Evening star., 1915-12-30
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Mrs. Josephus Daniels Guest Of Hon
or at Luncheon Given by
Mrs. Nash.
Miss Marie Sims to Be Presented.
Mrs. McAdoo's Receiving Party.
Dinners-Notes.

Mrs. Francis S. Nash, wife of Medi-
cal Director Nash, U. S. N, was the
hostess at a beautiful luncheon at
| Rauscher's today, given in compliment
to Mrs. Daniels, wife of the Secretary
of the Navy.
The oblong BILE at which the guests
were seated was arranged in the large
ballroom amid an elaborate decoration
of pine and cedar trees with smilax
covering the ceiling and walls and
pyramids here and there of holly and
palms.
The table was decorated with
plaques of deep red roses and poin-
settia blossoms and red shaded can
dies.
The guests invited to meet Mrs. Dan
| iels included Mrs. James B. Aleshire,
Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs. Willard
brownson, Mrs Delos Blodgett' Mrs.
Mark A. Bristol. Mrs. Theodore Bald
| win, Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs. Ade-
laide Worth Bagley. Mrs. Henry v.
Butler. Mrs. John C. Boyd. Mrs. Will
liam c. Braisted. Mrs. Thomas NJ. Cha
| tard, Miss Martha Goldman, Mrs. Fred
E. Chapin, Mrs. Thomas b. Dunn, Mrs.
l.. f. Fletcher. Mrs. Henry d. Flood.
| Mrs. Henry w. Farnum of New York.
Miss Amaryllis Gillett, Mrs. James H.
Glennon, Mrs. Archibald Oracle, Mrs.
Richard Harlow, Mrs. Charles T. Hutch
ins, Mrs william P. Hall. Mrs. Perry
Heath, Mrs. William Haywood, Mrs.
| Paul Johnson. Miss Kibbey, the Misses
| Lansing, Mrs. William d. Leahy, Mrs.
James Hamilton Lewis, Mrs Bowman
H. McCalla, Mrs. Albert l.. Mills, Mrs.
| McComb, Mrs. Malcolm McConihe, Mrs.
James X. Mann, Mrs. c. c. McChord,
Miss Virginia Miller. Mrs. PleadweH.
Mrs. Stephen o. Richey, Miss Helen
Rodgers. Mrs. Samuel Reber. Mrs. Pres
| ley NJ. Rixey, Mrs. willard Ragsdale.
Mrs Charles Spaulding. Mrs. Swager
| Sherley, Mrs. John X. Shields. Miss
Helen Stewart, Mrs. Claude A. Swanson,
| Mrs. T De Witt Talmage, Mrs. Joseph
h. Thropp and Mrs. Henry A. Wiley.
| Mrs. william Gibbs McAdoo, wife of
the Secretary of the Treasury. will re-
ceive on New Year day, at her resi-
dence, 2139 r street, from to o'clock.
| She will be assisted by Miss Mona
McAdoo, Mrs. Byron r. Newton, Mrs.
William p. Malburn, Mrs. Andrew J.
Peters Miss Bones, Mrs. Kenyon B. Con-
ger of Irvington. n. Y; Miss Laura
| Harlan, Mrs. John Knapp, Miss Cath
arine Britton, Miss Gladys Hinckley.
Miss Ruth Hapgood and the Misses
Mackay-Smith.
Mrs Thetus w. Sims will give large
tea this afternoon at Rauscher's to in
troduce her daughter, Miss Marie Sims
Those in the receiving party Will in
clude Mrs. Burleson. Mrs. Daniels. Mrs
William +. Borah, Mrs. John X. Shields
Mrs. James r. Mann, Mrs. Hampson
Gary, Mrs. James E. Hurley. Mrs. Will
liam l.. Beale. Mrs. Louis Brownlow
Mrs. William Joyner, Misses Sidney
Burleson. Lucy Burleson. jeanette
Cowan. Josephine Shields. Baroness
Won Winkler. Elizabeth Hamilton. Kath-
crime Beach. Ruth Lester. Beatrice
Dulin, Ellie Lejeune, Margheritta Till
man. Marjorie Helmbold. Elizabeth
Kingsbury. Amy Bennett and Hide
garde Hurley, Isabel Beury and Louise
Beury, Charleston, w. Va.
Mrs. Hubert S. Dent. wife of Repre-
sentative Dent of Alabama. entertained
at luncheon today in her apartment al
the Rochambeau.
Her guests were Mrs. Joseph w. Folk
Mrs. John f. Osborne, Mrs. Ben John.
son, Mrs. NJ. II. Schleuter. Mrs. Wilton
Lambert. Mrs. Ollie James and Mrs
Walter Wells.
Mrs. Dent will entertain at lucheor
again tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph NJ. Stoddard oi
children's party yesterday at the Play
house from 3 to o'clock. for theiI
children, Miss Ruth Stoddard and Mas.
ter Joseph Stoddard. jr.
i A moving picture entertainment Of
animated cartoons and intimate stud.
les Of bird life occupied the hrst houl
and a half, after which the children
danced and light refreshments were
served. In the midst of much merri.