The Washington times., 1914-04-27
The News of Society

By JEAN ELIOT.

Nh hostess lOudS at iuIlCneOH dl
IVY her home at the Marine Bar
racks, in honor of Mrs. George
Barnett, wife of the Commandant of the
marine corps. The table was decorated
with pink sweet peas, and for favors
Mrs. karmany had little shaded pink
silk roses. whose inside petals lift up
to disclose tiny vanity boxes. Invited
to meet Mrs. Barnett were Mrs. Jo-
sephus Daniels. Mrs. Robert l.. Owens,
Mrs. Victor Blue. Mrs. Davis Wills,
Mrs. r. II. Schwerin. Mrs. John s. Bar
bour, Mrs. Ramsey Potts, Mrs. Brinton
Stone, Mrs. J. d. Peters, Mrs. Elipha-
let Andrews, Mrs. Arthur Mark, and
Mrs. Thomas Clinton.
Colonel karmany has been ordered to
Mare Island, to take command of the
marines there. and with Mrs. Karmany
will leave for California on May Z.
While in Washington they have made a
host Of friends, and their departure is
regretted.
Mrs. T, T. Ansberry. of Ohio. will be
hostess at a small tea this afternoon in
compliment to her sister. Mrs. Charles
Hoffman,, of Defiance, Ohio. who has
been her house guest for the last couple
Of weeks. Palms. ferns. and spring
blossoms will adorn the house.
Assisting Mrs. Ansberrv will be Mrs.
w. E. Borah, Mrs. Jack Beall, Mrs.
Victor Kaufman, and Miss Genevieve
Clark.
Mrs. Shafroth, wife of Senator Sha-
froth of Colorado, has cards out for
n buffet luncheon. on Tuesday. May Il.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings are
entertaining at dinner this evenig.
Lieut. Col. william W. Harts,
| U. S. A., and Mrs. Harris. will enter
| tain at a dinner on Wednesday evening
at the Chevy Chase Club in compliment
! to Miss Eleanor Wilson and Secretary
McAdoo.
| Mrs. Elisha Dyer will be at home this
afternoon for the last time this sea-
son. This is the last of the three at
homes Mrs. Dyer has given this sea-
| son. She will leave Washington on May
! s to spend a fortnight in New York
before going to her home in Providence
for the summer.
Mrs. Albert L. Mills will be at home
! this afternoon.
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The Congressional Club will entertain
John McCutcheon. the cartoonist. as
guest of honor-on Friday afternoon at
4 o'clock at the clubhouse. 1432 X street,
when he will give an illustrated lec-
ture.
The French Ambassador and Nine
Jusserand will be the honor guests of
Senator and Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock
at a dinner this evening.
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Starmont Aid for Consumptives will
hold its annual theater benefit at the
| Columbia Theater this evening. The
boxes have been taken by Mrs. McMil-
! Ian, Mrs. Walsh, Mrs Johnston. Miss
; kibbey, Mrs. Berlinger, Miss Pugh, and
| Mrs. Sholes. Among those who have
| taken seats for the benefit are Mrs.
! Thropp, Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs. Gaff.
Miss Lawrence, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs.
Lee, Mrs. Keep, Mrs. Glover, and Miss
| Blunt.
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Miss Eleanor Wilson and her fiance.
! Secretary McAdoo. will be the guests at
dinner tomorrow of the Comptroller Of
the Currency and Mrs. John Shelton
Williams at Paxton, their country home.
near Richmond, Va.
I Among the other guests win he the
| Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Hous-
ton, DR.. Cary T. Grayson, U 5. N: Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Frank Hugcr McAdoo. son and dauSh-
! ter-in-law OF Secretary McAdoo; his
daughter. Miss Mona McAdoo. and Miss
| Gertrude Gordon.
! The party will leave washington To-
| morrow afternoon in a special car, re-
turning here Wednesday.
! Miss Agnes Kennedy, who spent last
autumn and winter in Philadelphia, Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Rudolph kauh-
mann, at 1875 Sixteenth street, before
going abroad early in May.
| Mrs Kaufman and Miss KENNEDY
will be at home this afternon AT 4.3o
o'clock.
Mrs. Margaretta Spanlding Gerry, au-
thor of THE Toy Shop" AS Caesar s
| Wife" and Heart and Chart Will
give selections from her writings on
Friday evening. May l, at the Raleigh.
Mrs. Gerry is a reader who delights her
audiences with her sympathetic rem
ditior of the humor and pathos of
human nature as shown in her stories.
There will also be a musical program
by Mrs. Helen Donohue De io, soprano;
Miss blanche Polkinhorn, contralto;
Miss Ritchie Mclean, and Arthur Deio-
ert baritone. Miss Edith B. Athey will
he the accompanist. The entertainment
Is for the benefit OF the work Of the
Young Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety Of the Metropolitan NJ. T.. Church
The patronesses are Mrs. Earl Gran
ston, Mrs. John A. Logan. Mrs. Charles
w. Richardson, Mrs. Elizabeth j.
Somers and Mrs. Miranda Tulloch.