Evening star., 1917-05-28

| in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mr. and Mrs Mayer expect to go to
Eaglesmere in July. having leased cot
| tage there for the summer.
| Senator and Mrs Gerry have been en-
4 tertaining a week end party at Silver
! Spring. the country place Of MIR. and Mrs.
Gist Blair, which they are occupying this
season. On Saturday evening they had a
| dinner dance at Grasslands. the Country
Club. in celebration Of their wedding an
| niversary.
Mrs William Phillips wife of the as
sistant secretary of state, has lent the
! Woodley. for garden fete on June 3,
! the proceeds to be devoted to sending an
ice-making machine to the front Other
cities are working for the same object,
and the Washington committee hopes to
| be able to send the first machine and TO
have it called after the capital city Ice
has always been needed at the front. 1t
is needed in the hospitals. and up to now
it has been almost impossible to get 1T.
The French minister of war has been
| obliged to make this appeal to America,
| and it is meeting with splendid responses
The Washington committee in charge of
| the garden fete 1T Woodley on June is
composed of Mrs Borden Hartman. Mrs.
! Blaine Beale. Mr. Clifford Pinchot Mrs.
Countess Gizycka Mrs Glasgow. Mrs.
George Howard. .-s. Edward Mclean.
Mrs. Charles Fento Mrs. Barnett. Mrs.
Fay Atherton and Mrs. Arthur WilieTt.
| The grounds will be open from o'clock
| till IL. Tea and dinner will be served,
and a dancing floor is to be built under
the famous trees of Woodley. Mrs. Ham
| ilton Lewis Is to tell fortunes. The vaude-
vile is under Mrs. Warren Robbins.
I A diversity of amusements is being ar
/ ranged and the whole affair will be unique
| in the history of Washington benefits.
! Lieut.. John Mcdonald Thompson. U. S.
A, whose marriage to Miss Elizabeth
| Chase will take place on June 5. will
arrive at Washington today from his
/ post on the border.
| Lieut.. and Mrs. Terry Brewster Thomp-
/ son, the former brother of the BRIDE
| groom-elect. will come on from Boston
| to be present at the ceremony.
| Mrs J. B. Gordon of Atlanta, widow of
Cen: Gordon. who at the time OF his
| Confederate Veterans. has arrived at
Washington with her son. Maj. Hugh
Gordon. to attend the Confederate re-
union. They are the guests of Mrs:
| street. while here.
| Mrs. Gordon's daughters. Mrs. Frances
Gordon Smith of Atlanta and Mrs. o. B.
Brown Of Birlin, N H., will also be here
Brown and their three charming children.
| will arrive the latter part of the week
| and will be at the Shoreham during their
| stay.
Mrs Brown. formerly Miss Caroline
| Gordon. is well known in this city. where
she has been a frequent visitor both be-
! fore and since her marriage.
| Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond have
purchased Washington residence. and it
is anticipated they will return here to
make their home at least part Of each
year. The property is part Of the estate
Of the late Mr.. George w. Lawrence, and
Is situated in Kalorama road near 22d
street, one of two very handsome houses
built there by Mr.. Lawrence. Dir. and
Mrs. Hammond, who spent several winters
here some years ago, bought from Mrs
Pullman the present Russian embassy,
transferring it to the Russian government
within short time. 1t had never been
occupied when the former ambassador and
Nine. Bakhmeten took possession. Mr..
and Mrs. Hammond leased during their
first season at Washington the Levi P.
Morton house which has since been COM
pletely remodeled. They later occupied
| house in Massachusetts, avenue and were
| living there when they entertained Mrs.
Grover Cleveland a short time before her
second marriage.
| The marriage of Miss Valerie Garrard,
| daughter of Gen. Joseph Garrard, former
! commander Of Fort Myer, to Lieut.. Ziba
| Lloyd Drollinger. U. S. A., win take place