Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-25
EVENTS OF INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Dinner Dance at the White House
This Evening With Miss Wilson
and Miss Bones at Hostesses.
Secretary and Mrs. Lane Entertain
for the Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall.

Miss Wilson and Miss Bones will enter
tain at a dinner dance this evening at
the White House. when their guests VIII
include number Of young people ana
young married people The hospitality
will be the first of the kind at the White
House FOR several years.
| Miss Wilson returned this morning from
a short visit to New York.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
will be guests in whose honor Secre-
tary of the Interior and Mrs. Lane will
have guests at dinner this evening.
receptions at official homes yesterday
| was that of Mrs. Thomas Riley Mar
shall, wife of the Vice President, VINO
| was al home for the first time TINS sea-
son. in their apartment at the w lllard
| The guests We're from all circles of so
ciety including many from the supreme
| Court diplomatic army ana navy resi-
dent and congressional life Mrs. Ed
! ward Douglas White. Mrs. Willis Van
Devanter. Mr.. Justice McReynolds. the
| Danish minister and Mrs. Bryn. Capt.
Niblack. U. S. N; Mrs. James r. Mann,
Mrs. John Shafroth and Mrs. Frank ii.
| Briggs We're among the early callers
of the afternoon. Mrs. Marshall wore
handsome gown of bronze velvet en-
broidered in gold thread and corsage
bouquet of lilies of the valley and or
| chidS. The drawing room and the IL
brary, where the tea table was laid,
were decorated with pink roses and mar
cissus blooms.
| Mrs. Claude A. Swanson and Mrs,
Charles c. McChord presided at the tea
table and a group of young people as
sisted including Miss Ruth Hitchcock,
| Miss Margaret McChord, Miss Frances
Traver and Miss Adelaide Heath.
| The Secretary of War and Mrs Baker
| will be the honor guests at large din
ner which Col. and Mrs c. w. Kennedy
will give this evening at the Army and
Navy Club.
Representative and Mrs. James r.
Mann are giving a dinner this evening
at the Highlands.
Nine Jusserand was among those
present at the French reading given
yesterday morning at the residence of
Mrs John ]. White by Mrs. Clarence
c. Bue1 Others present included Nine.
de Riano. Nine. Ritter, Nine. Urcullu,
Mrs. Chauncey Hackett, Mrs. Cary
Grayson Nine. Rabiloud. Miss Seibert
Mrs. Abner Anderson. Mrs. John B
Cochran, the Misses Wiley. Miss Ohl
Mrs. Miller and Mr.. Giles.
Mrs. Ridley Mclean was hostess at
luncheon today, entertaining at the
willard. Her guests were Nine Charles
Paul Hubscher. Mrs. Roscoe Bulmer,
Mrs, Lloyd Chandler. Mrs. Frank Plead
well. Mrs l. T. Mann, Mrs Sandoz, Mrx
Jesse +. Dyer, Mrs. H. A. Baldridge,
Miss Eudora Clover, Miss Catherine
Harlow and Miss Adelaide Heath. Cor
sage bouquets were at each place.
| Mrs. Volpey O. Chase entertained at
a large luncheon today at the Brighton
for her daughters. Miss Elizabeth Chase
and Miss Suzanne Chase.
| The guests were seated at one large
/ table surrounded by smaller ones, each
decorated with Centerpiece of jonquils.
| Miss Elsie Knox of Wallingford,
Conn, who is the house guest of the
Misses Chase, was among the guests
at the luncheon.
| The counselor of the State Depart
ment, Mr.. Frank Polk, will return to
Washington on Saturday, from hunt
| ing trip in North Carolina.
| Mrs. Richard H. Townsend has Joined
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter c. Gerry at the Plaza,
New York.
| Mr.. and Mrs. August Belmont of New
York have arrived at Washington and
are the house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Belmont.
| The Governor of New York. Mr. Whit
man, has especially invited number of
prominent women from New York to be
present at the Congress on Patriotism,
which opened this morning at the Willard
l. Those invited include Mrs. Cornelius
| Vanderbilt. Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs. w.
X. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Perry Belmont. Mrs.
Charles &. Alexander. Mrs. Henry b. Da-
/ vison, Mrs Douglas Robinson Mrs f. r.
Hewitt. Mrs. William Cumming Story
Miss Anne Morgan. Mrs Stanwood Mem
ken and Mrs. Norman Whitehouse.
| Miss Virginia Dorsey entertained at a
/ bridge afternoon Va oh
| ington Club. There were twelve tables
and later tea was served.
/ Mrs. Charles c. Marbury and Mrs A.
| b. Bennett presided at the tea table
! Miss Merriam was hostess at a delight
! fui dance last evening at her residence in
18th street in honor Of Miss Candace
/ Howard, the debutante daughter OF DR.
and Mrs. Leland Howard.
There were twenty couples present, and
/ late in the evening buffet supper was
served.
! Capt Edward W. Eberle L. S. N,
superintendent of the Naval Academy
and Mrs. Eberle came to Washington yes
( terday to keep several social engagements
and are stopping at the Willard. They
were among the guests there last even
ing at the dinner given by Senator
| Weeks.
! Capt and Mrs. Eberle will be guests
| for tomorrow night of Senator and Mrs
| Swanson.
! Mrs. Robert l.. Taylor, widow of Sem
ator Taylor of Tennessee, arrived at
| Washington yesterday from Tennessee
and is stopping with Mrs. Brinton
stone at her home in De Sales street.
| Mrs Ernest Howe will come to Wash
ington this week from Newport to visit
| Mr.. Howe's mother. Mrs. Arnold Hague.
/ Col and Mrs. Walter \. Bethel were
hoa.s at dinner last evening at the
Chevy Chase Club. entertaining in
honor of the counselor of the State De-
partment and Mrs. Frank Polk Then