Evening star., 1916-09-05
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Secretary Of War and Mrs. Baker
Leasing City Home for
Winter.
Congressional Set Preparing for
Exodus-Mr. Lefevre Enter
tains-Weddings-Notes.

The Secretary Of War. Mr.. Newton
D. Baker. who accompanied the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson to Kentucky,
returned here with them today.
Tho Secretary and Mrs. Baker are
preparing to give up the country
place. In the Woods. which they oo-
cupied ell summer. for q residence
In Washington. conveniently located
to the White House and War Do
partment
The Secretary of State and Mrs Ian
sing returned to Washington last night
| from New York, where the Secretary
was in conference with the Joint COM
mission on AmericanMexican affairs.
The Mayfower was sent to New York
to take the visiting commissioners to
New London, Conn.
| If Congress adjourns tomorrow there
| will be a general exodus of senators,
representatives and their wives from
Washington.
Representative and Mrs. william A.
| Cullop are planning to leave tomorrow
night. making the trip in their motor
| to their home in Vincennes, Ind.
Senator and Mrs. Atlee Pomerene will
leave on Thursday. Representative and
Mrs. William r. Wood and Representa-
tive and Mrs. Loren E. Wheeler will
also depart for their respective homes
| on Thursday.
| Senator and Mrs James E. MARITIME
| will remain in Washington for some
time longer, Senator MARITIME engaged
| in campaign work and Mrs. MARITIME
| experimenting their removal from the
Burlington to the Arlington apartment
| on Vermont avenue.
| Representative and Mrs. William w.
/, Venable will probably leave Saturday.
going directly to their home In Meridian.
Miss.
Representative and Mrs. Edward
Keating will postpone their departure
until Tuesday of next week. when they
will go to Pittsburgh to visit Mrs.
Keating's mother. Mrs. C. NJ. Sloan.
Later they will visit friends in Chicago
before going to their home in Pueblo,
Col.
Representative and Mrs. Fred BEitten
plan to leave Thursday morning for
leisurely trip in their motor to their
home in Chicago. Representative Brit
ten will make campaigning trip
through the northwest before election
and Mrs. Britten will accompany him.
Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman will
leave in few days for their home In
Nevada. where they will remain until
| they return to Washington late In No
| vember.
Representative and Mrs. Lincoln Dix
on. accompanied by the members of
their family, will leave Thursday or
L
| in North Vernon, Ind.
| Mr.. ]. E. Lefevre of the Panama lega-
| ton entertained today at luncheon at
| the Shoreham for Mr.. Maddin Sommers.
| newly appointed consul general of the
| United States at MOSCOW, Russia. The
| other guests were the acting chief of
| the Latin American division. Mr.. Stab
| ler: the chief of the consular bureau.
Mr.. Carr: Mr.. W. D. Robbins. also of
| the State Department; Mr.. Walter S.
| Penfleld and Mr.. Belisario Porras. jr.,
attache to the Panama legation.
The marriage Of Miss Rebecca A.
Henderson of Washington and Mr..
Eugene sidley of Portland, Ore, will
take place at the Second Baptist
Thursday. September Z.
Mrs. George F. Authier is spending Sep
| tember on Tilghman's Island in Chesa-
| peake bay. and later will join Mr..
Authier in Chicago. They will return
| to Washington December l. and open
| their apartment in the Argyle.
Mrs George Marshall Milne. after an
| extended visit to her old home in
Owensboro. KY, has returned to 1401
Massachusetts avenue northwest.
| to the city after spending the summer
with her uncle and aunt. DR.. and Mrs.
A. r. Bennett. at Galveston. Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gillespie
| Walker and family of Capitol HILL who
| have occupied their Ocean City bun
I! galow since June, will not return to
| Washington until late in October
DR.. Francis NJ. Turner. jr. of Toronto,
Ontario. who spent several days in
Washington, has returned to his home.
Representative and Mrs. Charles Ben
nett Smith, with a party of friends, re-
turned last night from weekend mo-
tor trip to points of interest in West
Virginia and Virginia.
DR.. George b. welch has returned to
| the city from Ojibway Island, Canada.
The first date for debut party to be
announced this season is that for Miss
Emily Kutz. daughter of Maj. Charles
w. Kutz, Engineer Corps, U. s. A. and
Mrs. Kutz. November "a. at the officers
mess. the barracks.
| Mrs Gustave r. Lukesh, wife of Nal
Lukesh. also of the Engineer Corps,
| Will give the party for Miss Kutz, the
event having been planned when Miss
Kutz was very small girl.
| tanned several friends at luncheon yes
| terday at Belcourt. their place at New
| port.
| Baron d'Ungern Sternberg Of the
| Russian embassy and Count Raoul
! d'Adhmar were among the guests at a
! luncheon given yesterday by s. Mont
| gomery Roosevelt at the Clambake
| Club at Newport.
! The open-air horse show at the
| Myopia Hunt Club was the meeting
place yesterday for the notables spend
ing the summer and autumn at Beverly,
| among whom were the Italian ambas-
sador and Countess Macchi di Cellere,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Letter and Col and
| Mrs. John r. Williams and Miss
| Francise Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Boucard of Yaemel,
| Haiti. are at the Hotel Lafayette for a
| visit of some length.
Mr.. Adolph Caspar Miller of the fed
eral reserve board has returned from
California and is staying at the Hotel
Lafayette.
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Re-
becca Blackstone, daughter Of Mrs
Mamie 8. Blackstone. and Mr.. J. Felix
Fenwick took place this morning at
1880 o'clock at St Patricks rectory.
Rev. Father McNAmara performed
the ceremony In the presence OF a small
company of relatives and intimate
friends.