Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-02
Chief Justice Host at Dinner for
French Commissioners
Last Evening.
Chevy Chase Club Closes Dance Sea-
son This Evening-Many
Dining There.

ner last evening at his residence in
Rhode Island avenue, entertaining in
compliment to NJ. Viviani. Marshal
Joffre and the other members of the
French commission. Among those asked
| to meet the honor guests were the At
torney General. Mr.. Thomas Watt
Gregory; Mr. Justice McKenna, Mr.. JUS
tice Holmes, Mr.. Justice Day. Mr.. JUS
tice Van Devanter, Mr.. Justice Pitney,
Mr.. Justice McReynolds. Mr.. Justice
Brandeis, Mr.. Justice Clarke. former
Attorney General. Mr.. George Wicker
sham: Mr.. Whitlock of Baltimore, Mr..
C. c. Glover and Brig. Gen. William NJ.
Black.
There will be a number of dinner
parties at the Chevy Chase Club this
evening preceding the last dance there
this season.
The assistant secretary of war and
Mrs. William M. Ingraham will be the
guests of honor at dinner which Mr..
and Mrs. Walter S. Penfield will give
there.
Miss Elizabeth Harding will entertain
at dinner this evening at the club in
honor Of Miss Catherine Burdette.
whose marriage to Mr.. Edward s. II.
Pendergast of New York will take
place on Saturday. May II.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. W. w.
Galbraith will be among others enter
tanning dinner parties at the club to-
night
Mrs. Baker will leave Washington
this afternoon for Cleveland. where
she expects to remain until me nrst
of next week The Secretary will prob
ably accompany Mrs. Baker. returning
to Washington tomorrow night
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Baker will
attend a meeting at Cleveland OF the
suffrage party. when it will organize
for war service Mrs. Baker is sched-
uled to sing several patriotic songs on
that occasion.
Mrs. julius Conrad entertained at
| luncheon today at the Army ana Navy
Club in honor of Mrs. Alexander Dade.
wife of Lieut.. Col. Dade. Those asked
| to meet Mrs. Dade were Mrs. William
A. Mann, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Chase Ken
nedy. Mrs. Peter Murray; MRS. AiDer per
| E. Saxton, Mrs. Louis Scherer, Mrs.
Lemly and Mrs. Wallace.
Mrs. Robert E. Ingersoll is enter
tanning at a large bridge party FOL
| lowed by tea this afternoon. Assisting
Mrs. Harry A. Baldridge. Mrs. Lewis
| Coke and Mrs. ]. A. Randall.
DR.. Belisario Porras, minister of the
republic of Panama, and Nine. Porras
| entertained yesterday at luncheon at
| their residence. 1919 18th street, in
| honor of DR.. Eusebio A. Morales. for
mer minister of Panama at Washing
| ton, and Mr.. Julio Arizona O., former
mayor of Panama City. who have come
| to the United States or a special mis-
sion of which DR.. Porras is the chair
| man. The other guests were Mr.. j. E.
| Lefevre, secretary of the legation, and
his sister, Miss Ramona Lefevre.
The naval attache of the French en-
| bassy and Nine. de Blanpre entertained
at luncheon at the Shoreham yesterday
| in the gold room in compliment to some
| of the members Of the French commits
sion. Among the guests were Vice Ad-
miral Chocheprat. Maj. Dreyfus, Lieut.
Pechkon. Lieut.. Col. Fabry. Paymaster
/ Lindeboom, Mr.. and Mrs. Slater, Miss
Patten, Miss Bigelow, Commander and
Mrs. McCauley. Lieut.. Commander Blu
chanan and Viscomte de Jean.
| Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh had box
party at the National Theater last
evening. her guests including Mrs. Os-
| born, Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn, Col. Will
liam E. Horton and Capt. A. B. Barbour
DR.. Carl Paul Hubscher secretary OF
| the Swiss legation. and Nine. Hubscher
have postponed their departure to
Chevy Chase until the 18th of May
when they will give up their apartment
at the st. Nicholas and take possession
of the residence Is Melrose street for
the summer months.
Miss Alexandra Emery. daughter OF
Mrs. Alfred Arson of New York, will
spend horse show week with Mrs. Ed
mund Pendleton, at Stoneleigh Court.
Mrs. Gustave Scholle, wife Of the sec
rotary of tho United States legation AT
Havana. will arrive at Washington to