The Washington times., 1914-03-26
ActivitiesOf
Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

guests will occupy the reviewing
stand tomorrow afternoon for
the first Of a series Of three
drills to be given in the Riding Hall at
| Fort Myer for the benefit Of the army
| branch Of the Young Mems Christian
| Association and the annual horse show
| fund at the fort
The Secretary Of War and a party will
occupy the stand on Saturday evening
and at the closing drill on Friday after
neon. April 8. Gen. Leonard Wood will
| review the riders.
After each drill a tea and dance will
follow in the hop room with the ladies
Of the fort as hostesses. The Fifth
! Cavalry Band will furnish the music.
/ The afternoon drills start at 3 o'clock.
aid on Saturday evening at o'clock.
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Mrs. Daniels. wife of the Secretary
OF the Navy. will be hostess at an in
formal tea party at Single Oak this
afternoon. when she will entertain in
compliment to her mother. Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Bagley, and several Of ner
mothers classmates at Oakland Semi
nary. Morristown. Pa. before the Civil
War. The house has been decorated
with palms. ferns, and quantities of
old-fashioned flowers.
| The feature Of the afternoon will be
the reading Of memory books which
several Of the guests will bring with
tEem Mrs. Bagley. who is a musician
Of note. will give a musical program
which will include oldtime songs that
the girls sang at Oakland. She will
also give selections from a cantata in
which she took a leading part in her
graduation year.
Among the guests will be Mrs John
London, who was Miss Cammie
Rhoades; Mrs. Fish. who was Miss
Mary Muiholand. and Mics Hettie Hun
ter. all members Of Mrs. Bagley's
class. DR.. and Mrs. Braisted and DR..
and Mrs. Brenizer also will be present.
Mrs. Braisted's mother. as Miss Jennie
Milford. and DR.. Brenizer's mother, as
Miss Hattie Gilmer, were students at
Oakland at the same time that Mrs.
Bagley was.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. who
have been spending several weeks in
Florida, will leave Jacksonville soon for
Washington.
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand were the geusts Of honor at
( dinner given last night by senator
and Mrs. Francis Warren at their home,
In the Avenue Of the Presidents.
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The monthly meeting Of the Sunshine
and Community Society will be held
In the oak room Of the Raleigh Hotel
Friday at O'Clock. Mrs. Gustave A.
Blumenthal will address the meeting
and Miss Isabel R. Magee will be the
violinist.
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
were guests last night at beautiful
dinner wfven by Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Robert E. Peary. The dinner was
served in the Presidential suite at the
Willard Hotel. the table having an
elaborate decoration in the form of a
sunken garden In contrast to the
spring flowers which lined its miniature
walks were the pictures of the frozen
North which adorned the walls Of the
room.
The other guests were the Assistant
Sec State and Mrs. Osborn. the
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs Roosevelt. Senator and Mrs. Swan
son. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Folk. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Stanford. Capt and
Mrs. Chester Wells. Representative and
Mrs. Victor Murdoch. Surgeon General
Blue. Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Day. and
Miss Marie Peary.
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Mrs John A. Logan will be the guest
Of honor at the regular Friday recep-
ton at the Congressional Club tomor-
row afternoon. She will give a talk
on her Experiences in Washington"
after which tea will be served.
Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher will be as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. Raker and
Mrs. Towner. Mrs. Lindley NJ. Gar
rison and Mrs. A. B. Fall will pour