The Washington herald., 1916-12-23

ing. Accompanying them were Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, Hiss Helen
Woodrow Bones. and Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
Boiling. who arrived at the White House
yesterday afternoon to spend Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ Green enter
tanned at dinner last evening at their
residence in Massachusetts, avenue in
compliment to their house guests, Col
and Mrs. Charles r. Krauthon. Invited
to meet the guests Of honor were Gen.
and Mrs. William H. Carter, Col. and Mrs.
W. W.. Harts, Col and Mrs. Frederick
Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Noyes.
DR.. and Mrs. Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Kaufman, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ord Preston.
DIR. Leland o. Howard was host at .
tea at the club Of Colonial Danes yes
terday afternoon from to o'clock, to
present his daughter. Miss Candace How
ard, to society. The sodmother OF the
debutante. Mrs. John Dewhurst Patten.
and by the sister Of the debutante, Miss
Lucy Thurber Howard. assisted DR.. How
ard IN receiving.
The drawing-room was decorated with
yellow roses and palms. and the bon
quets sent the popular bud. The debu-
tante's gown was OF white tulle, mounted
on white satin draped with silver lace.
with marguerites and lilies Of the valley
IN a colonial lace holder tied with change
able silver and green ribbon.
Mrs. Patten wore q handsome gown
Of champagne panne velvet with tunio
Of gold tissue, and Miss Lucy Thurber
Howard was In orchid tulle.
Nine. de Riano, Mrs. David F. Hous-
ton, Mrs. Carl ,Vrooman and Mrs. William
Kent presided at the tea table, which had
as q centerpiece a gold basket filled with
Ward roses and marguerttes.
The members Of the receiving party IN
cluded Miss Dorothy Merrill, Miss Jean
nette Pruyn, Miss Evelyn Payne and Miss
Alberta Burton, all Of New York, who
came on for the occasion.
Others assisting were Mrs. Logan Waller
PAGE. Mrs. Robert Woodward. Mrs. Orrin
B. Barber, Mrs. Henry H. Ward Mrs.
Tom A. Williams, Miss Du Puy, Mrs.
George oden, Miss Anna Hopkins, Miss
Roberta Wiley. Miss Margaret Clark
Miss Reeves Harris, Miss Mary Brown
Miss Dolores Crawford. Miss Amy Ben
nett, Miss Emily Kutz. Miss Nellie john
son and Miss Amy Brooks.
Mrs Phflander P. C1axton entertained
at luncheon yesterday for her deoutante
daughter. Miss Helen Claxton. The
lighted table was decorated with Christ
mas trees and miniature Santa Clauses.
Ihe guests were MISE Emmy nNN-,
Imogene Young. Miss Marie Louise
Hinton. Miss Matte Marschall Curd.
Miss Elizabeth Young. Miss Edith
Oracle. Miss Amy Bennett. Miss Marie
Sims, Miss Eleanor Washington. Miss
Grace Beach and Miss Marjorie Helm
bold.
Mrs. Oil and Miss Joan ohI will not
receive on next Saturday. but will be at
home Saturday. January 8. from 4:So
till :.
Mrs. George Barnett's son. Basil Cor
don. who is a student at Princeton, and
his sister. Miss Leila Gordon and Miss
Anne Gordon. who are at boarding
school arrived at Washington yesterday
to spend the holidays with Gen. and Mrs.
Barnett.
\ brilliant ball was given last evening
at Rauscher's by Mr.. and Mrs. Mont
gomery Blair to present their daughter
Miss Minna Blair. A dinner OF twenty
two covers preceded the ball, to which
about 80 aIditionai guests were invited.
The entire ball room suite was opened
for the occasion and decorated with holly
and evergreens and quantities of colored
p. ctric lights.
Miss Ethel Norris and her fance. DR..
Nelson Clark Dale, whose marriage Will
take place today. were the guests OF
honor at dinner which Mr.. and Mrs.
George +. Becker gave last evening. The
guests included the members OF the two
families here for the wedding. among
them being DR.. Dale's sister, Miss Mar
garet Dale. Of Springfield. Mass. and
his brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs Nathan Mannakee. of Williamson,
w Va Miss Eileen Roach. Of Baltimore,
f6n
wedding. was also among the guests.
Mr. Rene Derouen and Misses Lola and
Irene Derouen. of Louisiana. arrived yes
terday to spend the holidays with Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Lazaro and the
Misses LazarO.
Miss Fannie Chamberlain. daughter Of
Senator and Mrs. George E. Chamberlain,
Of Oregon. came to Washington yester-
day to spend the remainder of the winter
with Miss Charlotte Capers.
-Smmodore and Mrs. T. F.. De Witt
Veeder entertained at a tea yesterday aft
e-noCn at the Washington Club to in
tTodUce tEeir daughter, Miss Mary G.
Veeder. Tue drawing rooms were dec
Grated with holly and pine bouShs,
wreaths and cedar Earands. A stringed
orchestra played for the dancing in the
ballroom.
Mrs. Veeder and her daughter received
together Mrs. Feeder wore handsome
gown of black lace over white satin. The
dehutante was charming in a gown Of
cloth of silver. veiled in white tulle, and
carried large cluster of American Beau
ty roses basket filled with poinsettia
blossoms adorned the tea table. which
was presided over by Mrs. 7. B. Howard.
Mrs. R. F. Shepard and Mrs. T. G.
Dewey.
Others assisting were Mrs. Proctor Nor
ton. Miss Minna Blair, Miss Margaret
Fahpestock. Miss Reeves Harris, Miss
Nellie johnson. Miss Emily Kutz Miss
Dolores Crawford. Miss Lydia Chaplin.
Miss Roberta Wiley. Miss Katherine
Goodwin, Miss Catherine Lenihan. Miss
Julia Brice. Mss Muriel Denys. Miss
Nina Cameron. Miss Floy Barnhardt, the
Misses Christy. daughters of Capt.
Christy, U. S. N. who came from An
napolis, Nd, for the occasion; the Misses
Tuttle. Miss Harriet Love. of Richmond.
Va. and Miss Sally Beecher.
Mrs. William Morton Grinnell entertain
ed at a young peoples dance for he"
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Grinnell, and
her son. Mr.. George Grinnell. who re-
turned to Washington yesterday from