Evening star., 1914-12-22
EVENTS Of INTEREST.
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Miss Pocahontas Butler Will Be Pre-
sented to Friends
Today.
Noon Wedding of Mrs. Lucille Law
son and Mr.. Atwood-Miss
brakes Debut-Notes.

| Mrs Butler will be assisted by Mrs.
tGeorge Porter, Mrs. Samuel Spencer,
Mrs George Sutherland. Mrs. George
lClarke, Mrs Fanny Kicks and Mrs.
James Slayden in the dining room, and
also by Miss Mary Lord Andrews, Miss
Louise Clark, Miss Mary Wheeler
Vest, Miss Gladys Kibbey, Miss Janet
ICowan, Miss Ruth Wilson, Miss Char
ilotte Harding, Miss Katherine Efinger
and Miss Lester Randolph of Savannah,
Ga.
\ supper and dance for the receiving
party will follow.
Miss Dorothy Allen has returned
| from Wellesley College, Mass, to spend
the holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Edwin w. Allen.
! All the final arrangements point to
| the great success of the entertainment
to be given by the Junior League of
| the National Junior Republic at the
New Willard tomorrow afternoon.
| Mrs Victor Kaufman and Mrs.
Frank Anderson have charge of the
| bridge tables, which will be available
welt and Mrs. S. c. Neale will pour tea
and will reserve tables, and Mrs. Theo-
dore Baldwin has charge of the dancing
contests at o'clock, for which prizes
Will be gwen.
| Mrs Cora E. Weiss of Chicago, ILL.,, is
| spending the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. Ager. POO 35th street northwest.
Her daughter. Mrs. Mildred Cross OF
Norfolk. Va, is also spending the holi-
days here. Mrs. Weiss is connected
with the subtreasury at Chicago, hav
| ing been recently transferred from
Washington. They will return shortly
after the first of the year to their
homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul V. Bum and son
and daughter of st. Louis. Mo-, are
spending the holidays with Mr.. Alex
ander NJ. Bum, 1881 Park road.
Mr. E. J. Merrick, jr, of the United
States engineers office left Sunday to
spend the week with his parents in
Sudlersville, Nd, on the eastern shore.
| The marriage of Miss Ruth NJ. Tap
| pan and DR.. John Carl Eckhardt will
take place this evening at s o'clock.
Rev. Henry E. Brundage will officiate.
Mrs. r. NJ. Kaufman is making
visit of several weeks at her former
home, Champaign, Ill
| During the Christmas vacation local
members of the Delta Tau Delta fra
ternity will hold several entertain
ments for their alumni and visiting
members.
Thursday next a Delta matinee box
party will be held. to be followed by a
tea dance at the new fraternity house,
| 1910 N street. stag Christmas tree
party will be the Christmas day enter
! tainment, at IL o'clock at the house
! The regular winter monthly lunch
cons for the alumni will be started Sat
| urday, December &c, where a jolly re-
union is anticipated.
Other festivities will include an open
nd toa 1oy o.
from to pm, and a dance and sup
per, Wednesday, December 80, both of
which will be held at the Delta House.
Mr.. Roy L. Mathews and Mr.. Henry H.
Draeger are In charge of the arrange
ments and should be notified by those
desiring to participate.
Miss Ruth p. Hartley and Mr. Robert
Streeter Porter will be married tomor-
row night at s o'clock at ST. Johns
Church, Georgetown. Mr.. Edwin B.
Hartley will escort his daughter, who
will be attended by her sister, Miss
Mary Hartley, as maid of honor. and
| the following bridesmaids: Miss Dor
}othy Nichols. Miss Sarah Appleby and
Miss Mariana Dickson, all of Long
Island, N. Y, and Miss Frances Phil
lips of this city. MI. John Quynn of
Frederick, Nd; will be best man. and
| the ushers will be Mr.. Louise Payne,
Mr.. Billings Wilson, Mr.. John Wilson
Mr.. Prechter of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mes
| ley of Long Island and DIR. Charles
! Wheatley of this city.
reception will follow at the home
of the brides parents.
Mrs. Alexander Stewart, Miss Stewart
and Mrs Mary Stewart have gone to
Lake Forest, Ill, to spend the holidays
there with Mr.. and Mrs w o. Lindley.
Miss Pauline Kindleberger went to
Philadelphia today to be the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. E T. Stotesbury over
night and to attend the ball they are
Miss Kindleberger in Baltimore and
made the rest of the journey with her
over to her mothers house.
Before the ball tonight Mrs. Brooks
Will give an opera party for Miss kindle-
berger.
Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff is giving a tea
! dance today for her nieces, Miss Helena
| Elliott and Miss Jean Hinkle The lat
! ter'S parents are spending the winter
| in this city. Mrs Robert Shaw Oliver
! Mrs. Rollins Morse. Miss Marian Oliver,
/ Miss Margaret Perrin, Miss Katherine
| McC1iHtock, Miss Constance Gardner,
Miss Marian Van Buren,. Miss Caroline
! Ogden Jones and Miss Rebekah Wilmer
/ viii assist. Mrs. Gaff is giving a dance
| tomorrow night for Miss Elliott and
| Miss Hinkle.
! v.-Charles Wood officiated today at
| the marriage at noon of Mrs. Lucille
! Lawson of Cincinnati and Mr.. J. A. At
wood. jr., of Connecticut. The cere-
| mony was at the home of an aunt Of
| the bride. Mrs. Dwight Wilcox. and
was performed in presence of the
| members of the two families, the
| brides father, Mr.. William Lawson,
also of Cincinnati. being among those
present The bride has been the guest
| Of her aunt since Saturday last. An
! other aunt living here is Mrs. Gist
| Blair. The couple will make their
! home at Norwich, Conn. Mr.. Atwood
! is a son of one of the great cotton
kings of New England. Mrs. Atwoods S
! sisters are Mrs. Nathan C. Wyeth of
| this city and Mrs. Raymond Jones of
| Philadelphia.
| The members of the Yale University
| dramatic Association, who will present
/ four one-act plays at the Columbia
! Theater next Monday afternoon, will
| he guests Immediately after. the per-
| formance at the tea dance which is to
| be given at Rauschers for the benefit
OF the Working Boys Home.
Senator and Mrs. Willard Salisbury
entertained at dinner last night Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Holmes, Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. Lamar, Senator and Mrs. New
| lands. Senator and Mrs. Oliver, Sem
/ fltor and Mrs. Hitchcock, Cen and Mrs
| Wotherspoon. Mr.. and Mrs Thomas
Ewing. MRS. Bayard and DR.. Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs., Preston Gibson, enter
| tanned at dinner before the Children's
Country Home ball last night Mr.. and