The Washington times., 1915-12-25
Mems Notes and Gossip
of Washington Smart Set
Many Entertainments Are
Planned by the Leaders of
Society in Washington,
Gossip of EEosteSses.


party Their d aughter. Misa Josephine
Page. who Is spending the winter In
Philadelphia, Ia with Mr.. and Mrs. Page
for the holidays. and WIN receive with
thoin. Those assisting will be Mrs
James Duncan Gatewood. Mrs. William
Floyd sicard. Mrs. Jesse Reeve. Miss
Elizabeth Page Perrin. Miss Frances
EffinEer' and Miss Dorothy Taylor.
Miss Jeanette Cowan, debutante
daughter Of Mrs. John K. Shields, was
hostess at an informal luncheon today,
for her guest. Miss Josephine Shields.
Later the party attended the matinee.
Mr. and Mrs. Toy Dixon Savage. OF
Norfolk. arrived In Washington last
evening to spend the holidays with Mrs.
SavaEe's parents. Medical Director and
Mrs James Duncan Gatewood, y. s. ".
Mrs; Savage was formerly Miss Hill
dreth Gatewood.. Her marriage to Mr..
Savage took place on Thanksgiving
Eve.
military wedding of interest to
Washington Is that of Miss Elisabeth
+. Abernathy and Lieut. Oscar NJ
Sohlberg. The wedding will take place
today at the home of the brides par
ents, Mir. and Mrs. Omar Abernathy,
in Leavenworth, Kan.
The bride is a graduate of the Lig-
gett School of Detroit and OF Ogontz.
She ts fond of outdoor sports and tS
an expert horsewoman. Her father IL
president of the First National Bank
at Leaven worth.
Lieutenant sohlberg is an officer OF
the Engineer Corps, u. s. A, a grad
uate of West Point, class 10, and OF
the Engineer School of Application,
Washington. He has seen service on
the Mississippi river, on the Panama
n
Ohio river, at Fort LeaVenworth. He
Is well known in New York and Wash |
ington fencing circles and as a polo
player. He is stationed at West Point
at present,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashmead Fuller will re-
ceive informally, this afternoon at their
apartment in the Farnsboro.
Mrs, William Nelson Page will be
hostess at an eggnogB party this after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Burr Harrison
win be at home informally this after
noon at their home in street. Their
niece, Miss Mary Wheeler Vest. will
receive with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sturtevant will
entertain guests at a dance this eVe-
ming at their residence in Leroy place.
Miss Ruth Donaldson. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Golden Donaldson,
will give dance tonight at the high-
lands.
Mrs. Joseph Kuhn Will be at home
this afternoon at the Washington bar
racks both to her own friends and
Dancing will be a feature of the en-
tertainment.
Miss Irene Hardesty will be hostess
q 6an 80.
to her cousin, Miss Ada Hardesty. OF
Fort Thomas, KY. who has come from
Randolph Macon College to spend the
Christmas holidays with Miss Har-
desty.
DR.. and Mrs. Edward Il. Won PreissiS
have, sent out cards announcing the
marriaGe of their daughter, I;Artila. to
Tweiith United states caIsiry.- '"%i on
Thursday. December g, at ncnVer,
Col. Lieut.. and Mrs. Patterson VIII be
at home at Fort Yellowstone. Wyo..
after Januery 10.
Miss Marie Adams. daughter @: Mr..
and Mrs. Pyron F. Adams. he's sert out
aS1oe he evdnns nEt@SG OF fanuarv fST dance and
tea on January Ii ia compliment to her
house guest. Miss Mary Rose Byrie, of
Philadelphia.
The. Washington Society of the Arch
Biological Institute of America has cards
out for the sixty-hfth regular meeting
of the society at tho. residence nt Mr..
cut avenue, on Wednesday evening.
January 3, at S:3n o'clock. Dr.. Fdgar
j.. Hewitt, director Of the Schcol of
American Archaeology. director of ex-
hibits in science and art at the Pm
ana-PaciHc Exposition. will gIvc an
illustrated lecture on THE Golden Age
of Central America"
Mrs. Archibald Oracle and Miss Edith
Temple Oracle will give a tea tomor-
row afternoon from 4 to at their resi-
dence. 1927 Sixteenth street. There will
be music during the afternoon. They
Mrs. oH Henry TTSiSH Flood d. Mrs Mrs Villa William SSt Writ
Dixon, Mrs. Lorimer Graham. Miss
Helen BlodRett Miss Helen McCumbar.
Miss Dorothy Shuey. Miss Emily Chase
Miss Grace Overmann. Miss Ruth Hitch
cock. Miss Marie Sims. Miss Katherine
Burdette. Miss Ellie Leieune. Baroness
Won Winkler. Miss Frances Dunn. Miss
Teresa Grande Pezet, Miss MaT-
gucritta T1llinan, and Miss Louise Lacy.
The Sigma Nu Fraternity, of George
Washington University, will give their
Christmas dance on, December 20 In the
New Cochran Hotel. The matrons OF
honor, include Mrs. Charles II. Stock
ton, Mrs. John NJ. Evans, Mrs. Alex
ander Graham Bell, Mrs. William Allen
Among the guests will be representa-
tiVeB from the University of Delaware,
and from Washington and Lee Uni
versity, OF Virginia; Frank Iden. presi-
dent OF Washington Alumni Chapter,
and Roy c. Cox, inspector of this di-
vision.
The reception committee is composed
of the following, Rear Admiral Charles
Herbert Stockton, Judge John NJ.
Evans, William Allen Wilbur. DR.. How
ard Lincoln Hodgkins, and Claude r.
Brenneman, Of Delta Pi Chapter, George
Washington University. On the arrange
ments committee are Ralph ]. Sterling,
George Smithson, Leslie Getchell. WI
liam B. Brooks, Paul Cathcart, Paul
Hodge, and W. Everett Brockman.
r. Bremes Mesler, OF Costa Rica, has
arrived at Washington for the Pan
American Scientific Congress, and Is at
the Willard.
Mrs. w. G. Penheld and ]. r. PenfeId,
both of Fairfield, Conn, and Miss Ruth
Bakon. OF Bridgeport, Conn, are at the
Willard.
Mrs Percy V. PennybackeT. pre- 81
dent OF the General Federation of
'Nomen's Clubs, and ser son and
daughter. Percy V. Pennbacker and
Miss Ruth Pennybacker, are in New
York at the Hotel Astor for the
Christmas holidays. Mrs. Pennyba ,k-
will rnuna WaabtnRtON .xt