The Washington herald., 1916-08-15

The Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker
have as their guests at In the WOODS
their hcme near Chevy Chase, Miss har-
riet Hubben. of Cleveland Ohio and
Mrs. Bakers brother. Mr. Ralph Leo
pold, OF Pottstown, Pa
Mrs. Bakers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Leopold who spent last week
with their son-in-law and daughter, lett
yesterday for their home in Pottstown
Miss Louisa Hoar, daughter Of Mrs
Frederick II. Gillett, will be presented to
society this season at a tea which Mrs
Gulett will give at the Chiffon Club, in
Boston, on November 8. Later in the
season Miss Hoar will be introduced to
Washington society at a reception at the
residence Of Representative and Mrs.
Gillett in Eighteenth street
Mr. and Mrs. A. c. P. Wichfeld, or
Washington opened their summer home,
sviftnore, Beverly, Mass Sunday even
ing for a moving picture show for the
benefit of the wounded French soldiers
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Mum, are the
guests Of Mrs. French Vanderbilt at
Newport.
Mrs. Meyer London, wife Of Represent
ative London accompanied by her daugh-
ter Isabelle, left Washington yesterday
for her home in New York.
DR.. and Mrs. William H. Wilmer and
their sons, Mr.. Richard H. Wilmer and
Mr. William H. Wilmer, jr.. who left
Washington last week for motor trip
have arrived at the Virginia Hot Springs
Representative Warren Gard, who ac-
companied Mrs. Gard to their home in
Hamilton. Ohio. the later part of July,
returned to Washington yesterday and
will reside at the Columbia Country Club
until the adjournment of Congress.
DR.. I. T MayfeId. Of Fort Worth
Texas. is registered at the Hotel Lafay-
cite. Among other recent arrivals at
the Lafayette are Mr.. and Mrs. r. E
Kirk and son, of Benardsville, n. J.;
Mrs. T NJ. johnson. of West Pittston.
Pa. and Miss Bertha Moore. and Miss
Ira Tousley. both of Fort Worth, Texas.
Mrs. Augusta Rice announces the en-
sagement OF her daughter. Helen, to Mr..
Mitchell W. Alexander, Of New York
City.
The Rev. Philip NJ. Prescott, of Wash
ington. occupied the pulpit of St. Peters
by the Sea at Narragansett Pier Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lesley Holt
have returned to their apartment in the
De Soto after a trip which included
visit to Mr.. Hollis home in Forest Hill
Park, Virginia. a sojourn at the beach
resorts of Virginia and a trip to New
York and Atlantic City
Miss Victoria Siddons will give a
dramatic reading this evening at $50
o'clock at Studio Hall, 1918 Connecticut
avenue. as the sixth of Mr.. c. w.
O'Connor's summer series OF studio con-
certs. Miss Siddons will be assisted by
Mrs. Afrleck at the piano.
Mrs Hunt Slater entertained at tea
Saturday afternoon at Bar Harbor, Me.
for her sister. Mrs Kurt Diedrick
Miss Emily Tuckerman gave a lunch
con at her villa in Stockbridge, Mass.
Lieut. Frank Clark schofeId, U. 8. A.
and Mrs. Schoheld. after spending the
early part of their honeymoon with Lieut.
SchOfeld'5 parents in Washington, have
gone to West Point.
Capt. Edward A. Sturgis, U. S. A,
and Mrs. Sturgis, now stationed at Front
Royal Va, have as their guest Mrs
gov, L. s. A
The governor of Rhode Island and Mrs
r. Livingston Beeckman entertained a
luncheon company at Newport in COM
pIiment to their house guest. Mrs Mich
olas LOnSworth.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Stotesbury. of
Philadelphia. who have been motoring
through the North, will reach Bar
HarbOr. Me. the early part Of this week,
where they will be guests of Mrs Stotes-
bury's son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter b. Brooks. jr., at their
.Ottage.
Several hundred visitors attended the
annual bazaar and fete held Saturday
afternoon and evening on improvised fair
grounds near the library at virginia Hot
Springs by the Hot Springs Valley Nurs-
ing Association. Eleven hundred dollars