Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-17
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Brazilian Ambassador and Mime. da
Cana Hosts at Dinner Dance
Last Evening.
Mrs. Ragsdale Gives Luncheon at
Calumet Place-Other Luncheons.
Bridge Parties.

The Brazilian ambassador and Nine
| dinner and dance at Rauschers last
night in honor of Miss Sara Raybaud
and Mr.. Abel V Ezeyza, whose mar
riage will take place at st. Matthew Z.
Church at high noon Saturday. All of
the wedding party. including Nine. da
Gamas son. Mr.. Horace Volck, were
present and there We're additional
guests for dancing later in the evening.
Mrs. Edward y. Jones, who was to
have entertained at luncheon today at
the Rochambeau, was called south by
the serious Illness of a relative.
One of the most brilliant dinner
dances of the spring season was that
entertained at the Country Club last
night by Representative and Mrs Fred
erick II. Gillett Among their guests
were the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Robert Lansing, the Russian ambassa =
dor and Nine. Bakhmeteff, the Spanish
ambassador and Nine. de Riano. Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Charles Z. Hughes,
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Mahlon Pitney,
Mrs. Richard II. Townsend, Mr.. and
Mrs. Larz Anderson. Representative
and Mrs Nicholas Longworth, Miss
Mary Mitchell of Philadelphia, Miss
Frances Hoar and a number Of others.
Mrs. J. Willard Ragsdale entertained
at luncheon today at Calumet place,
and. added to the beauty of the vista
of trees and flowers blooming on the
lawn and seen from the dining room
windows. were many spring flowers in
varied hue used on the luncheon ia bIe
and in the drawing rooms.
The guests were Mrs. Rufus Day.
Mrs. Joe H. Eagle, Mrs. Samuel J. era
ham, Mrs. Cone Johnson, Mrs. E Mar
win Underwood. Mrs. John Temple
Graves. Mrs. Horace Mcfarland. Mrs.
Malcolme McConihe, Mrs. Francis S.
Nash. Mrs. James II. Glennon and Mrs.
Daniel w. Wurtsbaugh.
Miss Margaret Wilson left Washing
ton yesterday for Philadelphia for a
short stay.
Mrs Timothy T Ansberry is enter
tanning at bridge party of six tables
this afternoon in compliment to her
house guest, Mrs. Burt Eddy Taylor
of Detroit.
The tables are arranged on the lat
ticed porch at the back of Mrs. Ans
berrys residence. Groups Of palms and
ferns. intermingled with tall baskets
filled with vari-colored spring flowers,
form the decoration.
A number of additional guests will
come in later for tea, when Mrs Victor
Kaufman and Mrs. Hampson Gary
will preside at the daintily appointed
tea table
Mr. Burt Eddy Taylor will Join his
wife Saturday and be the guest over
Sunday OF Judge and Mrs. Ansberry.
Justice and Mrs. Barnard have gone
to their summer home. Wasumont. Cen
| ter Lowell, Me.
| Mr., and Mrs. Horace W. johnson have
| taken an apartment in the Nansemond
ED and streets
The Congressional Club will entertain
| Mrs. Raymond Johnson and Mrs. Walter
| h. Wilson as the guests of honor Fri
t day afternoon, May 10. at song recita
| at o'clock. Tea will follow at o'clock
Mrs. Cathrine Garner of Baltimore
| Md. is visiting friends here. Later she
| VIII remain for an indefinite time with
| her sister-in- laws, Mrs. Patch and Mrs
Wolf, Of 1ll9 9th street northwest.
Mrs. Chandler Smith Of New York en-.
| tertained at tea at the Willard yester
| day afternoon in honor of Counties!
| Spottiswood Mackin. her other guest.
being Mrs. f. G. Lawrence. Mrs Everett
| Harlow Morse and Miss Gwatkin.
Mrs. Roscoe c. Bulmer entertained in
| formally at luncheon at the Shorehan
| yesterday.
| Mrs. Flood has joined her husband
| Representative Flood, at the Shoreham
but expects to return to her countr.
home at Manassas. Va, which she ha
| opened for the summer, within a few
days.
Miss Pauline flaming of New Yorl
has arrived in Washington on . shor