The Washington times., 1914-04-08
The News of Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

ington last evening for Raleigh. N. c..
today. They expect to return tomorrow.
Mrs. r. Conroy Vance, Of Fredericks-
burg. Va. is at the Shoreham.
The minister Of Peru delivered a
lecture yesterday afternoon in the au-
dence hall Of the National Museum
before the AnthropologicaI Society OF
Washington on Contrasts in the De-
velcpment Of Nationality in Latin and
Anglo-America."
At the wedding OF Congressman
Flood, on April IS, Congressman ..c-
Kellar and Dupre will be ushers. Harry
Flood Byrd. Of winchester. Va. will be
the best man. John Barrett, director
general of the Pan-American Union;
Thomas Billing Byrd, Of Richmond;
Richard Evelyn Byrd, U. S. N: John
Campbell. Of Baltimore; John Quinn, of
New York: Colonel Button, Paul ".
Portner, and Edward G. Portner have
also been chosen as ushers.
The Secretary Of State will return to
the State Department today after an
illness Of several days. and will receive
the new Chinese Minister, Kai Flu Shah.
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"Racketty-Packetty House." the House
of Play benefit which is to have an elab-
crate production Of five'matinees at the
Belasco Theater on April Is and the
week following, is attracting much in
terest among Washington families. even
those in which there are no children.
Among those who have promised to
serve as patronesses are Mrs. Henry +.
Dimock, Mrs Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe, Miss Mary c. Hale,
Mrs. B. r. Mason. Mrs. Josephine H.
Fiske, George Herbert Judd. John ].
Duff, Mrs. George A. King, ]. Philip
Hermann. DIR. George W. Kober. Miss
Harriet f. Porter, John B. Larne-, Miss
Sheldor Jackson. Mrs. Andrew ]. Peters,
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs. Arthur
HenDing, and Mrs. John Monk.
Mrs. P. p. Claxton and Mrs. Frank
w. Mondell will be among the speakers
at the federal suffrage meeting at the
Chamber Of Commerce building tomor-
row afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hughes Bell have
announced the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Jane Mayhem, to Fred
eric Wesley Harvey, son of Mr.. and
Charles Med. Harvey. Of Philadelphia
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Mrs. Benton, of Missouri, and her
daughters, Misses Mary and Mildred.
have come from New York to spend the
La
1913 O street northwest Mrs. Benton
lived here for eight years while her
husband was In Congress.
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Among those entertaining parties at
tea at the Willard yesterday afternoon
were:
Youssouf Zia Pacha. the Turkish an
bassador; Col. and Mrs. John; Temple
Graves, Mrs Josephine Hawks. Mrs
Frank Lamb, Colonel Clifton. Mrs.
Jessie H. Swift. Mrs. John w. Falls.
Mrs. Clayton. Mrs. Dent. Mrs. Hall.
Mrs. wheatly, Mr.. Henry. Miss Jo-
sephine Newell, DIR. wright Arthur E.
Thorne, Oswell Turner Marthinson
Henry, Humphrey F. Redfield. R. w.
Page. DR.. Hatfield. Mrs. Bosnelle, A.
Gait Mccormick, Theodore Maynard,
ana Henry uTncT.
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Mrs. Henry d. Clayton is entertaining
at bridge this afternoon in honor Of
Miss AnIa Portner. whose marriage to
Congressman Henry D. Flood will take
place Saturday. April 1s There will be
a few additional guests for tea The
decorations are yellow jonquils and
tulips, in the drawing room, while the
table Is adorned with pink roses.
On Friday last, Mrs. Clayton was
hostess at luncheon in compliment to
Mrs. John Sharpe Williams. Invited to
meet Mrs. Williams were Mrs. McCum-
ber. Mrs. Gore, Mrs. A. Mitchell Pal
mer. Mrs. IraCopley. Mrs. Crosley and
Mrs. Hannis Taylor.
Mrs Swift. of Memphis, who has been
spending some weeks at the Shoreharl.
entertained a party for the tea dance
at the New Willard yesterday after
neon. Her guests were Mrs. Henry D.