Evening star., 1914-03-29
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Told of the Notables.

A distinguished visitor to the city this
week will be DR.. Marion LIE Roy Burton,
president of Smith College, who comes
as the guest of the local Smith Club. He
will be accompanied by Mrs Burton. DIR.
Burton is one of the young presidents of
the country, and this is his first visit
10 Washington since his Inauguration in
1910 While here he will be a guest at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Rudolph kauff-
uo<nn, whose daughter is Smith gradu
ate. He will be entertained extensively
by members of the Smith Club during his
three-day visit. Mrs. Albert Norton
Wood, president of the club gives a tea
in his honor Tuesday, and Miss Eunice
Wead gives luncheon. Mrs. W. d. Mac
Dougall. a member of the club, wife of
Commander MacDougall of the Mayfower,
will entertain him at the Chevy Chase
club. and he will be the guest of honor at
dinners at the homes of Assistant Sec
retary of War and Mrs. Breckenridge
and of Representative and Mrs. w r.
BOrland. Mrs. Borland and Miss Breck-
inridge are also numbered among the
Smith graduates. President and Mrs. Bur
ton will also be the guests of the Con-
gressional Club. of the High School
Teachers Association and of the Smith
Club at a reception at Rauscher's Thurs
day evening. In addition TO all these So
cial activities President Burton will give
addresses al the Mount Vernon Seminary,
w eSlern 1lgn ScnOOl, Ile otuOoi,
Miss Maderias School, the Holton Arms
School and the National Cathedral School
for Girls,
The Smith College Club of Washington
will give a reception at Rauscher's Thurs
day evening, April 2. at $50, in honor of
President Burton of Smith College ana
Mrs. Burton. About 400 distinguished
guests from educational and official cir
cleS have been invited. An unusual fea-
ture of the reception will be an address
from President Burton, who has the rep
utation of being a delightful speaker. He
will be introduced by Admiral Stockton,
president of George Washington Uni
versty-
\ generous armful of flowers right from
The White House Conservatives is the
Offering from Mrs. Wilson to Mrs. Mar
snail every few days. and even though
the latter has not seen the former since
her illness began several weeks ago the
attention is still paid. Just now Mrs
Marshall enjoys the flowers for a short
time and then has them sent to the
hospital, where her maid is ILL
Mrs. John Temple Graves and her
daughter. Miss Laura Graves. We're yes
terday guests of honor at tea with Miss
Harriet Porter as hostess. and all during
the week attended the larger luncheons
and teas given by officials and resident
society. They will spend the spring here,
leaving late in the season for their home
in New YORK.
Mrs Stephen Pell came from New York
the middle of the week to be here when
her parents, Col. and Mrs. Robert M
THOMPSON. arrived from their southern
cruise. She assisted her mother in re-
ceiving at the musical given in her BALI
room Friday afternoon. Lady Spring
Rice Countess Won Bernstorh and others
Of the. diplomatic corps and society IN
general were patronesses for the event,
and hosts for several hundred OF the
world of fashion
It becomes more and more the fashion
for women in and out of official life to
go to the Capitol either the Senate OF
House, to hear the important debates and
speeches on the bigger problems of the
day. When debates on the canal tolls
opened in the House Thursday the White
House, cabinet. diplomatic corps and both
sides of Congress were represented. Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones occupied the exec
utive section with Miss Ruth Hall as her
guest. Mrs. Marshall, wife of the Vice
President: Mrs. Daniels. wife of the Sec
retary of the Navy; Mrs. Champ Clark
and Miss Genevieve Clark, Mrs. Atlee
Pomerene, Mrs. MARITIME of New jersey,
Mrs. James r. Mann. Mrs. Oscar Under
wood and others We're there, while two
of the most interested spectators in the
diplomatic gallery were Viscount Chinda,
the japanese ambassador and Senior Don
Mrs. Hope Slater's wig party Thursday
night proved that Washington society
maids and matrons no longer view the
esthetic colors as a fad. but have taken
them in a more serious and perhaps a
more artistic mood Mrs. Preston Gibson
followed On Friday night with a wig din
ner party and dance, and brilliant greens,
blues. purples and even saffron yellow
and tango pink were seen. Aside from
startling pair of Piccadilly weepers
and brilliant set of billy goats as
green as the turf of old Ireland, the men
refrained for the most from trying on the
new fad. So. the new craze, first tried
at some tableaux at the Playhouse
then again in the same place when a
hostess of the diplomatic circle gave a
spectacular dance. has taken sufficient
hold to send a large party of women to
the dinner table done up in startling
headgear.