Evening star., 1915-12-23
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Members of the Cabinet and Their
Wives Prominent in Dinner
Companies of Last Night.
Mrs. John K. Shields Entertaips at
Debut Tea-Luncheons, Din
ners and Dances-Notes.

The Secretary of State and Mrs. Lam
sing We're the guests of honor at a
dinner given by MIR. and Mrs Iheodofe
| Williams Noyes last night at their
residence on New Hampshire avenue.
| Mrs John X. Shields, wife of Senator
| Shields of Tennessee, will give a large
| reception at Rauschers this afternoon
| from . to o'clock, when her daugh-
| ter, Miss jeanette Cowau. and niece,
Miss Josephine Shields, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe f. Shields of New YORK,
| viii be Normally presented to society.
| Presiding at the tea table will be Mrs.
| Robert Lansing, Mrs. Lindley Nj. Car
rison. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs
Claude A. swanson, Mrs. James A. Reed,
Mrs. Albert L. Mills, Mrs. Samuel Spen-
| GER Mrs. Russell -t5arrlson ana MIS-
| William l.. Marshall.
! The other members OF the receiving
fparty viii be Mrs. z. w. Cole OF Ten
nessee. Mrs. John Temple GraXes Mrs:
MIS-. Talmadge, Mrs II. Il Lurton, MISS is;
Temple of Tennessee, Mrs. George w.
Baxter, Miss Helen Stewart, Mrs. Wal
ter Wells. Mrs. Willard Ragsdale, Mrs.
Charles B. HoWry and Mrs. Delos 3loo-
| Those assisting Miss Cowan and Miss
! Shields will be Miss Grace OVermah
Miss Marie Sims, Miss Jane Gregory
/
lor and Miss Mary Bryan of Texas;
| Miss Ruth Lester, Miss Georgia Scho-
field. Miss Catherine Burdette MISS
! Laura Graves, Miss Helen Blodgett,
liam Hendrick. Miss Margaret Read,
Miss Elizabeth Newberry OF chicago,
| Miss Pocahontas Butler, Miss Ellnor
| Baxter, Baroness Lily Won Winckler
! and Miss Edith Oracle.
Senator and Mrs. Shields will give
| dinner at the Army and Navy Club, fol-
lowing the tea, for the young assist
ants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Blagden, jr., OF
| New York arrived in Washington today
/ to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs
Frank b. Noyes. 1888 Vermont avenue.
Miss Nellie Claire Howard entertain
ed at beautifully appointed luncheon
today at the Raleigh in compliment to
Miss Beatrice Dulin.
| The decorations were carried out IN
1.-THE Christmas colors.
| Invited to meet the popular young
Idebutante were Miss Dorothy bennett,
Miss Mareheritta Tillman. Miss Mar
Miss Jane Gregory and her house
guests, Miss Bryan and Miss Taylor OF
Texas; Miss Sutton of Texas, house
guest of Miss Dulin; Miss Dorothy
Harriet Harmon. Mrs. Samuel T. How
/ ardand Mrs. George Bennett Ashby
chaperoned the party.
4 Mr.. and Mrs Charles Nelson Riker
have gone to Chicago to spend the
! Christmas holidays with the latters
| mother and sister.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Gar
! rison entertained at a dinner last night.
| when their guests were Mr.. Justice and
Mrs Van Devanter, Senator and Mrs.
! Gilbert Hitchcock, the assistant secre-
+at~a f.f NTrC Pro- Rt-irt Il loo
Gen. and Ms. William Crozier, Gen.
and Mrs. Montgomery Macomb, Col. and
| Mrs. Stephen Slocum and Mr.. and Mrs.
! Charles $. Hamiin.
! Commander Nomura, the naval at
I tache of the Japanese embassy, enter
tanned at dinner last night at Rausch-
er's in honor of the Japanese ambas-
Charles Page Bryan, former United
States ambassador to Japan. The
guests were Admiral Kimbail. Capt.
Barber, Lieut.. Col. Williams, Command
Lieut.. Commander MacCauley, Lieut.
Commander Jeffers, all of the Navy De-
partment; Lieut. Commander Dittborn
of the Chilean embassy, DIR. Charles N
Gregory, Prof. Swisher, Mr.. c. "
Wheeler, Mr.. c. II. Livingston and
| Lieut.. Col. Itamy. Secretary Matsuoka
+ Secretary ohta, Secretary Kawashima
Attache Saito, Attache Iwate, Lieut..
j
anese embassy; Commander Furukawa
and Lieut.. Commander Takahashi, who
are on their way home from England
and Lieut.. Commander Miyamoto and
Mr. Hisada, who are en- route to Eng
land.
Miss Beatrice Dulin was the guest OF
honor al a dinner given last night at
the Chevy Chase Club by Mr.. John JEFF
fries and chaperoned by Commander
and Mrs E. H. Tillman
The guests included Miss Margherit-
IA Tillman. Miss Lillian Sutton of Tex
as. Miss Dulin's house guest; Miss Vir-
einia Jeffries, Mr.. William Hill, Mr..
Donald McKnew and Mr.. Ralph Henry
Mrs Charles r. Hitchines entertained
at dinner at the Chevy Chase Club last
evening for her niece, Miss Lucie Hall
in compliment to Miss Lillian Hendrick
Miss Ruth Lester and Miss Catherine
Burdette. The guests, I'M addition to
stewart Hendrick. Miss Georgia Scho-
field, Miss CalIie Hoke smith, Miss Mar
garet Douglass, Miss Edith Lester, Miss
Ruth Patterson, Miss Rutf Sturtevant
NJ. Eugene Fish, Mr.. Lowndes Laven-
der. Mr.. Ellwood Smith, Mr.. Robert
Patterson. Mr.. Chester Lockwood, Mr.
Filbert Crawford, Mr.. Samuel Kauff-
mann, Mr.. Henry Dixon. Mr.. Stewart
Walcott and Mr.. Franklin X. Lane, jr
7 DR.. and Mrs. James Dudley Morgan
gave dinner last night at the Chevy
Chase Club in compliment to their
nieces. the Misses Hill.
| Mr.. and Mrs George Y. Wheeler were
hosts at II dinner last evening at the
| Chevy Chase Club, when their guests
| were Commander and Mrs. William w
| Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs William A. Hill
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Dunlop, Mrs.
| Hampson, Mrs. Charles v Wheeler
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