The Washington herald., 1916-12-12

I women, and Mrs. Ashley, a clever PALM
list, will give readings during the after
noon an evening. Luncheon will be
served from 12 to 2. and the tea dance.
| under the direction of Mrs. Eugene
Byrnes and Mrs. Crawford, will be held
| from to o'clock There will also be
dancing in the evening after o'clock.
Brigadier Gen. Charles L. Mccawley
was host at luncheon yesterday.
! Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn was hostess
| at a tea yesterday afternoon at the Club
| of Colonial Danes. Mrs. James H. Glen
non, Mrs. Alexander Hunter Gait, and
Mrs. Samuel Spencer presided at the tea
table In the receiving line were Mrs.
Adelaide Worth Basley. Mrs. z. w. Rey-
! nolds, Mrs. Edward Rhodes Stith, Mrs
Francois Berger Moran, Mrs. Hughes
| Oliphant, Mrs. Julian Boiling, and Mrs.
| Archibald Oracle.
| Assisting in the dining-room were Miss
| Lucy Burieson. Miss Washington, Miss
| Dorothy bennett, Miss Spaulding Miss
Belle Bagley. Miss Ethel BagIey, apd lit
tie Miss Mary Stith.
| Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton delighted
the guests with several songs from the
opera La Tosca." The decorations con-
! sisted OF large gilt baskets of American
Beauty roses, holly and ferns. An or
| chestra played throughout the afternoon.
| An engagement of interest to Washing
| ton society is that of Miss Helen H.
Draper. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
H. Draper, of Boston. to Mr.. Walbridge
Smith Taft, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
| Taft Waters, of New York, which was
| recently announced
| Miss Draper is a cousin of Princess
| Margaret Boncompagni, formerly Miss
! Margaret Draper, of Washington, and
| came to Washington recently to be
| hFid af ha arV-ia Of
rice Clover and Maj. Thomas Holcomb,
| jr., U. S. NJ. c.
| Mr.. Taft is a nephew of former Presi-
! dent William Howard Taft. He ran for
! Congress in the Sixteenth New York dis
trict and was defeated. He is now a
member of the law firm of Parks. Nc
Kinstry & Taft, but on January / will
join his fathers firm. Cadwalader, Wick
| ersham & Taft.
Mr.. Reginald Huidekoper. whose mar
riage to Miss Bessie du Pont. of Whining
ton will take place January "a. has pur-
chased the residence 1907 New Hampshire
avenue. where he and his bride will make
their home. The house was occupied by
the former Secretary of the Navy, Mr..
George Won L. Meyer, and afterward by
the late Mr.. George w. Vanderbilt
! Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkengorgh-
Stachouwer, attache of the Netherlands
Legation. and Nine. van Starkenborgh-
Stackouwer. accompanied by Count J. A.
z. van Rechteren Limpudg and Baron
Hardenbroek, of the Netherlands Lega-
ton. were guests at the dinner given last
evening in Baltimore by Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Marburg before the first Mon
day german.
The marriage Is announced of Miss
Mary Leona Burch, Of Washington. and
DR.. Joseph A Farrell of Hartford, Conn.,
on Saturday, December 2.
The ceremony, for which no cards
were issued. took place at st. Patrick's
Church at noon, Rev. Martin Egan off,
ciating, assisted by Rev. James Smyth.
The bride wore q becoming travelling
costume of dark broadcloth with smart
velvet hat. Her only attendant, Miss
Katharine Hardin, also wore a tailored
| suit and hat to match. Prof. James F.
Conner, Of the Catholic University, was
best man.
DIR. and Mrs. Farrell left Immediately
after the ceremony for a honeymoon trip.
They will reside at Hartford.
Mrs. R. W. Memminser. wife of Judge
Memminger. of Charleston, 8. c., will
arrive at Washington today to be a
guest Of Representative and Mrs. J. Will
| lard Ragsdale. Representative and Mrs.
/ Ragsdale will entertain at dinner fol-
lowed by theater party for their guest
| tomorrow evening. On Thursday they
will have a dinner for her at the Army
and Navy Club. Mrs. Ragsdale will not
receive today. She will be at homo the
second Tuesday in January.
Mrs Charles NJ. Howry was at home
yesterday afternoon for the first time
this season. when her house guest, Mrs.
Barker Gummere, Of Princeton, N. J. and
Charleston, 8. c., assisted In receiving
Miss Elizabeth Hamilton. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Hamilton, will
entertain at a luncheon today for her
debutante sister, Miss Louise Hamilton.
| The Army Dancing Glass will meet at
the Playhouse this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Abbott, of Bos-
ton, are in Washington for a short vis-
it, and are at the Shoreham.
Miss Mary Custis Lee, daughter of the
late Gen. Robert E. Lee, who prolonged