The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-11
ENTERTAIN
HORSE SHOW PARTY
NotabIes Attend Classes Of
Jumpers and Those for Chill
dren Riders.

With interest centering In the army
endurance test the children's classes,
and the spectacular jumping contest.
the attendance at the Horse Show yes
terday afternoon was notable. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Letter. whose small son,
Joseph. jr.. made his first appearance
In the ring riding a diminutives pony.
had as their guests Colonel and Mrs.
John r. Williams. Miss Francise Will
During the afternoon they held small
reception in their box. many friends
pausing to congratulate Colonel Will
liams on his recovery from a severe
illness which kept him housed for many
weeks.
Mrs. Robert Lansing and Mrs. John
w. Foster were guests In the box OF
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. who also
entertained the Solicitor General M and
Morgan. Brig. Gen. James A. Buchan-
an was host for party of Young
people, who are visiting his daughter
Miss Helen Buchanan. during Horse
Show week and numbered among his
guests Mr.. and Mrs. John Buchanan.
Miss Mildred Greble; Miss Mildred Still
man, Archie Cclter and Francis Blu.
chanan. Mrs. Frank Andrews and
Miss Ruth Anderson were also with
Miss Buchanan most OF the afternoon.
With Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ. .Thomp-
son were Lieut.. Gen. and Mrs. S. M. q.
Young. and Miss Hilda Sykes.
Misses Downing Entertains.
The Misses Downing. daughters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. c. Downing had as
their guests. Miss Dorothy Decide.
Lieut.. John Greedy and Capt. Charles
Lacy Hall. Miss Carolyn Nash. who
was in DIR. and Mrs. Francis 8. Nash's
box, entertained Miss Mary wurtz. of
Philadelphia: the Misses Delano. Miss
Adelaide Heath. Miss Julia Whiting and
Mrs John Baldwin COCHRAN, formerly
Draper and Miss Draper occupied their
box, and Mrs. Richardson Clover has
as her guests Miss Beatrice Glover.
Miss Blanchard Scott, and Miss Ruth
The German ambassador. Madame
Riano, and Mrs. Chandler Anderson
were guests of Mrs. Richard Townsend;
Miss Marion oliver was witt Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hewitt Myers had Mrs. William
Barrett Ridgely among their guests.
Mrs, Archibald Oracle Miss Edith
Temple Oracle, their guest. Miss Boch-
man. OF Philadelphia. and Michel ia
and Mrs. Willis Moore were with Mr..
and Mrs. Harry T. Newcomb. who also
had a number of children with them.
The military attache Of the Argentine
embassy. Col. Eduardo Raybaud and
Major and Mrs. Joseph p. Tracy were
with Mr.. and Mrs. l. T. Mann. Mr..
and Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte had as their
guests Miss Harriet Switzerland. J.
Butler Wright, Mr.. vouros. charge DAFT
Low. Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher ii.
Pope, the minister of Venezuela, DR..
Dominici: Miss Phoebe Thompson, who
Is the quest of her sister. Mrs. Pope. at
the Dresden; Madame Roso. and Charles
Howe were In the box with William Il.
Fowel Fowler.
Guests of Miss Morehead.
Others among the spectators were
Mrs. Clarence Wilson. Miss Lucy Burle-
son. the Belgian Minister and Madame
Havenith, Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Hem
rick, VII were with Mrs. John Lind
sey Morehead; the Danish minister, Mr..
Perry Belmont. Mrs, Peter Goelet Ger
ry. Miss Virginia Hammond. Miss Mary
Graham. Miss Edyth Howard Miss
Margaret Howard. Mrs. Henry q.
ju nH'si Ma ss so'" and miss Miss Ethel
MacMurray. Major Robert U. Patterson,
and George Oakley Totem: jr.
Mrs. J. D.. Miley. Miss sallie Miley,
and Miss Jennie Lynn lynn Davis were were
lace. jr.s box; Mrs. John William
Thompson was with her mother, Mrs.
Theodore Noyes and Miss Daisy Prem
tlss: and others In the grandstand were
J. Low Hartman. Arthur Addison
Miss Margaret McChord. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wilson. Chandler Hale. Phil
Pratt. and Beverly Sinclair.
Garden Party.
Mrs. Robert Fitch Shepard and
Miss Alice Shepard will display an
attractive collection of sports and
garden hats to be sold at the garden
party by the House OF Mercy on May
Is at the Cathedral Close. Mrs.
Frank Anderson will have a candy
table the same afternoon, Assisting
Mrs. Anderson will be Mrs. Gillett,
Mrs. Talbert. Mrs. c. c. Marbury and
several others.
Mrs Fred bennett entertained a
small company of young people at a
dinner dance last evening for her
daughter. Miss Dorothy bennett. The
house was deliberately decorated with
various spring flowers
Mrs. Arthur Ramsay and Mrs, Henry
T. Rainey Will entertain at a garden
party on Monday afternoon from 4 to
8 o'clock at Mrs. Ramsay's residence.
1i0l Euclid street.
Mrs. samuel Jordan Graham. wife
OF the Assistant Attorney General, is
entertaining at bridge party of
twelve tables this afternoon in COM
pliment to Mrs, Thomas Watt Greg
additional guests have been Invited
for tea later in the afternoon. when
Mrs John w. Davis and Mrs. Claude
Swanson will be at the tea table.
Mira Graham's daughter. Miss Mary
| Graham VIII receive with her The