The Washington times., 1915-12-06
Items of Interest and Impor-
lance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.


Miss Anita Kite. daughter OF Surg. 1.
w. Kite. y. s. N, retired, and Mrs.
Kite, entertained thirty-flve guests.
among them many of the seasons deb
utantes, at buffet luncheon this
afternoon at her apartment in tho Car
dova. Various yellow and white flow
ers formed the decorations of the table.
The guests were Miss Margaret Parker,
Miss Dorothy Mnson, the Misses I.ittell.
Mss Margaret Read, Miss Margherita
TilghElan, Miss Dorothy Quintard. and
her guest. Miss Cansler. Miss Elizabeth
chase, Miss SVsanne chase, Miss Eliza
beth Gibson, Miss Elizabeth Marshall
Miss Helen Kimmcl, Miss Marjorie Bart
lett. Miss Mary Louise Lincoln, Miss
Esther Whiting, Miss Margaret Ames,
Mtte Dorothy BeTtholf, Miss Harriet Har-
mon Miss JUsepl' inc Mason, Miss Jane
Gregory. and her guests. Miss Mary
Miss Mary Garland. Miss Charlotte Ca
pcrs. Miss Marjorie Heln,bol1, Miss
Louise Clark and her guest. Miss Har-
mon Bailey; Miss Virginia Minor, Miss
Evelina Gleaves, Miss Lillian Sutton,
who is visiting Miss Beatrice Dulin:
Miss Katherine Hitchcock and her
guest, Miss Esther Toote: Miss Mary
Wheeler Vest, and Miss Dorothy Full
Ter, daughter of Col. Zen II. Fuller, Y.
8. M. C., stationed in ANNAPOLIS, who is
Miss Kites guest for several days.
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Mrs, George Barnett, wife of Major
General Barnett. this afternoon will re-
ceivc at the commandments house, Ma
rine Barracks. for the first time this
season. A section of the Marine Band
Will play during the afternoon. and Mrs.
Barnett will be assisted by her sister.
Mrs. Charles Phillips Hill; Mrs, Charles
Doyen. Mrs. Watson, wife of Capt; A. >.
Watson. u. S. NJ. c.; Mrs d. Buchanan
Merryman and Miss Joan Chi
Mrs, Barnett Will go to Baltimore TINS
evening to chaperone her cousin, MISS
Wallis Warield. On "Wednesday. MRS
tho guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Drexel
Blldle. and to attend the concert which
they are giving that eyen'ng'
Mrs. II. 8. Blaine Beale. who has re-
Getty returned to Washington from a
trip 20 California, Is now established In
the Connecticut for the season. 1eSIer-
day Mrs. Beale entertained lnIornamy
dor and Madame Bakhmetch ana rev
additional guests.
Mrs. Joseph Clay Habersham Colquitt
and Mrs. Joel William Bunckley, Two
recent brides, were the guests in whose
honor Miss Helen McCumber. daughter
OF Senator and Mrs. Porter J. McSum-
Der, entertained at luncheon at Raus-
cher's today. There were stxty-eight
guests. and music was feature OF
the afternoon.
q. guest OF Miss McCumDer for the oc-
oasion. and this evening Miss McCum-
ber will return to Baltimore with her
TO attend the Monday german.
Col and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson
will entertain twenty-five guests at din
ner this evening in compliment to Baron
Ei-ichi Shibuwasa, the disungulsnsSo
han
has arrived in Washington with a
party OF eleven. and Is stopping at the
ShoESham. Baron Shibuwasa'S sons
MSsaS Ri aiso 81 pG am6ns the guests
Colonel and Mrs. Thompson will be
at home Informally this afternoon and
the following Mondays in December.
Secretary McAdoo has accepted an in
VitRtion to address the Southern Com
mercial Congress at Charleston, s. Co
December Is.
A marriage of interest to Washing
tonians was that of Charles SINCLAIR
Weeks. son of Senator and Mrs. John
W. Weelss. of Massachusetts 10 MISS
Beatrice Dowse, which took place on
Friday ut the homo of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Homer
Dowse, in West Newton, Mass. me
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father, and attended by her sisters,
the Misses Dorothy and Margaret
Dowse. Mr.. George Plympton, OF Buff
Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks will be at "
Valentine street, West Newton, after
February !.
Surgeon General William G. Gorgas
IT. 81 A., has returned TO Washington
fponf a trip to Porto Rico. Mrs. Cor
gas did not accompany him as she was
III. but she is now recovered and Is
General and Mrs. Gorgas' son-in-law
and daughter Mr.. and Mrs. William
WTightson, who spent the summer in
they viii make AXE their future home.
The Red Cross Committee of st.
Thomas Episcopal Church viii give a
card party and tea dance at RauSch n
on the afternoon of December 20, MRS.
Bowman McCalla is chairman OF the
entertainment committee.
The Conversational Club will enter
tain on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock
for the first time this season. Enos
MillS,will be the guest of honor and
will speak on sour National Parks"
Tea win be served at o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Leyden announce
the marriage OF their daughter, Marie
Louise, to, Frank II. Kelikher. The
ceremony was performed on OctoDer
%. by the Rev. Mr. DeLong, at
Hyattsville, Md.
Mrs. Grosvenor Dawes entertained
last evening in compliment TO Miss
Blanche Hamilton Fox. who is her
guest. Miss Fox. who will sing at the
recital to be given at the Willard this
evening under the auspices Of the
Women of All Souls Unitarian
Church. is the daughter of Albert Fox,
of Boston and was educated abroad
and has sung in many cities of Eu-
rope and in this country. She has a
pleasing personality and a fine voice
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Sfrs Delos Blodgett and her sister.
Mrs, Charles G. Matthews: Misses Helen
Peck Blodgett and Mona Blodgett will
start on December Is for Indian River,
Fla. to attend the wedding Of Miss
Adrienne Poreher. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward p. Porcher and Harry
Spencer Roberts. on December 90 Mrs.
Blodgett and her daughters will return
to washington December %. and Mrs.
Matthews will go TO Daytona. Fla, for
the season.
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HartweIl Mccartney. of Brooklyn. for
merly Of this city. Is making a short
stay in WASHINGTON:
Mrs. Louis A. LaGarde. who has been
visiting in Kentucky for several months.