The Washington herald., 1916-12-05

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the guild include Mesdames j. q.
Baines, J. ". Barross. W. H. Bayly,
A. B. Browne. #. L. Browne, H C.
Browning, J. B. Church. C. d. Clark,
C. A. Droop. J. NJ. Green, w. s. Har-
ban, g. II. johnson, G. A. King, c. A.
McAllister, II. B. Patten, c. H Robb,
c. w. Robertson. W. +. Stafford, s. N.
Whitwell c. J. Williamson. simon
Wolf. J. A Van orsdeL There will be
dancing from to Z.
Mrs. Louis Lombard will receive on
the second and fourth Saturdays at
her residence. 2o4o. s street.
Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn has cards
out for an at-home on Monday after
noon, December IL, from 1 until 8, at
her residence, so1 Sixteenth street.
Dr. and Mrs. ]. c. Boyd, of WASH
ington. are at the wolcott' Hotel in
New York City, where they spent
Thanksgiving with their son, Mr. wal
ter w. Boyd, who is student of
Williams College. williamstown, Mass.
Miss Dorothy Oliver. of Washington. is
also at the Wolcott.
The Georgia Society will meet this
evening at the New Ebbitt at s o'clock
Mr.. William J. Harris, president Of
the society, will preside.
Representative Campbell Bascom slemp
has sent out cards announcing the mar
riage Of his sister, Miss Susan Jane
Slemp. and Mr.. John Wesley Newman on
Thursday, November 30, at Big Stone Gap,
Va. Mr.. and Mrs. Newman will be at
home after December 10, at Versailles,
KY.
Miss Elizabeth Mason Heath, and her
nieces, Miss Adelaide Heath and Miss
Elizabeth Heath, received yesterday
afternoon and will be at home on the re-
naming Monday afternoons in December
at their residence, 1923 s. street.
Mrs. James Young, wife Of Representa-
tive James Young. OF Texas, has sent
out cards for Saturday, December 16,
from to 7. when she will introduce her
daughter, Miss Imogen Young. at a tea
dance at Rauscher's.
The opening tea dance at the Playhouse
will take place this afternoon, from 4:30
to o'clock. The dances will continue on
Saturdays and Tuesdays through the sea-
son.
The Club of Colonial Danes held its De-
cember entertainment yesterday after
noon at 4:3O. Miss Cora Neal, the field
secretary Of the Southern Educational As
sociation, spoke on her work among the
mountain people of the South, and Miss
Nancy Barbee gave some of her charm
ing dialect stories. Tea followed at $50.
Mrs. Henry Dimock has as her guest
this week Mrs. Nelson Henry, of New
York.
DR.. and Mrs. w. P. E. wyse, of Balti-
more, have arrived at Washington to be
the guests Of Senator and Mrs. J. C. w.
Beckham for several days.
December s has been selected as tag
day for the Christ Child Society.
For the last sixteen years the Christ
Child Society in its various social CEN
ters has maintained sewing schools for
the benefit of the poor children whose
mothers are too busy to teach them the
economy of mending or the art Of fash
ioning clothes for themselves.
The pupils range from 4 to Is. For the
little ones kindergarten classes are
formed, the next in age are Instructed
in the rudiments of sewing by a system
of graded samplers. On Saturday after
Moons the advanced pupils are taught to
make dresses and shirt waists. Embroid-
cry and knitting classes are held during
the week. All materials are provided by
the society ana the garment mace De-
comes the property of the owner
Through these schools the children feel
the force Of the social center leading
them on to the comprehension Of high
religious ideals and of the dignity Of
useful labor.
Funds are needed to carry on the work.
Miss Frances Evarts and MisS Helena
Griffin have returned from New York,
where they went to attend the Army
Navy game and the. Thanksgiving hop
at West Point.
Mrs. ]. A. Brady has as her guests her
sister, Mrs. Isabel Williams, and her
niece, Miss Emily Tolar, of Columbia,
s. c. Mrs Brady was hostess at a box
party in the New National Saturday eve-
ming. A supper at the Willard followed.
In addition to Mrs. Williams and Miss
Tolar, the guests were DR.. Arthur Wick
cry, of New York, and DR.. Hail, of
Washington.
Miss Margaret Cannon entertained at
a tea on Sunday from 4 to 6 o'clock, at
the Sherman, in honor of Miss Nancy
Roach, whose marriage to Lieutenant
Walter Pachsoski, u. 8. A, will be cele-
brated very shortly. The rooms were
decorated with crysanthemums, lilies,