The Washington times., 1917-12-14
Plan Musicale and Dance.

0' 1ianh M SnApulAns ulEeChOA
OF the woman's department of Poto-
mac division, American Red Cross,
announces that a musicale and tea
dance will be held at Rauscher's at
O'Clock on December 20 for the
benefit Of that organizations wool
fund. Some OF the best orators In
the country will speak. The enter
tainment is to be in behalf OF fund
to buy wool for charitable institu-
tions.
Mrs. Ernest E. Jones, OF Tennessee,
is the guest OF her brother. DR..
Everett NJ. Ellison, at his home in
AZ street for a few weeks.
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Mrs. Catherine A. whalley an
nounces the marriage OF her daugh-
ter, Miss Bertha Marie Whalley. to
F. Wilson Gearing, of Richmond, at
Washington, on November 10.
Attaehe Off to spa.
Capt. Robert r. Glen, honorary at
tache Of the British embassy, has
gone to White Sulphur Springs, W.
Va. to take the cure and is staying
at the Greenbrier.
The Colonial School has cards out
for reception and musicale on Tues
day, December Is, at $50 o'clock, at
1889 Eighteenth street.
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Merriams Let Their Home.
Mr.. and Mrs. william R. Merriam
have leased their residence. 1928 N
street. to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel McRob-
HN@ .NA
session on Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Merriam will go to their farm in Vir-
ginis. where they will remain until
the first week in January, when they
will go South for . stay OF several.
months. They expect to have a large
family house party over Christmas,
when their daughters, Mrs John
wheelwright, OF Boston, Mrs. James
Curtis. of New York, and sons. comdr.
John II. Merriam and Ensign William
Merriam will be with them.
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Rear Admiral Augustus Fechteler.
L. S. N. is spending several weeks in
Washington and is at the Army and
Navy Club.
Mrs. Albert l. Mills will leave
Washington next week to spend the
Christmas holidays with her son-in-
law and daughter. Major and Mrs.
Emil p. Laurson, at Fort Oglethorpe.
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Mrs. Thomas A. Edison was the
honor guest at q luncheon given yes
terday at the Army and NaNG Club
by Mrs. John Blankenship.
The dinner committee for the ban
quet to be given by, the Washington
Harvard Club at Rauscher's on
Thursday evening, December 20, in
cIudes: Henry Cabot Lodge, II,
United States Senate; Major Eugene
wamburgh, 'T6, judge advocate gen.
erals office; F. W. TausSig. 20. tariff
commission: Charles S. Hamlin, 's3,
Federal reserve board; Frederick A.
Delano, SO, Federal reserve board:
Samuel Z. Winslow. 'S5. House of
Representatives: Logan Waller Page,
Department OF Agriculture; Charles
Warren, 50, Assistant Attorney GEN
eral: Col. Van Deman, 'SS, general
staff: Nicholas Longworth, 81, House
of Representatives.; Elliott H. Good
win. '95. Chamber OF Commerce;
Capt. Robert d. Wrenn. '95. Signal
Corps; Clarence r. Wilson, '96: Food
Commission; Eliot Wadsworth, '9S,
Red Cross: John L. Saltonstall, 90,
War Trade Board: William Phillips,
90, Assistant Secretary OF State;
Frederic A. Eustis. oil. Shipping
Board: Peter Goelet Gerry, 'O1, SEN
ate; Lieut.. Ellis Postlethwaite, '01,
Ordnance Bureau: Lieut.. Harold B.
Clark. OF, Ordnance Bureau: John w.
Hallowell, '0l, Food Commission;
Lieut.. Col. Richard II. Williams, '02.
quartermaster generals office: Lieut.
Lewis c. Clark, jr., '02. Naval Intel
ligence; DR.. George Draper, '03, Med
ical Corps; Herbert n. Straus, 'O3,
Food Commission; Franklin d. Rose
welt, '04, Assistant Secretary OF Navy;
Preston Davie 'O4. Council OF De-
fense: John Jacob Rogers. 'O4. House
of Representatives: Lathrop Brown,
'O4, Priority Board: William NJ. Ell
kins, 'O5, Naval Intelligence: Louis
du Pont Irving, 'OT, War Trade
Board: Charles Aioorfield Storey. II.
Department of Justice. and Lathrop
Brown, 'O4, Priority Board.