Evening star., 1915-01-02
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EVENTS OF INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Tea Dance for Debutante in Navy
Circle Today.
Other Pleasant Occasions for
Matrons and Maids.
Notes.

| Miss Dorothy Mason. debutante
daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs
| Newton L. Mason, will be honor guest
at a tea dance which Mrs. Victor
Kaufman is giving at Rauscher's THIS
afternoon.
| Mrs Mason and Mrs. Joseph E. kuhn'
Mrs. Ross Thompson, Mrs. William
| Haywood, Mrs. S. Hubert Dent. Mrs.
! Thomas Fuller, Mrs. Charles L. Sturte-
want, Mrs. Pollock, Mrs. w. A. Hill,
Mrs. John Crayke Simpson, Mrs Jo-
seph H. Crawford. Miss Hopkins and
Miss Haskell of Boston will assist the
hostess.
I; Among the debutantes assisting will
be Miss Elizabeth Wiley, Miss Ruth
Wilson. Miss Pauline kindleberger,
Miss Lillian Hendricks, Miss Louise
Clark Miss Lois Reeside, Miss Dorothy
| Drake, Miss Dorotlea owen. Miss Max
we'll Church, Miss Pocahontas Butter.
Crawford Miss Margaret Larner, Miss
Adeline Pendleton and Miss Miriam DO"
| of Brooklyn. n. Y.
| The Speaker of the House and Mrs.
Champ Clark were at home yesterday
F! from 3 to o'clock to callers MISS
Genevieve Clark and Mr.. Bennett clark
received with their parents ano Mrs:
d
Graves. Mrs. J. Thompson Baker and
| Miss Baker, Mrs David Jayne Hill and
Miss Katherine Hill and Miss Graves,
Mrs. \. II. Pitzer and the Missouri
More than a thousand callers enjoyed
the pitaity of the Congressional Club
yesterday afternoon, when the mem
bers were receiving and d Thoroughly
delightful time enjoyed by all. In the
evening dancing kept several hundred
guests from the younger set agreeably
entertained up to midnight. Ana the
entire day was in every way the most
successful enjoyment ever offered by
| the club.
| Mr.. and Mrs Melville Church gave
! dance last night at Rauschers for their
young daughter, Miss Maxwell Church,
a debutante this winter. There were
about IT'S guests, including the debu-
tantes of the winter and number OF
| the younger married people Mrs.
Church wore black satin veiled in tulle
and trimmed with lace, and Miss
Church wore a gown of pink taffeta
and lace. At / o'clock a supper was
served.
An interesting wedding of tonight
will be that of Miss Jessie Bloomer and
Mr.. Arthur Berwick of Brooklyn, N. Y.
| which will take place at 1880 o'clock
at 1917 r street.
Rev DR.. j. J. Dimon will perform
| the ceremony in the ballroom. Miss
| Marjory Nickers will attend the bride
| as maid of honor and DR.. y. J. Brown
| will act as best man.
| An informal reception for the guests
present at the ceremony will follow.
Mr. and Mrs. Berwick will make their
future home in Brooklyn.
| Alpha and Zeta Chapters of the Sig
| ma lambda Fraternity gave their an
| nual Christmas dance at the Willard
Hotel last evening. 1t was well at
| tended.
| Mrs. Fred bennett is entertaining
| this afternoon at the Congressional
Club some 800 young people. represent
ing the cabinet, congressional and
day dance for her young daughter.
| Dorothy. A novel feature will be a
string orchestra of nine pieces COM
posed of young ladies in Greek cos
| tune.
Assisting Mrs. bennett in entertaining
her young guests will be Mrs. Henry
l.. Myers, wife of Senator Myers: Mrs
| PoindeXter, wife of Senator PoindeX-
| ter: Mrs. Russell of Missouri, Mrs. Pad
| gett of Tennessee, Mrs. Taylor of Colo
RADIO, Mrs. Joseph w. Byrns of Tennes-
see. Mrs. Borland of Missouri and Mrs.
j. Willard Ragsdale of South Carolina.
The young ladies assisting were Mrs.
Thomas Kemp. jr.: Misses Gene
|
J. Francis. Dorothy Campbell, Phillys
Hays, Mary Howell, Eleanor Knowland.
Ruth Howell, Margaret Green. Eliza
| beth Reesidc. Agnes Shackleford, Cath
crime Manahan, Mary Burke, Leta
| Towner, Mrs IT. G.. Forney, Misses Dor
othy Bertholf, Lucie Hall. Olga Pilson,
Christine Richards, Meta Haines. Laura
| Graves, Katherine RaWson, GWehdolyh
! Denys, Mary Holmes, Dorothy Cfah-
| ford. Leslie Cameron and the Misses
| AtWater.
Mrs. Harry Rutledge Howser was the
hostess at a delightful tea yesterday
afternoon at her residence on 10Th
! street when she presented her younger
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Gardner
| Howser.
The house was prettily decorated
f, with palms and ferns, and pink klllar-
ney roses banked the mantels while
pink carnations formed the center
| piece on the tea table, which was also
adorned with pink-Shaded candles.
I The hostess wore ii gown of gold It's
sue over black satin.
| The debutante wore Il lovely gown
of white charmeusc yelled in chan
tilly lace with the bodice of silver
tissue.
She carried Il colonial bouquet of
Lady Hillington roses. white sweet
peas and lilies of the valley.
| Miss Howser also assisted in receiv-
ing. and wore rose pink brocade with
lace and pink rosebud trimming.
| Miss Gardner ana MIS- James PuSn
presided at the tea table. and those as
sisting included Mrs. James K. Bell of
Cumberland, house guest of Mrs. How
ser. aud her sister, Mrs. Moore: Miss
GLADYS Pugh. Miss Dorothy Crawford,
Miss Margaret Clements, Miss Laura
Graves, Miss Pauline Hedian and Miss
Lenora Rivero.
A New Year eve theater and auto
mobile party was given by Mr.. Morris
Helm in honor of Miss Reba Stein of
Baltimore guest of Mr.. and Mrs Skop
of this city Among those in the party
were Mr. and Mrs. ]. Freedman, Miss
Reba Stein Misses Sarah and Florence
Brown, Miss Gertrude Geschickter and
Messrs Joseph and Isaac Freedman and
Mr.. Morris Helm.
Miss Blanche Smith of 1913 street
northwest gave an informal tea this
week to the Campfire girls, of which
she is a member and Miss Mildred
Dean Guardian assisted.
Miss Gladys Culberson of 1858 Quincy
street has as her house guest during
the holidays Miss Marion Eyster of
lChambersburg. Pa.
! Miss Clara b. Moore of the Depart
mept of Justice returned to Washing