Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-07
EVENTS OF INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of Town
Secretary and Mrs. Lansing to En-
terrain at Dinner This
Evening.
Secretary and Mrs. Lane Entertain.
Dinners at the Army and Navy
Club-Teas-Notes

! one of the most important social
events of this evening will be the din
ner which the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Lansing will give in honor of
Mr. Henry Prather Fletcher, who was
ambassador to Chile and has been
transferred to Mexico, and Judge Jo-
seph Shea of Indianapolis, who is to
succeed Mr.. Fletcher as ambassador
to Chile.
| Secretary and Mrs. Lane entertain
| ed informally at dinner last evening
! in honor of Mr.. William Denman Of
California, who is visiting here.
| Lieut.. Gen. $. NJ. B. Young enter
tanned at dinner last evening at his
of the Secretary of War. Mr.. Baker.
| Those asked to meet the Secretary
were DR.. David Jayne Hill. Mr.: James
Brown Scott, Col Robert NJ. Thomp-
son, Surgeon General Gorgas. Judge
Advocate General Crowder. Adjt Cen
Mccain, Maj. Gen. Sanger. Maj: Gen
Hiss. Mr.. John Callan OLaughlin, Mr.
Frederic Huidekoper, MIR. Albert Doug
las and Mai. Parker w. West.
A country fair. for the benefit of the
Washington Diet Kitchen. will be held
on May 20, at Friendship. the country
residence of John r. Mclean. Many in
teresting features are promised by the
management of the affair. Mrs. John H.
Merriam is in charge of the arrange
ments.
Countess Spottiswood Mackin has in
vitationS out for a tea Thursday, May
4, at the Cordova.
Mrs. Leonard Hoffman will entertain
at tea Thursday, April p. at the Club
of Colonial Danes, in honor OF Count
ess Spottiswood Mackin.
Mrs Atlee Pomerene has issued invi-
| tations for a buffet luncheon in honor
! of Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall, on We'd
nesday, April &c.
! Mrs William S. McCaskey, wife of the
late Maj. Gen. McCaskey. is at the kene-
saw, visiting her son and daughter-in-
/ law, Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. .McCaskey.
! Dr. and Mrs w. A. Falcon and their
son Norman have gone to their new home,
Omaha, Neb.
I Mrs Isaac W. Littell was hostess at a
luncheon yesterday to the members of the
class with whom she has been taking a
course in first aid at the Red Cross this
winter. The guests were Mrs. George W:
McIver, Mrs. John Dayton, Mrs Richard
Fl. Leigh, Mrs. Randolph Dickens, Mrs.
/ Louis Scherer. Mrs. Tenny Ross, Mrs
Charles S; Wallace, Mrs John H. Rice,
Miss Parker, Miss Ellie Lejeune. Miss
| Frances McIver and Miss Mary LitteiL
| Mrs Brown, wife of Maj Earl l. Brown
lightful luncheon. Her guests were Mrs
| Ben Johnson, Mrs. Fred Britten Mrs Will
liam P. Wooten. Mrs. George Howell, Mrs.
Hubert Dent, Mrs. James ]. Loving, Mrs.
John Hodges, Mrs. Gustave Lukesh. Mrs
| T. Nelson Conrad. Mrs John Kingman
Mrs. Enos Newman, Mrs. William D.
| Common. Mrs. Howard Reside. Mrs. A. G
| Ricaud, Miss Mary Bell Small Miss Kath-
crime Small, Miss Anita Kite, Miss Flor
ence Rieger and Miss Boyd
Miss Fay. who is a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Peabody Eustis, will be
extensively entertained during her
visit. Mr.. and Mrs. Truxton Beale were
hosts at dinner in her honor last even
ing, and this evening Mr.. and Mrs. Eus-
at dinner. Senator Phelan will give a
dinner tomorrow evening in her honor
The Swedish minister and Nine
Ekengren have returned from a visit OF
several days in New York They expec,
| to spend the summer at one of the sea
side resorts near Boston this year, IN.
stead of going as usual to Bar Harbor
Mrs. Howard Esterbrook and Mrs NJ
Q. Baker of New York are making q
spring visit in Washington and are
stopping at the Shoreham Hotel.
| Mrs. Sparrow. wife of Commander
Herbert g. Sparrow, was hostess at ar
informal card party yesterday after
noon.
| Mrs. Constance Wickersilam, daugh-
ter of the former Attorney General ana
Mrs. George w. Wickersham, will come
TO Washington next month from New
York to attend the National Service
School.
Mrs. Charles Walcott Henry of Phila-
delphia, who came to Washington for
the dinner entertainment Wednesday
evening by the chief of staff and Mrs
| Hugh l.. Scott. in compliment to the
President and Mrs. Wilson, Is stopping
at the Willard.
| reception to the members and con-
gregation of the Church of the Cove
| nant Will be given by the Mems So