Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-25
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Mrs. Lansing Entertaining at Tea
This Afternoon for Her
House Guests.
Dinner Parties of Last Nighttime
Oliphant- Wallace Wedding.
Luncheons, Teas, Notes.

Mrs Robert Lansing is entertaining
at tea this afternoon. when her
guests will meet Mrs. w. c. Stebbins
and Mrs c. w. Balentine of Water
town. n. Y, who are with her for ten
day visit.
The drawing rooms are gay with
spring flowers, and these blossoms also
decorated the table from which tea was
served Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs
John W. Davis, Mrs. Charles Warren
and others will assist in the hospital
ity during the afternoon.
Gen. and Mrs John W. Foster. who
spent some days at Atlantic city, re-
turned to Washington Saturday. Mrs.
Dulles. their daughter. will join them
at their home, on 18th street. Thursday
morning. and later in the day she ana
her father will leave the city for Tate
Springs, Tenn, where they Will Spenu
several weeks.
The Chinese minister and Mrs koo
entertained at dinner last evening in
complrin ent to the Secretary or state
and Mrs. Lansing. Those asked to meet
the honor guests were the BOLIVIAN
minister and Nine. Calderon. Senator
stone. Miss Stone. Representative
Flood Mrs. Thomas Bayard, the coun-
selor of the State Department and Mrs.
Frank Polk, Judge and Mrs Charles
&. McChord. Maj. Gen. and Mrs Muir
ray. DR.. and Nine. Yanes. Or. and Mrs.
James Brown Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. +. T.
Williams and the counselor of the
Chinese legation and Mrs. Yung Kwai.
Another tea of the afternoon where
official and resident society will meet
is at the home of Mrs. Carl 3. Vroo-
man, where she is entertaining in honor
of her cousin, Miss Letitia Stevenson,
and her niece, Miss Elizabeth Steven
son. the latter a student at Bryn MaWr.
Mrs Nrooman has a large party to
assist her during the afternoon, and
many of the guests are friends made
during the Cleveland administration,
when Miss Stevenson's father was Vice
President.
Spring flowers in quantity and variety
of color are arranged throughout the
rooms used for entertaining.
at small tea this afternoon at the
Country Club in honor Of Col. and Mrs.
William Cary Sanger.
Mrs. Warren. wife of Assistant At
torney General Charles Warren, enter
tanned at delightfully."- arranged
luncheon today at her home on 18th
street. Guests about the fiower-laden
table were Mrs. willard salisbury. Mrs
Alfred Z. Bates. Mrs. Benjamin H.
.
Blair. Mrs. II. Morgan Hill. Mrs. Rich
ard A. Harlow. Mrs. Joseph II. Bradley.
Mrs. Allerton Cushman. Miss Tinkham
| of Boston, Miss Martha c. Goldman. Miss
! Mary J. Sheriff., Miss Squire and Miss
Abbie b. McCammon.
Mrs. Calvin Dewitt Paige. wife of
Representative Paige of Massachusetts,
Rauschers today. when her guests met
her cousins, the Misses Edwards of
Boston, who are spending ten days
with her. In the company at luncheon
were Mrs. Ernest w. Roberts, Mrs
John A. Peters, Mrs. James S. Parker
Mrs. Patrick H. Kelley, Mrs. Rollin 3.
Sanford, Mrs. Simeon D. Tess and Miss
Newell of Chevy Chase.
Nine Julian E Roso of Paris. who is
| spending some months in Washington,
and making her home at the Portland,
entertained at luncheon today at Rau-
schers. The table was springlike in
its array of blossoms arranged in white
and gold baskets. large basket filling
| the center, while smaller baskets were
ranged about it. Realistic butterflies
| lowered over the flowers and were SO ar
ranged on invisible wires that they con-
| stantly moved and fiuttered their gauzy
wings. Nine. Roso's guests included Mrs.
! Claude A Swanson. Mrs. William Alden
Smith. Mrs. John w. Foster. Mrs. Henry
+. Dimock, Mrs. r De Witt Talmage.
| Z,
Mrs. Joseph f. Thropp, Mrs. 8. B. M
| Young. the Copntess de Wentworth. Mrs
John Temple Graves. Mrs. Charles Henry
Butler. Mrs. Samuel J. Graham. Mrs
| David Jayne Hill, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs.
/ Albert Douglas and others to the num-
| Der of thirty.
Mrs. Walter r. Stiness. who with her
| husband, Representative Stiness Of Rhode
island. is occupying the home Of Miss
Alice Gertrude Gordon on 18th street,
| IS entertaining at tea this afternoon
| for her house guests. Miss Wendelschae-
| fer of Providence and Miss Valentine Of
| Fall River. Pink flowers prevail in the
| decoration of spring blossoms
Assisting Mrs. Stiness during the after
noon will be Mrs. John F. Shafrofh. Mrs
! Frederick G. Hicks, Mrs S. Wallace
| Dempsey and Mrs. Robert F. Hopwood
Serving ices at the tea table will be Mrs.
| Shepler and Miss Hopwood = :
The Rev. Andrew r. Bird performed
| the ceremony at the marriage Of Miss
Alice l.. Crane and Mr.. Robert c. Rogers.
| which took Dlace Ia