The Washington herald., 1917-10-03
Representative and Mrs.
Dunn Announce Engage
ment of Miss Frances
Dunn to Mr.. Taylor.

A wonderfully interested audience of
notables were guests at Memorial Ma
tional.Continental Hall last evening OF
Mr.. Andre Tardieu, high commissioner
of the French republic to view a NOV
ing picture Of France in Arms"
taken under the auspices of the
French government.
Invitations were extended to the
President and Mrs. Wilson, who were
unable to attend, but the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Marshall, the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Lansing. the Sec
retary of the Treasury and Mrs. Nc
Adoo, the Secretary of War. the Secre-
. tary OF the Navy and Mrs Daniels,
the Attorney General. Mr.. Gregory;
the Postmaster General and Mrs.
( Burleson and the Misses Burleson. the
Secretary Of Interior and Mrs. Lane.
the Secretary OF Agriculture and Mrs.
Houston. the Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Redfeld, the Secretary OF
. Labor, Mr.. Wilson, were present. as
, were also the French Amba assador and
, Nine. Jusserand, and the members of
I the embassy staff. the Russian Am
. bassador and Nine. Bakhmetefr. and
the Russian Embassy staff; the AM
bassador Of Brazil. Mr.. da Cana. the
: members of the British Embassy stan.
: the italian Ambassador and Countess
Macchi di Cellere and members Of the
: embassy staff. Senior Riano, the Am
? bassador of Spain: the Ambassador
: of japan. Mr.. Sato, and other of the
allied diplomats and members of their
, staffs; the Speaker and Mrs. Champ
, Clark, Mrs. James r. Mann. leader Of
: the minority in Congress; Capt. and
: Mrs. Edward w. Eberle. who came
from Annapolis for the event; Mrs.
: Hugh L. Scott, Miss Helen Woodrow
: Bones. DIR. and Mrs. Carey T. Gray.
son, and Senators and Representatives
and others high in official life, with
a sufficient number of society folk
and those from both branches of the
service to fill Continental Hall. Ameri-
can and French flags were used, and
the sympathetic audience was much
moved by the wonderful work of the
French republic.
Mr.. Tardieu. will go to New York
today to remain for a short time.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels will leave Washington
today for New York, where on Thurs
day the Secretary will review the
honor of the Red Cross nurses now
in Europe. Mrs. Daniels, with Mrs.
T. W. Richards. will march at the
head of a division Of eighty District
member Of the society. Miss Jane A.
Delano and Miss Clara d. Noyes will
head a delegation of 1,JOO nurses.
The Secretary ana Mrs Daniels
will be absent for about two days.
The former Secretary of AgricuI-
ture Mr.. James Wilson. and his
daughter. Miss Flora Wilson, who
spent several seasons at the High
lands, have given up their apart
ment and Miss Wilson has gone to
New York for the winter.
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh and his
daughter. Mrs. Emmet C. Gudger,
vile of Paymaster Gudser, L. S. N,
have given up their apartment at the
Highlands and taken another in
Sixteenth street for the winter. Mrs.
.Gudger will spend the winter with
her father
Representative and Mrs. Thomas
B. Dunn announce the engagement of
their daughter. Miss Frances Dunn,
to Mr.. George Hamlet Taylor. of
Rochester. Mr.. Taylor has recently
enlisted in the navy and is on duty
at Rochester, which is also the home
of Miss Dunn. No date is set for the
wedding.
Representative and Mrs. Dunn oc-
cupied the home of Senator and Mrs.
Philander P. Knox for two seasons
and before that were in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Trueman II. Newberry,
the former one time Secretary of the
Navy in Sixteenth street, and Miss
Dunn assisted her parents in their
splendid hospitalities.
Miss Marie Peary. whose marriage
to Capt. Edward Stafford, Coast Ar
tllery Corps, u. s. A, will take
place on Saturday. was the guest in
whose honor Mrs. Hay. wife of Lieut..
Edward n. Hay, Ordnance Corps, U.
s. A. entertained at luncheon yes
terday at The Lodge. Mclean, Va
The company included the members
of Miss Peary's bridal party. Lieut..
and Mrs. Hay have recently moved
to the Lodge, where they will pass
the winter.
Alberto de Ipanema Moreira, coun-
selor OF the brazilian Embassy, has
gone to New York, where he is max
ing a short stay at the Vanderbilt
Hotel.
lcol. Nikolaiefr, OF the Russian EN-
bassy, is spending a few days at the
Biltmore, in New York.
The wives of officers stationed az
Washington Barracks gave their first
tea of the autumn at the post yes