Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Last White House Garden Party of
the Season to Be Given
May 90.
Mrs. Padgett Luncheon Hostess To-
day for Mrs. Daniels and Mrs.
Braisted-Recent Events.

Mrs Wilson will entertain at the sec
season at the White House Friday aft
iernoon. May Is.
/ The President and Mrs. Wilson will
go to New York on Wednesday to at
tend the marriage of Miss Alice Ger
,trude Gordon and DR.. Cary T. Grayson,
u. S. n. which will take place at St.
Georges Episcopal Church. They will
return the same day.
Today is the first birthday anniver-
sary of little Ellen Wilson McAdoo,
who is with the President and Mrs,
Wilson at the White House.
| DR. and Mrs Walter A. Bloedorn nave
Club of Colonial Danes Monday. May
20, at o'clock.
Mrs. Lemuel Phillips Padgett enter
! tanned a large and distinguished COM
! pany at luncheon at Rauscher's today
in compliment to Mrs. Josephus Dan
! iels and Mrs. William c. BREASTED.
| Mrs. Padgett and her honor guests
received the company in the reception
| room, where baskets of spring flowers
| were tastefully arranged, and each OF
the small tables where they were seat
| ed had as its centerpiece tall basket
of spring flowers.
| Mrs Padgett's guests. besides Mrs.
Daniels and Mrs. Braisted. were Mrs.
| Robert Lansing Mrs: William Gibbs
McAdoo. Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory.
Mrs. William Cox Redfield. Mrs. Champ
| Clark. Mrs. William c. Gorgas. Mrs.
| Duncan L. Fletcher, Mrs. Frank F.
! Fletcher. Mrs. James A: Reed, Mrs
Thomas P. Gore. Mrs. John F. Shafroth
Mrs. Ollie James. Mrs. Alexander Wat
son.. Mrs. Stephen G. Porter. Mrs. Ed
John A. Lejeune. Mrs. Fred bennett.
| Mrs. W. D. Stephens. Mrs. Percy E.
Quin, Mrs. James r. Mann, Mrs. Bayard
Livingston, Mrs. Edward f. Capehart,
Charles Warren, Mrs. Charles Lowndes.
Mrs. Patrick H. Kelley, Mrs. Robert f.
Peary. Mrs. Henry Wilson, Mrs. John
H. Gibbons. Mrs Josiah A. Van Orsdel.
Mrs. Rufus Day. Mrs. Albert s. McLen-
non. Mrs. Joseph Strauss. Mrs. l.. A.
Stubblefeld. Mrs. Arthur Ramsey, Mrs.
Ben Johnson. Mrs. Henry r Mayo. Mrs.
George Barnett. Mrs. E. S. Newman.
Mrs. Ernest W. Roberts. Mrs. Edward
Ayres. Mrs. P. p. Claxton, Mrs. Charles
w. Richardson. Mrs. w. L. Padgett, Mrs.
Frederick Harris. Mrs. W. A. Oldfield
and Mrs. George Laws of Annapolis.
Mrs. Padgett will entertain at cards
| tomorrow afternoon at the Congress
sional Club in compliment to her
daughter in-law. Mrs. w. l.. Padgett,
who Is now visiting Representative and
Mrs. Padgett.
at one of the largest luncheons of the
season yesterday at the Elkridge ken
nels in Baltimore. given in honor of
his brother and sister-in-law, DIR. and
Mrs. Louis c. Lehr of this city. Lunch
con was served in the ballroom. which
was decorated with profusion of
palms and flowers. each table having
for centerpiece a basket filled with
spring flowers.
Representative and Mrs. Willard Rags
dale have given their home. Calvert
place. to the Winnie Davis Girls Chap
ter, Daughters of the Confederacy. for
a garden party on Saturday afternoon,
May %.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn have
issued cards for tea oMnday, May 20,
at o'clock, at the Club of Colonial
Danes.
Mrs. Wayne Murray of Chicago is
the guest of her mother. Mrs. Idak
Lane.
Mrs. George Marsh and her niece,
Miss Lucy NJ. Armstrong, leave today
| for Ottawa, ILL.,, for the summer.
Mr.. Cleveland Perkins, attache of the
United States legation at Copenhagen.
has taken the place of the secretary
| temporary assignment Of the latter as
charge d'affaires at Stockholm.
Miss Mccall, daughter of Gov. 8. w.
Mccall of Massa chusetts, is the house
guest of Mrs. E. c. Sloan and the Misses
Sloan.
| The Congressional Club will entertain
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! recital Friday afternoon, May 26, at 4
O'Clock. Tea will follow at 5 O'clock
The third of a series of entertain
ments for members of the Home Club
| Players occurred Friday evening at
the home of Mr.. Albert Jonas, 1412 Goth
street northwest. During the evening
an original poem was recited by Mr..
by Mrs. Jonas and Mrs. Walker: a duet
by Miss Isabelle Johnson and Mr.. Mil
ton Clark. and short story by Mr..
John McMechan. Among the other
lard. Miss Ida Paxton. Mr.. and Mrs r.
C. Pierce, Mr.. Frank Simonton. Mr..
Rhea. Mr.. Paul Kendall, Miss Florence
Albright and Mr.. Stanley Colburn. The
evenings entertainment concluded with
fortune telling by the hostess and dane
| ing by the guests.
| Capt. and Mrs. Theodore Baldwin en-
terta1ned lnfOrmaly at dinner last even
| ing at their residence on X street.
| Mrs. Frank Polk, wife of the coun-
selor of the State Department, left
| Saturday for a ten-day stay in New
| York.
| Mrs. NJ. Dimas gave delightful dance
| Saturday evening at her apartment at
| the Hirshurst in honor of the birthday
| anniversary of her daughter, DR.. Blanca
I Dimas. An orchestra played for the
dancing and later refreshments were
| served.
| The production of the opera of Mar
| tina" will be given by the Community
Singing Society this evening at the
Belasco Theater. The boxes have been
taken by Mrs. Charles j. Bell, Mrs.
| Henry Cleveland Perkins. Mrs John b.
| Larner, Mrs. Willard Salisbury, Mrs. ].
| @. Kern, Mrs. Armistead Peter, Mrs. w.
p Spurgeon. Melville Church and
others. :.
| The patronesses and patrons of the
opera production are Mrs. Robert Lam
! sing, Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Will
lard Salisbury, Mrs. Christian D. Hem
mick Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly,
Mrs r. ]. Clagett, Mrs. ]. @. Kern,
| Mrs. 'Armistead Peter, Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter, Byron, s. Adams, Charles J. Bell,
Henry p Blair, Louis Brownlow, Err
nest H. Daniel, Percy 8. Foster, DIR. D.
Percy Hickiing. John B. Larner, James
Parmalee and J. Lee Whitmore.
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