The Washington times., 1915-11-13
Items of Interest and lmpor-
tance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.

The japanese Ambassador and Wis.
countess Chinda will entertain at din.
ner this eveninr at the embassy In cele.
bration OF the coronation OF Emperor
Yoshohito. The Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Lansing will be the honor guests
ana this will be the first function which
Mrs. Lansing has attended since tn.
recent accident on the golf links. re.
sulting in sprained shoulder, which
has kent her confined to the house fol
several weeks.
There Will be thirty-nfne guests
among them members of the Cabine
and their wives. with the exception o
the Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs
McAdoo. who are declining invitationi
owing to the recent death of Mr.. Nc
Adoos son-in-law. Mr. Martin; the Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs. Daneils
who are out OF town. and the Secretar,
OF Commerce and AIRS. kedheid. As
sistant secretary OF the treasury and
MRS. Byron Il. Newton will MI the place
OF Secretary ana Mrs. McAdoo, ana the
Mrs. SeSreay OF tne Of Eayy a
and Mrs. Danieis. and the Assistant
secretary Oi Agriculture anu Mrs
sweet Will represent secretary and mrs
hedheld. the Counselor ot the state
department and MRS. FRANK Polk. sew
erai or the under secretaries OF the
various oeparlmcnts. the members Oi
the embassy stan and tneir wives. ana
two VI three Japanese naval officers
who are students IN washington Will
cohDiele the parry.
The Secretary OF the Navy. who left
town last evening for RaleiSh, N. Cu
town carry next Week. Mrs. Daniels.
who has rGen IN Raleigh for the last
week, PROBABLY viii come to Wasn-
inSton Win MIN.
The Misses Lucy and Sideney
BurIcson daughters of the Postmas-
tLr General aud Mrs. Burleson, are
spenuns tue week cad IN New YORK,
where they are the guests of Mrs.
J. J,Iisy Coruon AT IA Riverside
Drive.
All. and Mrs. Burleson and their
Gaue hIrrs cApcct to attend the Army
NaNLy same IN New io:k on NoveR-
Der i.
a marriage of Interest to Washing
t"niaus took pace on Wednesday IN
ALinnta. when Miss Margaret Lawton.
,,turhtcr Vi MAJOR Edward p. Lawton.
" .liam Garrard. Mrs. Garrard has
b,cn III Europe visiting the family Of
-tmuassauor Pleasant y. StovalI, a,
bCrnc. switzerland, and nursing in the
hospitals. Alter her return she spent
some time in California. and was pass
ing through Atlanta on her way to
VI ashington when the ceremony was
performed. Mr.. Garrard and his bride
"ef. engaged sN y years "a ago
DIR. and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell.
who are at their summer home at Ba-
deck. Nova Scotia. will not return 10
Washington until december J.
Mrs, RichYd itNelyn Byrd jr., wife Of
Ensign BYRD of the Dolphin. who. with
her mother. Mrs. Joseph Ames. spent
some time at Mrs. Andrew Brownies. III
Norfolk. has returned with Mrs Ames
, to Washington and Joined Ensign Byrd
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick V. Covi!le will
present their daughter, Miss Katherine
Coville, to society at a tea. followed by
Is. Miss Coville is interrupting hei
course at the University of Wisconsin
TO spend this year with her family and
to be introduced. Miss Coville's aifilIa-
in WASHINGTON. Of which her father has
been q member for twenty years.
~
The Alexander Il. Lawton Chapter,
y. d. c.. will give card party and
tea dance at the Willard December >
a repetition of the entertainment
=. which was given last fall with great
success. a partial list Of p9tronesses
includes Mrs. Thomas Watr Gregory
Mrs. Claude NJ. swanson, Mrs. Elisha
Meredith. Mrs. Brinton Stone Mrs,
Hoke smith. Mrs. J, Hamil lton Lewis,
Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley. Mrs. J.
Willard Ragsdale. Mrs. Samuel Spep-
Ger. Mrs Frederic L. Moore. Mrs
Mcguire. Mrs. Marcus Wright, Mrs.
Leonard Hoffman. Mrs. Theobald, Miss
Weeks. Mrs. Wayne. Mrs. Archibald
Young and Mrs. Hancock. DR.. Blair
viii be in charge OF the floor com
mittee. Miss l.. l.. Hebb and Miss Ar
mat will have charge Of the sale OF
tickets. Miss Alice Theobold and
Mrs. Cuthbert Harrison OF tables. and
Mrs. Howell Smith of refreshments.
Many destitute southern families
were furnished all of last winter with
coal groceries. clothing. and other
necessities FROM the proceeds OF the
entertainment given by this chapter
last fall at the New Willard.
A tea and sale OF fancy articles for
the benefit OF the Washington Home
for Foundlings will he given by the
3 to o'clock, at the home. Ills Fifteenth
street northwest. The members of the
board who will receive the friends OF
the home are: Mrs. Simon Wolf. Mrs
Mrs. Richard Sylvester, Mrs. Alexander
4. Britton. Mrs. Carl Droop. Mrs. Car
Casey, Mrs. George c. Johnson. Mrs
Charles J. Williamson, Mrs. T. L. Ames
AIRS. Joseph W. Babcock. Mrs James
T.. Baines, Mrs. Charles If. Bates. Mrs
Lillian II. Bermann, Mrs. Sherley w
Bowles, Mrs Edwin G. Brandenburg
Mrs. John L. Cassin. Mrs. Francis w
Dickens, Mrs. George Field. Mrs. Will
Jam F: Hancock. Mrs. Giles F. Hcilprinl
Mrs. Herman X. Howenstein. Mrs j
X, Jones, jr., Mrs. Anderson y. Lacey
Mrs. John b. larner. Mrs. Charles A
McAllister, Miss Kate Mccartney. Mrs
II. E. Mitchell, Mrs. w. Gerry Morgan
Mrs. Albert NJ. Read, Mrs. Easily Smith
Mrs. S. II. Smith. Mrs. Marvin stone
Mrs william Weaver. Mrs. Myron b
Wright, and Mrs Horace Wylie.
Captain and Mrs. William Mitchell
T. s. A.. returned to Washington toda,
from New York. where they went Il
attend the horse show.
y.-
Miss Helen Burch, daughter of Or
end Mrs W. THOMPSON Rurch will b'
hostess at q dance December 3.