The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

The Misses Lansing, sisters of the
Secretary Of State. were the guests In
whose honor Judge Martin A. Knapp en-
tertained at dinner last evening.
The Misses Lansing. who have Just re-
turned from a weekend spent at Gum
ston Hall. on the Potomac, where they
were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs Louis
Hertle, expect to leave Washington
Wednesday or Thursday for their home
at Watertown. N. Y.
The Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs Yrooman were hosts at din
ner followed by a theater party last
evening in honor OF Miss Burleson and
their house guest. Mr.. Fairman Furuess,
Of Philadelphia The otner guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry D. Breckinridge and
Mr.. Richard Crane
The marriage of Miss Mary Courtlandt
Wallace, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els c. Wallace, of Drummond, Nd, and
Mr.. NJ Campbell oliphant also Of Drum
mond, viii take place Monday evening,
April "a at o'clock at st. Johns Epis-
copaf- church, Berkeley lane
Rev. James Kirkpatrick will perform
the ceremony.
The maid Of honor will be Miss Kath-
crime Rohrer and the brides sister, Miss
Brenta Wallace, will be the bridesmaid.
MISS ana MISS Alflld
johnson will be the flower girls. Mr..
Ralph o. Wilson, of Drummond, Nd,
will act as best man.
The couple will leave Immediately after
the ceremony for their wedding trip and
on their return will reside at Drum
mond, Nd.
Mrs. Converse and Miss Maud Con-
verse, widow and daughter of the late
= afV,n ? ~
have returned to Washington after a
short stay in New York.
Mrs. Gustave R. Lukesh. wife of Mai.
Lukesh, U. S. A, entertained at bridge
yesterday afternoon in honor Of Mrs.
Fieberger, wife of Col Gustav J. Fie-
berger, U. S. A, who Is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Ford, at her residence in Sixteenth
street
The other guests were Mrs George p
Howell. Mrs. Dwight E. Aultman, Mrs
William D. COnnor, Mrs. John N.
Hodges. MIS- James G. B. Lampert,
Mrs. Charles F. Williams. Mrs. VIII
Point, Mrs. William Henry Holcombe,
Mrs. Douglas L. Weart. Mrs John }.
Kingman, and Mrs. Charles G. Morti-
meT.
Additional guests were invited for tea
which followed. Mrs. Virgil L. Peterson,
Mrs. Carroll Buck. and Mrs. Leo J.
Dillow presided at the tea table.
Wilson. will be at home Informally
this afternoon. Their house guests are
Mrs. George Hunter Terrett, and Miss
Terrett, Of st. Paul. MINI.
Mrs. w. II. McAIlister was hostess at
bridge yesterday afternoon at her resi-
dence in Wyoming avenue. Mrs. Nc
rF-fw, aF hid -,
today.
Mrs Frederick Marsh. will be at home
this afternoon at her residence, 1756 N
street.
Gen. and Mrs George Barnett have
left Washington and Will spend two
weeks travelling in the South. Their trip
will include Pensacola, New Orleans, and
other large cities.
Commencing May and continuing
throughout horse show week. in the his
tOric -Octagon House, Eighteenth and
New York avenue. daily from 4:3O to In
the afternoon, there will be tea and dane
ing in the garden, and from to mid
night there will be vaudeville, dancing
and refreshments. Some Of the promi-
nent women of Washington society who
are organizing this benefit are Mrs. Will
lam CorCoran Eustis. Mrs. ]. Borden
Hartman. Mrs. George Howard, Mrs.
Paul Bartlett and Miss Ernst
The proceeds will be devoted to the
benefit Of the British wounded. The
lovely old garden of the Octagon House,
one of Washington's most interesting
historical places, will not only be ar
ranged for tea and dancing, with a stage
for vaudeville in the evening. but will be
decorated with booths, in charge Of lead
ers Of WashingtOn's younger set, each
one representing one of the British COL
onies or possessions, where characteris-
tic articles will be sold.
Lieut. e. n. Feamster, U. S. A, re-
tired, and Mrs. Feamster, and their son,