The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Items Of Interest and Impor-
tance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.

The first Of the two diplomatic iin-
ners to be given at the White House
this season will take place this cven-
ing. with the French ambassador. NJ
Jusserand. dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, as the guest of honor and tho
envoys OF the allied powers among
the guests This is the first time tho
members OF the Diplomatic Corps have
been entertained at the White House
since the outbreak OF the war in Eu-
rope. Many of the neutral nations
Will be represented and there will he
few guests not numbered in the
ranks OF the diplomats
Mrs. Wilson received about eighty
guests yesterday afternoon. who call
ed at the White House by appoint
ment from 4 to 6 o'clock. They were
received in the RED Room Miss Boncs
assisting Mrs. Wilson and Miss Ben
ham pouring tea, Mrs. Wilson II.
Boiling, Mrs. Wilson's mother, Mrs.
A. W. Bagley and the Misses Bagley,
mother and sisters of Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. were among the guests.
Mrs. Albert L. Mills. wife OF Brigadier
General Mills, was hostess at delight
ful buffet luncheon tuduY, when she en-
tertained in compliment TO Mrs. Jo-
sephus Daniels and Mrs. David Franklin
Houston. 4'he hallway Jf Mrs. Mills
Interesting home was gay with pink
lilies, In the drawing rooms pink roses
were used in DrCtUsion, and the pink
roses and white lilacs in a graceful s'l-
Yer basket, which marked the center of
the table, were suggestive of spring
time. centerpicCe and doylies Of en-
broidered pima cloth of exquisite work.
manShip lent picturesque touch to the
appointments. The furnishings for Mrs.
Mills dining room were selected during
her residence IN the Orient, and. I'm ad-
dition to table cut from one splendid
piece OF Philippine mahogany, the room.
boasts sideboard and several other
rare carved pieces of great beauty and
undoubted antiquity and a set of carved
chairs which came direct from one Of
the old cathedrals of the daJs OF the
Spanish occupation.
Among the guests invited TO meet Mrs
Daniels and Mrs. Houston were Mrs
adelaide Worth Baglcy. Mrs. Thomas
=. Dunn and her guests. Mrs. v i,liam
II. Dunn and Mrs. Robert Kcrshner. Of
Rochester: Mrs. Presley NJ. RiXeY. Mrs.
John N. Speel, Mrs William X Van
Reypen. Miss HeGoman, Mrs. Charles
Henry Butler, Mrs. Frank +. Fletcher,
Mrs. Charles II. stockton, Mrs: William
II. Carter. Mrs. william Baird, Miss
Helen Stewart, Mrs. Erasmus Weaver,
Mrs. w. T. Davis. Mrs. Wallace Rad
James r. Mann, Mrs. Morton Henry,
Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs. Charles +.
Menoher. Mrs. James Fl. Glennon. Mrs.
Joseph Kuhn. Mrs. James b. Aleshire.
Mrs. Edward w, Eberle, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman. Mrs. Timothy 7. Ansberry:
Miss Kibbey, Madame Vlgnal. wife OF
the military attache of the French en-
bassy; Mrs. William Cline Borden. Mrs.
J. Van Rensselaer, Hoff and her niece.
who Is her guest; Mrs. John Fl. Hewson,
Mrs. Paul johnson. Mrs. Cclos Blodgett,
Mrs. John K. Shields, the Misses Lans-
ing. Mrs. Theodore A. Baldwin; Mrs.
Louise Hess: Mrs George, w. Mc1vcr.
Mrs. r. l.. Howe, Mrs. w. d. Beach
Miss Margaret breckenridge. and Mrs.
Henry Breckenridge,
From present indications the benefit
performance for the Working Boys
Home to be given Monday even,
attended by one of the most bril-
those who have taken boxes are the
President and Mrs. Wilson. Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs Thomas
F. Walsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Crane.
tr.. Mrs. Richard Harlow, and Eames
Others who will entertain theater
parties are Mrs. Thomas Ewing, Mrs.
Richardson Glover, Mrs. Perry Johnson.
Mrs. Charles =. Johnson, Mrs. Arm
stead Davis, Senator and Mrs. James
Hamilton Lewis, Capt. and Mrs. Theo-
dore A. Baldwin. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Atherton. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
monster Chapman. ana Mr. ana Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerm8n.
Miss Julia Williams, daughter of
Senator and Mrs. John Sharp williams.
who has been the guest of her brother
in-law and sister Lieut. and Mrs. Joel
William Bunkley is now in the hospital
and will undergo an operation for Rp-
pendicitis.
Mrs. Williams will reach Washington
tomorrow from her home in Mississippi.
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Miss Dorothy Gray Brooks is giving
an informal bridge party this after
noon in compliment to Mrs. Horatie
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