The Washington herald., 1917-11-29

tended stay With Lieut.. Thropp's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Thropp,
at their home, 17o1 Twentieth street.
DR.. and Mrs. Wilfred Thomson
Grenfell, who have been the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Butler
for the week, will leave Washington
tonight. DR.. Grenfeu will make an
address at Camp Meade today. DR..
and Mrs. Grenfell were the honor
guests at an Informal reception which
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler gave last even
ing at their home IN I street. Some
interesting pictures demonstrating
the work Of DR.. Grenfelrs Labrador
mission were shown during the even
ing.
Mrs. Judah H. Sears is making an
extended stay in New York.
Eli Banford Smith, who has been
i'll in the hospital for some time, is
in much better health and has gone
home for Thanksgiving.
Steven N. Bourne. of Philadelphia.
is spending Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas F. Logan at the
Willard.
Mr., and Mrs. L. whiting Estes and
their daughter Miss Marion Estes are
entertaining a house party for the
holidays. Their guests are Miss Ida
Wheaton, Lieut.. Lathrop Bevin and
Lieut.. Dick Kirkpatrick. They will
all attend the Georgetown-Ambula
football game this afternoon.
Delos Blodgett, jr., will arrive in
Washington this morning to spend
Thanksgiving with mis- mother. Mrs.
Delos Blodgett.
Mrs. James r. Mann spent the day
yesterday in Baltimore with her hus-
band, Representative Mann. who is
undergoing treatment at John Hop
kins Hospital for neuritis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Delano and
Miss Delano are spending Thanks
giving in New York at the Biltmore.
John Barrett, who has been in
Canada for a few days, is now
registered at the Astor Hotel in New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fortson, of
Washington, Ga. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Mildred
and Capt. Chester Gawne, U. S. NJ. c.
The wedding will take place shortly.
Miss Fortson is the guest of her
brother and sister-in-law. Maj. and
Mrs. Eugene Palmer Fortson, at the
navy yard here, at whose home the
marriage will take place. She is the
granddaughter of Gen. Robert
Toombs, of Georgia. Capt. Gawnes is
now stationed at Quantico. and with
his bride will make their home there
temporarily.
Mrs. Gillett-Hin has sent out cards
for the marriage of her daughter,
Miss Lemira Gillett-Hill. and James
Nicholas Wynn Mcclure, lieutenant.
U. S. A, on Saturday. December Is.
at 5 o'clock in the studio of her resi-
dence, H33 r street. The ceremony
will be followed by a reception.
The Rev. d. Roland Cotton Smith.
rector of st. Johns Church. will Off
ciate and the bride will be attended
by Mrs. George Kennedy, Of Worces-
ter, Mass. as matron of honor. Miss
Kittie Beale will sing before the cere-
mony.
Miss Gillett-HilTs aunt, Miss Amar-
yllis Gillett, will entertain at dinner
in her home on the evening of Fri
day, December Il.
Miss May Adams will have guests
dining with her informally this even
e. T.
son, Lewis of Portland, Ore, who are
spending the winter in Washington.
They have an apartment at Stone
leigh Court. Miss Adams NilI enter
tain her guests in her box at the
Navy Relief Ball at Rauscher's later
in the evening.
The College woman's Club will en-
tertain at a reception this afternoon
at the club house 1872 1 street from 4
to o'clock. No invitations have been
issued.
Vladimir Novitsky, OF the Russian
Embassy, and Nine. Novitsky are at
the Plaza hotel in New York for
few days.
Col Jefferson Randolph Kean, U.
S. A. announces the engagement of
his daughter, Martha Jefferson, to
Capt. William c. Chason, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, United States army.
An interesting marriage which
will be quietly solemnized today at
1 o'clock is that of Mrs. Isabel A.
and Lieut.. John Cotton
Smith. son of Rev. DR.. Roland Cot
ton Smith, rector of st. Johns
Church, Lafayette square, and Mrs.
Smith. Mrs. Labouisse, formerly of
New York, has been a resident of
for several years. The
ceremony will take place at her
home, 1916 Rhode Island avenue, the
Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, pastor of
the Church of the Covenant, officiat-
ing. The details will be very sim
pie and only few relatives and in
innate friends of Lieut. Smith and
Mrs. Labouisse will be present.
Lieut.. Smith was a member of the
last officers training camp at Fort
Myer and received his commission
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who has been
In New York for some time, has
left there for Chicago.