Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-23
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
President and Mrs. Wilson Enter
tain at the Last Official Dinner
of the Winters Series.
Marriage of Miss Whiting and Mr..
Cochran This Afternoon-Lunch
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the table was decorated Win Joh'
quils and farleyense ferns. and follow
ing the dinner Mr. Ignace Jan Pad
erewski gave a program of piano Sc
! lections in the east room.
The guests We're the Speaker and Mrs.
Clark, Senator and Mrs. Clapp. Senator
and Mrs. Fletcher. Senator Galllnger,
Senator and Mrs. Hitchcock, Senator
! Hollis, Senator and Mrs. James, Senator
and Mrs. Nelson, Senator and Mrs.
| owen. Senator simmons, Senator and
Mrs swanson, Senator and Mrs. Till
man, Representative and Mrs. Alexan-
| der, Representative and Mrs. Butler
Representative and Mrs. Dent. Repre-
| sentative William ). Greene. Repre-
sentative Hay, Representative and Mrs.
Kahn. Representative and Mrs. Kent.
| Representative and Mrs. Padgett, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Rainey, Maj. Gen.
| and Mrs. Barnett. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
/ G. McChord. Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop NJ.
| Daniels, Mr.. and Mrs. lSnace Jan
Paderewski. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander ii
Gait. Mrs. Richard H. Townsend. Mrs.
! w. /. Vreeland, Mrs. William ii. Boil
ing. Miss Mary GUSTS Lee, Miss Anna
u. Boiling. Miss Gordon. Miss Agnes
Wilson. Miss Burleson, Miss Gregory,
Miss Delano, Miss MacMurray. Miss
NJ a.
Fauntleroy, Lieut. Commander Robert
L. Berry, DR.. Cary 7. Grayson, Mr.. Ben
nett c. Clark, Lieut.. John a. Baird,
| Lieut.. Paul H. Bastedo, Lieut.. Charl-
ton E Battle, Lieut.. James B. Cress,
Lieut.. James A. Dorst and Lieut. Alex
ander L. James.
The marriage of Miss Alice Whiting,
Whiting. to Mr.. John Baldwin Cochran
is an event of the late afternoon to-
day and will be followed by a large
reception at o'clock, also at the
Whiting home.
Rev. DIR. c. Ernest Smith. rector of
st. Thomas Church. will perform the
ceremony. Mr.. Peyton Cochran will be
best man for his brother and Miss Julia
Whiting maid of honor for her sister.
The bridal toilet will be Of white
satin. with family lace and tulle orna-
menting the bodice. a lace veil which
the brides mother wore at her we'd
ding and ii bouquet of orchids and lilies
of the valley
The maid of honor is to wear an old
fashioned gown of pale green taffeta.
the fun skirt made over hoops and
trimmed with shrrings outlined with
bands of yellow roses. The quaint ap-
pearance is to be further accumulated
small colonial bouquet of yellow
roses set in a frilled lace paper holder
The bridesmaids. Miss Eudora Glow
er, Miss Margaret, Draper and Miss
Elsie Williams of Boston. will wear
gowns similarly made of yellow taft
feta and their old-time bouquets will
be. OF yellow roses also.
Before Mr.. Cochran and his bride leave
for their honeymoon travels tonight they
will dine with the bridal party and Dr.
and Mrs. Whiting. They will be away
three weeks
Mrs. William F. Draper and Miss ORA
per gave a dinner for the bride-to- be and
the bridal party last night and afterward
cupied two boxes In addition to Miss
Whiting and Mr. Cochran, there were also
Miss Julia Whiting, Miss Elsie Williams,
Miss Eudora Glover. Miss Beatrice Clover,
ran, Count Lemburg, MIR. Arthur Camp
bell, Count Bonde, Mr. Brambilla, Dr..
Hubscher and Mr.. Constantindis.
The Congressional Club was the
scene of another handsome entertain
nent last night, when the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Marshall and the Secre-
fary of state and Mrs. Lansing were
! the honor guests of its members
Palms, ferns and roses adorned the
rooms and on the supper table dec
grafton suggesting the day created
pleasant comment. In the center q
water lily and fern bordered lake con-
! tanned "a realistic island, from which
arose a cherry tree.
There was music throughout the
evening, and toward the close oppor-
tunlty Tor dancing.
Mrs. Atlee fomerene, president OF
the club. was richly gowned in gold
and Irish lace; Mrs. Marshall was in
| black richly trimmed with embroider-
les in gold and Mrs. Lansing wore sill
yer lace combined with white satin.
Mrs. John Shafroth, chairman of the
entertainment committee, who wore
white satin and silver lace. and Mrs
Howard Reside, chairman of the house
committee, sowned in black lace.
heard many pleasant encomiums of
| their successful arrangements for the
I evening
! Assisting in the hospitality of the
, event were Mrs. j. w Burns, Mrs. G.
/ ". Fairchild. Mrs. r. NJ. Page. Mrs. f.
! I. taylor Mrs. H. G; Danforth. Mrs. j.
J. EnSsell, Mrs. J. +. Byrnes, Mrs. James
! Reed, Mrs. II. s. Reeside. Mrs. John F..
| Shafroth, Mrs. Thomas Walsh, Mrs
( William c. Redfield. Mrs. Edward Keat-
! ing, Mrs Ira c. Copley, Mrs. Scott. Mrs.
Sherwood. Mrs. Michael f.. Phelan, Mrs.
! Willis e. Hawley, Mrs George F.
o,Shaunessy. Mrs. f. S. Candle. Mrs. J.
! Willard Ragsdale. Mrs. Charles II. Dill
lon, Mrs, William II. Smith. Mrs. John
( II. stevens, Mrs. John A. Sterling, Mrs.
" II. Thompson. Mrs. John Q. Tilson,
/ Mrs. G. p. Undertake, Mrs. S. ]. Trib
! BILE, Mrs James +. MARITIME. Miss Ellen
| Day Wood and Mrs. J. Harry Coving
| ton.
Or and Mrs Frederick II. Morha r,
entertained at dinner at their resi-
| dence last night, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. James \. Sullivan, who were re-
Gently married. Members of a party
which took cruise to Bermuda several
years ago and their wives were pres
ent, including DR.. and Mrs. Albert p
| Tibbets. Mr.. Charles S. O'Connor, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Crosby Mccarthy and Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Wheatley. The
! table was decorated with a centerpiece
| of pink sweet peas, encircled by favors
| for each OF the guests in the form OF
| miniature battleship on an artificial
| lake.
Mrs. John II. Bankhead will not be a,
| home tomorrow afternoon.
| The Attorney General and Mrs. Greg
DRY entertained at dinner last night,
when their guests were Mr.. George
| W. Anderson of Boston, Mr.. Henry Hill
| lard Of ST. Louis, Mr.. Francis G. Caffey,
| solicitor Of the Department of Agri-
culture; the assistant attorney general
and AIRS. Samuel J. Graham, DIR. and
Mrs. Frank l.. Pleadweli. Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Laskey. Mr.. c. +. Langworthy,
Miss Kate Hendricks. Mrs. NJ q. Cook
| Gregory; Mrs Neiia +. Peyton and
Mrs. T. w. Gregory.
Mrs. Thomas. wife Of Senator Thorn =
| ~. and Miss Thomas will not be at
| home tomorrow
! Mrs. George A. King. 1911 2Sth street.