The Washington times., 1915-12-20
Items of Interest and Impor-
tance of Pasi, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.

One OF the most interesting debu-
tante functions of the season is scned-
uled for this afternoon, when Mrs.
Richard Harlow will entertain at tea
TO present her daughter. Miss Cath
crime Harlow, to society Mrs Har-
lows home. 1924 Twenty-first street,
will be simply but charmingly deco
rated, pink roses will be used on the
tea table and set about in graceful
vases. while a lattice over the manuel
in the drawing room will be studded
With the bouquets sent the debutante.
Mrs. Harlow and her daughter will
receive together the bud wearing a
DAINTY frock of white tulle, made with
several fluffy tunlcs posed over white
satin. The bodice Is of tulle combined
with crystal and pearl trimmings. she
will carry pink orchids and lilies of the
valley. Mrs. Harlow's gown is of Jet
built over a foundation of pink char
meuse and softened about the corsage
with tulle.
Mrs. Thomas Ewing, Mrs. Samuel
Spencer. and Mrs. Nathan Sergeant will
do the honoTs at the tea table and the
young girls who will assist Miss Harlow
Beatrice Clover. Miss Helena Elliott.
Miss Harriet Mckee. OF New York,
who is Mrs Harlow's guest for the
occasion; Miss Katherine McClintock.
MISS MaTRdIGL fanneSI0Ck. MISS JuHd
Brice, Miss Georgia Schotield. Miss
Sallie Beecher Miss Juliet Crosby. and
Miss Edith Blair.
Miss Trancise Williams and Miss Ethel
Hartman will Join the panty for the
young peoples dinner which will follow
the reception, and the men who have
heen invited are Newbold Noyes. Lieut..
James Dorst. T.. s: A.: Capt. H.. f.
ir.. Captain Williams. U. S. N. c.: Man
ming Stead, Robert Stead. Thaddeus
Thompson, Steadman Hanks. Franklin
Ellis. William Bowie Clark. Scott Baker.
Cotton Smith. Pendleton Turner. John
pitney ir.. and Thomas Ewing. jr. The
evening will be concluded with an in
formal dance.
The Russian flag. flving high above
the Cars embassy in sixteenth street,
yesterday. gave the impression in some
quarters that great victory had been
achieved bv the entente allies. But
the flag had a religious rather than a
- political significance. the occesion being
the observance of the Feast of st.
Nicholas, patron saint of the Gear.
Usually much is made of the affair, but
on this occasion the Ambassador and
Mmc. Bakhmeteff had with them only
Prince Leiven, of Russia; the Counsel
lor of the Embassy and Nine. Scher-
batzkoy, Gregory Wilenken, financial
adviser: Nine. Wilenken. Mile. Wilen-
ken, the Russian Military Attache and
Nine. Goleiewski. Commander /. V.
Mishtowt. naval attache: Joseph Loris-
Melikoff. first secretary: c. Madzik-
hovsky. commercial attache: Baron Re-
maud d'Ungern Sternberg. second secre-
tary, and Lieutenant Fedotoff. second
naval attache. The Rev. Father Selez-
Ky. pastor of the Greek Church in Bal
timore. came to Washington to cele-
brdte the religious ceremony and re-
mained as guest at luncheon of the
Ambassador and Nine. Bakhmeteff.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Moves returned
to Washington today from their honey
their home In II street. Mrs. Moves was
formerly Miss Alexandra Ewing,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ewing.
Dr. and Mrs Guy Fairfax Whiting
have announced the engagement OF
their daughter. Alice Van norcn Whit
ing. to John Baldwin Cochran. The
date of the wedding has not yet been
selected.
Rear Admiral and Sirs. Richardson
Glover were hosts at dinner Saturday
evening, when their guests werS in
vited to meet Miss Whiting and Mr..
Cochran, The other guests were Mrs.
Chauncey Stigand Miss Margaret
liza Whiting Miss T:udcra Glover. Miss
Beatrice Glover. Stephen HedTY de
Hedri of the Austrian embassy: Or.
Hubscher. of the swiss leeation; Capt.
-. M,
Gjinner. U. S. n; ConsTessnian WRaiey
Of South Carolina, and William, Iiowie
Clark.
Miss whiting made her debut a few
little group. among them Miss Draper.
Miss Clover, Miss Gladys Hinckley and
Hiss Mary McCauleY. now Mrs. Her
bert Howard, whose presentation made
the season notable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Hemmick will
entertain a box party at the opera this
evening. when their guests Will he
Postmaster General and Mrs. Burleson
and Madame Christian l1auge.
4 Commander Frederick Il. Bassett,
u. S. NJ, will also he among those en-
tertaining box parties,
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman and her
daughter, Miss Ethel Hartman, have
arrived in Washington and are at their
residence, 1909 H street.
Miss Mary Pcpham, who spent sew
er8l days last week with Miss Alice
Shepard. returned to her home in
New York yesterday.
Carroll Kibbey and his sister, Miss
Gladys Kibbey,, are guests, OF their
aunt, Miss Bessie I<ihbey. at her home
in Massachusetts, 9venue.
John o. siebert, who is spending the
winter in Massachusetts, is visiting
his sister. Miss Sophie Siebert, where
he will remain until after the holi-
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Waggaman will
go to Annapolis on Thursday to spend
the holidays with Mr.. WagEaman'i
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Wagga-
man, at their country place on South
river.
VI. Eugene 1Ieine, who is visitins
Medical Inspector C.. II. T. Lowndes
". s. NJ, and Mrs. Lowndes, viii re,
turn TO his home in Philadelphia or
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hampson Gary and
Commander and Mrs w. w. Galbraitl
will be among those entertaining sup
per parties at the Shoreham New Year
Eve.
Mrs. Barnett, wife of Maj. Gen. George
Barnett commandant Df the Marine
CORPS, will not receive this afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Hampson Gary will have
as their guest over the holidays Mrs
Gary's nephew Eugene Fish, who IS
senior at Yale. MIR, Fish arrived "
Washington. Mrs. Gary's sister Mrs NJ
r. Fish, OF New York. will come e
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