The Washington herald., 1915-02-26

SOCIETY

state, entertained at luncheon ycster-
day at Calumet place. There were fifty
guests. who were seated at small tables
charmingly decorated with jonquils, mar,
| cissus and other spring flowers.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels were the guests of honor at 4
dinner given last night at the Army AMI
Navy Club by Capt. and Mrs. c. b.
Britain.
Representative and Mrs William A.
Jones. Of Virginia. announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss Anne Sey-
mour Jones. to Lieut.. s. Roland Hop
kins. Third Field Artillery. L. S. A..
now stationed at Fort Myer The we'd
ding date has not yet been set.
The engagement was announced at a
buffet luncheon given by Miss Jones yes
terday TO a number of friends. The
| drawing-room was decorated with
American beauty and Richmond roses.
and spring blossoms were used in the
ception hall. In the diningroom were
quantities of Killarney roses. The ices
| were in the form of enga cement rings
with tiny Cupids perched upon the rims.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Elder. of In
dianapolis. arrived yesterday afternoon.
TO be the guests of the Vice President
and Mrs. Marshall.
John Barrett. director general of the
Pan-American Union. was host at lunch
con yesterday in the Pan-Amcrican
| Union Building in honor of DR.. Juan Car
los Blanco. Minister of Public Works
Of Uruguay. who is a special mission
in this country. The guests included.
DIR. Juan Carlos Blanco. Minister OF
Public Works of Uruguay: the Secretary
Of State: DIR. Carlos Maria de Pena. Min
lister OF Uruguay; the Secretary of the
| Navy: Theodore r.. Burton. member of
the Foreign Relations Committee. United
States Senate: George w. Fairchild
member of the Foreign Affairs c9m-
mittee House of Representatives; Robert
| f. Difenderfer. member of the Foreign
Affairs Committee. House of Representa-
tives: Henry White. former United States
mbassador to France; Robert Lansing,
Counselor of the State Department.: Paul
NJ. Warburg Of the Federal Reserve
Board: John F.. Osborne. Assistant Sec
rotary of State: Thomas Ewing. Com
missioner of Corporations: William Phil
lips. Third Assistant Secretary of State;
Louis Brownlow. Commissioner OF the
District of Columbia; Col William
Heimke chief division Of Latin-Ameri-
can Affairs. Department of State: Perry
Belmont. former United States Congress
man: Prof c. d. Hazen. former member
of the department of history, Smith
College; Enrique Duero. of the staff OF
Dr. Blanco: Ira f. Bennett Of the WASH
inston Post; Col William w. Harris.
in charge of public buildings and
grounds: Carlos Garcao Marques, of the
staff Of DIR. Blanco: Hugo de Pena. sec
rotary of the Cruguayan Legation: John
&c. O'Taughlin. of the Chicago Herald:
DR. John Crayke Simpson; DIR. James
Brown Scott. of the Carnegie Endow-
! ment: ". P. Sturgeon. of The Washing
ton Herald: Capt. Powell Clayton. u. S.
A.; Francisco J. Yanes. assistant direc-
tor Of the Pan-American Union: John
Vavasour Noel. of the Noel News Serv-
ice; Richard E Pennoyer, of the State
Department: Judge Otto Schoenrich. and
Franklin Adams, of the Pan-American
Union.
The Cuban Legation announces the
marriage of DR.. Carlos Manuel de Ccs-
pedes Quesada. envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the
republic of Cuba to the United States,
and Mime. Laura Bertini de Ccspedcs.
which was performed by Mayor John
Purroy Mitchell in New York yester-
day. The witnesses were. for the Ccs-
pedes family. Commandant Pablo
YgIesias; for the Bertini family. Count
DR.. G. Mellonj and the Cuban consul
general in New York.
Among the interesting foreign visi-
tors now at the New willard are Mr..
and Mrs. G. v. Hayes. of Shanghai.
China: Mr.. S. Syromatinkoff. of Petro-
grad: DIR. Erice X. Rideal. OF London;
Miss E. Garsten. of Brighton. England:
Mr. j. N. Morrice. of Paris: Mr.. Finn r
Meyer. of Norway; Mr.. Hugo Florsch.
of Vienna. and Messrs. A. Rosazza and
A Ramella. of ltdly.
Miss Kate Gordon. of New Orleans. the
Southern philanthropist and suffrage
leader. left the city yesterday afternoon
to attend the Mississippi Valley confer
ence in Indianapolis March Z, and ).
While in Washington. the guest of
Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner. Miss Gordon
renewed old friendships. made many new
ones. and spoke on several occasions in
the District. Maryland and Virginia.
After leaving Indianapolis Miss Gordon
will 20 to West Virginia and also will
speak in Louisville. KY. where she will
be the guest of the daughter of Gen.
Basil Duke.
Mr.. A. Metz Green, consul from Uru-
quay to New York City, accompanied
by Mrs. Green, is at the New Willard.
having come to Washington to attend the
reception at the Uruguayan Legation on
Wednesday in honor Of DR.. Blanco and
his staff.
distinguished audience attended
the Belasco Theater yesterday after
noon for Edward g. Curtis Indian
drama, The Land of the Head Hunt
ers" for the benefit of the war zone
victims. Mrs. William A. Slater. Mrs.
George A. Becker. Mrs. Walter Tucker
man. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Miss
Kibbey. Mrs. Julian James. Mrs. Con-
rad Becker. Mrs. O'Brien. Mrs. Arthur
Willert, Mrs. James Parmalee. and
Mrs. Paul Bartlett were among the
boxholders who had guests with them
for the performance.
Mr.. George Oakley Totten is chair
man of the floor committee. which in
cludes Messrs. Franklin Ellis, WILDER
Underwood, Richard Flournoy. Donald
Mcdonald, and William Father. Those |
selling programs were Mrs. Norman
Underwood. Mrs Kathleene Johnson.
Miss Frances Williams. Miss Mary
Lord Andrews. Miss Frances Moore.
Miss Helen walcott, Miss Gladys
Hinckley. Miss Julia Whiting. Miss
Rebecca Wilmer. Miss Ruth Wilson. !
Misses de Pena. Miss Adelaide Heath,
Miss Helena Elliott, Miss Henderson.
and Miss Katharine Dorst. of Warren
ton. Mrs. f. F. Andrews. Mrs. Ar
thur Lee, and Mrs. Marquard gave
theater parties. |
The performance will be repeated
this afternoon with the same COM