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grafton, and the guests included Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. William NJ
IIngraham, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs.
| John Crayke Simpson, Mrs. Gilbert H.
Grosvenor and Mrs. Francois Berger
/ Moran.
Mrs. Koo, wife of the Chinese min
lister, who was to have received next
Friday, has postponed her day at home
until some time in March. the date TO
be announced later.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Howard s. Reside were
hosts last night. at the Congressional
Club, at one of the most beautiful balls
Of the winter.
Their guests numbered about $50 and
/ included representative gathering
from official, congressional, army, navy
and resident circles.
| Mrs. Reside received her guests,
wearing an exquisite gown of black
lace combined with white lace, pailleted
in iridescent sequins, with corsage
| bouquet of orchids.
Those in the receiving party included
Mrs. A. C. Harmer, mother Of the host
ess, who wore a handsome gown of
! black lace; Mrs F. Hazard Lippincott,
who was in blue satin and lace, with a
\ cavalier of sapphires and diamonds;
Mrs. Alfred Lippincott, orchid satin
| brocaded in a silver flower design. with
| necklace and ornaments of rubieS and
diamonds; Miss Lucille Lippincott. white
| tulle, with diamond ornaments; Mrs.
Atlee Pomerene, nile green satin; mrs.
and satin; Mrs. Cone Johnson. green
net, embroidered in gold: Mrs. Joe
Henry Eagle, white lace: Mrs. r. l..
Henry. white lace. embroidered IN
pearls; Mrs. Walter NJ. Magee, black
| lace and tulle; Mrs. Charles B. Ward.
Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey, cloth of gold
with flowers on the corsage: Mrs.
James Young. pearl gray satin with iri-
| descent trimming; Mrs. Joseph w.
Byrns. black tulle and lace. trimmed
with jet; Mrs. John A. Peters, black
| lace; Mrs. Homer P. Snyder, white lace
| over white satin; Mrs. Ira Bennett, Mrs.
| Robert Dougherty, Mrs. c. H. knight.
Mrs. Lewis Forester. Miss Jane Greg
| Dry and Miss Imogene Young.
From the front entrance of the build
| ing to the furthermost corners of the
dining room the club was veritable
Japanese garden, with Japanese at
tendants in their native costumes.
The lower hall and reception rooms
were festooned and banked with ever
greens and tall, slender cedars, with
screens placed in the corners festooned
with smilax and studded with American
beauties. The banisters of the stair
way leading to the ballroom were en-
twined with garlands of smilax and the
stairway was flanked with Chinese
primroses in pale pink and mauve. On
the landing of the stairs rustic fence
was placed in front of a bit of garden
| of tall white lilacs and masses of rose
aZaleaS.
| In the ballroom the walls were hid
Gen under greenery. Cedar trees, tall
and slim. placed at intervals, reached
high above the frieze. and southern
smilax on white lattices filled the
spaces between, with wall pockets
filed with pink snapdragons: The cor
ners of the room were crossed with rus
tic fences. behind which rose masses
of white lilacs, pink and mauve rhodo-
dendrons. aZaleas and primroses. and
the mantel and fireplace were banked
with ferns. primroses and aZaleas. The
dining room was converted into Jap
anese tea house, and above the rustic
entrance its dropping caves were COW
cred with smilax and wistaria, under a
background of midnight sky, in which
were twinkling stars and great golden
moon. Through the greenery multi
colored lights sparkled and twinkled.
and with the indirect lighting Of the
club still further softened by the
boughs behind which the lights glowed.
the effect was a perfect replica of a
moonlit garden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reside entertained
house party for the occasion. their
guests being Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hazard
Lippincott. Miss Lucille Lippincott and
Mr.: and Mrs. Alfred Lippincott. all Of
Reside, who returned from st. Luke's
School. accompanied by Mr.. John Owen
of Wisconsin.
Mrs. James A. Reed is giving mat
inee party this afternoon at the Ma
tional in honor Of her house guest, Miss
Dorothy Browne of Kansas City.
Her guests include Mrs. Emmett c.
Gudger. Miss Dorothy Dobyns. Miss
Leona Curtis, Miss Mary Cleaves Dam
iels and Miss Matte Marshall Curd.
Mrs. Adds B. Browne will entertain
at dinner this evening at the Chevy
Chase Club in compliment to her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Browne.
Capt and Mrs. Charles Henry Harlow
have taken possession of their new res
idence, 2501 Massachusetts avenue.
There will be private view this
afternoon at o'clock of the collection
of pictures by NJ. Charles Duvent,
the French official war painter. which
will open to the public tomorrow at
Octagon House, 18th street and New
York avenue, for two weeks. from 2
till every day. The exhibition is for
the benefit of the work of the surgical
committee, and a small admission will
be charged.
ings of the battlefelds and of incidents
of the American war relief work as
the artist saw them in Belgium, Artois,
| Champagne. Alsace and in Morocco.
NJ. Duvent. who at the age of fif-
teen had a picture in the French Salon,
and at twenty-four had won the "hors
concours" prize there, was wounded
early in the war and invaded home
| Unable to fight, he was still able to
paint, and was sent back to the front
| commissioned by the French ministry
| of foreign affairs to paint France de-
| stroyed This collection is the result of
| nearly two years work under shell fire.
| The committee in charge of the pic
lures consist of Mrs. Archibald Hop
| kins, Miss Goldman, Miss Davis Miss
| Mary Sheridan. Miss Farrar Smith, Mrs.
| Stephen Bonsal. Mrs. Mathewson. Mrs.
Fred Brook and Mrs. Arthur Willert
| Col. and Mrs. Charles w. Kutz will
give a dinner on March 1, in honor Of
! the assistant secretary OF war and Mrs.
/ Ingraham.
| The Russian ambassador and Nine
| BakhmeteH are the guests in whose
honor the former United States ambas-
sador to Russia and Mrs. George T
Marye will entertain at dinner this
! evening.
| Nine Hauge will entertain at dinner
this evening at her residence in Massa-
! chusettS avenue.
| Mrs Charles w. Kutz entertained at
! luncheon today in honor of her debl