The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

Ter. Dr. Richard Derby, of New York.
is Mt the front in France. His wife.
formerly Miss Ethel Roosevelt. and
children. are at Oyster Bay with
Col. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
Another member Of this interesting
family which has responded so gem
erOuslv to the call of the hour is
Mr. Fullcr's nephew. s. L. Fuller.
son of DIR. James Fuller. who re-
Gently sailed for Italy with Edward
Perkins as financial head of the Red
Cross for Italy.
The house committee of the Arts
Club will be the hosts at the regu-
lar weekly dinner this evening at
which prominent speakers will ad-
dress the club. The committee con-
sists of Mrs. Richard C. Dean. chair
man; Mr.. l.. NJ. I>eisenring. Mr.. AL
eXis 4. Many. Miss Grace Needhann,
Miss Many anderson Pugh and Miss
Grace Lincoln Temple. There will be
, dancing.
Mrs. Isaac Pearson. president of the
League of American Pen Women. will:
give lecture on Spain with COL
urcd lantern slides at the Arts Club
on Sunday night.
Prof and Mrs. Herbert Weir Smyth,
of Cambridge. Mass. have sent out
invitations for the marriage of their
daughter. Evelyn, to Lieut.. T. J. Dun
can Fuller, jr., on Thursday, Deem
Der 20, at 4:3o. at Appleton Chapel
; Harvard University.
Lieut.. Fuller is son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas J. D. Fuller. OF 23l7 Ash
mead place, Washington. He was
graduated from Harvard in the class
of 1915, and is now first lieutenant in
the aviation section of the Signal
Corps. and is stationed for the present
at Fort Sill. Oklahoma.
Nal. Gen. and Mrs. George Barnett
have as their guests at Commandants
House. Marine Barracks, Mrs. Percy
Pcnnypacker. Of Texas; Brig. Gen.
/ Eli Kelly Cole, L. s. NJ. c., and Mrs
Cole and Mrs. Barnett's sister. Mrs.
Henry c. Muslin. General and Mrs.
Cole have recently arrived in Wash
ington from Haiti.
Mrs. l'arnetts son, Lieut.. Basil Cor
don, who has recently been commits
stoned in the Marine Corps, is sta
toned at QuantiCO. He spends each
weekend with General and Mrs. Bar
nett, usually bringing from two to
twenty of his brother officers with
MIN. and the old house at the bar
racks is the scene of many merry
parties for these young people
Mrs. Jennie Hannum knight an
nOunccs the marriage of her daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret l.. knight, to Her
bert II. Shinnick, on Saturday even
ing. December l. Mr.. Shinnick re-
Gently entered the Ordnance Corps of
the national army and has been as
signed to duty in the office of the
chief of ordnance. where he will re-
main until January, when he will be
stationed in France.
The twenty-seventh annual exhibi-
ton of paintings by the society of
Washington artists will be held at the
COrcOran Gallery of Art beginning
Wednesday with a public reception
from until IL p. m.. and continuing
until December 81. The officers are:
president, Richard N. Brooke; vice
retary, Miss Lesley Jackson, and
| treasurer. Theo. ]. Morgan. In ad-
dition to the officers of the society
the jury of selection will be Alexis
b. Many. chairman; Mr.. Richard d.
Engel. Miss Catherine c. Critcher,
Miss Sarah S. Munroe and Mr.. U. S.
]. Dunbar.
Several festivities for the debut
antes are being arranged to take
place during the Christmas holidays.
Miss Elizabeth Koones. daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. Charles K. Koones, will
have a debutante luncheon on De
cember 49, and on December 20 Miss
Eustasia Hardesty. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred S. Hardesty, will give
luncheon also for debutantes. Miss
Mary Hill will give a tea on the aft
ernoon of December %.
The marriage of Lieut. Kari
Slaughter Bradford, U. S. A., son of
Mrs. Ben Bradford, of Washington,
and Miss Lorraine Allen Sickel,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
George Sickel, Of New York, Will
take place on December q in JACK
son. Tenn.
Senator and Mrs. Thomas W. Hard
wick have leased the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Stubblefield, 2s55
Massachusetts avenue. Mrs. Stubble-
field arrived from Rirnnin1hano Ala