The Washington times., 1914-01-31
By JEAN ELIOT

The guests at the luncheon were Mrs.
John K. Shields, Mrs. William Alden
Smith, Mrs: Ollie James, Mrs: Burton %
Harrison, Mrs. John Crane. Mrs. Henry.
| Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Leary, OF New
York; Mrs. Hawes, Of Canada; Mrs.
Charles Hickok, Of Illinois: Mrs: Thom-
as F.: walsh, Mrs. Samuel Spencer,
Mrs. T. dewitt Talmage,, Mrs: Charles
Boughton wood, Miss Amy Ginett; Mrs.
| William Bailey Lamar, Mrs. ROBERT
| Lansing, Miss Sallie Smith, Mrs Jonn
| Temple Graves, and Mrs. Charles q.
/ Matthews.
The first of the series OF "co-opera-
tive" dinner dances last evening
was such a success that they bid
fair to supplant the Bachelors, the
Benedicts, the Sixty Couples, and
| all the other once famous dancing or
ganizations in Washington society.
Twelve hostesses comprise this new
dinner-dance club, and each one enter
I tanned twelve guests at her home, tax
ing them afterward to the home OF Mrs.
Thomas T. Gaff, where the dance was
held in her famous ballroom. Mrs. Gan
asked twenty-five additional men in for
| the dancing.
Those entertaining at dinner last even
| ing were Nine. Dumba, wife OF the am
.bassador of Hungary; Mrs. A.
P. Garrison McClintock. Mrs. Harriet
Blaine Beale, Mrs George Eustis. Nine.
| de Laboulaye, Mrs. Cary d. Langhorne,
Mrs Horace westcott, Miss Frances
| Lippitt, and Miss Wetmore.
| A late supper was served and dancing
was resumed until the wee hours this
| morning.
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| Miss Isabel Wells will be hostess at
the dansant at Rauscher's this after
noon in compliment to Miss Benoist, of
/ st. Louis.
| Among those who will entertain din
ner parties this evening will be the
| Spanish Ambassador and Nine. Riano,
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, whose
| honor guests will be the German Am
/ bassador and the Countess Won Bern
storfr, and Nine. Hauge, who will have
a number of additional guests after
| ward for dancing.
The Washington Fencing Club will be
the meeting place at the tea hour this
afternoon Of a large contingent Of smart
| society for the second of the series OF
Saturday afternoon receptions.
| Mrs. Henry Breckenridge, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of War, will preside
in place Of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, who
| was to have been hostess today. Mrs.
Dimock will take later date.
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| Numerous dinner parties at the Army
and Navy Club last evening preceded
the Friday evening club dance. Be-
cause these Friday dances conflict with
the hops at Fort Myer and at the Wash
ington Barracks, the night will be
changed in the future to Thursday.
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DR.. Charles D. walcott and Miss wal
ciJtt entertained at a dinner last night,
when their guests were Justice and Mrs.
Hughes, Senator Brandegee, Mrs. John
| Hay, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Miller, Mr..
| and Mrs Edison Bradley, Charles Page
| Bryan, Judge and Mrs. Payne, Mrs.
Patterson, Mrs. Walsh, and John Bar
rett.
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| The Secretary of War and Mrs Dan
iels entertained at a beautiful dinner
party last evening at their home, ''Sin-
gle Oak" in compliment to the secre-
tary Of State and Mrs. Bryan
The Secretary Of War and Mrs Gar
rison were the honor guests of Con-
| gressman and Mrs. Andrew ]. Peters.
OF Massachusetts,, at a dinner last even
ing at their home in Twenty-first street.
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Among those who will serve on the
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| Relief charity ball Monday evening at
the New Willard will be Capt. Fred
BeaIl, Col. II. a. Herbert, Major Holene
| Conrad. Judge Howry, Leigh Robinson,
| Major w. a. Gordon, Major I. W. Hun
! gerford, Captain Marmaduke, Capt.
Hickey. Major r. W. Hunter, John T.
| Callahan NJ. B. Richmond. o. ]. Moat.
| Capt. D. N. De Leon, Mr.. Selden. Sena-
tor Bankhead. Senator Swanson, Sena-
tor MARITIME. DR.. Julian Cabell. Robert
e. Lee. Judge Knapp, Frederick B. Nc
Guire. Marcus Wright. Julian Carr, Rob
eTt n. Harper. s. H. Hardwick, J. f.
Price, Gen. John NJ. Wilson, Benniham
| Cameron, G. G. Cameron, Gen. Green
Clay Goodloe. Gen. Rupert Blue, DR.. V.
| B. Jackson. Hon. Charles Page hryan,
DR.. Francis NJ Chisolm, John Ruther-
foord, w. W. Old, jr.. 4. 4. Pruden:
| Arthur Lee, Henry D. Flood. Admiral
Hollyday. Monroe Hopkins, w. E. Mont
gomery, DR.. Albert L. Stavely, Col. r.
! NJ. Thompson. and Charles c. McChord.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett S. Griswell. OF
| Batavia, y. Y. will arrive in washing
| ton Monday to be the guests OF Con-
gressman and Mrs. Edwin S. Under
hill. Of New York. at the Cairo.
Miss Helen Dunbar. of Eittery, Ne.
| is visiting Miss Margaret Beck. of Wis
| consin avenue.
| DIR. and Mrs. Andrew Fletcher Quilhan
| whose marriage took place in Atlanta
| Ga, are spending their honeymoon at
| Palm Beach, Fla Mrs. Quillian former
| ly was Miss Sarah Eugene Sisson' or
| Washington.
After February 15 Or. and Hrs. Quill
| ian will reside in Atlanta. where DR..
| Quillian is the superintendent OF the
Atlanta City Hospital.
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Senator and Mrs. Thomas J: Walsh;
of Montana. were hosts at beautiful
reception and dance at the Highlands
last evening. when they PRESENTED their
| daughter, Miss Geneyieve Walsh, 10
| Washington society.
| Mrs. Walsh wore a gown of blue
charmeuse draped in white chiffon.
The bodice was made of white lace
with a wide girdle of blue velvet bro
| caded in pink. The debutante wore
/ maize-colored silk with a bodice and
tunic Of slid embroidered in crystals;
| Palms. ferns, Southern smilaX ana
! pink roses adorned the ballroom for the
| occasion and an orchestra played
| throughout the evening.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan: Mrs.
| Franklin X Lane, Mrs. Rufus S. Day.
| Mrs. Francis G.. Newlands. Mrs: VIII
| lard Salisbury, Mrs. Henry L. MYERS
| Mrs. James A. Reed. Mrs. Key Pitt
man, Mrs. Charles s. Thomas. Mrs: At
lee Pomerene, Mrs. James r: Mann