The Washington times., 1913-11-19
Congressional Club Is Scene
of Delightful "Pink Lunch
con" Today.

H the House of Representatives
and Mrs Champ clark, was
hostess at beautifully arranged pink
luncheon today at the Congressional
Club in honor of Miss Jessie woodrow
Wilson.
This entertainment which is the sec
ond formal pre-nuptial entertainment
to be given for the white House bride,
is the largest that will be given for
her, and it will serve two purposes. 1t
win bestow a compliment upon Miss
Wilson by Miss Clark. and it will also
give a large number of the young wom-
en- of the Senate and the House of Rep
resentatives a chance to meet Miss
Wilson before her marriage. who will
not be able to see her wedding on ac-
count of the necessary limitations In
sending out the wedding cards.
The guests, who numbered about
seventy-fve, included Miss Margaret
Wilson, who will be her sisters maid
of honor; Miss Eleanor Wilson, who
will be one of the bridesmaids: Miss
Mary G. White, of Baltimore, another
bridesmaid; Miss Helen woodrow Bones
a cousin of the bride-elect; the Misses
Smith, of New Orleans, house guests at
the White House; Mrs. Hargraeves.
daughter of the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Bryan; Miss Mona McAdoo, daugh-
ter of the Secretary of the Treasury;
the Misses Burleson, daughters of the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Burleson:
Miss Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter of
the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Will
son: Miss Isabella L. Hagner. and all
the unmarried daughters of members of
the Senate and House who are now in
Washington.
The ARRANGEMENTS were those for a
buffet luncheon and the hour was set
for 1:s0 o'clock A string orchestra
played a beautiful program. including
the Mendelssohn Spring Song" Be
cause" The Tales OF Hoffman," and
others, all favorites of Miss Clark. The
decorations which were all of pink, in
cluded a corsage bouquet of pink roses
for each guest.
The color scheme was carried out in
every possible detail. the ices, and con-
fections all being pink The little cakes
we're heart shaped. iced in pink with
little frosted hearts and the mints were
pink hearts.
The daintily appointed table had for
a centerpiece a huge basket of pink
roses anu lSIIss anu llit uSSOldllOlS III
the rooms were chiefly of ropes of
smilax, palms, ferns, and clusters of
pink radiance roses. The mantel in
the drawing room was banked with
ferns and pink roses, and made beau
tiful background for Mrs. Clark and
her beautiful young daughter as they
received their guests. Mrs. Clark wore
a gown of black velvet and lace, and
Miss Clark wore a cornfiower blue
crepe de chine gown.
Miss Dorothy Harvey, of New York.
and Miss Imogene Thomson. of Sum
nit w Va, house guests of Miss
Clark, presided at the table. Others as
sisting in the dining room were Miss
Sallie Williams, Miss Margaret Nc
Chord. Miss Ruth Patterson. Miss Mar
guerite Frear. and Miss Laura Graves.
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The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
will arrive in Washington tomorrow
from Arizona, where they have been
visiting Mrs. Marshalrs parents. They
will be accompanied by Thomas Mar
shall Sutherland. of Berkeley Springs,
w. Va. who made the trip with them.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Albright, OF
New York nave taken an apartment
for the season in the Parkwood. which
they will occupy after horse show
week They are at present at the
Hotel Astor. New York city.
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Mrs Walter A. Bloedorn. wife OF
Passed Assistant Surgeon W. A. Bloc
dorm, L s. N. will be at home Monday
at their quarters at the navy yard.
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Miss Jessie Herriott and her sister.
Mrs. c. Clyde Shade have sent out
cards for the first of a series of in
formal studio evenings" at Studio Hall,
1913 Connecticut avenue on Wednesday.
November rs, at $50 o'clock.
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The Commissioner of Patents and
Mrs. Ewing have sent out cards for a
dinner on the evening of December s.
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Rear Admiral and Mrs. Stockton have
cards out for dinner on next Tuesday
evening. G.. |
Mrs Jonn Bassett Moore. wife of the
counselor of the State Department, will
DE at home this afternoon and the fol-
lowing Wednesdays of the season after
3:30 O'Clock. at her residence, 1867 9
Street.