The Washington herald., 1917-11-24

President and Mrs Wilson attended
the concert at the National Theater
yesterday afternoon. In the box with
them were Mime. da CANA, wife Of
the Ambassador Of Brazil, Mrs
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Mrs. William
c. Redfeld. Mrs. william II. Boiling
and Miss Marjorie Brown, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T. Brown,
OF Atlanta, Ga. who IL visiting at
the White House.
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones also
attended the concert, but was the
guest Of Mrs. Chadbourne.
President and Mrs. Wilson expect
to attend the drill and tea dance at
Fort Myer this afternoon, under the
auspices of the Army Relief Society.
Thomas W. Gregory, the Attorney
General, who has been in New York
for several days, will return to WASH
ington tomorrow.
T. W. Gregory, jr., who IL q stu
dent at Princeton, will come to WASH
ington next week to spend Thanks
giving with his parents, the Attorney
General and Mrs. Gregory. Cen and
Mrs. Gregory will have several SOL
diers to dine with them on Thanks
giving Day.
The ballroom at the Willard this
evening will present a brilliant spec
tacle. when Washington scot ct y
gathers there for. the ball arranged
by the debutantes of last season. this
and next, for the benefit OF the hrst
Ambulance Corps OF the District which
will sail soon for France. Numerous
huge American flags will form the
rzTfIl "A
no supper. DR.. Ryan Devereux, who
is in command of the corps, has come
to Washington from Allentown, Pa,
for the ball, and will receive the
guests. Most of the prominent So
ciety women are acting as patronesses
and have engaged boxes
Mrs. f. r. Carver, of Germantown,
Pa, who has been visiting Mrs. w.
w. Smyth, wife of Lieut.. Commander
Smyth for several days, left for her
home yesterday. Mrs. Smyth ac-
Companied Mrs. Carver as far as
Baltimore. returning to Washington
last evening.
Mrs. Archibald Oracle entertained
informally at dinner and bridge last
evening. In addition to a number Of
people from New York, her guests in
cluded Mrs. Harry Taylor, Mrs. Ma
son Blunt and Mrs. Harry AspinwalL
Miss Carlotte de PenA has returned
from a visit with Miss Ethel Faxon
Hundley OF Baltimore.
Mrs. Reginald de Koven who was
the guest of Mrs. Edmund Pendleton
has returned to her home in New
York. Mrs. de Koven will return TO
Washington shortly to pay Mrs.
Pendleton a longer visit
Mrs Short Adam Willis who is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lig-
eett, at their residence on Twenty
third street will return to her home
in Montgomery. Texas, on Monday.
Mrs. Willis formerly made her home
in Washington, residing at 1914 Nine
teenth street. Both she and her
daughter. Olive, were very popular
here and took an active part in So
ciety. They are now in mourning for
Mr.. Willis who died recently. Olive
Willis is now Mrs. Lafayette Martin
and makes her home also in Mont
gomery.
Holroyd McGinnis will be best man
for his brother, Lieut.. James Here
ford McGinnis, U. S. A, at his mar
riage this evening to Miss Mae Lit
tie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam D. Little. of Forest Glen, Nd.
Rev. U. G. B. Pierce will perform
the ceremony at o'clock in the
chapel Of National Park Seminary
and will be followed by a reception
at Theta House. the home Of the
sorority which the bride Joined In
her student days at the seminary.
Mrs. Van Valkenberg Wright, the
brides sister. will be the maid of
honor. and her little daughter, Miss
Betty Wright, will be rinE-bearer.
Roy Haggerty. Charles Rust William
Wilson and William REIN, all lieu
tenants in the Fifty-ninth Infantry,
U. s. a. will act as ushers.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. McGinnis, of
Berkeley. W. Va, parents Of the
bridegroom. are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Little for the wedding; also
their son. Douglas Little, who came
from NIineola for the occasion.
Secretary and Mrs. Lane have loan
ed their home in Wyoming avenue
for the reception this afternoon of
VI.
and Mrs. T. ]. H Farrell, of Chi
cago. and Lieut.. John Caldwell, Corps
of Engineers. U. s. r. Both the
wedding and the reception will be
very simple and will be attended by
only the relatives OF the young couple.
The arrangements for the ceremony
were made within the last week. Mrs.
Lane and Mrs. Farrell are old friends,
having known each other since they
were girls.
Major Farrell. who Is In the medi-
cal corps, has arrived in town from
Camp Travis. Tex, where he IL on
duty, coming on especially for his
daughters wedding. and has Joined
Mrs. Farrell and Miss Farrell They
are guests OF Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
George +. Chase at their home in Q
street.
The ceremony will take place at 4
O'Clock in st. Thomas Church, with
the rector. the Rev. DR.. C. Ernest
Smith. as the officiating clergyman.
Lieut.. CaldwelPs parents, Mr., and
Mrs. James n. Caldwell, Of Troy,
n. T., will be present. The bride will
be given in marriage by her father,
and will have two bridesmaids, Miss
Lucretia Green, OF Chicago, and Miss
Carolyn Caldwell, sister of the bride-
groom.
Lieut. W. @. Farrell, o. 8. NJ. C.,
brother Of the bride, will be best man,
and the ushers will be Capt. Norman
Anderson, U. s. A; Chief Petty ON
GER Charles Thayer, U. 8. NJ, ana
Chief Petty Officer Lowe Mckee, u.
s. N. all OF New York.
Lieut. Caldwell Is in training at the
engineers camp at the American uni
yersity. and can make no plans for