Evening star., 1914-12-21
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Miss Dorothy Drake Will Make
Her Debut This
Afternoon.
Engagements Announced and Other
Timely Topics-Personal
Notes.

Wheeler Vest, Miss Louise Clark, Miss
Adeline Pendleton, Miss Fay Hull, Miss
Flores Howard and Miss Dorothy Ma
son.
Mrs Thatcher and Miss Hope Thatch-
er. wife and daughter of Representa-
tive Thatcher. have gone south for a
two-week stay.
The marriage of Miss Thatcher and
MIR. Bernard Shirley Carter. son of Mr..
retary of the American embassy in
London, will take place in Boston in
February.
,ator Wesley L. Jones of Washington,
entertained at a matinee theater party
Saturday. Those present in her box
were Misses Jean Faulkner, Eva La
Toilette, Ethel Schneider. Florence
Kemp, Mildred Booth and Claudia Reed
Miss Dorothy Lyman Leetch, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Leetch of
Georgetown, has returned from New
York state to spend the holidays
Ensign Hamilton Harlow, U. S. N, is
spending his Christmas leave of alb
sence with his father and mother, Capt
and Mrs. Harlow, at the Wendell man
SionS, 1888 Massachusetts avenue
The assistant secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Peters have leased the
Newlands place on Woodley lane Mrs.
Peters is still in Cuba, but will return
early in the New Year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Brooks, jr.,
will go to Philadelphia tomorrow to at
tend the ball which Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward T. Stotesbury will give for Miss
Cordelia Biddle. Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks
will close Fort Garrison, their country
place In the Green Spring valley. Md,
early next month. when they will oc-
cupy for the remainder of the winter
the residence of Mrs. Stotesbury in this
city.
Miss Betty Foreshaw of Washing ton
will go tomorrow to be the guest dur
ing the Christmas holidays of her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and sdrs. Edward Powell
Hill, at their residence, at Roland Park
Lieut.. John Herman Hood. Coast Ar
tillery, U. s. A.. and his bride have ar
| rived from Fort Stephen, Ore, and are
! spending the holidays with their grand
| mother, MIS-. John H. Hood. 2s12 N
| street After Christmas Lieut.. and Mrs
! Hood will go to Fort Monroe, Va where
the former will be stationed.
The engagement OF Miss Helen Leg
horn. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George
Washington Pezet, SON Of the Peruvian
minister to the United States, was an
nounced yesterday in Brookline. Mass.
Miss Leghorn is popular participa MT
| in Brookltne society and Mr.. PeZet a
most interesting member Of a well know
diplomatic family. He has recently been
made manager OF the New Toy Theater
in Boston, He graduated from Harvard
IN 1910 and has written several plays
One produced here q year and half ago
| entitled ''The Remalking of the Raleighs. u
had an all society cast and was consd-
cred great success. Mr. Pezet took
part in it as we'll as in other plays he
has written.
Representative and Mrs. William Kent
have announced the engagement OF their
daughter. Elizabeth Sherman Kent to
Mr. George Hanleigh Arnold Of San Fran
CISCO
The Italian amba assador and Countess de
! Celleri were entertained at dinner La Isl
night by Mrs. Mccormick.
Ensign Richard Evelyn Byrd, jr, L. s
1 N, the fiance of Miss Ames of Boston
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Buchanan Byrd, jr.
The marriage of Miss Anles and Ensign
Byrd will take place next month.
| the New Willard to spend the winter
Miss Anna Sloan has returned from
college for the holiday season. and is
4 5.
Mrs. Horatio N. Slater of Boston, who
is so well known here. will come tc
this city after the holidays, accom-
panied by her daughters. Miss Esther
Slater and Miss Ray Slater. Later they
VIII go south for the rest Of the cold
Tonight Mrs. Slater is giving at he,
Boston home a cotton ball in honor
of the debutantes of the winter. Hel
ballroom, the permanent ornamenta-
tions Of which are old French tapes
tries of Corot-like softness of color
has been brought IN to date By
boughs of Alabama COZ )on. with theil
ripe. snowy. pods, that overhang the
balcony and are arranged elsewhere
touch of bright color is furnished b.
red artificial apples. filled with con
fetti. which hang from boughs tina
decorate the corridors and stairs lead
number of 900 have been sent out b,
the hostess. and they are mostly fol
young people. The dance will be al
all-night affair, with supper served a
small hours of the morning. Two or
!. chestras will furnish music for tn,
dancing. one from New York Th'
ushers are Mr.. Prescott Wolcott. Mr.
Sumner 3. Welles. Mr.. Henry Everett
jr,; Count de Montenilliat. Mr.. Law
renee Haughton. Mr.. Walter Trumbull
Mr.. Walter Paine. Mr.. Laurence Cur
tbs. Mr.. George Lewis. Mr.. Hayward
Cutting. Mr.. Alexander Biddle. Mr. 7
Jefferson Coolidge 3D.: Mr.. T. Balch
Mr.. H. Amory. Mr.. C. Bradlee. Mr.
Rogers and Mr. Dunbar Lockwood
Mrs. Slater and her family will spen'
Christmas at the Slater homestead. II
Webster. where Mr.. Nelson Slater ha
already preceded them. This is reall.
Mrs. Slater's home. and every Christ
mas she goes there to join in the jol
lifcation with the employees of her ex
tensve mills. AS usual, the will dis
tribute a large number OF gifts, amoni
which will be 1000 pairs Of skates.
, | Mr.. and Mrs. +. Carl Smith Of 173
18th street northwest are entertainin
Miss Evelyn Rees Norcross, who ar
rived Saturday for the Christmas hoji
iays. Miss Norcross, who is wei
known in Washington, was elected las
fan MS professor of general history all
oratory in Athens College, Ala.
| In answer to the appeal of Mrs. Job
\. Logan to the young people of Wash
nRton that they lend their aid towar
| cCuFing money for the Belgian relIe