The Washington herald., 1917-11-29
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President and Mrs. Wilson viii ceie-
brate today quietly at the White
House. They will have dinner at Z
O'Clock and will have with them only
the members Of their family. Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson expect to at
tend church this morning and in the
evening to be present at the ball to
be given at Rauscher's under the
auspices of the Navy Relief Society.
Today will be war Thanksgiving
from one end Of the country to an
other for In thousands Of homes
everywhere soldiers and seamen of
our allies will be the honored guests.
At a number of the largest homes
in Washington will hospitality be dis
DCnsed to men in the service. Mr..
and Mrs. Edison Bradley will have
number Of soldiers to dine with them
as will the Attorney General and
Mrs. T. W. Gregory. Mrs. Delos
Blodgett and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred s.
Gillett.
The family of the Secretary Of
Labor will celebrate the day quietly
at home. Mrs. Wilson Is not well and
the Secretary Is absent from the city.
There will be a family dinner. al
which those present viii include First
Lieut.. William B. Wilson, jr., who
arrived this morning from the train
ing camp at Buffalo; Second Lieut..
Joseph B. Wilson. who is stationed at
Camp Meade. and Private James
Wilson, who is here on furlough from
Anniston, Ala, sons of the Secre-
tary and Mrs. Wilson. and their
daughters. Miss Agnes Hart Wilson.
Miss Mary Wilson and Miss Jessie
Wilson; Private William William
son and Private John Rennie, rela-
tives of the family. who are at Camp
Meade. and three other men from
the same camp who are from Bloss-
burg, Pa.
Two charity events will attract the
interest of Washington society to-
day; the ball at Rauscher's this even
ing under the auspices of the Navy
Relief Society. and the United States
Ambulance-Georgeton football game
to be held at the American League
Park at 2:S o'clock. A score of
Young ladies have volunteered to sell
programs They will wear the badge
of the "Usaaes," and every girl is
to be accompanied by a member of the
Ambulance Corps, detailed as mill
taTy escort, in parade uniform with
first aid belt.
The escort will be selected from
those who took part in the hike"
which reached Washington early
Tuesday after the 2O5-mile drive from
Allentown.
The girls will be chaperoned by
Mrs. Littell of the motor corps. They
include: Miss 4-ary Duncan Gibson,
Miss Amy Bennett, Miss Maxine
DuTant. Miss Phoebe Walker, Miss
Ruth Stiles. Miss Abby Harvey, Miss
WInifred Newcomb, Miss Mildred Sis
son. Miss Margaret Devereaux, Miss
Helen Tucker. Miss Enid Simms. Miss
Dieter. Miss Brinkley, Miss Messenger.
= Miss Hilda Warren. Miss Alice Shep-
ard. Miss Dorothy whitridge, Miss
Katherine Robinson, Miss Dorothy
Heiberger and Miss Margaret Nor
ton.
, Cards are out today for a reception
a. the Willard on Tuesday evening,
December II, by ladies of the cabinet
4 and wives of prominent members Of
the House in honor of DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw! honorary president
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, presi-
dent. and other officers and delegates
of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association, which will hold
its forty-ninth annual convention in
Washington, December Il to the Is.
The hostesses will be Mrs. William
Gibbs McAdoO. Mrs. Newton d.
Baker. Mrs. Thomas W. Gregory,
- Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson, Mrs.
JOsephus Daniels, Mrs. Franklin X.
Lane. Mrs. David F. Houston, Miss
Agnes Hart Wilson, Mrs. James r.
Mann and Mrs. Philip Pitt Campbell.
The invitation list, which is very
large. includes members of the diplo-
matte, judiciary and legislative cir
cles, and many other distinguished
residents of Washington. Aside from
its interest as a woman suffrage
event. this reception promises to be
one of the most brilliant social af-
fairs Of the season.
The Belgian Minister, Baron Emil de
Cartier de Marchienne, returned to
Washington yesterday from a short
stay in New York.
Marquis de Polignac. of the French
High Commission, and Marquise de
Polignac, who are in New York, will
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week.
Brig, Gen. James ID. McLachlah, d.
S. o., military attache of the British
Embassy. has gone to Canada for an
indefinite stay.
Malcolm Arnold Robertson. first
secretary of the British Embassy, and
Mrs. Robertson entertained informally
at dinner last evening at their apart
ment in the Altamont. There were
covers for eight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Thropp return
ed to Washington last week from their
country place in Pennsylvania, where
they passed the summer Mr.. Thropp
returned to Pennsylvania the first of
the week for a short stay.
Lieut. and Mrs. T. A. Scott Thropp,
who were at Fortress Monroe, have
come to Washington to make an ex-
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