The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Charles Boughton Wood.
DR.. and Mrs. Reid Hunt gave din
ner last night at the Chevy Chase
Club, their guests being Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Hemphil!. DR.. and Mrs Wal
ter Wells, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Classic.
DIR. Leake. and Miss King, Of Balti-
more, Md.
Miss Louise HELEN. daughter of Mr..
| and Mrs. BENJAMIN HELEN. who will be
the maid of honor at the marriage OF
Miss Dorothy Gardner Williams to
Monroe Eyre Pinckard. Of California. on
Tuesday afternoon, entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor of Miss
Williams and the other members OF her
bridal party.
Mrs. B. H. warder, who spent the
winter in Colorado, has returned to
Washington and opened her X Street
house. Mrs. Warden's youngest daugh-
ter, Mrs. Garrett, wife of the Minister
to Argentina, is with her for visit.
Miss Clare de Graffenried entertained
at large reception yesterday after
noon at her residence in Seventeenth
Street in honor of Mrs. Garrison, wife
of the Secretary Of War.
Mrs. Margaret Lawrence Hoyte Hicks.
regent Cumberland Chapter, D. A. r., OF
Nashville. Tenn, and Miss Sims. a dele
gate, will arrive in Washington today
to attend the D. A. r. Congress. Dur
ing their stay in Washington they will
be the guests Of Miss Mary Wilcox at
her apartment at the Montana.
Miss Margaret Hoyte, niece OF Mrs.
Hicks. who is noted for her beauty. will
be one of the pages at the congress. and
will also be Miss Wilcox's guest for the
week.
Mrs. Susanna Oldberg will be hostess
,, this afternoon at a delightful musicale
at her studio in the Belasco Theater.
The Robert E. Lee Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy will give
it's annual Dixie ball at the Raleigh Ho-
tel on Thursday evening for the benefit
of the Confederate Memorial Hall. The
committee in charge of arrangements
! consists Of Mrs. Bell Riley, president,
and Mrs. James E. Mulcare, chairman.
The patronesses are Mrs. Marion But
Ter, Mrs. James l.. Slayden. Mrs. Jack
| Beall, Mrs. Wallace Streater, Mrs. Fan
ny T. Kicks, Mrs. Drury c. Ludlow, Mrs
Frank G. Odenheimer, Miss Mamie
Randolph Heth, Mrs j. K. Jones, Mrs.
Marcus Wright, Mrs T. W. Baggart.
Mrs. Lindsay L. Lomax. Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, and Mrs b. r. Mason.
Mrs. Neill S. Brown announces the
engagement Of her daughter. Miss Marie
McMillin Brown, to Mr.. Charles Mason
White, jr., of Detroit Mich. Mr.. White
! is the son of Judge Charles Mason White,
| OF Virginia. The wedding will take place
at st. Johns Church on Saturday even
ing, May 10, and> the Bishop of Wash
ington. the Right Rev. Alfred Harding,
will officiate.
Miss Brown is the grand niece Of the
fsnous Dolly Madison, wife of Hresi-
dent Madison.
1t is hoped that the public will attend
an important meeting, Of the Woman's
Department of the National Civic Fed
Grafton, which will be held on Wednes-
day. at IL o'clock, at Rauscher's. Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, who has lately be-
come an associate member of the Wom-
ans Department, will be present. The
subject under discussion will be hous-
ing conditions. The Hon. W. c. Redfield,
Secretary of Commerce, and Mr.. John
Ihlder. of the National Housing Associa-
ton, Of New York. will deliver addresses.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins will talk on
local conditions and will explain the
Octavia Hill system. now being tried by
the committee on housing OF the Wom-
ans Welfare Department for the first
time in Washington. The ladies of the
committee collect rents in the different
alleys which have been given into their
hands. and hope by personal visits to
help the living conditions and to raise
the standards of the houses and tenants.
ern Industrial Educational Association
will hold a special exhibit of mountain
work in their headquarters. 331 South
ern Building. from $3.50 to 4:30 o'clock
every day during the week.
The State days of Tennessee North
Carolina. and Virginia will be celebrated
during the week, and all interested in
the work for the mountaineers are cor
daily invited.
public memorial meeting. in honor
of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, will be
held in the little ballroom at the New
Willard Hotel. this afternoon. at 5
O'Clock.
The speakers will be Senator Kern and
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. Mrs Martin W
Littleton will show stereopticon pictures,
Illustrating the life of Thomas Jefferson,
and his home, Monticello.
Miss n. Lovisa White will be at home
for the last time this season on We'd
nesday, April Is, after o'clock. Miss
White will leave Washington early in
May for Budapest, where she will attend
the International Woman Suffrage AL
lance which meets on June Is in that
city.
Beginning tomorroy there will be an
exhibition of the pictures of Mr.. de
Silva, under the auspices of the Junior
Republic, at 1923 H Street
On Friday afternoon tea will be served
with Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. Mrs Rob-
ert Chew, and Mrs. Phillip Henry pre-
siding, and on Saturday Mrs Colby
Dodge, Mrs. John Davis, and Miss Eliz-
abeth Howry will be in charge
The patronesses are Mrs. William Jen-
nings Bryan, Mrs. Lurton, Mrs. Arthur
Lee, Mrs. S: o. Richey, Mrs. Howry,
Mrs Hemmick, Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs.
Reid Rogers. Mrs. Blodgett. Mrs. Wal
lace Radcliffe. and Mrs. o. H. Tittmann
the coming week will be the musical
and silver tea, which is to be given
Wednesday afternoon from until s
o'clock by Chaplin Women's Christian
Temperance Union of the District of
Columbia, in the ballroom of the Raleigh
Hotel. A large number Of women promi-
nent in society and club circles have ac-
cepted invitations to participate in the
event. All members Of the local chap
tiers of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, all visiting Daughters. all
club women, and others interested in
the work of the union are invited to be
present. Chaplin Union Is the oldest and