The Washington herald., 1914-02-16

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, accompanied
by Miss Eleanor Wilson and Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones. attended the
morning services at the Central Pres
byterian Church yesterday.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall. owing to the death of Senator
their invitations to the reception
which they were to give tonight In
stead the reception will be held after
Lent.
Owing to the death OF Senator Bacon,
the dinner which the Secretary OF State
and Mrs. Bryan were to give wednes-
day night for Senator and Mrs. Kern
will be postponed until the evening Of
March l.
on account OF Mrs. Peter Goelct
Gerry's tea this afternoon the perform
ance of the French play. lie Voy-
agcur' which was scheduled for 8
o'clock, will be given instead one hour
earlier in the afternoon at the resi-
uence OF Mrs. Franklin MacVssgh.
The play is given for the benefit OF
the Washington Diet Kitchen. char
ity in which fashionable society takes
much interest.
4 tea-dancc. commencing at
o'clock. will precede the play, which
will he given promptly 1t o'clock.
and will consume but an hour.
10 lie Voyagcur'' is a one-act play by
Octave FeuilIet, full of amusing situa-
tions and clever dialogue.
There are but five parts. Viscountess
dAzy will appear as "Laure de Bre-
willie" a dashing widow: Countess dc
Bertier de Sauvigny will be the maid,
an ingenue part; Baron Won Nagell. a
Dutch diplomat. who is visiting In
Washington. has the title role. and
will be Henri d'Albret," the returning
traveller. Mr.. Won Rath and Baron de
Prudential. of the German and Austro-
Hungarian Embassies, VIII appear re-
spectively as ''vicomte discard and
"Baron de Marne-A Aubert," two suitors
for the fascinating widows hand.
Tickets for the play. which include
the informal dancing and tea after
wards, can be procured from Miss Mary
bGwynn. 1740 N street.
MANY army and navy officers and prom
fnent government officials will go to New
York the end of the week to attend the
farewell dinner which Capt. and Mrs.
Woodward are giving Friday night at
Governors Island in, honor Of Mai. Gen.
Thomas II. Barry, u. s. A., and Mrs.
Rarfy. who shortly depart for the Phil
ippines. where Gen. Barry will take COM
mand.
The dinner will be followed by a large
reception and dance at Corbil Memorial
Hail. the feature Of the program to be a
series of poetic and classic dances by
Mr.. Swan.
An engagement of interest to WASH
ington society is that OF Miss Jane Ches-
ter Cunningham, younger daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Cunningham, of
Litchfield, Conn, to Mr.. Floyd Lewis
lyanderpoel, also of Litchfield. Miss Gun
ningham is the granddaughter of Mrs
William O. Cunningham. whom she has
freouently visited at her home in K
street. and is well known in Washington
society.
Mr.. Vanderpoel for several years was
a student at a Washington school for
boys. He is the only child of the late
John Aren't Vsnderpoel, who resided in
washington during the SOS. and he makes
him home with his grandmother, Mrs.
Emily Moves vanderpoei. at Litchfield.
Conn, in her historic mansion built by
her great greet grandfather, Col Ben
jamin Tallmadge, aide to George WASH
ington. The family is one of the most
DISTINGUISHED in New England. and ia
NOUS for their brilliant wit and intel
lectural ability. The late Hon. William
Curtis Noyes, Mr.. vanderpoefs great
grandfather was a noted member of the
New York bar. and a contemporary of
Charles O'Connor and William NJ. Evarts.