The Washington times., 1916-02-05
NOTES AND GOSSIP
OF CAPITAL SOCIETY
Items of Interest and Impor-
tance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.


Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Bo
Sweeney at their residence in Columbia
road. There will bc fourteen guests.
Secretary of state and Mrs. Robert
Lansing were to have been the guests
OF honor at dinner witt Assistant
Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs. A.
A.Soncs as hosts tonight, but the party
has been postponed indefinitely because
OF Mr.. Jones absence from the city.
He was sert to New Mexico about ten
days ago on important official business.
He will return to Washington on Thurs
day.
Nine. Jose +. Godoy. wife of the Mex
ican minister to Cuba. will entertain at
reception this aftcrno on at her home.
l115 Q street, in compliment to her son
and daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francisco Godoy, whose mGrria &c took
place in Cuba in December.
Assisting Nine. Godoy will be her sis
ter, Nine. Tanzy. Of Paris: Nine. SUI
arez Mujica. wife OF the Chlian am
hassador; Nine. Calderon, wife of the
Bolivian minister: Mrs. Reed Hunt,
Miss Calderon. Miss Morales. Miss Cas-
tro. Miss katherine Fill. Miss Hannah
Taylor, Miss CarhC. Miss Corral. OF
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President of Mexico. and her aunt Miss
Est3lente. also of Wilmington.
During the afternoon Jorge Codoy
will recite several original poems i'll
both Spanish and English. Erpest
Benin. ,choirma ster CT Holy 1ri.liiy
Church. will accompany him on the
riano.
Mr.. anG MIS-. Francisco Godoy. Mr.
and Mrs. Tauzy. Miss Corral. and Miss
Estalante are all house guests Of Nine
Godoy.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
have sent out invitations for a recep-
ton with dancing, at the Willard on
after 9 o'clock They will be- hosts at
a similar reception on Monday evening,
February 2S.
nett were the guests at dinner last
evening of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlemagn
Tower, in Philadelphia. Mr.. and MIS-
Tower entertained for them before the
midwinter ball, which shares honors
with the Benedicks' ball as one Of The
smartest and most exclusive functions
OF the Quaker City's social season. The
ball was held in HORTICULTURAL Hall.
The hostesses We're Mrs. Alexander
Van Rensselaer,. Mrs. Robert l.. Mont
gomery. Mrs J. Kearsley Mitchell Sd,
and Mrs. Edward Lowber. Welsh. The
PatrToDnesses w We're ,,. taken in to to supper
Bingham Pcnrose. Ernest Law, and W.
l'lunkett Stewart.
Among the other guests from Wash
ington were S. y. onstantinidi, q.
Bond Cochran, and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Littaucr.
j.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Littauer will
be among the dinner hosts Of the even
ing.
Mrs. Harold Goodwin was hostess at a
dove party last night, when her guests
included Mrs. William II. Waggaman.
Miss Bessie Hoover, Miss Louise Wash
ington. Miss Mary Radford, and Mrs.
Bowdoin Craighill.
Mrs. Swagar Sherley, wife of Con-
gresham Sherley, is entertaining at
bridge this afternoon in compliment to
Mrs. Frank Hartwell. Of Louisville, Ky.
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. McChord.
Justice and Ma Wills VIM Van Devanter
will be hosts at dinner tonight in COM
pliment to Chief Justice and Mrs. Ed
ward Douglas White.
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The Ambassador from Chile and
Nine. SuarezMujica will be the honor
ant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Andrew Peters will give this evening.
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Mrs. r. d. Shepard is entertaining a
box party this afternoon at the Belasco
Theater, in compliment to Mrs Reilly
Gordon. of New York, who Is the house
guest OF Mrs. Claude A. Swanson. Other
guests were Mrs. Archibald Oracle, Mrs.
swanson. Mr.. Wilmer Latimer. and
Mrs. Rowland Ringgold, OF West Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepard will leave for
Roston on Wednesday to put on a
Shakespearean festival. Later they will
occupy the Biddle cottage at Berkeley
springs for the spring and early sum
mer Mrs. Shepard will not be at homo
tomorrow
-.
Miss Jessie IIerriott will be seen in a
dane" recital at the Colonial School for
Girls. lo39 Eighteenth street on We'd
neSday afternoon. February l6. at 43O
o clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. P. Washburn. OF
Louisville. Ky. are also spending some
time at the Shoreham
s.
Mrs. Ashton G. Glapham will not be
AT nome tomorrow afternoon. but will
receive the remaining SUNDAYS in Feb.
ruary after o'clock
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The Critenton branch of the Sunshine
and Community Society will entertain
at a reception at the Wyoming on Fri
day afternoon, February II, from 4 TO
O'Clock. Mrs. Walter H. Howard, presi-
dent. and other prominent women will
receive. and a program of music and
speaking will precede the tea
Richard Flournoy has returned to
Washington after an absence of over
three months in Europe.
Mrs. Henry Clifford Stuart will enter
tain at tea on Friday evening, Febru-
airy II. from TO : o'clock, at 26l9 Wood
ley place.
Mr.. and Mrs. " harton e Lester have
sent out cards announCiHG thc marriage
of their daughter. Miss s-l Wharton
Lester. and IChn r. Buchanan on Sat
Grday the l5th OF January, in this city
charity card party will take place
Monday afternoon. FEBRUARY Il, At G.%O
o'clock at the Cochran llotel under the
auspices OF the 'iarlield Hospital Guild
Eames MncVeaeh is Stopping with his
rarents. Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Mac
Neagh.
Mrs. Andrew Morclard, Of Pittsburgh,
Is visiting her sister. Miss Callie Doyle.
Prince Eric of Denmark was the
principal Cuest at q luncheon which
AKel c. =. Wexford gave yesterday
in the main dirirC room Of :he Ritz
Carleton, in New York city.