Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-22
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MRS. WILSON TO RECEIVE CALL
Frs THIS AFTERNOON.
Large Reception Tonight at the Chi
nese Legation-0ther Social
Events-Notes.

nese Legation-Other Social
Events-Notes.
Mrs. Wilson will receive visitors by APP
pointment at $50 this afternoon. Miss
Bones will assist her and Miss Hagner
will pour tea.
Lady Hadfield of England, who has
been spending some time at the Shore
ham, has gone to New York and from
there expects to go to Richmond for
visit.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
dined informally last night with Mr.. and
Mrs. James Statesman at their apartment
at the Mendoza.
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Bur-
Lesson entertained q box party at the
opera last night. when their guests were
Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson.
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith and Mr.. Schmolck
of the Netherlands legation.
| The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
! David F. Houston were guests at dinner
given last night by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
L. Fisher.
The Brazilian ambassador has returned
| from New York. where he went to see
Nine. da Cana off to Europe.
Mrs. and Miss Kauffmann's garGen
| party. which was postponed last Satur-
| day on account of the weather, will take
| place next Saturday. May -. at Airlie
| Mr.. and Mrs Ramsay are giving a tea
| this afternoon for Mrs. Lane. wife of the
| Secretary of the Interior, which Mrs.
Marshall and Mrs. Burleson will also at
| tend.
Secretary and Mrs. Daniels are expect
| ed back early this afternoon from Annap-
| oils. where they went yesterday
Rear Admiral Clover. with Mrs Glover
| and the Misses Clover. are sailing on the
| Lapland May 81 from New York. Count
ess Piola Casselli. who has spent the
| winter here with her cousin. Mrs. Janin.
/ will accompany the family party, en-
/ route to rejoin her relatives in Rome.
| Mrs. Joseph Fought announces the
engagement of her daughter Mrs.
Emily G. Turner. and Mr.. Amos Firing
of Philadelphia. The wedding will take
place in June.
| The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Gale
DOMAIN Club gave a surprise party TO
Mrs Macleod, a recent bride, present
| ing her with a silver tray. Several
members gave songs and selections on
the piano. Afterward refreshments
were served.
| Last Tuesday afternoon the Woman's
Missionary Society of the First Con-
gregational Church was entertained
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Eastman. East Falls Church, Va About
| fifty guests were present. including
Rev. Lewis r. Purdum, the assistant
| pastor.
A bountiful basket luncheon was
eaten under the huge old trees. after
which Mrs. Julia T. Bodfish, president
Henry j. Washburn. and Miss Martha
~ Harper. the treasurer, gave their
respective reports. Mrs. Charles G..
Abbott. who has spent two summers
with her husband in northern Africa.
read a paper on her experiences in
Algeria interspersing her reading
with many interesting details of life
among these foreign people.
Mrs. Howard Bishop assisted by her
| sister-in-law. Mrs. g. f. DAVIS. enter
tanned at bridge and five hundred Tues
day afternoon, at her apartment in the
Koyalton The guests were Mrs. William
r. Willett Mrs. Samuel S. Belt. Mrs.
RANSOM Mrs. Butler, Mrs Quinn. Miss
lula Kinsolying, Mrs. Gustavus Werber,
Miss Eta Taggart Mrs. Ralph Daugh-
| ton. Mrs Charles Fred. Miss V. Heth,
Miss Edith Parsons. Mrs. Herbert Bish-
on and Misses Katherine and Mamie
Bowie.
| Mr. and Mrs. Thomas w. Mccormick
announce the marriage of their daughter,
Helen l.. Mccormick. and Mr.. George
Marion Mckee. the 10th instant. the Rev.
Father Michny Of ST Patricks cathe-
dral, Baltimore. officiating.
a garden party for the benefit of the
George Washington University Hospital
is to be held May %. from to Z, at the
home of Mrs. Eugene Byrnes. 323S r
street. which is one of the most interest
| ing old colonial houses in the city. Gen.
Grant lived there at one time. and from
| the grounds there is a superb view of
| the river.
Mrs. Byrnes. the president of the board
of lady managers. with Mrs. Stockton
and Mrs. Martin Knapp, will receive the
guests
There will be an outdoor play. May
pole dance and a magic tree. The Fort
Myer Cavalry Band will play from to
| 6. and there will be dancing.
| Mrs Katherine c. Balls gave week
| end house party at her home, the Bunga-
| low The guests whe We're entertained
at card party and informal dance were
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson. Miss Glenn Newell.
| Miss McGerarty. Miss Jessica Callahan.
Mr.. Middleton. J. H. Newell Ballinger,
Miss Brush. Miss de Lashmutt Mr.. Will
| liam Paxton, Mr.. WEIGH of Maine. MIR.
| Harrison Thayer of Vermont and Mr..
| Edward l.. Jones of Salt Lake City,
| Utah.
| Mrs Charles P. Stokes and daughter,
Miss Allene Stokes. sailed on the 18th
| for England. the former to visit her sis
| ter, Mrs Curtler. and the latter going
direct to Mrs. r. F. Amphlett at Wolver-
| hampton. Mrs. Amphlett is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fielding Lewis Marshall.
| jr, of this city.
A large party of her most intimate
! friends most agreeably surprised Mrs.
] William Leonard Thurber at her new
home on South Dakota avenue. Wood
| bridge Tuesday. A bounteous lunch was
prepared and brought, and the ladies
| took charge and arranged everything.