The Washington herald., 1916-03-30

messed the exhibition bag dances"
which were a novel feature Of the even
inS-
Mrs. Wilson was very lovely in a gown
OF black velvet made on simple lines
with a court train of velvet. She car
ried a fan, of ostrich feathers. Mrs.
House was gowned in gray satin with
| pearl and silver trimmings. Miss Bones
wore charming, frock of pale yellow
satin Mrs. Bolling's gown was OF black
ietted net over cloth of silver. and Miss
Boiling wore turquoise blue tulle over
! hesh-colored satin with trimmings OF
gold lace. ..
The ball room suite was deliberately
decorated with palms. ferns, varieties OF
flowers, flags. and bunting. Mrs. Rich
ard Townsend, Mrs. Norman Williams,
| Mrs. William A. Slater, Mrs. Joseph
Letter. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. and
Mrs Frederick Gillett were among those
entertaining guests in their boxes and
the young girls of the societyset who
assisted in the program of exhibition
dances were Misses Laura Delano,
Grynga Raybaud, Caroline Nash, Eve
lima Gleaves. Gladys Ingalls,. Frances
Hoar, Manuela de Pena, Francise Will
Jams, Eleanora Morgan, Frances Moore.
Helen Wolcott, Elizabeth Harding. Cath
crime NcClintock. Cora Barry, Caroline
Ogden-Jones, Ruth Anderson, Mrs. New
The ball was preceded in the afternoon
by a bag sale which was a part Of the
fete for the Red Cross. The committee
In charge was composed of Miss Mabel
Boardman. chairman; Mrs. William
Crozier, Mrs. F. A. Keep. Mrs. Robert
Patterson, Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. 'Jo-
scph Letter, Mrs. L. II. G. Slater, and
Mrs. Richard Townsend. The pa
tronesses in charge of the various tables
we're Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Champ Clark.
Mrs. White, Mrs. McKenna. Mrs. Holmes,
Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Van Devanter. Mrs.
Pitney, Mrs. Lansing. Mrs. Burleson.
] Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Houston.
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. and Mrs. Hugh
| L. Scott.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
were the guests Of honor at dinner
given last evening by the Secretary OF
Agriculture and Mrs. Houston. The
Russian Ambassador and Nine. Bakh-
metef were among the guests invited to
meet them.
Mrs. Dewitt Talmase entertained at
dinner last evening in compliment TO
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Lansing.
There were twenty-five guests.
Representative and Mrs Thomas B.
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pointed dinner last evening in COM
pliment to Representative and Mrs. James
R. Mann. The dinner was served in the
red room at the Willard, where over
sixty guests were seated at a large
oval table adorned to represent a sunken
garden, the hollow center being filled
with white lilies, yellow roses. jonquils
and snapdrasons.
Mrs. Newton Baker. wife OF the Sec
rotary Of War. left Washington yester-
day afternoon for her home in Cleve-
| land. She will not return to Washington
again until the late spring.
| Commissioner and Mrs. Newman were
the honor guests at dinner of twenty
covers which Mr.. and Mrs. Howard ).
| Reside gave last evening at the chevy
| Chase Club.
Mrs, Thomas c. Dawson had twenty
guests for dinner at the club, and other
dinner hosts were Commander and Mrs.
W. w. Galbraith, Commander and Mrs.
Henry Wiley. Mr.. and Mira Malcolm Nc
Conihe. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Upshur Moore
head, the Brazilian Ambassador and
Nine. da Cana, Lieut. and Mrs. David
LeBreton, Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery
blair Mr., and Mrs. w. Z. Pearson, Mrs.
~. r. Proctor, CAPT. and Mrs. William
Strother-Smith Mrs. William Hay
wood, Mr.. and Mrs Allen Clephane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowie Chapman, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. p. Capen, Lieut.. Commander and
Mrs. r. D. White, and Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick Chaplin.
Mrs. Mitchell Harrison has come up
from her place at Warrenton, Va. for
a few days in Washington. and is at
the Shoreham Hotel
Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Marshall and Mrs.
William II. Boiling are among those
who hope to attend the benefit bridge
party and tea dance this afternoon at
Rauscher's, which will be given under
the auspices of the Association for the
Industrial Education of Virginia Noun
taineers.
Mrs. Claude Swanson is-chairman of
the committee on arrangements; Mrs.
Joel William Bunkey is chairman of the
young ladies' committee, and the floor
committee Is headed by William Payne
Meredith.
Mr.. Meredith will be assisted by DR..
Breckenridge Bayne; Dr. Blair Spencer,
4 Messrs Myron Parker, jr, Edmund
Fairfax. Ralph Hill Ormsby Mccain
mon. Richard Wilmer Boiling, Charles
E Hagner, Britton Browne, Capt. Rid
ley Mclean. Lieut.. Eugene Battle, DR..
Daniel Borden, Lieut.. Commander Adolf
plus station, Upshur Morehead, Frank
Gwathmey. Weldon Bailey. Pitman
Springs, Douglas Hillyer. Henry Dick
son, Paymaster Omar Conger. Bussie
Hayes, DR.. John Briscoe, Spencer Cor
don. Lyman Pratt, Peachy Spencer,
Daingerfield Spencer. Marcus Jordan,
Thaddeus Thompson, Pendleton Turner,
John Barrett, Senator Mcclellan, Frank
lin K. Lane, Jr., Josephus Daniels, jr.,
Robert Patterson, Hugo de Pena, Capt
Charles Lacy Hall, Carl .Gartner, Hugh
ODER. Chester lockwood. Hiroshi Saito
of the japanese Embassy; Clarence B.
Hewes, Marion Baker. John Cooper
Wiley, Lieut.. Hoover Lieut.. Alyah Bern
hard, Greer Marechal,' Joseph Abbott
Walter Alexander. George Mitchell, and
Lowell Harding.
Mrs Francis S. Nash is among those
who have taken a table for the card
! party and will have as her guests Mrs
Boiling, Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley,
and Mrs. William P. Hall.
Mrs. Hamilton Mccormick enter
talned at luncheon yesterday at the
Shoreham Hotel, having among her
guests Mrs. Hall Mccormick, Mrs
Morgan Hill, Miss Patten, Miss
Myer, Mrs. Dwight. Mrs. Mcdonald