The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-26
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tertained at dinner last evening at their
residence in Lamont street, having as
their guests surg. Gen. and Mrs: VIII
lam c. Gorgas, Brig; Gen. and Mrs;
I w. Littell, and Col. and Mrs. George w.
| McIVer. The table was charmingly
| decorated with pink Enchantress carna-
tons and mignonette.
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Mrs. Lansing, wife of the Secretary
of State, will receive this afternoon
| at her residence in Eighteenth street.
She Will be assisted by her mother
Mrs. John w. Foster, Mrs. James X.
Mann. Miss Helen Cannon. Mrs. Ern-
| Chord, Mrs. Horace Lurton, jr., Mrs.
! Max Kaufman. ann Miss Lansing.
A number of the other Cabinet
hostesses Will be at home during the
! afternoon among them Mrs. McAdoo,
| wife OF the Secretary of the Treasury.
/ With Mrs. McAdoo will be Mrs. George
Rublee. Miss Katherine Overman, Miss
Laura Harlan. Mrs. John Harrison
| Knapp, and Miss Thomas, daughter
of Senator Thomas.
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! Mrs. Garrison, wife of the Secretary
| of War, is suffering from q slight
i attack of grip and will not receive
| Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory. wife of
| the Attorney GeneFal. is observing
| Wednesday afternoon at home during
/ the season after a pleasantly informal
Mrs. Cain. of Dallas. Tex; Mrs. Dowdy.
Miss Hendricks, Miss Lindsay Satter-
! field. Mrs. n. c. Gregory. Miss Jane
| Gregory. and her house guest, Miss
cornelia keasOey. q Texas.
Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson. wife of
| the Postmaster General. will also be at
home informally. She will have with
her Mrs Thomas p. Gore. Mrs. Ira c.
Copley. Mrs. James Brown Scott, Mrs.
| Bush Brown. and Miss Burleson.
| The Postmaster General and Mrs.
| Burleson will be hosts at dinner on Fri
! day evening.
| Mrs. Daniels. wife of the Secretary OF
the Navy, will receive this afternoon
| from, to o'clock. She viii be as
Charles s. johnson. Miss Page. Mrs.
| Henry Breckenridge, Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Bagley. Mrs. Louisa Key Norton,
Mrs. s. J. Tribble. Mrs. Warren Bailey,
| u. Tavenner. Miss Bertha Boiling. Mrs.
y w. Wurtzbaugh,, Mrs. ]. II. Dayton.
| Mrs. Gustayus G. Reiniger, Miss Mar
Garet Trim6le. Miss Anne Carson. Miss
S Se9d sI,e C9Tan' Miss Georgia scho-
Bagley and Miss Evelyn Cleaves Dan
iels and Miss Evelyn Jackson who are
Mrs. Daniels guests.
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Mrs. Lane, wife of the Secretary of
| the Interior, will not be at home this
afternoon owing to illness in the fam
lily.
| Mrs. Houston. wife Of the Secretary of
Agriculture, and Mrs. Redfield. wife of
the Secretary Of Commerce. will also be
at home today. Mrs. Redfield will be
assisted by Mrs. Dudley Hughes, Mrs.
| Edwin Grosvenor of Amherst. Mass.
Mrs. Sweet, Mrs. Edward Pratt. Mrs.
! Thomas Armat, Miss Mary Hoof, and
Mrs. Charles Drury..
Miss Agnes Hart Wilson will receive
this afternoon for her mother, Mrs.
! William b. Wilson, at the home of the
Secretary OF Labor, in Wyoming ave-
pue.
At the home of Mrs John jay White,
in K street. yesterday morning, Nine.
Clarence Buel. of New York, gave a
delightful French reading of Francois
Coppee's La Luther de Cremone."
Among those present were Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock. Mrs. Charles Warren. Miss
Lansing. Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis,
Mrs. John c. Fremont, Mrs, George
Rublee, Miss Lydia S. Biddle. and Mrs
Frederick Hoffman.
Next Wednesday Mrs. White will en-
terrain the members of the French
reading class and their guests at lunch
con. The play will be Mon Ami Teddy"
a comedy by Rivoirs and Besnard'
Mrs. Ezra Koon was hostess at a
prettily appointed luncheon this after
! noon when the guests included Mrs.
! Charles McChord, Mrs. Edward Lof-
tus. Mrs. William Baily Lamar. Mrs.
Moore, Mrs. Frederick Wesson, Mrs.
Thomas Hutchinson, Mrs. Delos
Blodgett, Mrs. Thomas Lockwood,
Nine. Roso. and Miss Sedgely.
Mrs. Koon and Miss Edith Koon will
be at home Tuesday afternoon.
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Mrs. Junius w. MacMurray and MisU
MacMurray will entertain at a recep-
ton this afternoon in compliment to
Miss Lois Root Goodnow, daughter of
DR.. Frank ]. Goodnow, president of
Johns Hopkins University, and Mrs.
Goodnow whose marriage to John
! Van Antwerp MacMurray will take
place in Baltimore on February 10.
Miss &C Ilnow. who will spend the
week with Mrs. MacMurray, will be
the honor guest at a dinner which
| Mrs. MacMurray will give on Friday
night and at several Informal enter
tainments.
The Minister of Sweden and Nine.
| Ekengren will entertain eighteen
guests at dinner tonight in honor Of
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Rob-
ert Lansing.
Assistant Attorney General and Mrs.
| Charles Warren will entertain at a
dinner os fourteen covers tomorrow
evening in compliment to the Attor-
ney General and Mrs. 4. w. Gregory.
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| Mrs. Thomas p. Gore will be hostess
at luncheon Saturday. with Mrs. Thorn
as Watt Gregory as the guest of honor.
Miss Mary Temple will entertain in
formally at dinner at the Willard Sun
| day evening.
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely has
cards out for a luncheon Thursday,
! February 3.
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Mrs. william II. Thompson, wife OF
Senctor Thompson will not be at home
tomorrow, but will receive Thursday
February 8.
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Flnrris Hammond of New York, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond,
! Is at the Willard for q few days.
Lieut.. William s. McClinttc r. b N,
and Mrs. McClintic are also stopping
at the Willard. other arrivals there
yesterday We're Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
G. HcStettcr. who came un from their
Mace ct Broad Run. Va: MIR. and Mis-.
J. g. I|r1nner. OF Stanford University,
California; Mr.. and Mrs Horace NJ.
! Suule, OF Boston, with theiT tUO ynuuP