Evening star., 1916-12-24

ter, Surgeon J. p. Haynes, U. $. N,
and Mrs. Haynes.
the evening of December 80 to his
royal highness, Prince Mahidol, broth
er of the King of Siam. number OF
persons prominent in the official and
social circles of Washington will be
present to meet the distinguished guest
Mr. and Mrs. w. Ellis Clapp announce
the marriage of their daughter Anna
Rose to Mr.. William H. Bohannon, De-
cember 16, at the parsonage of the
First Lutheran Church, Baltimore. Md.
the Rev. c. w. Eyster officiating.
Those who have taken boxes for
the Christmas ball to be given at
Rauscher's tomorrow night for the
benefit of the Children's Country Home
include Mrs. Joseph Letter, Mrs Mar
shall Field, Mrs Gibson Fahnestock,
Graef, Miss Helen Jones, Mrs. James
Mcmillan, Mrs. Slocum, Mrs. Delos A.
Blodgett, Mrs. Richardson Clover. Mrs
James Mcdonald, Mrs. William Bliss,
w. Symons, Mrs. George Eustis, Mrs.
Edward B. Mclean and Mrs. James
Wadsworth.
Mr.. Randall Hagner. Mr.. Clarke Wag-
gaman, Mr.. Walter Wilcox, Mr.. Flem-
ing Newbold, Mr.. Nathan wyeth and
Mr.. c. c. Glover, jr.. will be the ushers.
Interesting arrangements are being
completed for the annual supper dance
to be given by Delta Pi Chapter of the
Sigma Nu Fraternity in the Lafayette
Hotel on Thursday evening, December
2s.
the nearby colleges of Maryland, Vir-
gfnia, North and South Carolina, Penn
sylyania and Delaware,
The. patrons and patronesses for the
II
Hodgkins of George Washington Uni
versity: Senator and Mrs. John Hollis
Bankhead. Representative and Mrs.
John M. Evans, Mr.. A. D. Trundle, in
and Mrs. Trundle, Mr.. Harold Enlows,
former president of the local chapter
and Mrs. EnlowS.
The reception committee is composed
ter. University of Montana: Mr.. Frank
Iden, president of the alumni chapter,
this city, and Mr.. odver Miller, presi-
dent of the active college chapter in
Among the special guests will be
the president and secretary of the
Gammi Pi Fraternity of Maryland
Agricultural College.
The ball committee is headed by Mr..
w. Everett Brockman, assisted by Mr..
P. H. Steltz and Mr.. P. L. Heist.
The Misses Ruth and Sarah Daniel
the holidays, when their guests will in
clude Miss Louise LeaZell of Culpeper,
Va: Miss Alexandria Wilson of Buff
falo, N. Y: Mr.. Todd Daniel of Phila-
delphfa and several midshipmen from
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Miss Marjorie NJ Downey, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs W. c. Downey, who is a
student at Wellesley, has returned to
spend Christmas with her parents at their
home in 18th street.
Mrs. William H. West will give a chill
dren's party with dancing Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soterios Nicholson have
gone to Fort du Pont, Del, to spend the
holidays with Capt. John G. Donovan
United States Coast Artillery, and Mrs.
Donovan, who also have as their guests
Mr. and Mrs John P. Donovan, parents
Of Capt. Donovan.
The Christmas luncheon of the Wash
ington Wellesley Club will be held at the
home of the Misses Riley, 2141 LIE Roy
place, on Saturday, December 80, at
o'clock. All the members of Wellesley
who are in town are cordially invited to
attend.
Mrs. William Meade Coulling will spend
Christmas with her mother Mrs. Arm
istead T. NJ. Rust, at her home at Lees
burg, Va.
Mrs. Robert Barrett Browning, widow
of the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bar
rett Browning. the poet. has come to
Washington to spend the winter and
taken an apartment at the Connecticut.
Mrs. Browning was in Washington
for a portion of last winter, but was
to prevent her taking any part in the
social life here. This year she has en-
tirely recovered her health and is al
ready actively enlisting her sympathies
IL, l1< <.tar r-tf fre-f Gov
which she was last year so generous
a patron.
Mrs Browning is an unusually inter-
esting woman and, like all English
traveller. While here last season she
became interested through Madam
Growitch, wife of tie Seryian minister
at that time to England, but at present
to Switzerland, in the cause of the
Servians, and Immediately after the
New Year will form a sewing circle to
meet at her apartments one day in each
week until her departure in the late
spring.
Capt. and Mrs. John A Logan, Sd,
made a brief visit to Washington last
week on their way up from the border
to spend the Christmas holidays with
their young family at st. Joseph, Mo.
Capt, Logan and wife spent the day
John A. Logan and Mrs. Mary Logan
Tucker, at Eagle Lodge, in 18th and
Clifton streets.
Capt. Logan, who, as captain of the
5th Ohio National Guard, Company H,
has spent the past three or four months
on the border, will, at the expiration of
his present leave, return to Texas to
detail duty. under a regular officer of
the United States Army in order to
take q course in military instruction. !
Mrs. Logan will then return with their !
family to Youngstown, Ohio. their per- /
manent home. |
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Worden Graham left |
the city Friday to spend Christmas and |
the holidays at Fort Totten, N. Y, with
their son-in-law and daughter, Lieut.. R. /
G. Payne, Coast Artillery Corps. and Mrs. |
Payne.
( Rear Admiral Edwin Putnam, U. S. N, !