Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
COMMITTEES TOARRANCE
INAUGURAL WEEK GAYEN
Men and Women Socially
Prominent Here to Have
Charge of Festivities.


round of gayeties during inaugural
week by the District branch of the
Southern League Women's Wilson and
Marshall Organization.
committee consisting of 100 men
prominent In congressional, residential
and army and navy circles will compose
the floor committee in charge of all these
entertainments. About 100 of the most
prominent women socially have consented
to act as patronesses, and fifty young
women. mostly debutantes in residential.
congressional. army and navy circles, I'M
der the leadership of Mrs. Morris Shep-
pard and Mrs. Leonard c. Hoffman, will
act as committee on decoration and
entertainment.
The first entertainment which will be
given before Inauguration will take place
at the New Willard ballroom this even
ing, and will consist of presentation
of One-act sketch, "H.s Secretary"
written by the wife of A. S. BurlesOn.
representative from Texas. The little
play is very cleverly written, depicting
the adventures of representative from
a western state serving his first term in
Congress. and the many difficulties which
he encountered. having for his secretary
his wife. as inexperienced as he is. Mrs.
Maud Howell SIN th known in Washing
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of the wife, and Mr. Weston will imper-
senate the western representative. Fol-
lowing the play there Will be a dance.
The Floor Committee.
Following is the floor committee: John
Poole, president of the Federal National
Bank, chairman; Col Garrard, command
er at Fort Myer; Senators Luke Lea,
Thomas S. Martin, w. A. Massey, Lee S.
Overman. Kirkland I. Perky F. NJ Sim
mons. Ellison u. Smith, Hoke Smith. Ben
jamin r. Tillman. John Sharp Williams.
Representatives Akin, Alexander, Ans
rick, Beal1. Broussard. Bankhead, Bulk
ley. Burleson. Burnett. COllaway. Can
dler Cantrill. Carlin. Carter of Oklaho-
ma. Clark of Florida. Claypool. Clayton.
Cravens. Cullop. Davenport, Dent. Dono-
hoe. Dupre, Edwards, Garner, Goodwin.
Hughes of Georgia, James, Johnson.
Kitchin. Linthicum. Littleton, Macon, Ma
guire. Oldfieid. .Pujo. Hef1in, William r.
Smith of Texas. Cline, Bartlett. Ellerbe,
Goldfogle. Hardwick. Hardy, James Hay.
Helm Robert L. Henry, William S. How
ard Humphreys of Mississippi, Jacoway,
William A. Jones, Konop, Gordon Lee,
Miller, Padgett, Pepper. Peters Pou,
berry. Rucker of Colorado. Rucker of Mis-
souri,, Saunders, Shackleford, Sculy. Sis
son. Slayden, Small, Stephens of Texas.
Stephens of Nebraska, Talcott. Tribble,
Underhill, Underwood, Webb, Wilson of
Pennsylvania. Young of Texas and Col.
Macdonald. Col. Hancock, Lieut.. Leonard
G.. Hoffman. secretary to the admiral of
the navy; William T. Poole of the Dis
trict National Bank. DR.. Wycliffe Rose.
Southern Educational Association; DR..
Clarence j. Owens, managing director.
Southern Commercial Congress-; Maj.
Charles D. Rhoades. DR.. Hammond. John
p. Story, jr. John II. Clapp S. j. Henry,
William A. Mearns, Thomas P. Morgan.
A. G. Chapman. Richard f. Claughton,
William ]. Eynon. Charles Mulliken, John
Henderson. jr.: Robert Hinckley. Ira D.
Dalrymple. Charles E. Howe. George w.
White. o. H. P. Johnson. Avon NJ. New
ius, Robert 1. Fleming. Murray A. Cobb.
J. Wilmer Latimer. James A. Cahill. jr.;
George f. Fleming. Edward Mclean,
Herbert T. Shannon. j. Albert Shaffer,
Harry c. Meem. J. NJ. Stoddard, George
A. Weaver, Edward Lockwood, Col.
George A. Armes. Louis P. Shoemaker.
List of Patronesses.
The patronesses are: Mrs. Perry Bel
mont, Mrs. J. Alexander, Mrs. Henry D.
Clayton, Mrs. Philander P. Claxton, Mrs.
Bankhead. Mrs. Hubert Dent. jr.. Mrs.
Charles A. Douglas, Mrs. William R.
Hearst, Mrs Grace Porter Hopkins. Mrs.
Dudley NJ Hughes, Mrs. William A.
Jones, Mrs. Norman r. Mack. Mrs. John
F. Shafroth. Mrs Louis P. Shoemaker,
Mrs. Benjamin R. Tillman, Mrs. Oscar
Underwood. Mrs. Frank L. Woodruff.
president of the Southern League Wilson
and Marshall Organizations; Mrs. John
Miller Horton. Mrs. Mathew T. Scott.
Miss Mamie r. Heth. Mrs. Albert Sidney
Burleson, Mrs. William F. Denis. Mrs.
James Hurley. Mrs Joseph Garrard, Mrs.
John Lockwood. Mrs. Leonard Hoffman,
Mrs. Etha Patterson Griffin, Mrs. Bever-
lowing senators and representatives:
shively, smith Smith, of SOUTH SOUTH Carolina s.
Smith of Georgia, Williams of Mis-
sissippi. Ashbrook Ayres. Blackmon.
Barnhart. Broussard. Buckley. Galloway.
Gambler. Carlin. Carter of Oklahoma.
Clark of Florida, Claypool Cravens,
Cullop Davenport, Dent. Dupre. Edwards,
Ellerbe, Garner, Goodwin, Gudger, Hard
wick. Hardy. Hobson. Hay. Helm,
Hughes, Humphrey, James, Jones of Vir-
GINA Ben Johnson, Kitchin, Gordon Lee.
Legare, Macon. Mcguire, hurry. Oldfield.
Padgett, Peters, PujO, Pou. Baker, Reilly.
Roddenbery, Saunders. Sisson. Hefiin, Bur
nett. Stephens of Texas. Stephens of Ne
| braska, Taylor of Colorado, Taylor of
Alabama Tribble. Underhill, Webb and
Wilson of New York. Mrs. Tarvin OF
Kentucky and Mrs. Lewis Bennett of New
York.
Debutantes to Receive.
Debutantes composing reception commit
tee Miss Dorothy Aleshire. Miss jean
nette Ayres, Miss Katherine Andrews
Miss Catherine Britton., Miss Dorothy
Gray Brooks, Miss Frances Brooks, Miss
Agra Bennett, Miss Jeanette Baker, Miss
Nannette Brundegee, Miss Emily Beat
ty, Miss Virginia Brown, Miss Lou
Use Bayne. Miss Genevieve Clark.
Miss Eudora Glover, Miss Lucy Can
dier, Miss Mabel Cox, Miss Carrie
Lee Chamberlain Miss Nell Fletcher,
Miss Margaret Fiske. Miss Gage. Miss
Gill, Miss Valerie Garrard, Miss Virginia
IJuddlacop Misc MARGARET Howard Miss