The Washington herald., 1916-11-18
Officers at Washington Barracks
Entertain at Formal Hop


by the officers stationed at Washington
Barracks. The ballroom was elaborately
decorated with palms, arranged against
a background of flags and bunting. An
orchestra from the Engineers Band play
ed for the dancing and q buffet supper
was ssrved at midnight.
The guests were received by Col Ma
son Patrick, eommandant Of the Bar
racks, and Mrs. Patrick; Mrs. James @.
B. Lampert, wife Of Lieut.. Lampert;
Mrs. Myron Bertman, wife of Lieut. Bert
man. and Mrs. John H. Carruth. wife OF
Lieut.. Garruth. Lieut.. Bertman made
the presentations.
Col and Mrs. Patrick entertained at
dinner preceding the hop, having as their
Mai. and Mrs. Robert U. Patterson, MAJ:
and Mrs. Gustave Lukesh, and Capt. ana
Mrs. Mason ]. Young.
Can't and Mrs John Hodges were hosts
ct dinner party before the dance. Tneh
guests Included Col and Mrs. Henry Jer-
Vey. Col and Mrs. c. A. F. Flagler, MISS
Ruth Anderson. Miss Surkt, Mrs MILO
p. Fox, Mr.. Douglas McArthur' Lieut.
Arthur, and Lieut.. Watson.
Wendell Wolfe Chapter. Daughters OF
the American Revolution, entertained al
a reception last evening from TO IL
o'clock, at the Burlington, in honor Oh
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, Of indie
pendence. Kan. In the receiving line
were Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe, MIS-.
Gaius NJ. Brumbaugh, Mrs. Guernsey
Mrs. Harry c. Oberholser, Miss Eva E.
Luke, Miss V. Eugenia Shipley, mrs
Joseph Allen, jr., Mrs. L. B. Stine, Miss
Ella NJ. Garlick, Miss Carrie Harman
shipley and Miss Thelma Mills Payne.
Presiding at the punch bowls were
Mrs. Ada Mills Payne and Mrs. Ruth
Barnard Parker. Assisting in dispensing
hospitality were Miss Rebie p. Hamer.
Miss Margaret Dollett. Miss Bernice II.
Kent, Miss Edith Stine, Miss Sara Steph-
ems, the Misses Katherine and Elva
whitcomb.
Among the guests were DR.. and Mrs.
G. NJ. Brumbaugh, Mrs. Lyman Sworm-
stedt, Mrs. Elenore w. Collins, Prof. and
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, Admiral and
Mrs. c. H. Stockton, Mr.. and Mrs g.
w. W. Hanger. Miss Mamie Randolph
Heth, Capt. c. c. Calhoun, Mr.. Andrew
Jordan Green, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Brown, DR.. and Mrs. James Shera Mont
gomery. Commissioner OF Pensions and
Mrs. Gaylord NJ. Saltzgarber, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest l. Thurston, Mrs. George
T. SmalIwood, Mrs. Court F. Wood. DR..
and Mrs. H. L. Mann, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles W. Fairfax. DIR. and Mrs. Tru-
man Able, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, Mrs.
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er. Mrs. George NJ. Sternburg, Mrs.
Champe McCulIoch. Mrs. Alexander Cor
man. Mrs. Paul Hickok. Mrs. Frederick
W. Matteson, Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs.
Charles w. Richardson, Mrs. Ellen Spen-
GER Mussey. Mrs. Mary st. Clair Black
burn. Mrs. William s OdelL DIR. and
Mrs. P. P. Claxton. Mrs. W. c. Barnes,
V. Boynton, Mrs. Helen Nelson DOGGY,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harry Cunningham. DR..
Lyman Kebler. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip F..
Larner. Dean and Mrs. William Allen
Wilbur. Mrs. William II. Thompson, Mrs.
Nannette B. Paul. Mrs. Jouett Shouse,
Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer. Miss Dorothy
Dobyns. Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. Henry
Churchill Cook and Mrs. Rachel Tan
gate Beck.
the reception. with solos given by Mrs
Lillian Chenoweth, Miss Thelma Mills
Payne and Prof. Harry Campbell. Miss
Geneva Wallace gave several piano Sc
lections and Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe
gave a reading.
number Of smart folk from Washing
ton will attend the Yale-Princeton foot
ball game at Princeton today. Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs. Bo
Sweeney will go to New Jersey this morn
ing, accompanied by Miss Beatrice Fair
fax and Miss Enid Sims. They will be
joined by Mr.. Bo Sweeney, jr.. who Is
a student at Yale.
Miss Dorothy Mason, who has been Wis
iting at Philadelphia. will go over to
Princeton today for the game and Miss
Anita Kite, who went to Princeton yes
terday to attend the senior dance last
evening, will remain for the game, re-
turning to Washington tonight. Miss
Margaret Tuttle. who also attended the
prom last evening. will stay for the
game.
Representative and Mrs Walter r.
from their home in Providence, r. l.. to
pass the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Powell. of Wash
ington, are spending a few days in New
York city and are stopping at the VOL
colt Hotel.
Miss Helen Claxton has gone to Phil
ndelphia to join a weekend house party
and attend the COTnell-Pennsylvania
game at Philadelphia today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson Gibson en-
tertained informally at tea yesterday aft
ernoon, in compliment to Prof. and Mrs.
Alfred Peters, Of Lexington, KY, who
are spending several days at the Willard.
Mrs ]. c. w. Beckham, wife of Senator
Beckham, presided at the tea table.
Thanksgiving Day has been selected by
Miss Pocahontas Butler, daughter Of
former Senator and Mrs. Marion Butler,
for her marriage to Capt. Thomas Dupuy
Woodson, Medical Corps, U. 8. A., in
stead Of November g. the date previous
ly selected The ceremony will take
place in the afternoon at Elliott, Mr.. and
Mrs Buffers historic estate in North
Carolina.
Invitations are being issued to only the
most intimate friends of the two fam
lilies. Mr.. and Mrs. Butler will entertain
house party of friends and relatives
for the occasion. Miss Mary Lord An
drews, daughter of Mrs. Eliphalet An
drews, will be Miss Buffers maid Of
honor and only attendant, and Lieut..
Joseph d. Arthur, jr, u. s. Corps of En-
gineers. will be best man for Capt.