The Washington times., 1916-01-21
News Notes and Gossip of the Day
w.. In the Smart Set OF WASHINGTON
ltems bf Interest and Impor-
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Fashionable Folk.

The first of the two diplomatic din
ners to be given at the White House
this season will take place this even
ing, with tho French amha ssador NJ.
Jusserand. dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, as the guest of honor and the
envoys of the allied powers amonG
the guests. This is the first time tho
members of the Diplomatic Corps have
heen entertained at tho White House
since the outbreak of the war in Eu-
rope. Many of the neutral nations
will he represented and there will he
few guests not numbered in the
ranks of the Gipl mats
Mrs. Wilson received about eighty
guests yesterday afternoon, who call
ed at the White House by appoint
ment, from to o'clock. Thcy were
received in the RED Room. Miss Bones
assisting Mrs. Wilson and Miss Ben
ham pouring tea. Mrs Wilson II.
Boiling, Mrs. WILSON'S mother. Mrs
a. W. Baglcy ard the Misses Baglcy,
mother and sisters of Mrs. JoscphuS
Daniels. were among the guests.
s.
Mrs. Albert l.. Mills, wife of Brigadicr
General Mills, was hostess at a delight
full buffet luncheon tuuuy, when she en-
tertaincd in ,Umpirlcnt to Mrs. Jo-
sephus Daniels 1nd Mrs. David Franklin
Houston. The halfway If Mrs. Mills
interesting home was gay with pink
lilies, In the drawing rooms pink roses
were used in DrCiueiou, and tn" pink
rose and white lilacs in a graceful 81
We" basket, which marked the center of
The table, were suggestive Of spring
time. CenterpiCCe and doyliCs Of en-
brodercd pima cloth of exquisite work.
manship lent picturesque touch to tho
appointments. The furnishings for Mrs.
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her residence IN the Orient. and i'm adj
dition to table cut from nnc splendid
piece of Philippine mahogany, the room.
boasts a sideboard and several other
rare carved pieces of great beauty and
undoubtCd antiquity and "A set of carved
chairs which came direct from one Of
the old Cathedrals Of the da,s of the
Spanish occupation.
Among the guests invited to meet Mrs.
Daniels and Mrs. Houston were Mrs.
adelaide Worth Haglcy. Mrs. Thomas
b. Dunn and hCr guests. Mrs. Nflum
II. Dunn and Mrs. Robert kcrshi"r. oC
John N. Specl, Nrs. William X. Van
Reypen. Miss Hcgcnlan. Mrs. Charles
Henry Butler, Mrs Frank +. Fletcher,
Mrs. Charles II. stockton, Mrs: William
Helen Stewart, Mrs. Erasmus Weaver.
Mrs w. r. Davis. Mrs. Wallace Rad
cliffe, Mrs. r;dwnrl II. Ghecn. Mrs.
James r. Mann. Mrs. Morton Ienry.
Menohcr. Mrs. James Fl. Glennon Mrs.
Joseph Kuhn. Mrs. James b. Aleshirc.
Mrs Edward w. E.herle, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman. Mrs. Timothy 7. Ansberr:,
Miss Kibbey, NADIA ne NiGnal. wife OF
the military attache of the French en-
bassy: Mrs. William Cline Borden. Mrs.
j. Van Rensselaer, Foff and her niece
who is her guest: Mrs. John II. HeWson,
Mrs. John K. Shields. the Misses I.ans-
ing. Mrs. Theodore \. Baldwin. Mrs.
Louise Hess. Mis-. G"orgr w. Mc1rcr.
Mrs. T. l.. Howe. Mrs. W. D. Beach.
Miss Margaret breckenridge. and Mrs.
Henry breckenridge.
From present indications the bcmofi,
performa ance for the Working Boys
ing at National Theater will be
attended by one OF the most bril-
liant audiences Of the season. Among
those who have taken boxes are tho
Charles BouGhton Wood, Mrs. Thomas
r. Walsh, Mr.. and Mrs Richard Crane.
Jr.. Mrs. Richard Harlow and Eames
MacNeagh.
parties are Mrs. Thomas Ewing. Mrs
Richardson Clover Mrs. Perry johnson.
Mrs. Charles r. Johnson, Mrs Arm
stead Davis. senator and Mrs. James
Hamilton Lewis, Capt. and Mrs Theo-
dorc \. Baldwin. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Athcrton. Mr and Mrs. Robert
Hollister Chapman. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckcrman
Miss Julia Williams. daughter of
Senator and Mrs. John Sharp Williams
who has been tho guest of her brother
in-law and sister, Lieut.. and Mrs. Joel
William BunklcN, is now in tho hospital
and will undergo an operation for an
pendicitis
Mrs. Williams will reach Washington
tomorrow from her home in Mississippi.
Il
Miss Dorothy Gray Brooks is giving
an informal hrldg" party this alter
noon in compliment to Mrs Horatio
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