The Washington herald., 1916-04-08
Lansngs Entertain Former Ambassador to
Chile, Henry P. Fletcher, and His Successor,
Judge Joseph Shea, of Indiana, at Dinner
Other NelDs of Society at the Capital

The Secretary Of lstate and Mrs.
Lansing entertained at dinner last
evening in honor OF Mr.. Henry Prath-
er Fletcher, who was Ambassador to
Chile and has been transferred to
Mexico. and Judge Joseph Shea, Of
Indianapolis, who is to succeed Mr..
Fletcher as Ambassador to Chile.
them were the Spanish Ambassador
and Nine Riano, the Secretary of
War, Senator and Mrs. Sutherland.
Gen. and Mrs. Scott. Mr.. Enrique
Cusvas and Nine. Cuevas. Mrs. John
w. Foster, Capt. Knapp. and Miss
Lansing.
The Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs. Carl Vrooman will be
hosts at dinner this evening. enter
taining in honor of the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Peabody Eus-
tis gave dinner party last evening,
in compliment to their house guest,
Miss Maude Fay.
Miss Fay win be the honor guest at
q dinner which Senator Phelan will
give this evening.
At the marriage Of Miss Doris
Drain. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Drain, and Mr.. Edward
Northrup Hay. which win take place
on the afternoon Of April 26 at 4:30
O'Clock at st. Thomas Church. Miss
Kathryn Drain will be her sis
ter's maid of honor; Mrs. Thomas
Hay, OF Pittsburgh, will be matron of
honor, and there will be two other
sisters of the bride, Miss Gertrude
Drain and Miss Marion Drain. In the
bridal party.
The other bridesmaids will be Miss
Ellen Fillebrown, Miss Lydia Clark.
Miss Emily Chase and Miss Marie
Peary.
Mr.. Thomas Hay. Of Pittsburgh, will
act as best man for his brother. and
the ushcrs will be Mr.. Alfred Hard
ing. Mr.. Harry Semmes, Mr.. Edwin
Stafford. Capt. Monroe C. Kerth. U. s.
A. and Lieut. John C. Gotwals, U.
S. \.
Mrs. H. C. Sparrow. wife Of Lieut.
Commander Sparrow, U. 9. N, enter
tanned at tea yesterday afternoon at her
apartment in the Ontario in honor Of
Mrs. ]. Somerset Atkins and Miss Mary
Atkins, of Winnipeg. Canada
Mrs Charles NJ. Drake and Miss Sarah
Mills presided at the tea table while Miss
Lydia Bush-Brown and Miss Dorothy
Drake assisted in the dining-room.
Mrs. Harry Lakeman announces the
Stable, to Mr.. John William Piper, on
Thursday April s, in the Chapel of the
TRANSPORTATION.
A reception to the members and con-
gregation Of the Church Of the Covenant
will be given by the Mems Society, the
Society Of the Covenant and League Of
ha aF7k Taff ~
Tuesday, April Is, at the chapel.
Among those who will take part in the
society circus. which is to take place this
evening at the Riding and Hunt Club,
srs Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Miss Ruth An
derson, Miss Ruth Donaldson, Miss Anna
Hsnlin, daughter OF the Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, and Miss Helen Nc
Lanahan, who will ride bareback; Miss
Louise Delano. Miss Margaret Howard
Miss Dorothy Deeble. Miss Margaret Nc
Chord and Miss Dorothy owen, who win
perform on imitation horses, as In the
Beaux Arts ball.
Mr.. George Oakley Totten and Miss
Edythe Howard are to ride tandem. and
Miss Ann Tracy win exhibit her police
dogs.
Among the man riders and Jumpers WIN
be Count Bonde, Of the Swedish legation;
Herr Hendri, Of the Austrtan-Hungarian
Embassy; Lieut. John Greedy. Dr.. Breck-
inridge Bayne, Mr.. Melvin Haven, Mr..
Thomas p. Morgan, jr., Mr.. Julien Bishop,
Mr.. William Cochran, Mr. John o. Evans
and Mr.. Ralph Coffin.
parade at s:15 o'clock win precede
the circus, and there will be dancing
afteTward.
Those taking part In the musical drIn
at the Riding and Hunt Club Thursday
afternoon were Miss Myra Morgan. Miss
Louise Clark, Mrs. W. Sinclair Bowen,
Miss Frances Carpenter. Miss Margaret
Devereux, Miss Ruth Donaldson, Miss
Gertrude Greedy, Miss Rose Greedy. Miss
Anna Hamlin, Miss Nadine Oxnard, the
Misses Scriven, Miss Elizabeth Wiley,
Miss Kingsbury, Mr.. Ralph Conn, Mr..
Gerry Morgan, Mr.. John Devereux, jr.,
Mr. ]. S. Hunt and Lieut.. Herman. Capt.
William Mitchell won the loving cup In
the jumping contest. Miss Ethel Mac
Murray poured tea.
Mrs Maude Howell Smith, president of
the District of Columbia Division, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, Is suffer
ing from a nervous breakdown, and will
have to cancel all Of her engagements for
the next two weeks in order to recuper-
ate.
Mr. and Mrs Louis Pennington will
entertain at tea this afternoon at 5
o'clock in compliment to Miss de Vfvier.
Mr.. william z. Fowler was host at a
dinner and theater party last evening.
country fair, for the beneit Of the
Washington Diet Kitchen, will be held
on May %, at Friendship, the country
residence Of John R. Mclean. Many in
teresting features are promised by the
management Of the afrair. Mrs. John H.
Merriam is In charge Of the arrange
ments.
Judge Martin A Knapp viii be host
at dinner at his apartment In Stoneleigh
Court Monday evening in honor OF the
Misses Lansing, sisters OF the Secretary
OF State.
The Misses Sedseley were at home
yesterday afternoon at their residence in
Massachusetts, avenue, and had with
them Mrs. Walter L. Fisher, of Chi
cago, wife Of the former Secretary Of
the Interior, and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Walter T. Fisher.
The Brazilian Ambassador and Nine.
da Cana, Commander and Mrs. John
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