The Washington times., 1915-12-23
Items of Interest and Impor-
tance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.


Shields niece. Miss Josephine Shields.
or New York. to society. The party will
be held at Rauscher's from 8 to o'clock.
The decorations will be carried out in
Christmas colors. slender cedar trees
and festoons of Southern smilax throw
ing into high relief quantities of scarlet
poinsettia blossoms. Scarlet capped
candles will shed rosy glow on the tea
table. which will he gay with poin-
settias and Richmond roses.
Mrs Shields and the two dcbutantes
will receive in the small ball room and
the large ball room will be reserved for
the dancing. which will be one of the
most attractive features of the after
noon. Mrs. Shields will wear hand
some gown of black velvet brocaded in
silver and made over a petticoat of sill
Yer lace: Miss Cowan's frock is dainty
model of white and silver brocade. COM
bined with tulle and garnishcd with tiny
pink roses. She will carry a bou-
quot of white orchids and tiny
pink roses. Miss Shields will wear
white tulle frock built over a petticoat
Of silver lace, and will carry lavender
orchids and tirc-name roses. a new va
rlety Of tiny flame-colored blossoms.
Miss Betty Newbcrry. of Chicago. who
WAS to have been Miss Cowan's guest
for her coming out tea. has been de-
1aned by illness. and will not come to
Washington until later.
Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs. Lmdley NJ.
Garrison. Mrs. Josephus Daniels. Mrs.
Albert l.. Mills. Mrs. Samuel spencer.
Mrs. William l.. Marshall. Mrs. Claude
swanson. Mrs. James A. Reed. and Mrs.
Russell Harrison will preside at the
tea table in turn during the afternoon,
and Mrs. Shields will be assisted by Mrs.
Thetus w. Sims. Mrs. f. w. Cole. of
Nashville: Mrs. George Porter. Mrs
John Temple Graves. Mrs. r. Dewitt
Horace H. Lurton. ir:. Miss Mary TEN
pic. Mrs. Walter Wells. Miss Helen
Stewart. Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs. J.
Willard Ragsdale. and Mrs. G. w. BaN-
ter. Among the girls of the receiving
party will be Miss Grace Overman, Miss
Jane Gregory, Miss Mary Bryan. Miss
Mary Taylor. Miss Catherine Burdette,
Miss Helen Blodgett. Miss Ruth Lester.
Miss Laura Temple Graves. Miss Marie
Sims. Miss Lillian kendrick. Miss Mar
Garet Read. Miss Georgia Schofield. Miss
Pocahontas Butler Miss Eleanor BaX-
ter. Baroness Lily Won Winckler. Miss
Teresa Granda Pezet. and Miss Edith
Oracle.
The reception will be followed by a
dinner at the Army and Navy Club be-
fore the mid-week dance. at which the
guests will be the young people of the
receiving party and number OF men,
Dr. Frank Johnson Goodnow, presi-
dent of the Johns Hopkins University,
and Mrs. Goodnow announce6 yesterday
in Baltimore the engagement of their
daughter Miss Lois Root Goodnow, to
John Van Antwerp MacMurray. first
secretary Of the American legation at
pcking, son of the late Junius w. Mac
Murray, ajor of artillery. u: S. A"
and Mrs. MacMurray, of Washington.
The wedding will probably take place
in February
The enga cement is the result OF ro-
nance begun in China, where Miss
Goodnow accompanied her parents last
summer. when DR.. Goodnow was called
there by the political situation to assist
in reorganizing the government.
Mr.. MacMurray, who has been at
tached to the Peking legation for two
years. is well known in this country in
East division of the Stale Department.
lie was born in Schenectady, October s,
1881, and Is a graduate of Princeton.
1902; a master of arts of the same uni
versity, and also. a graduate Of Column
was admitted to the bar in New York.
and for the last eight years has been in
the American diplomatic service. He is
now OH leave Of absence and Is visiting
his mother in this city.
Miss Mary Hardwick, who has como
to Washington from Georgia. where she
attends school. to spend the holidays
with her parents. Senator and Mrs.
guest at an Informal tea which Miss
Rertie Pugh and her niece, Miss Louise
Tugh. Will give this afternoontat their
residence in r street. Miss HardwiCk
will return to Georgia January :
Capt. Robert r. wallach. L: S A..
has Joined Mrs. Wallach at the home OF
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Pcdk-
ins, where he will pass the holidays.
Capt w. A. Gill. u. $. ~. and and
Mrs. Gill will come to Washington to-
morrom from Fort Monroe. Captain
Gill will remain in Washington during
the holidays. Mrs. Gill will entertain
at their residence in Connecticut avenue.
Their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hyde Smith, will entertain in
formally at an egg-nog party on Christ
mas afternoon.
The District of Columbia Division
I 'nited Daughters of the Confederacy
will give benefit card party on Jan
uar- IA, at o'clock. at the Cairo. Miss
Pansie ). Wells, chairman Of the di-
vision entertainment committee. Is in
charge of the arrangements. The pat
ronesses will be announced later.
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Commander Nomura, naval attache Of
dinner last night in honor of the jap
anese dor. Niscount Chinds.
and Col. Charles FaGc Bryan, former
United Stataes ambassador to japan.
The dinner was served at Rauscher's.
and the guests were Roar Admiral
William w, Kimball, Captain Barber.
Lieutenant Colonel Williams, Com
mander Wurtsburgh, Commander Knox,
Lieutenant Commander MaCCaulcy,
Lieutenant Commander letters, all of
the Navy Department; Lieutenant Com
mander Dittborn, of the Chilean en-
hassy; DR.. Charles n. Gregory, Prof
Swisher, of the George Washington
University; c. V. Wheeler, &. II. Liv-
ingston, and Lieutenant Colonel ltamy,
Secretary Matsuoka, Secretary Ohta,
Secretary Kawashima, Attache Saito.
Attache IWate, Lieutenant Commander
lTyakotake, all of the japanese en-
hassy: Commander Furukawa, and
Lieutenant Commander Takahashi. who
a re on their way home from England,
and Lieutenant Commander MiyamotO
and Mr.. HiSada, who are en- route to
England.
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One of the most Interesting events OF
this evening will he the reception and
dance which MIR. and Mrs. Charles J.
Rell Will give at Rauscher at 10
o'clock. Their guests will also include
a number of the young friends OF