Evening star., 1917-03-14
Minister of Panama Entertaining
at Luncheon Representatives of
Three Governments.
Several Weddings Today-out-of-
Town Guests Arrive for Jack =
son-Surth Wedding.

The minister of the Republic of
Panama, Dr. Belisario Porras. enter
tanned today at luncheon in the presi-
Dental suite of the New Willard Tor
Senior Don Manuel Walls Merino. UNI
pire of the joint commission now sit
| ting at Panama City. who was desiS-
mated upon request from the govern
; ments of the United States and Panama
| by his majesty ths-king of SPAIN Inc
| other guests were Secretary of State
Lansing, the Spanish amba ssador. Senior
Riano; Mr.. Ernest T. Lefevre. former
secretary of foreign affairs of the Re
public of Panama: Mr.. John Barrett, di-
rector general of the Pan-American
I Union, and Mr.. j. F. Lefevre. first secre-
/ tary of the legation.
The Russian ambassador and Mime.
8akhmeteff will go to New York Friday
ior a weeks stay.
The Brazilian ambassador and Nine. da
lama will be hosts at dinner this evening.
4 Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and Miss
! Benham occupied the White House box
at the Boston Symphony concert yester-
day afternoon. With them were Mrs.
| Charles s. Hamlin and Mrs. William c.
\ GorgaS.
! Among others in the audience were
Lady Spring-Rice. who was guest of
| Representative and Mrs Nicholas Long
worth, in their box; Mrs. Calderon Car
isle. Mr.. Edwin v Morgan. United
| States ambassador to Brazil: Mrs. Robert
Lansing, Mrs. Newton Baker. Mrs. John
w. Foster. Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell, MIR
Arnold Hague, Mrs. John F. Wilkins
Mrs. Beverly Williamson, Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman. Mr.. and Mrs. George Pea
! body Eustis. Mrs. James Harlan, Miss
Maury. Or. White. brother of Chief JUS
tics White: Admiral O'Neil, Mrs ]. Buck
| ner Randolph. Mrs. Scott Thropp. Rev.
Ward Denys. the Misses Denys and Mr..
| Thomas Sprng-Rice.
| Commander John p Jackson U. S N.
| will entertain at dinner this evening at
| the Montgomery Country Club in honor
of the wedding party which will attend
him and Miss Dorcas McIA Surth at
their welding tomorrow afternoon at st.
Johns Church.
| The ceremony will be performed by
Bishop Harding, assisted by the assist
ant rector of the church, the Rev. f.
| Slater Dunlap.
The out-of-town guests here for the
wedding include Mrs Alexander Mac
kay-Smith. Mss Mackay-Smith. Mrs.
Charles w. Henry. Miss Henry, Mr.. and
Mrs: Bayard Henry and Mr.. and Mrs,
| William Freeman. all of Philadelphia:
Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington Jackson of
New York and Mr.. Hughart Laughlin
of Pittsburgh.
J Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Houston Henry
of Philadelphia have arrived and are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick H
Brooke
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman will be the
guests of Mr. Freeman's aunts. Mrs.
Benjamin II. buckingham and Miss
Isabel Coleman Freeman, at their resi-
dence in H street.
DIR. and Mrs. J. A. Eeghuee of STAN
FORD. Conn, Mrs Surth's brother-in-law la
SiS al ha- he
wedding.
Mrs cordenio Severance was hostess
| at farewell luncheon today, entertain
| ing at the Shoreham. Mr.. and Mrs.
Severance. who have been spening sew
eral weeks at Washington, will leave
i this evening for months visit to Cali
fornia before returning to their home
at St. Paul.
| Mrs. Charles Warren will leave Wash
ington on Saturday for weeks visit
at Boston.
Senator France of Maryland and Mrs.
France, accompanied by the for
mer's parents. Rev. DR.. Joseph II.
France and Mrs. France of New York.
who ere visiting them. motored over to
Washington yesterday and are at the
Willard. They plan to return to their
home at Baltimore today.
| Mrs T., Septimus Austin was hostess
at luncheon yesterday at the Dres-
den, In compliment to Miss Clara kel
logg Of Wisconsin and Texas. who is
spending some time at the Willard. The
table was decorated with spring flow
ers in gilt baskets and there were cor
sage bouquets for the guests of pink
sweet peas. The guests to meet Miss
kellogg were Mrs. Delos Blodgett. Mrs
Morris Sheppard. and her house guests.
! Miss Perkins Of Grand Rapids and Mrs
Warren OF New Orleans: Mrs. Absslom
Waller. Mrs. George Alexander Thomp-
son. Mrs. Talmndge A. lambert Mrs. Il.
H. Tillman. Mrs. r. II. Barbour and
Miss Ida Lockhart.
The Misses Atwater entertained at
Luncheon today in compliment to Miss
Anna M. Sanford of Knoxville. Tenn,
who Is visiting Miss Mildred Bacon.
| Those asked to meet~Miss Sanford We're
Miss Lillian Birney. Miss Alys Downing.
Miss rii.i. po,, nh. :, Miss Jane Gregory, !,