Evening star., 1916-05-12

/ Inc secretary OF state ana MIS-. Lam
sing will be guests at dinner tonight
of Representative and Mrs. Richard
Olney, I'd, who have invited distin-
guished company to meet them.
! Capt. and Mrs. Josiah S. Mexican en-
| tertained at dinner at the Army and
Navy Club last night in honor of the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Dan
iels. To meet them were Senator and
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene. Capt. and Mrs.
Volney o. Chase. Capt. and Mrs. Doug
Mrs. A. l.. Parsons, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
George B. Duncan, Miss Van Doren
and Capt. Plunkett
at a beautifully appointed luncheon to-
day, given in compliment to Miss Bar
bara Kaufman. Yellow spring flow
ers formed the decoration and the
guests included Mrs. r. NJ. Kaufman,
Mrs. Charles K. Drury, Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor. Mrs. Lee Thurman, Mrs
| Thomas Armat, Miss Cowing, Miss Ma
bella Houston of Troy. n. Y. house
guest of the hostess, and Miss Shirley
Putnam.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Lansing were the guests of honor at a
| dinner given last night by the charge
d daffaires of the Chilean embassy and
Nine. de Cuevas.
The guests included the Brazilian
ambassador and Nine. da Cana, the
Italian ambassador and Countess Mac
chi di Cellere. the Argentine ambassa-
dor and Nine. Naon. the Uruguayan min
lister and Nine: de Pena, the charge
d'affaires of the Colombian legation.
DR.. Roberto Ancizar; Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
nen Jennings. Mrs. Talbot, the second
secretary of the Chilean embassy and
Nine. Ignacio Leon. the naval attache
of the embassy and Nine. de Dittborn
and the military attache and Nine. de
Ewing.
The largest luncheon party enter
tanned today was that with Mrs. Ira
Copley as hostess Sixty women, most
of them from the congressional set.
formed the company. Mrs. Copley re-
ceived her guests unassisted, and the
buffet luncheon served from one long
table was artistically decorated with
spring flowers.
Mrs. Copley is leaving Washington
this evening for her home at Aurora.
experimenting the erection Of her new
home.
Mrs. Willard. wife of Commander A.
L. Willard. who is stationed at the
Washington navy yard, is entertaining
at bridge and tea this afternoon. In
the most approved al fresco style. The
twelve card tables for the accommoda-
tton Of her guests at the game are
placed on the second gallery of her
home.
A tea will follow bridge, when a num-
Der Of additional guests will be re-
ceived. For this event the Marine
Band Orchestra will play and there will
be promenades on the lawn, while tea
tables dot the gallery.
Miss Eleanor Bryan entertained
party Of out-of-town guests who were
here for the horse show at dinner at
the Dover House last night, a number
OF others from this city joining them.
Miss Duck win entertain this even
ing in honor of Miss Charlotte Butler
Stevens Of Nottingham, n. II.
Mrs. Walter D. Webb is entertaining
at bridge party of nine tables this
afternoon. Additional guests have been
invited to tea. when Mrs. William c.
Gorgas and Mrs. w. Fl. Arthur will
preside at the tea table.
At the garden party of the House of
Mercy to be given at the Cathedral
close May 16 Mrs. Albert A. Mills will
have the flower booth. Assisting her
viii be Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins,
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs. Walter
Hutchins. Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs.
Joseph Strauss. Mrs. f. P. Laurson,
Mrs. Perkins-Ruggles and several
young ladies from the Cathedral
School.
Senator and Mrs William H. Thomp-
son of Kansas will entertain at din
ner this evening in honor of the men,
bers Of the Kansas delegation in Con-
gress and their wives.
Mrs. Calderon Carlisle is entertaining
at a large tea this afternoon at Grass
lands. the Country Club. Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe and Mrs. James Vaudeville
Carlisle will assist her.
Final details were arranged today
for the vaudeville tea to be given at
the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow afternoon
from 3 until Z o'clock by the District
ters of the Confederacy. Miss E. Alice
Theobald is chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements. Among the MEM
bers are Mrs Maude Howell Smith.
gram. which will run from 3 until 4:30
o'clock; Miss Nell Rose Baggett. who
is chairman of the tea dance commit
tee. assisted by bevy of society buds;
Mrs. Leonard Hoffman. who is in
charge Of the music for the dance,
which will be an attraction from 5
until Z o'clock: Mahlon Janney, chair
man of the young mems committee: w.
Everett Brockman. chairman Of the
floor committee; Mrs. George Theobald.
and many delightful young society
girls. will have an attractive candy
booth; Mrs. w. E. Hutton, presiding at
the punch bowl, assisted by Mrs. Archi
bald Young and Mrs. Belle c. Riley:
Mrs. A. II. Mitchell and Mrs. Ferguson,
who will have a booth of tea and
cakes, and Mrs. L.awton Morgan, who
will dispense Maryland biscuits and
cookies; Miss Helen Griffith, Mrs. Drury
Conway Ludlow. Mrs. Taylor o. Tim
berlake. Miss Hattie Bowie, Miss Ma
bert Harrison.
Sherwood Roberts. great-grandson of
Representative Isaac K. Sherwood Of
Ohio, was presented to President Will
son yesterday by DR.. Clara Sherwood
Waters of this citv.
DR.. and Mrs. George Tully Vaughan
entertained at dinner Wednesday even
ing, at the Army and Navy Club, in
honor of some of their friends. among
the visiting surgeons of the American
Surgical Association.
Their guests included DR.. Albert Van
der Veer. president of the American
Medical Association: DIR. and Mrs. Cramp.
Roberts of Philadelphia. DIR. George c.
Armstrong. the Misses Armstrong. Dr.
Francis Shepherd and Miss Shepherd.
all of Montreal: DIR. and Mrs. Howard
Lilienthal of New York. DR.. and Mrs
J. c. Oliver or Cincinnati, DR.. and Mrs.
August Jonas and DR.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Binnie OF Kansas City.
Mrs. Baggett. Mrs. Crooke and Miss
Nell Rose Baggett have returned from
a visit to Virginia.