The Washington times., 1915-12-13
Many Entertainments Are
Planned by the Leaders of
Society in Washington.
Gossip of Hostcsses.

Miss Elizabeth Illngsbury. daughter
OF Col. and Mrs H. p. ISingsbury. en-
tertaIned at luncheon today in compil-
ment to two OF the seasons debutantes
Miss Margaret Read and Miss Marie
Sims. The girls invited to meet them
were Miss Jeanette Cowan, Miss Ellie
Lcjeune, Miss Elizabeth Chase, Miss
Sussnne Chase. Miss Georgia Schofield
drick. Miss Catherine BurLlette. Miss
Dorothy bennett. Miss Grace Over
man. Miss Katherine Efflnger. Miss
Mss Mary DS wheeler Vest 'S Mia, Marie
PesEy.. Miss Maxwell Church, Miss
Pauline Stone, Miss Dorothy Taylor
Miss Dorothy Brooks. Miss Mary Gra-
ham. Miss Louise Clark and her guest.
Helen McCumber. Miss Dorothy Wyeth.
Miss Pocahontas Butler and Miss Mar
jorie Russ. The guests were seated at
small tables. which had graceful decora-
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Shirley Carter.
of Cambridge. are receiving conRratu-
lstions upon the birth of daughter.
Mrs Carter. who was Miss Louise Hope
Thatcher, is tho daughter of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Thomas Chandler
TEACHER.
Knox, U. s. A.. is entertaining at
bridge this afternoon at her apartment
Archibald Hall. who Is visiting Mrs.
Frederick Efhnger. There are twelve
guests. Mrs. EffnRer will preside at
the tea table.
The Vice President and Mrs. MAJ
shall are due to reach Washington
this evening from their home at In.
dianapolis where they were detained
by the Illness of Mrs. Marshall, who
IL now conValescing. They will spend
the winter at the New Willard Hotel
where they have selected an apart
ment which has been not only refu--
nished to accord with Mrs. MarshalEs
taste, but in some degree reconstruct
ed to meet the requirements and con-
venieIice of both the Vice President
and Mrs. Marshall. They spent sew
eral days here in September selecting
the furnishings and making their ar-
ranRements for the winter in whose
social activities they expect to take
q prominent part.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar.
shall have in mind a series of large
evening receptions for which they
will reserve the drawing room suite
frequently used for dinners to the
President: They gave similar series
winter before last which were de-
clared to be more like the old-tlme
parties Of a score of years ago than
anything Washington has known in
recent years.
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The President snd Cabinet will occupy
boxes at Memorial Continental Hall this
afternoon at 5 o'clock for the entertain
Tokyo, Japan. The Marine Band will
furnish the music. TIE members of the
committee are Mrs; Arthur I. Brice,
Mrs. william Mar & 9reistsd MIS- MIS- Thomas
James Frazer, Mrs. c. C. Glover, Mrs
Charles s. Hamlin, Mrs. Hoes, Mrs. M.
G: Macomb, Mrs: Albert l.. Mills, Miss
Mrs. Samuel spencer. Mrs. Walter Tuck
erman, Miss Kibbey. The patronesses
are Miss Wilson. Mrs. Lansing. Mrs.
Mrs, Burleson. Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. lane,
Mrs. Houston, Mrs. Redheld, Mrs. VIII
son. Mrs. Breckinridge, Mrs, Roosevelt,
Mrs, Yrooman. Among the box holders
Boyd, Mrs. Alpheus II. Snow, Mrs. VIII
liam {. RiYes, the Bishop of Washing
ton, Mrs: Gibson Fahnestock, and Mrs.
The officers of the national associa ton
in charge Of the work are Lloyd c. Girls
com, PRESIDENT; W. ]. Schieffelin, vice
Lloyd c. Green, Lindsay Russell James
A. Seymour, George Wharton Pepper,
and Mrs. Charles Rodman Pancoast.
Members of the younger set IN Wash
ington society are looking forward with
interest to the visit of the Yale Glee
Banjo, and Mandolin Clubs to Wash
ington. The musical clubs will give a
concert at the Raleigh Hotel saturday.
The Yale boys will be extensively en-
tertained while in Washington. They
will remain here over Sunday before
continuing their Christmas holiday trip.
The first tea of the College Women's
Club will be given at the Raleigh, in
the oak room, Wednesday afternoon
from to 6 o'clock. The hostesses will
be the George Washington members Of
the club, and the guests of honor Presi-
dent Stockton. of the university, and
Mrs. George P. Merrill. president Of the
Columbian Women. The program will
be announced later:
The annual meeting of the Women's
Auxiliary Of the University Of Penn
syIvania was held at the country home
OF Mrs Charles w. Richardson on
Grant road, on Wednesday. Mrs Rob-
ert Harper, Sd, was elected president for
the coming year. After the twenty
plans for the future were discussed.
a.
The residence of Mrs. Thomas r. Gaff,
third vice president of the District OF
Columbia Association Opposed to Wom-
an Suffrage, will be thrown open this
afternoon for a tea in honor of the
National Association Opposed to Won;
an Suffrage. which held its annual
meeting at the Shoreham in the morn
ing. There are nearly 200 delegates,
prominent women from twenty-five
States. Mrs. Gaff will be assisted in
receiving by Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge,
president Of the National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, and Mrs.
Mahlon Pitney. Among those who are
expected to be present in addition to
the guests of honor are Mrs. Robert
Lansing, Mrs. Nicholas Anderson, Mrs.
Arthur Addison, Mrs. Willard Brown
son, Mrs. Gist Blair. Mrs. Lothrop Brad
ley, Mrs. Woodbury. Blair. Mrs. Edison
Bradley. Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. Doug
las Putnam Birnie, Mrs. Joseph II.
Bradley, Mrs. Henry c. Corbin, Mrs
Edward l.. Capehart, Mrs. Thomas NJ,
Chatard. Mrs. Allerton Cushman. Miss
Card, Mrs Robert Chapman, Mrs. J.
Vaudeville Carlisle. Mrs. John Davidge
Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn, Mrs
Stephen Eikins. Mrs. Richard Eiy
Madame Ekcngren, Miss Elliot, Mrs
Frank Fletcher. Mrs Charles Fitzhugh
Mrs Henry Fairbanks, Mrs. Charles c,
Glover. Mrs. Homer Guerry, Miss
GWynne, Mrs. oliver Wendell Holmes