The Washington herald., 1916-12-16


dinner was served in the apartment at
the WILLARD which Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall are occupying during the
season. Orchids and maidenhair ferns
were used In the decorations. the same
rare flowers forming the centerpiece of
the table, which was lighted with soft
shaded crystal candelabra-
Invited to meet the distinguished
guests OF honor were Senator and Mrs
Key Ptttman. Senator and Mrs. Atlee
Pomerene, Senator and Mrs. James A.
Reed, Senator and Mrs Willard Sauls-
bury, Senator and Mrs. John K Shields,
Senator and Mrs. Claude Swanson, Sena-
tor and Mrs Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, Sen
ator and Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst. Senator
and Mrs. John r. shafroth. Senator
James d. Phelan and Mrs. Thomas b.
Walsh.
Representative and Mrs. J. willard
Ragsdale were hosts at dinner last even
Ing at Calumet place, entertaining In
compliment to the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Lansing. The other guests were
Mrs. r. W. Memminger, Of Charleston.
8. C., who Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Rags
dale; the Solicitor OF the State Depart
ment and Mrs. Cone johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron T. Harrison, of Mississippi;
Representative aud Mrs. Luther Mott,
Judge Charles s. Wood, Mr.. and Mrs.
Malcolm McConihe, Mrs. Rufus F. Day
and Mr.. John Barrett. The table was
decorated with pink roses gracefully ar
ranged in a silver basket. Later In the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Ragsdale took their
guests to the beneft for French soldiers
at Rauscher's.
The counselor Of the State Department
and Mrs. Frank Polk were hosts at a
dinner last evening in honor of the Ar
gentine Ambassador and Mime. NaOn.
Among their guests were the Attorney
General and Mrs. Gregory. Mrs. L. B.
Rand, of New York. the house guest II
Mr.. and Mrs. Polk. and Mr.. and Mrs
LfnZee BlaSden. of New York, who are
spending several days at Washington
Mrs. Delos Blodgett entertained at
luncheon yesterday in compliment to Mrs.
Charles G. Matthews, Mrs. John Carroll
Payne. Of Atlanta, and Mrs. Arthur
Waite, of Ann Arbor, Mich. The other
guests were Mrs. Albert s. Burleson. Mrs.
Claude Swanson, Mrs. James Hamilton
Lewis, Mrs. Henderson. wife of the Gov
ernor OF Alabama; Mrs. William Cum
ming Story. Mrs William L. Marshall,
Mrs. Leigh Palmer, Mrs. Francis s. Nash.
Mrs. ]. Huntington Turner. Mrs. Rufus
Day, Mrs. T. De witt Talmage, Mrs Hu-
bert Dent. Mrs. Wade Ellis, Mrs. Hamp-
son Gary. Mrs. Leigh Robinson. and Mrs.
Wilton Lambert. The table had a center
piece of pink roses and maidenhair ferns.
The officers stationed at Washington
Barracks were hosts at a formal hop last
evening at the Officers' Club. The ball
room was elabOrately decorated with
palms flags. and bunting. An orchestra
from the Engineers Band played for the
dancing which began at and lasted
until !. A buffet supper was served at
n:30
Mai and Mrs Gustave Lukesh received
the guests assisted by Mrs L. w. Miller,
Mrs. James :. F. Young. and Mrs. James
b Cross. Lieut.. Frederick W. Herman
made the presentations.
Col Mason Patrick, commandant at the
Barracks. and Mrs. Patrick entertained
at dinner before the hop, having among
their guests Mrs. Newton D. Baker. wife
of the Secretary of War. and her house
guest. Miss Katherine Lowe, Of Cleve-
land: Gen. and Mrs William Black, Gen.
CrOwder. Col and Mrs. Harris. Mrs. Oar
rah. Nal OtwelI. and Mr.. and Mrs. Dill
lard. Of Norfolk.
Mai. and Mrs. Lukesh gave a dinner
party taking their guests later to the
hop. In the dinner company were Capt.
and Mrs F. J Atkisson. of the Canal
Zone: Mai. ard Mrs. Peek. Capt and Mrs.
Ride. Cart and Mrs. James Lampert,
&~s Milo T. Fox. and Capt. Powell.
"ar: and Mrs. John y. Hodges were
h"S'e - ri'n"r. having as guests of hon
Of vs. IThd-rs' mother and father. Mr..
ard NJ Thomas AtIec Coleman. of San
Au.o"f Tex. Capt. and Mrs. Robert S.
\ Douahcrty had guests for dinner.
anon : th"m Cant and Mrs. Clarence
ni-ht. Mr. and Mrs. ord Preston enter
taincd at q dinner party at their resi-
Grnce IT, R street taking their guests
later to the hop: and Lieut.. and Mrs.
Benjamin McCandlst had small COM
pany OF young people at dinner before the
dance.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels will entertain the members OF
the Governors Conference and their
wives on board the Dolphin this after
noon. The trip to Mount Vernon will be
made. starting at O'Clock and tea will
he served on board. Secretary and Mrs.
Daniels will he assisted by Miss Margaret
Wilson and the ladies' of the Cabinet.
A brilliant audience attended the joint
musical recital by Miss Elizabeth Howry
and Mr.. Robert LOrpat at the National
Theater yesterday afternoon, at which
Miss Howry made her Washington debut,
donating part of the proceeds to the
American relief fund for the French
wounded. Among those who had boxes
and entertained were Mrs. John W..
Weeks. Mrs. John B. Henderson. Mrs
Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs. Delos Blodgett,
who had with her her house guests, Mrs.
Matthews. Mrs. Payne. Mrs. Waite. Miss
Harriet Mcdaniel. and Miss Helen Blod-
gett, Mrs. Samuel Spencer. Mrs. Robert
Traver and Mrs. F. B. Moran. Among
the patronesses were Mrs. Fred Atherton.
Mrs. Eliphalet Andrews. Mrs J. B. Ale
shire, Mrs. George L Andrews. Mrs. Ar
thur Addison, Miss Acosta, Mime. All
Kun Kahn. Mrs. Charles ]. Bell, Mrs.
Horatio Bigelow, Mrs. Sinclair Bowen,
Mrs. Sidney Ballou. Mrs. DeIos BlodGett,
Mrs Bonafrou, Mrs. Gist Blair. Mrs. Jo-
seph Bailey. Mrs. Becker, Mrs. A g.
Burleson. Mrs. Bankhead. Mrs. c. H
Butler. Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Miss
Lucy Brickenstein. Mrs. George Barnett,
Mrs. Whitfield Brown. Mrs Breckin-
ridge. Mrs. John Biddle. Mrs. Richard
son Glover. Mrs. Thomas Chatard, Mrs
Calderon Carlisle, Mrs. Fred Chaplin,
Mrs. George H. Chase. Nine. Calderon,
Mrs Victor Cushman, Mrs. Edward
Campbell, Mrs. Kearney Carr, Mrs
Medorem Crawford. Mrs. Robert Chew,
Miss Mary Cryder, Miss Martha Goldman,
Mrs. Murray Cobb. Mrs. Silas Casey, Mrs
Culberson. Mrs. Ward Denys, Mrs. Henry
Danforth. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs