The Washington times., 1916-02-03
Mems Notes and Gossip
of Washington Smart Set

borne, MIR. arhd Mrs. Charles warren;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ewing, MI wv, Rn,u
Thomas F. Walsh and Senator Charles
8. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Van Rensselaer,
entertained at dinner last evening a.
the Chevy Chase Club, when thelr
guests included Congressman and mrs,
James S. Parker, Col. and Mrs. .Mi.,.snr, MiilIia,n
W. Harts, Prof, and Mrs, SoinsOdd on
Brown, DR.. nnd Mrs. Brown MilIer anu
Mrs James Carroll Frazer.
Col. Ira a. Haynes, I. 5. a.. com, ON
mandaut at Fort Monroe arrived mere
yesterday morning and Is stotplhs Ut
Mrs. Beverly Price Evans will be at
home on February 4, from 10 70
have with her Mrs. John NJ. Tvars,
Mrs. Edward l. Stock. Mrs ChnfIes
A, johnson, Mrs Rowland Ma, shal'
and Mrs. FattCn buchanan
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Box. OF Phila-
dolphia, are in Washington. and are
staying at the shoTeham.
The Vice Pssa'dent and Mrs. Marshall
were guests at a beautiful dinner given
in their honor last evening bv Senator
and Mrs. Claude Swanson The table
suggested a spring garden. with ns
decoration Of white lilacs. pussy willow
forsythia. and lilies. The guests TO meet
the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
were the Postmaster General and mrs.
A. s. Burleson. the Secretary or the
Navy and Mrs. Josephus Daniels. Gen.
and Mrs George Barnett, Judge and
Mrs. Charles b. Howry. Congressman
and Mrs. Walter Watson. Congressman
and Mrs. ]. Willard Ragsdale. Mrs
RELY Gordon. OF New York, and Dr.
James Gore.
One Of the most interesting OF the
early sDring weddings will be that of
Miss Gladys Mackay-Smith, daughter
OF Mrs Alexander MackaYSmith and
the late bishop coadiutor of Pennsyl-
vanla. and William Bell Watkins. of
Westtown. Pa, whose engagement was
announced about six weeks ago. The
wedding will take place March 4. A
number OF dinner parties have been
given in compliment to Miss Mackay-
Smith and Mr.. Watkins since the an
nouacement of their engagement. and
they will be extensively entertained
| until their wedding day. which will be
the Saturday Immediately preceding the
beginning OF Lent.
Mrs. Thomas p. Gore will be at home
! this afternoon from to Z. She will be
| assisted in receiving by Mrs. Joseph w.
Byrns. of Tennessee.
s.
Jorge Godoy, Washington society
poet" as he is called, and son OF Meet
| cos minister to Cuba, will recite original
| poems in both Spanish and English at
| a tea to be given at the Godoy home,
| 1715 q street, on Saturday from to
! o'clock. Ernest J. Benin, choirmaster
| of Holy Trinity Church. will accompany
Mrs. Cora d. Korn. of the class OF
1916. Washington College of Law, has
| returned to the city after spending sew
| ha
! Among the dinner hosts of the even.
ing will be Congressman and Mrs. Lu,
ther w. Mott. whose honor guests will
Brooklyn; Capt. and Mrs. Daniel W
| Wurtsbaugh. and Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Richardson Glover. who will have
eighteen guests.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Treas.
ury and Mrs. William Malburn will
give dinner on the evening of Febru
airy Il in compliment to the Secretary o
State and Mrs. Robert Lansing.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Rob
ert Lansing will be hosts at dinner OF
the evening of February II and again
Saturday evening, February 10.
Miss Wilmerding. who has been tn
guest OF DR.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Plead
wen for fortnight. VIII return to he
home in Long Island tomorrow.
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Among the hosts at dinner tonight a
the Army and Navy Club before tn
weekly dance will be Rear Admiral ant
| Mrs. Joseph Strauss and Dr. and Mrs
Frank Anderson.
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| Mrs. Samuel Wagaaman and tn
Misses Waggaman will entertain at
tea this afternoon at their residence Il
Ihirty-tirst street. Mrs. william II
| WagrGman and Mrs. John Mckee wag
gaman will preside at the tea table
while Mrs. Harold Goodwin, Miss Bessi
Hoover, Mrs. John Smoot, and Miss 10
sephine Alexander Will assist in tn
: dining room.
; Mrs. Morton ]. Henry wife OF Majo
Henry, L. S. A., entertained at lunch
con yesterday at the Shoreham.
-.
Mrs. John Jay White entertained in
: formally yesterday at a buffet luncheo
following the final French reading b
; Nine. Clarence Buel. The play wa
3 Mon Ami Teddy" a delightful humoI
Gus comedy, by Rivorie and Besnard, i
which Nine. Buel drew with sparklin
contrast the directness of an America
. in Paris and the more subtle Frenc
manner. Among those present wer
: Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell. Mrs. WilliaI
. Mcclellan Ritter, Mrs. Charles WarreI
| Mrs. Antonin Martin. Mrs. Edward !
| Gheen, Mrs. John G. Fremont, Mr.
= George Rublee, Miss Stewart, Mr.
r Chauncey Hackett. Mrs. George Coz
verse, Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock, Mr.
Fred Holtzman, Miss Joan OH, Mr.
i S. b. NJ. Young and Miss Powell.
+ Gen. and Mrs. Tasker H. Bliss ente
v tanned at dinner last night in compl
r ment to Gen. and Mrs. S. B. NJ. Youn
}. Their other guests were Gen. and Mr.