The Washington times., 1916-01-26
Mems Notes and Gossip
of Washington Smart Set
Lieutenant Eager will join the Fourth
Artillery.

tertained at dinner last evening at their
residence In Lamont street, having as
their guests surg. Gen. and Mrs; VII
lam c. Gorgas, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Henry p. Mccain, Col. and Mrs. isaac
I W. Littell, and Col. and Mrs. George W.
| McIver. The table was charmingly
decorated with pink Enchantress carha-
| tions and mignonette.
| Mrs. Lansing, wife of the Secretary
of state. will receive this afternoon
at her residence in Eighteenth street.
She VIII be assisted by her mother.
Mann, Miss Helen Cannon, Mrs. Ern-
est w. Roberts. Mrs. Charles c. Nc
Chord, Mrs. Horace Lurton. jr., Mrs.
i Max Kaufman. anG Miss Lansing.
n number of the other Cabinet
hostesses will be at home during the
afternoon among them Mrs. McAdoo,
wire or the Secretary OF the Treasury.
/ With Mrs. McAdoo will be Mrs. George
Laura Harlan. Mrs. John Harrison
| Knapp, and Miss Thomas, daughter
of Senator Thomas.
| d
! Mrs. Garrison. wife Of the Secretary
! of War. Is suffering from a slight
attack of grip and will not receive
| this afternoon.
| Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory. wife Of
the Attorney GeneEal. is observing
Wednesday afternoon at home during
the season after pleasantly informal
| manner. Today she will be assisted by
Mrs. Cain. of Dallas. Tex. Mrs. Dowdy
Miss Hendricks. Miss Lindsay Satter-
GrI GT,d IaorN Mrs: az, n &C. C; Gregory, ] Miss lane lane,
cornelia keasoey. Of Texas
Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson. wife Of
home informally. She will have with
her Mrs: Thomas =. Gore. Mrs. Ira c.
| Corley, Mrs. James Brown Scott. Mrs
| Bush Brown. and Miss Burleson.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
| Burleson will be hosts at dinner on Fri
| day evening.
Mrs Daniels. wife of the Secretary Of
| from, 3 to 6 o'clock. She will be as
| sisted by Mrs Nathan T. Bryan. Mrs.
Charles s. Johnson. Miss Page. Mrs.
nMrn,y MI,yL Brsckenrdse, Mrs adelaide
! Mrs $, ]. Tribble. Mrs. Warren Bailey.
Mrs Charles c. Van Dyke. Mrs. Clyde
| n. TaVenner. Miss Bertha Boiling. Mrs.
-. w. Wurtzbaugh, Mrs. J. II. Dayton.
Garet Trimhle. Miss Anne Carson, Miss
Jeanette Cowan, Miss Georgia Scho-
field; Miss Ethel Bagley Miss Cora
Eagley and Miss Evelyn Cleaves Dan
| iels and Miss Evelyn Jackson who are
Mrs. Daniels guests.
| i.
| Mrs. Lane, wife of the Secretary of
the Interior. will not be at home this
| afternoon owing to illness in the fam
! lily.
| Mrs. Houston. wife OF the Secretary OF
| Agriculture. and Mrs. Redfield, wife Of
! the secretary of Commerce. will also be
at home today. Mrs. Redfield will be
assisted by Mrs. Dudley Hughes. Mrs
| Edwin Grosvenor of Amherst. Mass. +;
Mrs. Sweet, Mrs. Edward Pratt. Mrs
Thomas Armat. Miss Mary Hoof, and
| Mrs. Charles Drury.
| Miss Agnes Hart Wilson will receive
| this afternoon for her mother, Mrs.
Secretary of Labor. in Wyoming ave-
nue..
! =
At the home of Mrs. John Jaw White.
in K street Yesterday morning, Nine.
Clarence Buel. of New York, gave a
delightful French reading of Francois
Coppee's LA Luther dc Cremone."
Among those present We're Mrs. Gibson
FahnestoCk. Mrs. Charles Warren. Miss
Lansing. Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis.
Mrs. John c. Fremont. Mrs. George
Rublee. Miss Lydia S. Biddle. and Mrs.
Frederick Hoffman.
Next Wednesday Mrs. White will en-
tertain the members OF the French
reading class and their guests at lunch
con. The play will be Mon Ami Teddy"
a comedy by Rivoir: and Besnard.
Mrs. Ezra Koon was hostess at a
prcttilY appointed luncheon this after
noon when the guests included Mrs.
Charles McChord. Mrs. Edward LOT
! tus, Mrs. William BaiIy Lamar. Mrs.
y William f. kelley. Mrs. Eldridge
Thomas Hutchinson, Mrs. Delos
Blodgett, Mrs. Thomas Lockwood,
Nine. Eoso. and Miss Sedgely.
Mrs. koon and Miss Edith koon will
hn nt hot, T,,a Ip,- %
II.
Mrs. Junius w. MacMurray and MisN
MaCMurray will entertain at a recep-
tion this afternoon in compliment to
. Dr. Frank J. Goodnow, president Of
Johns Hopkins University, and Mrs.
Goodnow whose marriage to John
Van Antwerp MacMurray will take
place in Bal lttmore on February 49,.
Miss GCIlnow. who will spend the
week with Mrs. MacMurray. will be
the honor guest at dinner which
Mrs. MacMurray will give on Friiay
night and at several informal enter
tainments.
The Minister of Sweden and Nine.
! EkenSren Will entertain eighOsnn
guests at dinner tonight in honor Of
| the Secretary of State and Mrs. Rob-
ert Lansing.
Assistant Attorney General and Mrs.
tharIeS warren VIII entertain at a
dinner o: fourteen covers tomorrow
evening in compliment to the Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Z. w. Gregory.
a.
! Mrs. Thomas p. Gore will be hostess
! at luncheon Saturday, with Mrs. Thom-
as Watt Gregory as the guest of honor
Miss Mary Temple will entertain in
formally at dinner at the Willard Sun
day evening.
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely has
cards out for a luncheon Thursday,
February 2.
Mrs. William II. Thompson, wife of
SenHtor Thompson will not be at home
tomorrow, but will receive Thursday,
| February 3.
tlrrris Hammond. of New YORK, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond,
is AT the Willard for q few days.
| icut. William s. McCHntic +. = n,
and Mrs McClintiC are also stopping
at the Wizard. Other arrivals there
L"Stcrdav were NJ. and Mrs Frederick
G. llCstettCr. who came un from their
ulaCn at Broad Run. Va: Mr.. and Mis-.
j. e. Rr7nner. OF Stanford University.
California: Mr.. and Mrs. Horace NJ,
S"ule. of Boston with their two young
Z and Miss Nor~rTpt \TinSlo,t, a