Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-21
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory Hostess
at Buffet Luncheon
Today.
Children's Country Home Ball To-
night-Mrs. s. c. Nea1e Enter
Observation-Disclosures.

tanned at a buffet luncheon today for
Miss Jane Gregory and her house
guests, Miss Mary Bryan and Miss
Mary Taylor of Texas.
The guests included Miss Dorothy
bennett. the Misses Chase, Miss Beat
rice Dulin and her house guest. Miss
Lillian Sutton of Texas; Miss Marjorie
Helmbold. Miss Hamilton, Miss Laura
Graves. Miss Kindleberger. Miss Burle-
son. Miss Thompson, Miss Anita Kite,
Miss Smith. Miss Fitz, Miss Pocahontas
Butler, Miss Mary Howry. Miss Waters
Miss Johnson, Miss Lanette Smith, Miss
Lucy Henry.
Mrs. John Richey is entertaining in
formally at bridge this afternoon in
honor of Mrs Rolfe Boiling of Panama,
who is the house guest of Mrs. Ashton
Chaplain.
Mrs. Shackleford entertained at lunch
ed by Mrs. Champ Clark. in compliment
to Mrs. Sam B. Cook of Jefferson City,
Mo The guests were the ladies of the
Missouri delegation and Mrs. David F.
Houston and Mrs. Joseph w. Folk.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Bowers has returned
from California. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
w. Bowers will arrive from Chicago
today to spend the holidays with Mrs.
Bowers
Mr.. and Mrs James Thayer Mcmillan
OF Detroit have announced the engage
ment of the formers sister. Miss Doris
Mcmillan. to Mr.. Stewart Lansing Pitt
man of Flushing, L. l. Miss Mcmillan
is a daughter of the late Mr.. William
z; Mcmillan and granddaughter of
Mrs. James Mcmillan of this city.
The retiring minister of China and
Nine. Shah and their family will leave
the city. Friday and early in January
will sail from San Francisco for China
Miss Katherine Lawton was the guest
Of honor at a luncheon given by the
Misses Thompson at their home on 18th
street today.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Madeline E. Hewitt and DIR. Leith L.
sinclair. both of Washington. D. C.. in
isl5 %he Rem W wsy nes9rm Is
the ceremony. DR.. and Mrs. Sinclair
will reside in this city.
Mrs; $. c. Neale was hostess at de-
lightful luncheon today, given at her
residence on 18th street IN compliment
to Mrs. Myron NJ Parker. jr.
inc decorations were yellow and
green, and the guests included Mrs.
Ten Eyck Wendell, Mrs. Robert Roose-
Welt, Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mrs. Charles
Wood, Mrs. Louis Lehr, Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, Mrs. Beale r. Howard, Mrs
Isaac T. Mann. Mrs. Tyson Elliot, Miss
Julia Baugher. Mrs. Charles McKen-
ney, Mrs. James F. Barbour, Mrs Lee
Phillips. Mrs. John Sidney Webb, Mrs
William E. Fendall, Mrs. Myron NJ Par
kerr ST.. and Mrs. Hampson Gary.
The ball to be given for the benefit
of the Children's Country Home at
Rauscher's tonight promises to be one
of the most brilliant affairs of the sea-
son.
Yrs Joseph Letter, the president of
the board, will receive the guests, and
the boxholders include Mrs. Hit, Mrs
Marshall Field, Mrs. Preston Gibson,
Mrs James w. Wadsworth, Mrs. Edison
Perry Belmont, Mrs. Richard Town
send, Mrs. Eugene Hale and Nine.
Hauge. Among those who will enter
tain at dinner before the ball will be
Mrs. Wadsworth, Mrs. J. Breckenridge
Bayne, Mrs. MackaySmith, Mrs. Pres
ton Gibson, Mrs. James Mitchell and
Mrs. Albert Gleaves.
Mrs Edward A ouintard is enter
tanning at a tea this afternoon at her
residence, on Kalorama road. in COM
pliment to her daughterin-law, Mrs.
+. A. Quintard, jr, bride of the au-
tumn. Those assisting in the hospi-
tally will include Mrs. Theodore w.
&. Merchant of New York, sister of the
hostess; Misses Frances and Katherine
Efinger, Miss Dorothy Taylor, Miss
Virginia Minor and Miss Dorothy Quin-
tard.
Mrs. J. Frederick Effinger and Miss
Katherine Effinger entertained at a
large luncheon today in compliment to
Miss Ellie Lejeune. a much-feted debu-
tante of this season.
The guests were seated at one large
ia BILE and four smaller ones, each hav-
ing a centerpiece of pink roses and
smilax.
They included Miss Jeanette Cowan,
Miss Josephine Shields. Miss Catherine
Burdette. Miss Georgia Schofield, Miss
Ruth Lester, Miss Margaret Douglas.
Miss Marie Sims, Miss Lillian Hem
drick, Miss Grace Overman, Miss Mary
Graham, Miss Maxwell Church. Miss
Pauline Stone. Miss Dorothy Wyeth.
Miss Ashmeade Fuller, Miss Dorothy
Mason. Miss Louise Clark and her
house guest. Miss Harmon Bailey; Miss
Mary Wheeler Vest, Miss Francis Eff
finger. Baroness Won Winckler Miss
Elizabeth Kingsbury, Miss Gwendolen
Denys. Miss Elizabeth Walker, Miss
Antoinette Ray, Miss Dorothy Adams,
| Miss Helen McCumber and Miss Doro-
thy Shuey.
The assistant attorney general and
Mrs. Samuel J. Graham will entertain
| informally at dinner on December q
lin honor of Miss Virginia Christine,
daughter of Judge and Mrs. Frank
Christine of Lynchburg, Va. who will
| arrive that day to be the guest of Miss
Graham.
| The Secretary Of State and Mrs. Ian
| sing will be the honor guests at
dinner which Rear Admiral and Mrs.
| Richardson Glover will give this
evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ashmeade Fuller will
entertain informally at dinner tonight