The Washington herald., 1917-11-21
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/ IN WAs1'"e To~7
IN MAsAINcTON

Baron Megata and the other mem
bers OF the Imperial Japanese Eco
nomlc Mission, dined last evening
with Col. Robert NJ. Thompson who
was intimately associated with the
fathers of several members of the
mission at Harvard University.
Among the interesting group of men
asked to meet the distinguished visi-
tors were the japanese Ambassador.
Aimaro sato. Secretary Of Commerce
w. c. Redfeld. w. P. G. Harding.
II. H. Rogers. Rear Admiral Richard
Wainwright. Henry B. F. Macfar-
land, DR.. Joseph wheelwright, Maj.
Henry Breckenridge. C. c. Glover,
Justice Mahlon Pitney. Charles ].
Bell. C. W. Wetmore, DIR. James b.
Bullitt, Lieut.. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young.
Henry Kirke Porter and DR.. David
Jayne Hill.
Baron Megata and his colleagues
were the honor guests at a buffet
luncheon which Charles Hamlin, of
the Federal Reserve Board gave yes
terday afternoon at his residence in
\ New Hampshire avenue. Mrs. Ham
lin assisted her husband in receiv-
ing his guests who numbered about
sixty and included the Japanese Am
bassador, members of the Cabinet.
the members Of the Federal Reserve
Board. the members of the Federal
Advisory Council and other prom
inent officials.
Secretary of the Treasury w. G.
McAdoo will be host at a dinner this
evening in compliment to the menu
bers Of the mission.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson has sold the
house at 1908 Nineteenth street where
her marriage TO the President TOOK
place, to P. Lee Phillips. Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillips and their little daugh-
ters, will shortly take possession. The
house has been vacant since Mrs. Will
son removed her personal belongings
to the White House. She lived for
years in the house when she was Mrs.
Norman Calf. Since leasing their
residence in II street to Lieut. John
son. U. S. A. and several of his
brother officers, Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
lips have had an apartment at the
Toronto. They have given this up
and are now at 21O7 o street to re-
main until their new home is ready
for occupancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop Aldrich are
receiving congratulations on the birth
OF a son Monday in New York. Mr..
Aldrich Is the son of the late Sen
ator Nelson Aldrich. Mrs. Aldrich
was Miss Harriet Alexander. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Alex
ander, OF New York.
Mrs. Klein. wife of Lieut.. Comdr
]. Fl. Klein is seriously I'll at the
residence of Mrs. Doyen. wife Of
Brig. Gen. Charles Doyen, at the
Marine Barracks. Comdr. Klein is in
the war zone. He and his wife are
very close friends of Gen. and
Mrs. Doyen.
Carl Vrooman. the Assistant Secre-
tary Of Agriculture. who is on a speak
ing tour in the Northwest. will return
! to Washington at the end of the week.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, who has been
in Chicago for several days. will re-
turn to Washington today.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dexter. of New
York. have come to Washington and
have taken an apartment in Columbia
road for the winter. Mr.. Dexter is
connected with one Of the various war
bureaus in Washington. Mrs Dexter
is the daughter of the former minister
to Belgium, James s. Ewing, of Bloom
ington. Ill. Mrs. Dexter spent most Of
her girlhoOd in Belgium.
Cant. and Mrs. Fl. r. Lane. of Bos-
ton. have come to Washington to pass
the winter and have taken an apart
ment in Northbrook Court. on Six
teenth street. Capt. Lane is connected
with the ordnance bureau of the war
Department. Mrs. Lane was formerly
Miss Lucy SOper. Her brother and
sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Soper. are also making their home in
Washington now and have an apart
ment at Northbrook Court. Mrs. -Dex-
ter's mother, Mrs Clinton Soper, of
Bloomington. Ill. is at the Lafayette.
where she will spend the winter
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles O'Boyle, of
Bethlehem. Pa, are among the in
teresting newcomers to Washington
and have leased the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Bennett Poe in Edge
moor, Nd. which Mr. and Mrs. Pot
occupied during the summer months.
Mr.. and Mrs Poe have moved back
into their old hose in Edgemoor. which
they rented during the summer to
Lieut.. and Mrs. E. Roland N. Harri-
man. OF New York. The house which
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Boyle are occupying
IL q copy of historic old Tudor Place.
in Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Wayne. of New
York, have leased the home of Williams
F. Lemon at 200 Kalorama road, Just