The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Festivities to Come.

Festivities to Come.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall will give the first of the official
dinner parties in honor of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson January IL at
| the Willard. where they are spending
the winter.
The Secretary. of State and Mrs.
Lansing will entertain at dinner Jam
uary IS for the President and Mrs.
Wilson.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. William F. Mar
the afternoon of December 80 at the
Washington Club in honor Of their
daughter. Miss winifred Martin.
Mrs. Robert Patterson has issued
invitations for a reception on Decen-
ber 8. at o'clock. at her residence
in Dupont Circle for the delegates to
| the Second Pan-American Scientific
Congress.
Mrs. Mark Brooke will give a din
ner at the Chevy Chase Club on the
evening of December 81. Mrs. Brooke
will entertain at luncheon on tho aft
ernoon Of January 4.
Mrs. ArchfsNid Oracle will be host
ess at a musicale this afternoon at
Z o'clock at her residence in Sixteenth
| street.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph f. Thropp will
be hosts at dinner on December :e, en-.
tertaining in compliment to DIR. and
Mrs. William Holland Wilmer.
Mrs. Charles Downer Hazen will en-
tertain at tea on the afternoon Of De-
cember 81 in compliment to Miss Ida
Tarbell.
Among other events OF interest dur
ing the holidays will be the perform
ance of the Triangle Club of Princeton
University which takes place Monday
afternoon. January }, at the Belasco
Theater. The clubs production this
year is known as The Evil Eye" and
is said to surpass an former endeav-
ors. The club is we'll known in WASH
ington society and their stay in the
city will no doubt be characterized by
a round of entertainments Mrs.
Montgomery Blair is giving q dance
! in their honor at the Playhouse on
| tho evening OF January J.
DR.. and Mrs. J.. Breckenridge Bayne
have cards out for an egynog party
on New Years Day from to O'Clock.
The bachelors stationed at the
Washington Barracks will give a din
ner at the Officers Club on Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morren Chamberlain
VIII be hosts at dinner at the Chevy
Chase Club on Friday evening. De-
cember 81
Mrs. James Morris Morgan will en-
! tertain at a bridge party on Tues
day afternoon.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles F..
Humphrey have sent out cards for a
I, tea dance at the Wyoming on Decem-
ber 30 from to to meet Mr.. Jo-
seph Humphrey.
Sigma Nu Fraternity. OF the George
Washington University. will give q
Christmas dande on Wednesday even
ing. December 80. in the New Cochran
Hotel. The matrons Of honor for the
! occasion include Mrs. Charles H Stock
ton, Mrs. John NJ. Evans. Mrs. Alex
ander Graham Bell. Mrs. William Ellen
Wilbur. and Mrs. Howard Lincoln
| Hodgkins.
Among the guests will be Sigma
Nus from Washington and Lee Uni
| versity. of Virginia. and from the Uni
| versity of Delaware. Mr.. Frank lden.
president of the Washington Alumni
Chapter. and Mr.. Roy C. Cox. inspec-
tor of the fourth division. will also be
present
The reception committee includes
Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton.
Judge John NJ. Evans. MIR. William
Allen Wilbur. DIR. Howard Lincoln
Hodgkins. and Mr.. Claude X. Brenne-
man. of Delta Pi Chapter.
Those of the entertainment commit
| tee are Mr.. Ralph ]. Sterling. Mr..
George Smithson, Mr.. Leslie Getchell.
Mr. William B. Brooks. Mr.. Paul
Cathcart. Mr.. W. Everett Brockman,
| and Mr.. Paul Hodge.
One of the most interesting events
of the first week In January will be
the Authors Reading. to be given in
the ballroom OF the Cairo at o'clock
on the evening of January 6. for the
| benefit of the Catholic Home for Aged
Ladies at 3043 p street. Miss Elizabeth
Jordan. literary adviser to Harper's
Magazine, and a well-known play
give selections from her works. and
Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford will
read some of his recent verse. The
patronesses are Mrs. Franklin X.
Lane, Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson.
Mmc. Pezet. wife Of the minister of
Peru; the Misses Patten. Viscountess
de Sibour. Miss Alice Riggs. Miss Jane
Riggs. Mrs. Thomas Carter. Miss Ellen
Day Hale. Mime. Calderon. Mrs. George
Howard. Mrs. Victor Kaufman. Mrs
George Bliss, and Mrs. Thomas Gale.
Mrs. James r. Mann will be hostess
at 4 luncheon tomorrow afternoon in
compliment to Mrs. Thomas b. Dunn.
Col and Mrs. Henry Jervey will en-
tertain at dinner at the Army and Navy
Club on the evening Of January s.
Mrs. Marshall Field has cards out
for q dinner on January -.