The Washington herald., 1916-03-22

Graves, Mrs. Samuel ]. Graham, Mrs
Ezra Koon, Nine. Rosa and Mrs. Stimson
Brown.
! Mrs. Ernest KnaebeI, wife Of the As
sistant Attorney General, was hostess
at an informal luncheon yesterday. enter
tanning I'm compliment to her sisters, the
Misses Park. Of BrookiIne, Mass, who
are her guests. The table was decorated
with dafrodils.
Miss Edith OBrien, OF New York, has
arrived to be the guest OF Miss Edith
Oracle.
Mrs. Nicholas Anderson entertained a
number Of guests Informally at luncheon
yesterday.
The Russian Ambassador and Madame
Bakhmetef were among those entertain
/ ing informally at luncheon in the rose
room Of the Shoreham yesterday.
| Mrs. Henry F. Dimock will give a
dinner for the debutante circle tomor-
row evening, with Miss Eliza beth
Clark, of Detroit, Mich, who is stop
ping with her, as chief guest
Mrs. Bayard Thayer, of Boston, will
/
Of some time, and will stop at the
Shoreham Hotel
! One of the most interesting of the
early spring weddings will be solemn
lied this evening at st. Thomas
| Church, when Miss Dorothy Gray
Brooks will become the bride of Lieut..
| William Henry Holcombe, U. s. A. The
ceremony will be followed by a recep-
| he
Dorothy Taylor as maid of honor and
the bridesmaids will be Miss Dorothy
Adams, Miss Marie Peary. Miss Eu-
/ genia Holcombe, Miss Helen McCum-
Der. Miss Frances Efinger, Miss Mary
Irwin. Miss Antionette Ray, and Miss
Dorothy Wyeth. Lieut. James Cress
will act as best man and the ushers
will include Lieut. Herman, Lieut..
! Skinner. Lieut.. Miller. Lieut.. Price,
Lieut.. Billiard, Lieut.. Davidson, Lieut.
Harris and Lieut.. Young
! Miss Eugenia Holcombe, sister of
the bridegroom, will arrive in Wash
ington this morning from Bryn Mawr,
where she is a student.
be among the dinner hosts this
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson Kellogg, Mr..
and Mrs. W. E. Stanwood and Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Stearns. of Wellesley
Hills, Mass. are members of a party
visiting in Washington who are stop
ping at the Shoreham and which in
clude Prof. and Mrs Harold A Ever
EFT, OF Annapolis, Md.
The Congressional Club will have Miss
Faegin, of New York, as the guest of
honor Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Faegin will give a reading of mis-
ceIlaneous stories and tea will follow
at o'clock.
! Mrs. T. Q. Donelson, wife of Maj. Donel-
son, arrived in Washington yesterday to
be the guest Of Mrs. Joseph Homiston
Crawford for several days.
Mrs William F. Draper and Miss Mar
garet Draper are at the Ritz-Carlton in
New York.
The meeting of the Sunshine and Com
munity Society will be held at Woodward
& Lothrop's auditorium Friday at :
o'clock. There will be special music and
several addresses. The public is in
vited.
Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt. her mother,
Mrs. Godfrey, and her cousin, Miss An
nette Gates, of New York, who is SPEND
ing the spring vacation with her will
be at home Informally Friday for the
last time this season.
Mr.. Louis Nixon was host at a lunch
con yesterday at the Shoreham Hotel.
Madame da Cana, wife of the Brazilian
Am bassador, being among the guests
The wedding of Miss Helen Burns, of
5es Sixth street southeast, to Louis w.
Hoffman, of 3os Second street south
east, will be held this morning at IL
O'Clock at the brides home, with Rev.
| John Weidley officiating,