The Washington times., 1916-01-14
Many Entertainments Are
Planned by the Leaders of
Society in Washington,
/ Gossip of HoStcSseS.

The dinner which the Vice President
and Mrs. Marshall will give this even
ms In compliment to the President and
NJ \. Wilson, will be their initial hos
pit tty this season and will have added
interest from the fact that this Is the
first function outside the White House
which Mrs. Wilson has attended. The
dinner will teKe place in the suite AZ
the Willard which the Vice PresideT t
and Mr., Marshall are occupying this
season. In addition to the President
and his bride, tho guests will be the
members of the Cabinet and their wives.
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Miss Lois Root Goodnow. daughter Of
DR.. Frank J. Goodnow, president of
Johns Hopkins University, and John
Van Antwerp MacMurray, first secre-
tary OF the American legation in Pc
king, have selected "Wednesday as the
date Of their marriage The ceremony
will be performed at Emmanuel Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, the
Rev. DR.. Hugh Birckhead officiating.
Mrs. Ezra K. Gillett, Of Pelham Ma
nor. NJ Y. will be matron of honor for
her sister. and there will be six other
attendants.
Mr.. MacMurray is the son OF the late
Major Junius w. MscMurray, u ?, ~, ~.
her home in Washington.
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The first of the series Of twelve Fri
day evening dances, arranged by MISS
Julia Wood, which are among the
pleasantest events of the Washington
season, will be given this evening at
the willard. The patrons for the dance
are the Secretary of the Interior, mr.
Lane: the Assistant Secretary of war,
Mr.. breckenridge; the Assistant Sec
rotary OF the Navy. Mr.. Roosevelt; Col
Robert NJ Thompson, Charles &. Glover,
DR.. w. III. Wilmer, and Horace west
colt. The members of the commlttee
AnIr 41nlF ".
Pena, oliver B, Hartman, SStedman
Hanks, Frank Hyatt, jr.: George A.
Garrett. and Gerald de c. May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte VIII
will Miss Elizabeth Wiley and Mrs.
Morgan Cameron, and q number OF
other dinner parties have been ar
ranged.
Norman Hapgood will entertain at
dinner tomorrow evening at his apart
ment in II street in compliment to
Lord and Lady Aberdeen
Mrs Hope Slater will be among the
dinner hosts Of tomorrow evening.
s.
Mrs. Joseph Z. Thropp will not re;
ceive on Saturday afternoon, her usual
day at home.
Mrs. Ashton G. Clapham was hostess
at luncheon today. with Mrs. Rolfe e.
Alexander Hunt Gait, as the guest of
honor. Invited to meet Mrs. Boiling
were Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, Mrs.
samuel J. Graha, Mrs. Milton c. FL
lott. Mrs. Henry d. Flood. Mrs. Claude
Swanson, Mrs. William l.. Marshall and
Mrs. Alexander Gait.
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Col. william p. Wooten, L. s. A., COM
mandant at the Washington Barracks,
and Mrs. 7Wooten will receive the guests
tonight at the second hop of the season
which the officers stationed at the bar
racks will give at the Officers Club.
Buck, Mrs. Gustave Il. Lukesh, Mrs.
Joseph II. Earle. and Mrs. Will II.
Point. Capt. John J. Kingman. adju-
tant, will make the introductions.
s.
Capt. and Mrs. John Hodges will en-
terrain at dinner tonight for Miss Flea
nor Baxter, of Nashville, and will take
their guests later to the hop at the
Washington Barracks.
Major and Mrs Gustave Lukesh will
entertain guests at dinner this evening
at their quarters at Washington Oar
hop.
Mrs. Joseph e. Kuhn will have twenty
guests at dinner tonight to meet Can't
and Mrs. Francis b. Wildly, and will
take them later to the hop at the Offi-
GERS Club.
Braistcd, L. s. n. have issued invita-
tiCns for n tea next Wednesday after
noon ut O'Clock in compliment ia
Surgeon and Mrs. Oman, y. S. N.
The President and Mrs. Wilson will
be the honor guests at a ball to be
given by the amba ssadors ministers
and charges d'affaires OF the republics
OF America represented in Washington
WRnna4nnV i at ~
at the Pan-American building.
Nearly 1900 invitations are being is
sued, which. of course. are strictly per.
sonal. non-transferable and the presen-
tatlon OF the cards of admission sent
to all persons accepting the Invitation
will be required at the entrance.
The ball will be similar in most of its