The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

James fucker, and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert McwilIiams. who
have been spending a fortnight here, left
"a rly in the week to join J. II. Severance.
of Cleveland. in a yachting trip to South
American ports. Mr.. Severance has
chartered Randall Morgan's steam yacht.
Waturus, and is going south by the
outside route, stopping for a few days
at Charleston. S. c, touching at Palm
Beach, and then going to Havana. after
which the party will proceed TO Rio
de Janerio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Chandler, of
Philadelphia, entertained a number of
their friends early in the week at an
old-fashioned Virginia luncheon at Fas-
sifern farm. Among others giving lunch
cons there this week were Mr.. and Mrs.
J. o. Hodges and Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Webber.
The serving of tea and cake informally
in the lobby of the Homestead Hotel
without charge, was started there this
week by the management as a new
feature in connection with the late aft
ernoon concerts. and has been very pop
ular. People sit about the log fires while
tea is served. Some OF those entertain
ing at these teas have been Mr.. and Mrs.
William c. Denny. who now hold the rec
ord of being the oldest visitors, in point
of length of time spent here, now at the
hotel; DR.. and Mrs. Guy F. Linsdale, Mr..
and Mrs. Parker Hamersley, Charles F.
Neave. who returned here for the hol-
idays after visiting friends in Richmond,
and Phil Easton, A Harvard student, who
came down for the Christmas holidays,
and will return next week.
Late registrations at the Homestead
Hotel include Francis c. Dale, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Webb. Harry H. Webb, jr.,
Thomas German, Mrs. E. S. Horton. Ar
thur H. Cowle, Miss Hattie Van Duzen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald F. Rowe, Norman
L. Dixie, /. d. Cadmus, Miss Jane Hodson,
of New York; Vance Laudervale, Miss
A. B. Campbell, of Brooklyn; Williams
Cranston, of Jersey City; DR.. d. c. Faust,
Miss B. n. Livingston, ]. Gimbel Charles
King, of Philadelphia; Mrs. J. H. Thomp-
son, of st. Louis; E. J. Allen, of East
Orange; A. Y. Purden, Of Madison, n. j.;
William Duncan. of Baltimore; Mrs. Nor
man Williams, Of Washington; Mrs. d. n.
Mccall, of Montreal, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George d. Cavanah, Of Troy, N. Y.
The Alpha Epsilon chapter OF the
Delta Sigma M Fraternity held their
annual Christmas dance at the High
lanOS last lueSudy tN6ulu6 anu IL was
considered a great success. The MEM
bers home for the holidays and large
representation from the Washington
Alumni Association helped to increase
the attendance. The hall was attrac-
lively decorated with banners of differ
ent preparatory schools and colleges and
a large Christmas tree stood in the CEN
ter of the reception hall. Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry H. PattIson chaperoned tie dance.
Those present included Misses Marion
Hill, Helen Lloyd, Roxa Roe, Louise
Dunbar. Ruth Belnap, Ruth Graf, Louise
Iarabee. Edna Brown, Roland Gray.
Beatrice German, Marion West, Z.
Adair, A. Bailey, A. Sommerville, Mayda
Carnahan. H. Kramer. Marie Eiker, Ada
Moody. Eloise Dirkin H. Dewey, A.
Fitzhugh and L. Browning; Messrs.
Ralph r. DePrez. George Haines, Karl
Walker, Daniel Mahoney, r. w. Corwin,
Frank w. Loeffler. Leonard T. Brown,
s. s. Coleman, Elvan d. Haines, William
Ahern, Daniel lockwood. Philip Col
Inns, C.. A.. Smith. Henry Book. Karl
Fink. Jack Easter. William Lockwood.