The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-15

Miss Lillian Birney entertained at din
ner last evening at the Chevy chase
Club in honor of Miss Catherine Birney
and Ensign James Hale Strong. whose
marriage will be an event of tomorrow
evening.
Mrs Edward W. Eberle. wife of the
commandment of the navy yard. enter
tanned at a bridge party yesterday after
noon. Mrs John r. Shields and Mrs.
Ernest Walker poured tea.
Mrs. David Jayne Hill was hostess at
reception yesterday afternoon at her resi-
dence In Massachusetts avenue.
Chairman of the Federal Trade Com
mission and Mrs. Joseph Davies were
hosts at dinner last evening at the Chevy
Chase Club. Among then guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Hurley, Mr.. fupiee'
and Mr.. VIII Parry.
Among the dinner hosts at the Chevy
Chase Club last evening were Mr. and
Mrs. ]. r. Mann. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Reeside Mr.. Harry Meem, commander
Charles T. Jewell. Medical Director Fran
els NASH Miss Eleanora Morgan, Inter
state Commerce Commissioner ana MRS.
C. e. McChord, Maj. T. VI. Low, MIR.
A. q. Lapham, Mr.. Albert Willett. Mr..
Myron Parker. and Mr.. r. Max kauff-
man.
Mr.. LYMAN r. Gage. Secretary of the
Treasury In the Cabinet of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, is at the Willard for
spring visit.
Miss Margaret Wilson will send
quantity of flowers from the White
House conservatOries To be used as prizes
for the dancing contests at the tea dance
and bridge party to be given at Rausch-
cr's this afternoon for the beneht of the
Confederate Memorial Home. There will
ne cards fl ON go to > O'Clock and dane
ing from until o'clock. Mr.. Sylvanus
Stokes. jr., will direct the competitive
dancing.
The reception committee includes Mrs.
Samuel Spencer. president of the auxili-
airy to the Confederate Memorial Home.
Under whose auspices the entertainment
will be given; Mrs. Edward Cohen. Mrs.
John S. Blair. Mrs. Thomas Turner. Mrs
Arthur Fendall. Mrs. Wirton Matthews,
and Miss Mary Gusts Lee.
Mrs. Adam Badeux, widow of Gen. Be
deux. who has been spending the winter
in the South, arrived at the Willard yes
terday.
Cen and Mrs. George Barnett enter
tanned at dinner at the Chevy Chase Club
last evening in honor of Mrs. Barnett's
niece. Miss Wallis Warfield. who is their
house guest.
Mrs I.arz Anderson, Mrs Chandler p
Anderson. Miss Goldman. Mrs. George
Eustis, Mrs Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs.
Marshall Field. Mrs. Robert r. Hit Mrs.
George Howard, Mrs. Frederick A. Keep
Miss Sarah Lee. Mrs. George Cabot
Lodge. Mrs. Robert Mccormick. Mime.
Helen Morton, Miss MacVeagh. the
Misses Patten. Mrs. William a. Slater,
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson. Miss Tucker
man and Mrs. Hugh Wallace are the
patronesses for the musicale which will
be given on the evening of April "A at
10 o'clock for the benefit of the Belgian
fund and the Lafayette kit Mrs. LarZ
Anderson has loaned her house, 2llS
Massachusetts avenue, for the occasion,
and those who have offered their serv-
ices are Miss Maggie Teyte. soprano; Mrs
Ruth Kingsbury Townsend. mezzo. and
Mr.. Oscar Seagle. barytone.
Mr.. and Mrs George Y Wheeler en-
tertained at a large dinner party last
evening at the Chevy Chase Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman enter
tanned thirty-two guests at dinner last
evening at the Chevy Chase Club.
Lieut.. and Mrs. w. F. Bevan were
hosts at dinner last evening at their
home at the Marine Barracks in honor
of Mrs. Bevan's mother. Mrs. \. Romeyn
Pierson. OF Palm Beach and New York
The guests included Col. Charles A
Doyen. l.. s. NJ. T.. and Mrs. Doyen,
Capt. Thomas NJ Clinton. L. ). NJ. c.,
and Mrs. Clinton. Lieut. John B. Rhodes.
L. s. n. and Mrs. Rhodes. and Capt.
Harold +. WirSman. L. :. NJ c.
Judge Thomas Burke. OF Seattle.
Wash. accompanied by Mrs. Burke. is
among the late arrivals at the New Will
lard from the Pacific Coast.
The marriage of Miss Esther Slater.
daughter of Mrs. Horatio Nelson Slater,
of Boston. and Mr.. b. Sumner Welles.
of New York. took place yesterday morn
ing at 1870 o'clock at the Episcopal
Church of the Reconciliation at Webster.
Mass. The ceremony. which was per-
formed by the Rev. Endicott Peabody, of
Groton, was Witnessed by small num-
Der of relatives and friends. who made
the trip from Boston in special train.
The bride wore gown OF white satin
and real Venetian point lace with long
train and carried roses. Miss Ray Slater.
the younger sister of the bride. was maid
of honor, and wore a frock of pink taft
feta. The ushers We're Mr.. Prescott Wal
colt. Mr. Charles Curtis, Mr.. Arnold
Hunnewell. Mr.. Ives Camel. Mr.. Riving
ton Pyle. Mr.. Schuyler Parsons, Mr..
Thornton Wilson. Mr.. Herbert Cumming.
and Mr.. Nelson Slater, brother of the
bride.
Following the ceremony the wedding
party returned to Boston by special train
for a large reception. which took place
at the Slater home in Beacon street at
1:30 o'clock and was attended by nearly
800 guests. A seated luncheon was served
and the First Corps of Cadets Band fur
nished music during the afternoon.
Miss Hildreth Gatewood. daughter Of
Medical director James Ducan Gate
wood. U. s. N. and Mrs. GatewoOd. en-
tertained twenty-eight guests at a buff
fet luncheon yesterday in honor OF Miss
Ruth Bliss. whose marriage to Capt
Lewis Hayes Watkins, L. s. A. will take
place on the afternoon Of May L.. yell
low and white spring flowers formed the
decorations.
Mrs. Stimson Brown was hostess al
tea yesterday afternoon in honor of her
daughter, Mrs. Carleton r. Kear. wife
of Commander kear. u. 8. N, retired.
Assisting Mrs. Brown were her house
guest, Mrs. Hungerford. of New York;
Mrs. Preston Sands, and Mrs Harry
Reisinger.