The Washington times., 1915-12-14
Items of Interest and lmpor-
tance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.


The Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Lansing will be the honor guests at
dinner which Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
George Barnett are giving this even
Ing at the Commandant's House, Ma
Tihe Barracks. There will be sixteen
guests. among them Charlemagne
ROVER, former ambassador. to Austria =
Hungary. Germany, and Russia, and
Mrs. Tower. and Charles Mccain. of
Baltimore. who will come to Wash
1ngton for the occasion. Mrs. Barnett
Eill entertain at luncheon tomorrow
IN compliment to Mrs. Tower.
Mrs. Barnett's son, Basil Gordon,
VIII come to Washington from Prince
ton for the holidays. as will her
Young daughters, Miss Leila Gordon
dents at Miss McCulloughs school
near Baltimore. Although Miss Leila
Gordon will not be presented to So
clety for two years or more, she will
have an informal introduction to her
mothers friends during the Christ
mas season and will be allowed to
attend the small and early" furc.
lions. given for the younger set.
Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ Thompson
VIII be hosts at a young peoples
dinner this evening. entertaining in
honor of Miss Margaret Read, daugh-
Ter of Col. and Mrs. George Read. y.
= A.. and granddaughter of Lieut.. Ger
followed by dancing. for which
number Of additional guests have
been asked.
tbs Mss SoI MSrEaret Srsasrs Wilson viii be one Of
Ter TINS afternoon for the second con-
cert Of the season of the Philadelphia
SYMPHONY Orchestra and she will have
IN &c
Mrs. Willard Salisbury will entertain
Judge and Mrs. Sidney Ballou. Col. and
Mrs. Charles c. Walcutt. Y. S. A.. and
Miss Bisseli, Of Wilmington, Del. who
Rice. wife Of the British Inb ambbasssa@dor. s dor
VIII be In the box with Mrs. Calderon
Carlisle. who will also entertain Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Randolph and Mrs. Walter
guests with them are Mrs. Marshall
Field and Mrs. William Crozier.
Mrs George r. lark and Miss Louise
tlark Will be at home this afternoon
and the second Tuesday Of each month
during the season at their apartment
IN the Westmoreland. They will be as
Mrs. Carlo Britain. and Miss Harmon sm;
guest.
Miss Clark and Miss Bailey will be
Chase Club tomorrow evening, with
Mrs: Charles Laird as hostess: and on
Friday they will go to Annapolis to
spend the weekend: They will be the
U. s. N. and will attend the hop at
the Naval Academy:
The semi-monthly dances at the Kene-
saw. which were an interesting feature
season, beginning on Saturday evening.
The guests are confined to the people
having apartments in the building and ,
their friends.
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins will be host
ess at dinner this evening. entertain
Cardinal Gibbons. Mrs. Elkins' din
ner for the Cardinal has become an
annual event and always is one Of
tho most distinguished gatherings of
the season. This evening there VIII
be twenty-four guests.
Mrs. Elkins will entertain a young
peoples house party during the
Christmas holidays when she will
have with her the late Senator Ell
kins' grandchildren. Elkins. Robert
Finely May Holden. On December 81
Mrs. Elkins will give a dinner fer
her young guests at which Miss Edith
Blair daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mont !
gomery Blair. will be the guest OF
honor.
Mr.. and Mrs william F. r. Hit are
planning to spend most OF the winter
at their farm near Midjleburg, Va
but come to Washington frequently I,
for short visits and to be guests at !
many of the more important soci,l |
functions Of the season.
The Speaker. and Mrs. Champ Clark |
a accompanied by their son, Bennett |
Clark, will go to New Orleans as
soon as Congress adjourns. to spend
the Christmas holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. James M. Thomson. Mrs Thorn
son. who as Miss Genevieve Clark
made a unique place for herself in
society in the Capital. will return to
Washington with her parents and
viii be with them most Of the winter.
Speaker and Mrs. Clark are now oc-
cupXing apartments in Congress Hall,
hut 1t Is probable that after their re-
turn and Mrs. Thomson's arrival,
they will take an apartment or a
house in the northwest section 70"
the remainder of the winter. Later /
they will have as their guest Bennett