The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
Admiral and Mrs. Peary Entertain
At Dinner for Noted Explorer

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Robert E
Peary were hosts at dinner last evening.
entertaining in compliment TO capt.
Raold Amundsen, the distinguished Nor
wegian explorer, and Mr.. and Mrs. +.
Herman GadeL The dinner wa served
in the gold room of the Hotel Lafayette
and covers were laid for thirty-two.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver E. Pagan enter
tanned at dinner yesterday at their coun-
try home Elwood Farm. Prince George
County, Nd, when their guests were the
Attorney General and Mrs. Gregory, Mr..
and Mrs. william c. Fits and Mr.. and
Mrs. @. z. C. smillie.
Because of the death of Mr. Redfeld's
sister, Mrs. William C. Redfeld will not
receive on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Houston, wife of the Secretary
Of Agriculture. viii be at home on We'd
nesday for the first time this season
Secretary and Mrs. Houston are estab-
Hshed in their new residence, 1s0 New
Hampshire avenue.
Mime. Hauge was hostess at luncheon
yesterday, entertaining Capt. Amundsen
Mrs. James Pryor Tarvin will be at
home this afternoon for the last time
this season.
Mrs Bo Sweeney, wife of the Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior. will not be
at home today. but will receive on Mon
day, January ..
Mrs. George z. Downey. wife OF Judge
Downey, will receive Informally this aft
ernoon from until at her apartment
The Secretary OF War and Mrs. Baker
were the guests OF honor at the dinner
which MAI and Mrs. L. Morgan Brett
gave Saturday evening at their residence
in Chevy Chase. The other gussts were
Brig. Gen and Mrs. William Crozier, Col.
and Mrs. Edwin B. Babbitt, Miss kath-
crime Lowe, of Cleveland. Ohio; Capt.
Franz A Doniat, Col. and Mrs. John y.
Rice Capt. and Mrs. W. K. Wilson, and
Capt ard Mrs Earl Mcfarland.
Brandeis. will not receive this afternoon.
Mrs. Charles EIwood Foster VIII be at
home today at the Portland. and viii
have with her her niece, Mrs Thomas
Bearer Browne.
Judge Martin A Knapp was host at
dinner Saturday evening, entertaining at
his apartment at Stoneleigh Court in
honor OF Representative and Mrs. James
P Mann His other guests were Mrs.
Rufus Day, Representative and Mrs.
Danforth Representative and Mrs. Mott,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, Judge
Maury, and Miss Maury.
Mr. John W. Donnan, Of Washington,
is guest OF the Wolcott Hotel in New
York City.
The Congressional Club has issued invi-
tations for a card party on Tuesday,
January 30, from $50 TO IL o'clock.
Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel viii not OBJ
serve her Mondays at homo during jan
uary, but will be at home NJ ndays in
February.
Mrs Gilbert H. Grosvenor will be at
home this afternoon, when she will have
receiving with her Mrs. E. vim Gros-
venor, Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, Mrs.
Edward Clarke. Mrs. Theodore ". Noyes,
Mrs. Van Reypen, Miss Mer am, Miss
Edith Blair and Miss Anne / opkins
The guests at the Oriental ball which
the Junior League is to give at Rausch-
er's tomorrow evening will be received
by Miss Frances Carpenter, chairman Of
the ball committee; Miss Ruth Larner.
the president of the Junior League; Mrs.
John w. Thompson. its founder and or
ganizer. and Miss Margaret Howard, vice
president. The dancing Is scheduled to
begin at 10 o'clock and the Arabian
Nights tableau will be presented prompt
lv at II. The speciality dances will take
place at intervals during the evening,
and supper will be served after 1So'clock
in the supper rooms downstairs.
Among those. who have taken boxes
are Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. Vic
tor Kaufman, Mrs. Thomas Walsh.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs.
Frank G. Carpenter, Mrs. John W.
Thompson, Mrs. Richardson Glover, Mrs
F. Ward Denys, Mrs. Edward c. Wal
ker, Mrs. F. p. Moran Mrs Dennis A
Upson and Mrs. ]. D. Stafford
The patronesses are Mrs Richardson
Clover. Mrs. Edward B. Mclean. Mrs
George Barnett, Mrs. Robert NJ Thomp-
son, Mrs. John B. Larner, Mrs. Thomas
+. Walsh, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
Mrs. Montgomery Blair Mrs William
salisbury. Mrs. Hennen Jennings Mrs
Duncan Phillips, Mrs. Hugh L. Scott,
Mrs. Cleveland Perkins, Mrs Gibson
Fahnestock, Mrs. William Crozier, Mrs.
RicharI Harlow, Miss Mabel Boardman,
Mrs. Henry Dimock Mrs. Victor Kauf-
mann. Mrs c. c. Glover, Mrs E. war
wick Montgomery and Mrs. E. A. Fitch.
Mrs. Frank H. Briggs and Mrs. Henry
McKenney Dingley will be at home in
formally this afternoon at Mrs Dirgley's
residence. 1s3S Connecticut avenue
Robert f. Lee Chapter. No sH, U
D. C., has completed arrangements for
its dance to be given tomorrow evening
at Confederate Memorial Home 1872
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