The Washington times., 1915-04-27
Items of Interest and Import
ance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
: Fashionable Folk.

Mrs. Josephus Daniels was the honor
guest at luncheon today given by Mrs.
j.. Willard Ragsdale at her residence in
Connecticut avenue. The house was a
bower of spring flowers, dogwood. and
lilacs being used in profusion. with
pink roses and apple blossoms in the
drawing room and jonquls and yellow
iris in the dining room. Among those
invited to meet Mrs. Daniels were Mrs.
Adelaide Worth Bagley, Mrs. w. c.
Braisted, Mrs. william p. Ma!burn,
Miss Margaret breckenridge, Mrs. G..
w. Laws. Mrs. John Mcclure Wiley,
Mrs. Rufus Day. Mrs. Adelbert Alt
E.: Mason.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Van Rensselaer,, in Sixteenth street.
was besieged yesterday with gifts.
flowers, and telegrams of felicitation
upon the golden anniversary of their
wedding, which was soleminized In Bal
tmore at the close of the civil war;
and in the evening there was a brilliant
reception, for which a number of rela-
tives and friends Of half a century
charmingly decorated with gold and
white blossoms, lilies. golden gate
roses and standards and gold baskets
filled with American Beauty Roses. At
the dinner which preceded the reception,
the guests included two who were pres
ent at the wedding ceremony, Miss Vir-
gina Campbell, of Philadelphia. and
Henry White, former ambassador to
France. Mrs. Thomas r. Bayard, one of
the oldest friends of Mrs. Van Rens-
selaer, was among the guests at the re-
ception.
The dinner party included Mrs. Van
Lax Nv Nrc
ard Thayer and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Thayer, all Of Boston; Mrs. William Van
Rensselaer, and DR.. Howard Van Rens-
selaer, of Albany; Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Mrs. John A. Dix. and Mrs. Pearsoll
Campbell. all of New York; Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,, and
Miss Virginia Campbell. of Philadel-
John Van Rensselaer, Hoff. Miss Char
lotte Pendleton. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
White. Canon De Vries. and Gen. Rob
ert Shaw oliver. all of Washington. and
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer and the
Rev. Stephen Van Rensselaer,, daugh-
ter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Rens-
selaer. Mrs; Frazer. and the Rev Mr..
Van Rensselaer, assisted at the recep-
ton which followed.
A feature of the reception was the
program Of songs by Myron Whitney
and Miss Pumphrey selected fsom the
ballads sung In drawing rooms nifty
years ago. Among them were Darby
and Joan" Drink to Me Only with
Thine Eyes! The Night Has Thou.
sand Eyes" "Oh. That We Two Were
Maying." My Love Is an Arbutus. "
and, in conclusion. Aud Lang syne.
in which many Joined. Both bride and
bridegroom Of half century are identi-
fed with old and distinguished families
Of this country. Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
was Miss Sarah Boyd Penaleton Her
wedding took place at the home Of her
uncle. John Pendleton Kennedy.
s.
Keen interest in the diplomatic set is
evinced over the lecture on next Tues.
day morning for the benefit of the
wounded Russian soldiers, to be given
by Nine. de Meissner at the Washing
ton Club at II a. m. Patronesses for
the occasion are:
Madame Bakhmeteff, Nine. Scher.
batskoy, Mime. Golejewski; Nine
Joukovsky. Mrs. Stephen o. Richey
Mrs. George. Beale Mrs. Archibald Hop.
kins. Miss 9[ibbey. Mrs. Frederic l.
Moore. Mrs. Thomas Hyde, Mrs. Mont
Eomery NJ. Macomb. Mrs. Seaton