Evening star., 1916-05-13
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Mrs. Reed Entertains Friday Morn
ing Breakfast Club at
Pierce Mill.
Representative and Mrs. Olney Din
ner Hosts-Luncheon and Show
ers for Bride-Elect-Notes.

The Friday Morning Breakfast Club,
the most part of the wives of senators
and representatives. met at Pierce Mill
at noon today, with Mrs. James A.
Reed as hostess. Because Mrs. Ira Cop
ley's luncheon took SO many of the
members of the club away yesterday.
the breakfast was postponed until to-
day. 1t was served under the trees
along Rock creek and later the tables
were cleared for bridge.
The club members who lunched with
Mrs. Reed We're Mrs. Thomas p Gore.
Mrs. Lemuel p. Padgett, Mrs. William
d. Stephens. Mrs. Joseph }. Russell,
Mrs. Julius Kahn. Mrs. Charles II. Dill
lon, Mrs. william Z. Green, Mrs. Jo-
seph w. Byrns and Mrs. Fred bennett.
Mrs. Andrieus A. Jones and Mrs. James
A. Hurley filled the places left vacant
by Mrs. Percy +. Quin and Mrs. Charles
+. Townsend, who are members, but
could not attend.
Mrs. Albert l.. Mills will entertain at
a buffet luncheon on May &c, in honor
of Mrs. Robert Lansing.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall have guest for two weeks,
Master Walter Field McLallen. whose
father is an fficial of the federal reserve
Bank in Chicago, and who. with Mrs.
McLallen, has been the guest of the
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall sew
eral times since they took up their
residence in Washington.
Mrs. Clifford Caperton of Richmond,
Va, arrived here yesterday to be the
guest of Gen. and Mrs. Barnett at their
quarters at the marine barracks for a
week.
The Secretary of State and Mrs Lam
sing were guests of honor at dinner
party entertained last evening by Rep
resentative and Mrs. Richard Olney, I'd.
To meet them were Senator and Mrs.
John w. Weeks, Assistant Attorney
General and Mrs. Warren, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic Atherton of Washington and
Boston, Miss Patten and Lieut.. Watson.
Mrs. E. J. Cantwell entertained at a
luncheon and shower today in her
apartment at Falkstone Court in honor
of Miss Eugenie M. Surguy, whose mar
riage to Mr.. Blair Miller Bennett will
take place late in June. Because Mrs.
CantweI will soon leave Washington
for an absence of some length, she
planned the entertainment ahead of the
many others to be given for Miss Sur
guy.
The guests at the luncheon today
were MIS- fTeueTiCh - 1ldTk, MISS
Margaret Hammer, Miss Katherine
Purcell. Miss Florence Forbes. Miss Joe
German. Miss Teresa German and Miss
Mabel Winslow. The table decorations
were in pink. and the packages for the
prospective bride arrived by messen-
ger. Following the luncheon the guests
played the game, The Wedding of
Flowers instead of the usual card
games.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Douglas enter
tanned at dinner last evening at their
apartment at Stoneleigh Court.
Mrs. James w. Hustled entertained at
luncheon in the presidential suite at
the Willard yesterday, her guests in
Guiding a number of women of the con-
gressional circle. The luncheon was
served at an oval table decorated with
spring flowers. The guests were Mrs.
Sanford. Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. Fairfax,
Mrs. Magee. Mrs. Glass, Mrs. Hazen.
Mrs. Mott. Mrs. Chiperfield. Mrs. Rome,
Mrs. Dempsey, Mrs. Graves and Mrs.
Montague.
Senator and Mrs. William II. Thomp-
son entertained at dinner last evening
at their residence. 2657 Woodley road,
in honor of the Kansas delegation in
Congress. Their guests included Sena-
tor and Mrs. Charles Curtis, Represent
ative and Mrs. Guy T. Helvering. Rep
resentative and Mrs. John r. Connolly,
Representative and Mrs. Dudley Doo-
little, Representative and Mrs. Joseph
Taggart, Representative and Mrs. Will
liam A. Ayres, Representative and Mrs.