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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-03
ALL WASHINGTON
INVITED TO FETE
To Celebrate Registration
Day AT Monument.
EACH TO CARRY SMALL FLAG
Daniels, Baker, and James VIII
Address AssembIage.
EACH TO CARRY SMALL FLAG

Every resident Of waShington Il
invited to join In the central ceIeSra-
ton OF registration day on the Monu-
ment Grounds Tuesday At O'Clock.
This invitation was extended By
Capt James +. Oyster. chairman OF
the committee on ARRANGEMENTS, at
q meeting OF ehairmen OF subcon-
mittees in the board room OF the Dis
triet Building yesterday afternoon
Suggestion was made BY Captain
Oyster that each person carry q
small American flag. to be waved a.
the eolors are raised At the band
stand, following the invocation By
the Rev. d. H. Martin. pastor OF
Wesley Chapel The bensdiction will
be delivered By Monsignor Thomas
Of ST Patrick'G
The speakers win include Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels. Secretary OF
War Baker, and Senator Ollie James.
A military touch will be given the
celebration by the presence OF Troop
B, First D. c. Cavalry. under the
command OF Capt Leroy Heron.
Music will Be furnished by the Ma
rine Corps and Boy Scouts bands.
Captain Oyster will preside.
W. V. Cox, chairman OF the COM
mittee on patriotic societies. report
ed that many OF these organizations
win be represented
Arrangements for the community
celebrations. It was stated BY Charles
s. shreve, president OF the Federation
of Citissns Associations. have been
Members Of the COMMITTEES have
worked uneeasingiy to make this
the most successful Of its
kind ever held In Washington
while the exercises will be short.~
said Captain Oyster. "they will afford
citizens OF the District an opportun-
ity to demonstrate their patriotism on
q day when patriotiarn countar
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Pretty June weddings Coming
Every Day without End.

Weddings, weddings, weddings yes
terday-and today only the Sd of
June. I can't pretend to tell you
about them all; but you really should
have been at Rauscher's to see Mar
garet Gould become Mrs Manuel
Garcia de Quevedo. Such q pretty
wedding and such q jolly reception
Then, there was EIoise orme's mar
riage to Tom Robinson. She GER
tainly made Q lovely bride, and the
bridegroom IL q fine-looking, clean
cut, outstanding young chap.
Evermay. too, made an ideal set
ting for such a functioni To my mind
there is hardly q lovelier home around
Washington Although very old, It
has been kept up always. The home
was built In the days when Washing
ton was little more than q wilderness
and Georgetown q thriving, wealthy
little city, where the social elect, the
Diplomatic Corps, and other high Of
ncials occupied the many handsome
homes which crown the heights
above the Potomac.
Evermay was built IN 1923, a. the
date on the trysting stone testihes. by
one Of the Davidsons. an old George
town family whose daughter. Eliza
beth Grant Davidson, married Charlie
Dodge, also of one OF the original
aristocratic families Of Georgetown.
This still beautiful home Il at the
head OF Twenty-eighth street adjoin-
ing Oak Hill Cemetery, which was
originally included in its grounds
The lawn was terraced to the creek
and extended south to what Is now
Q street. The surrounding grounds
still include several acres and are
remarkable for the ancient trees and
lovely shrubbery.
The house was purchased from Mr..
Dodge by John W. Mcpherson, whose
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this month. Evidently she changed
her mind rather suddenly for back
she came q week or two ago.
MRS. Butler Soon to Leave
For Her Plantation.
Mrs. Butler expects to leave wash.
ington next Friday for her planta,
ton, Elliott" In North Carolina.
and she says she Is anticipating a re-
turn to peace and quiet unbroken BY
echoes of the war. Pocahontas But.
ler-beg pardon. Mrs. Thomas ID
woodson-is at Corozal in the Canal
Zone. She had arranged to come Ia
Washington for a VISIT, was to have
sailed tomorrow in fact. but has de.
cided not to leave Panama Just now
owing to unsettled conditions.
Like all army officers, her hus-
band, Captain Woodson, is likely to
be ordered of at any moment, and,
Of course. Pocahontas wouldn't want
to be away IL that happened Then,
too. she has all her household goods
there-at any rate, sne has decided
rs best to stay at her post for the
present
To return to our muttons, DR.. Deve-
reux is a singularly competent per-
son to have at the head OF an ambu-
lance unit. Not only is he an excel
lent physician, but he saw service
with the army during the Spanish
American war and In China during
the boxer rebellion. He proves II in
everything he undertakes, and he has
undertaken much in an eventful ca
reer. He Is in q fever to get to
France, and will go the minute he
thinks his men, who are going in
training at Allentown, Pa, are pre-
pared
Morris Paris is also leaving for
France with the ambulance corps. but
not with DR.. Devereux's unit. Hs Is
to sail within very few days. Two
OF A. K. Paris three sons have al
ready offered their services to their
Morris brother, worden
Paris, hurried home from Honolulu
at the FIRST word OF war to enter the
reserve officers training camp At Fort
Myer.
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. Chronicle %
GocietI e

May has gone and she shows no signs
OF returning. She has given up the
house 1908 Nineteenth street, which
she leased for two months from Mrs.
S. NJ. Acker. I hear that she is among
the prominent Charlestonians who
have been entertaining madly for
General and Mrs. Wood. She gave a
brilliant dinner followed by dancing.
from all accounts the party must
have been like a repetition of the
function she gave at Rauscher's early
In the winter for Mr.. and Mrs Louis
Nixon.
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Navy women Turn $1,000
OF Wool Into Garments.

However, Mrs Lansing and her as
sociates undertook to assist the Navy
League in supplying the quantities
of knitted garments required in
equipping Uncle Sans fighting forces
at sea with warm clothing, and have
turned In an extremely creditable
amount of work. The navy women
organized by Mrs. Franklin d. Roose-
welt for the same work have accom-
plished wonders. They have already
expended $1,000 for wool to be made
up into sweaters, mufflers, and 9th
er warm garments for the sailors.
Mrs. Lanes class, with whom she
sews regularly two afternoons a
week, has turned out q number OF
knitted garments. but f. specializing
in sheets, pillow cases and pajamas.
The finished articles are now being
sent to our allies, but can be diverted
to our own forces when the need de-
velops
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Knitting Circles CurtaiI
Bridge EIIRibIea.

L@AA8lulGA.
The tongue twisting ditty SISTER
susie's sewing shirts for soldiers"
and its variation ''Nettie's knitting
neckties for the needy" which came
war IL more to the point than ever
now that the sewing bag and the
knitting needle have come to be the
insignia OF the great army OF Wash
ington women. Sewing circles. knit
and similar meetings have come to
be so frequent each morning and af-
ternoon that II Is almost impossible
for the would-be hostess to corral
enough guests for a bridge party.
LUncheons. with a dozen guests or
less, are still a feasible and favorite
form OF amusement, but immediate.
ly after the meal work bags are pro-
duced and needles begin to fly.
Mrs. William CorcoTAn Hills sew
ing class. organized in connection
with the Washington Diet Kitchen
the Red Cross helpers,
organized by Mrs. A. Garrison Nc
comforts committee, all draw their
from the women who
used TO constitute washinEtop's
leisure class before leisure" became
q meaningless term. There is an army
OF prominent women enrolled in
various other organizations, and
many OF them devote a certain num-
Der of hours each day to work, as
regularly as their husbands and
fathers TO their business. Some, be
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1t whispered, pay scant regard to the
eighthou law.
Cabinet Women Lead
In Wartime Economy.
Although the women Of the Cabinet
united in making q statement urg-
ing economy, they are not acting as q
body in the matter OF war work. Mrs.
Marshall, as you know, has organ
lied the women OF the Senate for Red
Cross work: and a number OF the
Cabinet women are mobilizing the
women OF their husbands depart
ments for service. Mrs. Lane set the
ball rolling when she banded the
wives OF officials OF the Interior De-
partment and the women employed
there together for Red Cross work,
using the Home Club as headquarters,
and her example is being followed In
several cases.
Mrs. McAdoo now has the Treas
ury Department women organized on
q working basis; Mrs. Houston Ahd
Mrs. Carl Vrooman have been con-
sulting with a view to starting a
similar movement in the Agricultural
Department and Mrs. Lansing re-
Gently called q meeting OF the wives
OF State Department officials to talk
over ways and means of doing some
work as a unit In this case was de-
cided to wait until autumn before
taking any definite steps
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Mrs. Severance to Train
COllies n War Dogs.

hear that Mrs. cordenio Sever,
ance, OF St Paul, who visits here FIRE,
quently. is going to train her large
collection Of pedigreed colIIes to be
war dogs. The kennels at Cedar
hurst. the severances' lovely old place
at. Cottage Grove, are one of the
sights OF St. Paul. Mrs. Severance is
a noted animal lover and has q badge
which enables her to arrest anyone
ill-treating a beastie. In this connec-
ton, however, have heard that col
lies are VIGOROUSLY afraid OF noise,
and the higher the breed the more
sensitive they are What would be-
come Of them amid bursting shells
one can only conjecture
Mrs. McKittrick Jones, Of ST. Louis,
another visitor in Washington, who
was recently the guest of Secretary
and Mrs. Houston, has offered a large
estate to the Government for a hos
pital. She is noted for her philan-
thropic work throughout St, Louis
and the surrounding country.
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Albert Howard and Mrs. Harry Burr.
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Two Recent engagements Not
Altogether Surprising to Friends.
The announcement of Esther Whit
ing's engagement to Ensign Martin
B. Stonestreet, U. S. N. came a. com
plete surprise. but, after all. the wise
acres might have suspected from
Esther's frequent visits to the Naval
Academy In the last year or two that
something was brewing. On the other
hand, Natalie briggs Is lamenting
that. although she tired to keep her
engagement to Lieut.. Henry NJ Jensen,
U. S. N. quiet. her friends now declare
they all suspected the truth
Both girls Will be married within
the next week or two. both will have
simple informal weddings and neither
has made definite plans as both
bridegrooms must seize upon their
frst opportunity to obtain q short
leave.
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Natalie's fiance, Lieutenant Jensen.
Is stationed at the Navy Department,
and so great Is the rush OF work that
at best he can only leave his desk for
day or two. The bride and bride
groom expect to occupy the apartment
in the Cordova, where Natalie and her
brother, Houston briggs, are now es-
tablished. Houston moving over the
Benedict. Happiness seems to agree
with Natalie, for never saw her look
50 well. Her ring is lovely, an oc-
tagon-shaped diamond set In plati-
mum.
Esther whiting Is one of the most
charming Of the younger girls In so
ciety. Her father, the late Carlisle
whiting, was q brother of Eleventh
whiting and her mother II now Mrs.
A. A. Cederwald. One deplorable
thing about Esther's marriage Is that
her nance Is attached to one OF the
ships of the Pacific fleet. Esther
wouldn't tell me the name OF his ship
navy people don't tell all they know
these days.
II Esther goes away It will leave
her mother quite alone. imagine
she will Join Captain Cederwald
shortly after the wedding. He was
recently commissioned q captain In
the quartermaster's corps. Officers'
Reserve Corps, and is stationed at the
remount depot at Front Royal, Va
Carlisle whiting, her only son, Is at
the Officers' Reserve Corps training
camp at Fort Myer.
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dGuRhter OWES n n ths praasut tffne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orme have oocupied the
place for yeara- and entertain IRE.
quently. the Iarr. rooms Win thar
high ceilings and long windows: ne
broad haIIs "a $3.50. 49, -,
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Al Freseo Events.
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A''ie he@rtourning' out AZ the last
moment the weather man rslented.
and nothing happened to mar the two
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Capt. Archie Miller sO0a
To Leave Fort lIyer.

Capt Archie Miller IL to leave Fort
Myer soon. He has been or Is about
to be assigned to duty with the Nine
teenth Cavalry. II was Captain Miller,
you know. who voluntarily drilled the
Washington cadets for the Officers
Reserve Corps all last winter in the
Riding and Hunt Club quarters. He
came to Fort Myer from Fort Ethan
Allen, after the Fifth Cavalry sta
toned at Fort Myer was sent to the
border, and during their absence
served as adJutant OF the post
.-drs. Miller was Madeline Whitside.
daughter OF Mrs. c. NJ. whitside and
the late General whitside. Capt War
rem whitside, who is serving as in
structor at one of the officers re-
serve training camps-in Arizona, I
think-and Lieut.. Victor whitside, on
duty on the border. are her brothers.
It was at the camp on this same
busy Thursday afternoon that l saw
Herbert Hayden. 1t has been years,
/ think. since he has been back in
Washington, and l haven't seen him
before since he entered West Point
He has been In the Philippines for
tie last few years. His brother,
Reynolds Hayden, a physician in the
navy, was stationed at Annapolis
wnen last I heard. His wife, as you
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Drill Cheats Fort MyeF
Wives of Visit.

The visitors to Fort Myer on
Thursday afternoon were disappointed
at being cheated as the wife Of one
embryo officer phrased It, "out of
our nifty minutes" The visiting hour
from to 9 o'clock was given over to
special drills in preparation for Con.
federate veterans' parade on Thurs
day, in which the men will take part,
and. being the last day of the month,
the rockies were mustered IN"
The parade route laid out for the
Fort Myer troops" on Thursday leads
from the camp to the Capitol around
the building and back again and the
pace, II the please, is 100 steps to the
minute. so II is to be hoped that the
day will be cool. To be sure, the
rockies haven't suffered much from
heat SO far.
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Clever, cultivated, and master Of
several languages, the Meyer gins
were always popular with the bach
eIors OF the Diplomatic Corps and the
young attaches, especially those Of
the Italian embassy, are among Miss
Meyers devoted cavaliers when she
comes to Washington to visit She
seems to get along swimmingly with
the members OF the Princes suite
and at the Lansings' reception the
other afternoon her very shadow was
a dashinE young soldier in a strik-
ing gray-Ereen uniform. with a
monocle and a delightfully."- rakish
gray cloak which he donned on leav-
ing the building.
Miss Meyer has been In Washington
for several weeks now. She stayed
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Lippitt
for a little while. also with the
Perry Belmonts and later Joined her
mother at the Lafayette for a time.
After Mrs. Meyer went back to Bos-
ton, she visited Col. and Mrs. John
r. Williams and their daughter. Mrs.
McCombs, and now she Is with the
Counselor OF the British Embassy
and Mrs. Colville Barclay.
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Jean EIOT|
LETTER.
DEAR SUSAN:

DEAR SUSAN:
Exit the italian mission-only
temporarily, to be sure, for its mem
bers will return TO Washington
after completing the Swing around
the circle" upon which they are set
ting out-and enter the Confederate
Veterans as the special lions OF the
week.
Although much Of the time Of the
Eray-uniformed visitors will be taken
up with spectacular and patriotic
exercises, the social side OF their en-
tertainment will be by no means
neglected; and imposing. indeed, is
the list of functions to be given in
their honor by official folk and the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy.
and other Southern societies.
Scores Of luncheons, dinners, and
tea parties in compliment to one or
another of the visitors drawn TO
Washington by the reunion and espe-
cially to the flock of pretty sponsors
and maids OF honor are also on the
carpet Altogether the program Of
the next seven days promises to be
one of the Eayest as we'll as the
fullest OF any week since the United
States entered the war.
The reception to be given by the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Lansing
at the Pan-American Union building,
on Thursday afternoon, will be one
OF the most interesting Of the semi
official functions in honor of the WIS.,
itors; and then there will be dances
at the willard, with the Sons Of Con-
federate Veterans as hosts, on Tues
day and Thursday nights. On Wednes-
day evening the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy will give . big re-
ception at the National Museum
building at $50 o'clock, and motion
pictures will be shown at the Museum
at s, and 10 o'clock. The famous
Confederate cAoir, which Is taking
part in many of the ceremonies con-
nected with the reunion, will sing
that evening.
Q. d. G. To Keep Open House
During the Reunion
The District L--ision. o. D. C., will
keep open house at the Confederate
Memorial Home, IN Vermont avenue,
tomorrow. tuesday, Wednesday,
a huEEoAgH ola AAAega
O'Clock, and there will be music dur
ing the day. on Wednesday, Beaure-
cara Chapter Day, the president, Mrs.
William Anthony Wayne, will receive
and refreshments will be served
One OF the pleasantest functions in
connection with the reuninn will be
the reception to be given by the JEFF
ferson Davis Chapter, U. d. c.. in the
red room Of the willard on Thursday
afternoon, from { to Z o'clock.
Miss Mary Custis Lee, daughter Of
Gen. Robert Z. Lee, Is honorary presi-
dent Of jefferson Davis Charter, and
another member OF this distinguished
family, Mrs. W. H F. Lee, Is vice
president. Both OF these ladies viii
be present TO greet the veterans at
the Forthcoming reception. Others in
the receiving line are Miss Anne Lee,
Mrs. Odenheimer, president general
of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy; Mrs. ]. E. B. Stuart widow
of Gen. .Jeb" Stuart; Mrs General
Gordon, Mrs Marcus Wright, and Mrs
Lindsey Lomax. The additional MEM
bsrs of the reception party will be
later announced.
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Julia Meyer Popular
with italian Mission

Julia Meyer. who has been making
q round Of visits to her old friends in
Washington. has been a particularly
welcome guest at most Of the funC-
lions given In honor Of the Prince OF
Udine and the other members Of the
italian mission You see, she speaks
Italian huently and has a knowledge
Of Italy and an acquaintance with
Italian society dating from the years
when her father, George Won Lengerke
Never, was ambassador TO Rome.
This was before he came TO wash
ington to serve successfully as Post
master General in President Roose-
-velt's Cabinet, and Secretary OF the
Navy under President Taft; yes, even
before he went to Russia as ambassa-
dor. Julia Meyer was but slip OF
girl then, but she must have left her
heart behind her; for when the
Meyers frst came TO Washington she
took no part in society and was OBJ
serving q period OF mourning for q
young italian nobleman. her nance-
who had recently died.
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Many Interesting People
Add to Social Life In Capital

Add TO social Lie In CAPITAL
How interesting It Is to live In
Washington these days! Not only
Is the sensation OF having ones
finger on the pulse OF the nation dis
tinctly satisfactory, but there's some
thing very thrilling about the busi-
ness OF entertaining princes and po-
tentates into which the Government
has gone so extensively these days.
Moreover, the town is swarming with
Interesting people and / have noticed
that among the newcomers making
themselves useful to Uncle Sam in
one way or another, are q number
OF diplomatic and consular officials
who were on duty in Germany and
Austria when the war broke out
Joseph c. Grew, sometime coun-
selor OF the embassy in Berlin, has
been assigned TO duty at the State
Department and so has his colleague,
LanieT Winslow, whose wife is with
him in Washington, I understand.
Then there's Grant Smith, formerly
of the stan at Vienna, who has as
yet no regular Job but who is help
ing out at the State Department
Tom" cardeza, who was Ambas-
sador Penfeld's private secretary, is
also IN washington on ana on these
days. and usually has his very charm
ing wife with him. Mr.. Cardeza Is
a splendid type Of the interesting
young men Of means, positions, and
attachments that the United States is
gathering into its diplomatic service.
Before the break came he was q great
favorite in the dual empire, particu-
larry In Hungary, where he had a
big estate and where he hobnobbed |
chummily with the mobiles and nota- |
bles. who are not inclined to be espe- |
cially gracious 10 foreigners.
1t was to his place in Hungary, for |
the shooting, that young cardeEa
used TO 90 whenever he could be /
spared from duty. During his stay in
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Anxious Mothers Follow
Ambulance CoFpa.

When DR.. J. Ryan Devereux leaves
town next week with his ambulance
unit, the Washington Ambulance
Corps, he will leave behind him a
number OF anxious mothers, willing
to see their sons go, but heavy heart
ed at the parting. Many of the boys
accompanying him are so young, not
yet through school. Take Sam Wheat
ley Borden. for example. He was to
enter Annapolis with the next class,
but. being a higb-spirited chap could
not bear the thought OF being shut
up in the Naval Academy while the
fighting was going on. His mother
sympathized with his desire to do
his bit right away, and consented to
his Joining DR.. Devereux's unit, but
we'll, he's her only son, and France
Is very far away, and very full of
dangers. His father was an officer
in the Marine Corps.
At least one OF DR.. Deyereux's
boys, Joseph, I believe, will 60 with
him and Eliphalst Andrews is also
enrolled. BY the way, i hear young
Andrews mother, Mrs. Eliphalet An
drews, has given an ambulance to the
COEph- Also unueTHIhnO bne IL con-
templating accompanying one OF the
ambulance units to its training camp
to give the men lessons in French,
so that they may be more useful
among the sick and wounded in
France
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Just now Mrs. Andrews IL at her
country place in Virginia overseeing
some work that IL being done on the
lodge. She Is occupying the lodge
this summer. you know, the big
house" having been leased to the Dain-
gerfields Of Alexandria Mary Lord
Andrews Is with her mother. and
their old friend. Mrs. Marion Butler,
Is occupying their house In Sixteenth
street Mrs. Andrew comes in daily
to see her old friend and get her
mail. She has no telephone at the
lodge.
Mrs. Butler was in Washington
most of the winter and stayed with
Mary Lord while Mrs Andrews was
away. She went West last fall and
until recently intended to remain a
year and to have Mary Lord join her