The Washington times., 1915-12-23
items of Interest and Impor-
lance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.

~AaSS 1edhneIte OOWan. anu senator
Shields niece. Miss Josephine Shields.
OF New York. to society. The party will
be held at Rauscher's from to o'clock.
The decorations will be carried out in
Christmas colors. slender cedar trees
and festoons of Southern smilax throw
ing into high relief quantities of scarlet
poinsettia blossoms. Scarlet capped
candles will shed a rosy glow on the tea
table. which will be gay with poin
settias and Richmond roses.
Mrs. Shields and the two debutantes
will receive in the small ball room and
the large ball room will be reserved for
the dancing. which will be one of the
most attractive features of the after
noon. Mrs. Shields will wear a hand
some gown of black velvet brocaded in
silver and made over petticoat Of sill
Yer lace: Miss Cowan's frock is dainty
model of white and silver brocade. COM
bined with tulle and garnished with tiny
pink roses She will carry a bou-
uuet of white orchids and tiny
pink roses Miss Shields will wear a
white tulle frock built over a petticoat
of silver lace, and will carry lavender
orchids and fire-hame roses. a new va
rlety of tiny flame-colored blossoms.
Miss Betty Newberry. of Chicago. who
was to have been Miss Cowan's guest
for her coming out tea, has been de-
tanned by illness. and will not come to
WASHINGTON until later
Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs. Lindley M
Garrison. Mrs. Josephus Daniels. Mrs
Albert L. Mills. Mrs. Samuel Spencer
Mrs William L. Marshall. Mrs. CLAUDE
Swanson. Mrs. James A. Reed. and Mrs
Russell Harrison will preside at the
tea table in turn during the afternoon,
and Mrs Shields will be assisted by Mrs.
Thetus w. Sims. Mrs. E. w: Cole OF
John Temple Graves. Mrs. T. Dewitt
Talmage, Mrs. Charles B. Howry. Mrs.
Horace H. Lurton. ir.. Miss Mary TEN
pie. Mrs. Walter Wells. Miss Helen
Willard .Ragsdale, and Mrs. G. w. BaN-
ter Among the girls of the receiving
party will be Miss Grace Overman, Miss
Jane Gregory, Miss Mary Bryan. Miss
Mary Taylor, Miss Catherine BurdetIe'
Miss Helen Blodgett. Miss Ruth Lester.
Miss Laura Temple Graves, Miss Marie
Sims. Miss Lillian Kendrick, Miss Mar
garet Read. Miss Georgia Schoheld. Miss
Pocahontas Butler. Miss Eleanor BaX-
ter. Baroness Lily Won Winckler, Miss
Teresa Granda Pezet. and Miss EdNh
Oracle.
The reception will be followed by a
dinner at the Army and Navy Club. be
fore the mid-week dance. at which the
guests will be the young people Of the
receiving party and a number OF men,
Or. FRANK Johnson GOOuHOW' pISSi-
dent of the Johns Hopkins University,
and Mrs. Goodnow announced yesterday
in Baltimore the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Lois Root Goodnow, to
John Van Antwerp MacMurray, hrst
secretary of the American legation at
Picking, son of the late Junius w. Mac
Murray, ma jor of artillery, u. S. A,
and Mrs MacMurray, of Washington.
The wedding will probably take place
in February.
nance begun In China, where Miss
Goodnow accompanied her parents last
summer when DR.. Goodnow was called
there by the political situation to assist
in reorganizing the government
Mr.. MacMurray, who has been at
tached to the eking legation for two
years, is well known in this country in
connection with the work of the far
East division of the State Department.
He was born in Schenectady, October s,
1881, and is a graduate of Princeton,
1902; a master of arts OF the same uni
Verslty, and also a graduate of Column
bIa University. In 1906 Mr. MacMurray
was admitted to the bar in New York,
and for the last eight years has been in
the American diplomatic service. He is
now on leave of absence and is visiting
his mother in this city.
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Miss Mary Hardwick. who has come
to Washington from Georgia. where she
attends school, to spend the holidays
with her parents. Senator and Mrs.
Thomas w Hardwick, will be the honor
guest at an Informal tea which Miss
BERTHE Pugh and her niece. Miss Louise
Pugh. will give this afternooniat their
residence in street. Miss Hardwick
will return to Georgia January 2
Cant. Robert r. Wallach. U. S. A..
has Joined Mrs. Wallach at the home Of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Pedk-
ms, where he will pass the holidays.
Can't. w. A. gill, u. S. NJ. and and
Mrs. CHI will come to Washington to-
moron from Fort Monroe. Captain
Gin will remain in Washington during
the holidays Mrs. Gill will entertain
at dinner on the evening of January 8
al their residence in Connecticut avenue.
Their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hyde Smith, viii entertain in
formally at an egg-nog party on Christ
mas afternoon.
The District of Columbia Division,
United Daughters OF the Confederacy,
will give benefit card party on jan
uarJ Il, at o'clock: at the Cairo. Miss
vision entertainment committee, is in
charge of the arrangements. The pat
ronesses will be announced later.
Commander Nomura, naval attache OF
the Japanese embassy. entertained at
dinner last night in honor of the Jap
anese ambassador Viscount Chinds
and Col Charles Page Bryan, former
United Stataes ambassador to Japan.
The dinner was served at Rauscher's.
and the guests were Rear Admiral
William w. Kimball, Captain Barber.
Lieutenant Colonel williams, Com
mander Wurtsburgh, Commander Knox,
Lieutenant Commander MacCauley
Lieutenant Commander letters, all OF
the Navy Department; Lieutenant Com
mander Dittborn. of the Chilean en-
bassy; DIR. Charles N. Gregory, Prof
Swisher, of the George Washington
University; c. V. Wheeler, G. II, Liv-
ingston, and Lieutenant Colonel Itamy
Secretary Matsuoka, Secretary Ohta
Secretary Kawashima, Attache Saito
Attache Iwate. Lieutenant Commander
fIyakotake, all of the Japanese EN-.
bassy: Commander Furukawa, and
Lieutenant Commander Takahsshi. who
are on their way home from England
and Lieutenant Commander Miyamoto
and Mr.. Hisada, who are en- route tc
England.
One of the most interesting events OF
this evening viii be the reception anC
dance which Mr.. and Mrs Charles j
He'll will give at Rauscher's at Il
o'clock. Their guests will also include
a number of the young friends o.
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