Evening star., 1915-12-31
Minnie Forrest. Miss Martha Stewart
and Mrs Laura Williams

Minnie Forrest. Miss Martha Stewart
and Mrs Laura Williams.
H J. Crosson have gone to Plainfield.
N. j., to spend the holidays with their
aunt, Mrs. Charles E. Lipscomb.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Gottleib gave a
beautiful reception last night at their
residence, 615 Irving street northwest,
in honor Of their guests. Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Feins of Boston, on the occasion
of the latter's tenth wedding anniver-
sary.
Miss Marie Sims. the first bud to be
presented from the congressional set
yesterday afternoon at a beautiful tea
dance given at Rauschers by her
mother, Mrs. Thetus W. Sims, wife OF
Representative Sims of Tennessee.
The bathrooms were effectively dec
GRATED with poinsettias, holly and
Christmas greens. and an orchestra
played throughout the afternoon for
the dancing.
Mrs. Sims received in an elegant
gown of silver gray tulle, embroidered
in crystals and jet, over charmeuse of
the same shade, while the debutante
looked charming in a bouffant white
tulle gown, draped over silver lace,
with a high girdle of cloth of silver.
lace holder.
Pink roses and ferns formed the dec
Grafton on the tea table, and those as
sisting in the hospitality included Mrs.
Albert Sidney Burleson. Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, Mrs. William E. Borah. Mrs.
John K. Shields. Mrs. James r. Mann,
Mrs. Hampson Gary, Mrs. James e.
Hurley, Mrs. William L. Beale, Mrs.
Louis Brownlow, Mrs. William Joyner.
Miss Lucy Burleson. Miss Sidney Bur
fycc
Josephine Shields, Miss Elizabeth
Hamilton, Miss Katherine Beach, Miss
Marjorie He1mbold, Miss Ellie Lejeure.
Miss Margherita Tillman. Baroness
Miss Ruth Lester. Miss Amy Bennett.
Miss Hildegarde Hurley. Miss Eliza
beth Kingsbury, Miss Isabel Beury
and Miss Louise Beury of Charleston,
w. Va, house guests of Miss Sims.
Miss Bouldin will be at home after
o'clock tomorrow at the Magnolia.
Mrs. Rhett Stuart will be at home in
formally tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. w. NJ. Page and Miss Page of
1853 Kalorama road will not be at
home tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Erlebacher are at the
Traymore Hotel at Atlantic City.
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Jenkins gave a
holiday dance last evening for their
son. Mr.. Ralph Jenkins, when the
guests included the younger members
of society.
Mrs. Drain and Miss Kathryn Drain
also entertained at a dance last night
| in the ballroom of the wyoming, When
| their guests were invited to meet MISS
Katharine Coville. After the dance a
huffet sumner was served Mrs.
Drains apartment.
| Col. and Mrs John Temple Graves
| celebrated their twenty-ffth wedding
anniversary with dinner last night,
when their guests included Senator
and Mrs. Hoke Smith. Senator and
Mrs. Swanson, Senator and Mrs.
Shields, Senator and Mrs. Pittman, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Fowler, Mrs. De witt
Talmage and Mrs. Delos Blodgett.
| Among those who entertained at din
ners last night and later took their
guests to the dance which Mr.. ana
Mrs. Victor Kaufman gave for Miss
Ruth Lester at Rauscher's were: Mrs
William Haywood, who entertained in
honor of Miss Elizabeth Hamlin Young,
who is at home from school for the
holidays Those asked to meet Miss
Young were Miss Ruth Lester, Miss
Lillian Hendrick. Miss Georgia Scho-
field, Miss Jeanette Cowan. Miss Cath
crime Burdette. Miss Carolyn Nash,
Miss Callie Hoke Smith, Miss May of
Kauffmann; DR.. and Mrs Howard
Hume, Mr. Ballard Moore Mr.. Spencer
Gordon, Mr.. Phillip Kaufman, Mr..
Samuel Kaufman. Mr.. Edward Dewey,
Mr.. Sylvanus Stokes. Mr.. Joseph Bailey,
Mr.. Lowndes Lavender, Mr. Adams and
Mr.. Wilson Haywood.
| Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Wyeth. who en-
tertained for Miss Dorothy Wyeth
Read Miss Lucy Burleson. Miss Dor
| othy Adams, Miss Laura Graves. Miss
Mildred Adams, Mr.. Baldwin Mccoy
Mr.. Louis Douglas. DR.: Dennet Adams
Graves. jr., and Mr. Percy Mccoy.
| Mrs. w. Riley Deeble entertained a
nu9lber of young people informally
as did Miss Dorothy Bertholf, and Miss
Frances Effineer. Miss Katherine Eff
finger. Miss Dorothy Taylor. Miss Helen
| McCumber, Miss Louise Clark, Lieut.
Scott McCaughey, L. S. N: Lieut. John
NJ Eager. Ensign Harold J. Norton, DR.
| Daniel Borden, Mr. Kent Robert and
Mr.. Greer Marechal.
| Mr. and Mrs. Milton c. Elliott enter
tanned at their home, 1913 Q street
| Wednesday, from to I. Mrs Elliott
was assisted in receiving by her two
| sisters the Misses Cooke of Char
lottesvibe, Va: Mrs. Malcolm Nc
Connie. Mrs Joseph Folk. Mrs. C. C.
McChord, Mrs. Hampson Gary. Mrs
| Louis Green and Mrs. Wilkes Shields
| Among those present were Mrs w
c. McAdoo. Mrs. Cothran. Mrs Frederic
A Delano and the Misses Delano, Mrs
Charles S. Hamlin: Mrs. William B
! Ridgely, Mrs. William p. Malburn
Mrs George Harrison. Mrs. F. B Moran
| Miss Caroline Hunter, Mrs. Edward
| Old, Mrs. Harry S. Venn. Miss Ellen
Garnett. Miss McChord, Miss Bennie
Mr.. w. P G.. Harding, Mr.. and Mrs
Angus Crawford. Mr.. and Mrs ]. C.
Hemphill. Maj. Robert w. Hunter. Mr.
p. st. J. Wilson, Mr.. John SHELTON Will
liams, DR.. and Mrs. Louis Lehr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenna Campbell, Miss Annie
Campbell, DR.. George Tucker Smith
DR.. and Mrs Cabel Moore. Mr.. and Mrs
A. G Clapham, Col. and Mrs. Hart, Mr.
Phillip Campbell and Mr.. C. l.. Will
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