The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
e.s of Interest to the Women Readers Of The Herald
Patron Saint Day of King Albert
Celebrated at Belgian Legation

from the Pacific Coast. Admiral Grant
was recently stationed at Singapore
and was succeeded there by Vice Ad-
miral Tudor.
Mr.. Eric Fowler entertained din
ner party Wednesday evening in
honor of Miss Mayola Gillespie. OF
Tazewell. Va. and later entertained
his guests In q box at the Belasco.
The twenty-second annual exhibi-
ton Of the Washington Water Color
Club will open this evening with
private view and reception In the spe-
cial exhibition gallery Of the Corcoran
Art Gallery.
Mrs. Margaret E. Pearson will re-
ceive the visitors at the regular FRI
day afternoon knitting tea to be given
at the club Of the League Of American
Pen Women this afternoon from to
6 o'clock, the event being one OF the
regular Friday afternoon teas. Mrs.
Helen Nelson DOGGY Is hostess Of the
afternoon.
Col. and Mrs. John R. Williams,
NIOsC IGSAAChItg Ao4- II oNAcSts - tS4e-
ed to Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Norris
of Philadelphia, have taken possession
of 1724 N street, where they will
make their home until their new resi-
dence In Massachusetts avenue is
completed. Col. and Mrs. Williams
had taken quarters in the new apart
ment house at the corner of Sixteenth
and P streets, but the buifdihg was
takara hv he and
they were obliged to make other ar
rangements.
Mrs. williams mother, Mrs. Julia
Hewitt, who has been her guests for
several weeks, has returned to her
home in st. Louis.
Mr.. Norris, who Is farm loan COM
missioner. and Mrs. Norris have been
at Gypsy Hall, their home at PEN
lynn, Pa, for the summer.
Mrs. Dorothy Williams McCombs.
| daughter of Col. and Mrs. John R.
Williams, accompanied Mrs. J, Bor-
| den Hartman when she sailed re-
Gently for France. Mrs. Harriman's
| daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hartman, is
associated with Mrs. Vincent Astor
in the management of the club house
and restaurant which she has estab-
lished at Brest, France. for the use
Of soldiers and sailors. Mrs. Harri-
| man and Mrs. McCombs will also be
engaged in relief work.
In order to meet the immediate
| needs OF the soldiers training in
American camps for woolen garments,
Mrs. Alfred E. Bates, with the CO.
| operation of many prominent women
interested in war relief work at
Washington, has arranged to have two
melting pots'' the week OF Novem-
| Der 10. One will be in the great
hall of Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley's
residence at 1898 Connecticut avenue,
and the other at one of the shops in
F street. The money thus raised will
be used to purchase wool for the
garments, as there are many willing
workers who have only their time
to give. The greater number OF the
thousands of garments knitted during
the past few months have been
! shipped to the men at the front.
where the suffering from the cold
has been intense.
Those especially interested in the
, raising of this fund are: Mrs. Edison
Bradley, Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard,
Mrs Eugene Hale, Mrs. Edwin B.
Babbitt, Mrs. Blaine Beale, Mrs. Tas-
ker H. Bliss, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock,
Mrs. William Crozier, Mrs. Fitzhugh,
Mrs. William e. Gorgas, Mrs. John
L Chamberlain, Mrs. Henry @.
Sharpe, Mrs. william NJ. Black, Mrs.
l Joseph Kuhn, Mrs. Henry p. Mccain,
! Mrs. Frank Mcintyre, Mrs. francis
]. Herman, Mrs. Clarence Edwards,
Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Hennen Jennings,
Mrs. James A. Woodruff. Mrs. Ran
! dolph II. McIIm, Mrs. Chauncey
Baker, Mrs. H. H. Rogers. Mrs. Will
liam Cary Sanger. Mrs. George Dow
ney, Mrs. Henry C. Corbin, Mrs. Ian
dis and Mrs. Walcott.
Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Greene. pastor
| of the Calvary Baptist Church, offici-
ated at the marriage Wednesday of
Miss Leota Simpson and Mr.. John
! Oliver Sanders. OF Austin, Texas,
! American consul to Nicaragua. The
ceremony took place at the parson-
| age, the bride and bridegroom leav-
| ing Immediately for Mr.. Sanders post
at Bluefelds. Nicaragua, by way Of
New Orleans.