The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-16
MISS LILLIAN BIRNEY,


/ change was made by Mrs William +.
| CullUj.. president of the league, who said
that the ball would be in the nature of
! a jackson Day" celebration. The orig
| inal committees will remain IN charge
! % tho arrangements.
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( Mrs Murray Cobb will spend Christ
mas at Cabin Hin" Greenspurs. "a,
with her mother, Mrs. George +. Hut.
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An informal reception was given yes
terdsy afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
( Gilbert GrosveRoT. 1879 Eighteenth
street in compliment 10 Madame Laila
Nandervelde. wife Of the minister Of
during her stay in Washington, OF the
Minister of Belg TN and Madame l1aN-
enith. Invited 10 meet the distinguished
foreigner were the members OF the COM
mitice which. under auspices of the
Twentieth Century club, made arrange
nlcnts for an address on conditions IN
Belgium which Madame Vanderveldc
gave last night at the First CongreSa-
tiunal Church. The guests included
Madame Havenith, Mrs. Wallace Rad
Archibald Hopkins. Mrs Alexander
Graham Bell. Mrs. Duncan |. Fletcher,
Mrs Emma :. Shelton, Miss Janet
Richards, Mrs. Ernest p. Bicknei. Mrs
Thomas W. SidwelL Mrs. Eugene +.
Stevens, Mrs. Frank Baker, Mrs. ellis
Logan. Mrs. T. l.. MacDonaId. Mrs.
William +. Woodland, Mrs. Julius Lans-
buTgh. Mrs. Arthur Ramsey and Mrs.
Edward Is. Clark.
Madame Vandervclde will speak this
afternoon on Belg-um's needs, at the
home Of Mrs. William 4. Slater. in
street. to a number OF specially invited
guests.
Members Of the Yale University ORA
matte Association. who viii produce
four one-act plays at tho Columbia
Theater the afternoon of December ~
will be guests Of Mrs. stephen 3.
Eikins at a dance which she will give
~ her residence that night.
James IL Hopkins. Of tho class OF
1901 at Yale. Is local manager for
the. Taie PLAY crs. and is rapidly comnlet-
ing arrangements for their performance
and entertainment while in Washington.
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The boxholders for the charity ball
III aid Of the Chlldren's Hospital. to be
gwen at the New Willard on Monday,
January I, include Rear Admiral Brown
son, John r. Mclean. Mrs. Thomas
Ewing. Mrs. John 4. Johnson. Mrs.
thomas Walsh, Mrs. Samuel Spencer.
Joseph Letter. ard Mrs. Samuel Hill.
The Ambassador from Chile and Nine.
Suarez-Mujica. with their family. will
sI-nd the Christmas holidays IN New
York.
Mime. da Cana. wife Of the ambas-
sador from Brazil, returned last night
from New York.
Alexander Vest. Of st Louis. enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at the
Raleigh in compliment TO his niece,
Miss Mary Wheele. :. Vest,
state department loft today for VIII
Jamestown. Mass
Mrs. Ridgely Hunt AMI MIS- IIo.cr.
Hunt will BE- at home TINS Afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles J. Yorr~. Of
Brooklyn, formerly Of this cii,. acI,-
brated their silver wedding sersarv
on the evening Of December L at thc
Marlborough. their home in Brooklyn
Mrs Cornelia 5. Baker, mother Of Dr.
Thomas StOckham Baker, headmastag.
Of Tome School celebrated her eighty
second birthday anniversary AT the
pus today. All tn, masters and boys
81 the schooI attended the receipt "a
which Or. Baker gave in her honor.
Irs. Baker is native of Hartford
county, Maryland, and is the daughter
Of the late Thomas Stockham
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lombard enter
tanned at dinner last evening in honor
Of the Secretary Of state and Mrs
Bryan. The other guests wer. Postmas-
ter General and Mrs Albert Sidn.s
gurlcsOn. Mrs. John ". Foster, General
and Ms. \. ". Grcely, the Secretary
Of the Panama Legation Jose Edgardo
LcTcvre, Miss Judith stwater and NJ SIS
Lorna Atwater.