner, Mrs. Charles w. Bell,
Mrs. Denver S. Church. Mrs. Dyer, Mrs
Cobb, Mrs. Marble, Mrs Fries. Mrs. John
| hays hammond, Mrs- JULIUS Manu., MTs
John /. Nolan. Mrs. Z. A. Hayes, Mrs
Fechteler, Mrs. Oxnard. Mrs. De Vines,
and Mrs. Bennett.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson
! Glover will close their Washington house
i for the summer and will sail for Europe
| the first Of June.
The Children's Band Of Mercy will
! CO. ~ of he No h
ington Humane Society and Audubon
Society at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs,
| George x. McLanahan, 2031 Q Street
| Northwest tomorrow afternoon from 2:30
until 6 o'clock.
Fancy articles. ice cream. lemonade.
tea, and flowers will be sold during the
| afternoon.
! A number of young daughters Of
prominent Westinghouse organized the
"Children's Band of Mercy" during the
past winter, and among its members are
Miss Virginia Blair, president; Miss
Helen McLanahan, secretary; the Misses
T, McDougal Miss Allen McGill Miss
Ethel Schneider. Miss Hildegarde Hal
4 stead, Miss Katrina Beale, Miss Janet
Howard, the Misses Henry, Miss Mary
| Cameron. Miss Mary Hall. Miss Frances
| Hopkins. Miss Kerens, and Miss Eliza
beth Grinnell.
| Admission is free, and 1t is hoped that
the sale will be largely attended.
Miss Mabel Talliaferro will give talk
! this morning at 1l:30 O'Clock on Thea
| trical Makeup" or Artificial Bloom to
| the Complexion" at the Playhouse.
| Primarily the causerie was intended for
| the ladies and gentlemen of the cast
now rehearsing for Mrs. Christian Hem
| mick's play, Woman" to be given at
| the Playhouse next week.
| But fashionable society has evinced so
much interest in Miss Taiiaferro's talk
and the, demand for tickets has been SO
(, spirited as to necessitate a public sale
of reserved seats.
| For their better enlightenment Miss
Talliaferro suggests that all who attend
her Make up"talk. bring opera glasses
with them, in order that the smaller de-
tails in the use OF cosmetics will not es-
| cape them.
| Mr. Harry E. Lutz and wife. nee Miss
Frances G. Haswell, Of Washington, d.
c., have returned to their home in Sc
attic, Wash, after spending the past
winter in Southern California.
| A play, waiting at the Station an
amusing rural sketch, will be given in
| 81 1HOEldS al
and Church Streets. by the high school
classes of the Sunday school. this even
/ ing at o'clock.
Senator and Mrs. Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette have as guests for some time their
son-inlaw and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs,
George Middleton, the latter, formerly
Miss Fola La Toilette.
| Mrs. Geofrey Gordon Whitney, former
! ly Mrs. Alice Copley Thaw. was at home
in her charming old house in F Street
yesterday afternoon from to Z.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney were recently
married at the Thaw estate in Georgia
! and have Just returned here for short
spring visit.
The fete at Friendship on May ~
promises many delightful features, rang
ing from the choicest good things to
eat and drink to dainty things to wear
and look at and all manner of amuse-
ments for both children and grown folk
Mrs. Wolcott Tuckerman and Mrs
Preston Gibson have charge of the con-
fections. and Miss Isabel May, Mrs.
William Mearns. and Mrs. William Curtis
Hill will have charge of the fancy table.
Assisting them will be Mrs. p. NJ. Gale,
Mrs. George E. Hamilton. Mrs. Z. J.
StellWdgen, 1eOTSe DunlOp, MIS-.
Reeves Lewis, Miss Mccartney, and
Miss Barbara Kaufman
Mrs. Horace Westcott will have
charge of the ice cream table and will
be assisted by Mrs. Harry c. Moses.
Mrs. Clarence Wilson, Mrs. Nathaniel
Francis, and Nine. Hauge, and a bevy
of young girls.
Miss Irena Montgomery Gibson pre-
scented one Of her pupils, Miss Mildred
Fontaine, in dramatic recital last even
ing. The numbers were all well rem
dered, showing excellent preparation
king Robert of Sicily" with musical
accompaniment, was most artistically in
terpreted, and Miss Gibson received
many congratulations over the success of
the evening.
SHRINERS OFF FOR TEXAS.