Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-12
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Formal Housewarming Reception
at Congressional Club
Next Week,
Marriage Tonight Of Miss Schneider
and Mr.. Forney-Debut
Parties-Notes.

The Congressional Club, POOL New
Hampshire avenue. will have its formal
housewarming on the evening of
Thursday. December IT, at $3.50 o'clock
The Invitations are out.
| The members Of the club will be the
guests tonight of Mrs. John B. Hender-
son at dance.
Yesterday afternoon the new clubhouse
was open for informal inspection, and
from to presented quite an animated
scene. Members of the house COM
mittee escorted the new arrivals over
the three floors. The first is given over
| to offices, library, reception and other
| rooms: the second-reached by an i'm
posing stairway In the round bay win
| dow at the corner Of New Hampshire
avenue and U street-consists of a
! spacious assembly room and dining
| room, and the third has a finely ar
ranged kitchen and pantries, servants
| rooms and a large room which may be
| eventually for gymnasium or similar
uses.
| Mrs. Duncan L. Fletcher, president
of the club, assisted by the officers, in
Guiding Mrs. Frank Briggs, first vice
president; Mrs. Thomas p. Gore, second
u,
treasurer; Mrs. Horace Towner, secre-
tary, and Mrs. John Raker, received the
guests and otherwise did the honors.
Mrs. Howard 8. Reside presided at the
tea table.
Mrs. Buck, wife Of Maj. Buck of the
Medical Corps; Mrs. Kingman, wife of
Capt. Kingman: Mrs. Chubb. wife OF
Lieut. Chubb, and Mrs: Dillow. wife
Corps circle. received for the commit
tee at the dance at the Officers Club
last night at the Washington barracks.
The Engineer Band played and pretty
decoration of flags and palms was in
during the dance.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles K. Collins of
this city are spending a few days in
New York city.
Ensign and Mrs. W. Purnell Blandy
| are visiting at the homo of the latter's
parents, on Columbia road. Ensign
Purnell Blandy Is attached to the u. $.
S. Florida, and is visiting here on
months leave of absence.
An interesting wedding of tonight
will be that of Miss Florence Schneider,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin L.
Schneider, and Mr.. Thomas q. Forney.
| The ceremony will take place at s
o'clock at the Church of the Covenant,
ton at the Cairo.
The color scheme of tho wedding will
be pink, that hue being the predomi-
mating one in the costumes Of the
| bridesmaids and in the floral decora-
| ton.
The bride, who will be given away by
her father. will wear an elaborate
gown of white crepe de chine, with
embroidery in pearls and rhinestones,
and her court train will be of white
| hrnraGad "a
| She will wear a veil of brussels lace.
| Miss Ethel Schneider will be made of
honor for her sister. and the other at
tendants will include Miss Adelaide
Foster of Toledo, Ohio; Miss FRITZ
Pierce of Richmond, Va; Miss Marie
Adams, Miss Elizabeth Crenshaw. Miss
Clarine Hunter, Miss Clara La Toilette,
Mrs. w. N. Richardson. wife of Lieut..
Richardson, u. s. N, and Mrs. Harriet
Jenkins Garlock.
Two little girls wilt also be in the
wedding party, Evelyn Gordon, who
will be the flower girl, and Doris Wag-
pillow on which the bride will kneel
during the ceremony.
| Mr.. Frank Rowland of Ann Arbor,
Mich, will act as best man, and the
McNichoi Of Princeton, N. j.; Edmond
Rheem. Roger White. Jack Murphy.
Barrett Galloway. Welstood White,
Tansel Mills. Joseph Morgan. Clifford
| White, Van Fennoe, Lieut.. Richardson
and Mr. Franklin Schneider. jr.
| The out-of-town guests here for the
wedding include the parents of the
bridegroom. Mr.. and Mrs. j: Frank
Forney, his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs John Forney: Mrs. Cassius Foster
and the Misses Foster. all of Toledo.
Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sims of Biz
mingham, Ala: Mrs. Anna Leech of
Pittsburgh and Mrs. Troop and Miss
/ Troop of Albany, N. Y, all of whom are
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Schneider
| at the Cairo.
| Capt. and Mrs. William Rowe Bout
we'll of Norfolk. Va, were guests this
week of Mr.. and Mrs. L. William
Thavis at the Hartford Courts. Mrs.
Boutwell, was on her way home from