The Washington herald., 1917-12-12
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Former Secretary Of STATE and Mrs.
William Jennings Bryan were the
guests in whose honor Mrs. John B.
Henderson entertained Informally at
dinner last evening. The guests III.
cluded q number Of old friends Of Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan.
Mrs. Bryan, who Joined Mrs. Bryan
Monday evening at the home Of As
sistant Secretary Of Agriculture ano
Mrs. Carl Vrooman where she is MAJ.
ing an extended stay, left Washing
ton last night at midnight.
Mrs. Henderson will give a dinner
on the evening of December IS In
compliment to Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Crane are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T.
Crane, jr. They will be here until
some time tomorrow. Mr.. Crane re-
Gently returned from Russia wheI,
he went with Elihu Root and the
mission which he headed.
Mrs. A. B. Dunsmore, who was the
guest of her brother and sister-in-law.
the Secretary Of Labor and Mrs.
William B. Wilson for about ten days
left yesterday for her home in Cur
wensville. Pa
Secretary and Mrs. Wilson's son.
Lieut. w. B. Wilson, jr., and his
bride arrived in Washington yester-
day from Buffalo to pass the re-
mainder Of the week with them.
They will go from here to Camp Dix,
N. J.. where Lieut.. Wilson will be
stationed. His wife was formerly
Miss Rosamond Barnes, Of Buffalo.
The Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Houston have as their house
guests Mr.. and Mrs McKittricK
Jones, Of St Louis.
Mrs. T. W. Gregory. wife Of the At
,torney General will give a luncheon
today in compliment to the wives of
the assistant attorneys general.
Mrs. Henry D. Flood, wife Of Rep
resentative Flood, will be matron of
honor at the wedding on Saturday of
Miss Edith Temple Oracle and Dun
bar Burchell Adams, of New York.
Miss Adrisnne NJ. Iselin, Miss Mary
Millett Miss Frederica Peterson, Miss
Katherine Culver and Miss Marie
Louise Peckham, all Of New York.
and Miss Helen Blodgett, ofehis city.
will be the bridesmaids. Miss Millett
and Miss Iselin will arrive in Wash
ington today to be the guest Of Miss
Oracle until after the wedding.
Howard Woodfn, of Rutland. VT,
will be the best man and the ushers
will include Linden T. Bates, Rev.
Henry Vane Darlington, Carl Cyark-
son Springer and Lieut.. H. Lewis
Slade, jr., all of New York, Lieut..
John Tunstan and Hannis Taylor. jr.,
Of this city.
Miss Oracle and her flance will be
the honor guests at a dinner which
Miss Margheritta Tillman will give
this evening. Tomorrow Mrs. Ralph
Godlthwaite will give a luncheon for
Miss Oracle at the Army and Navy
Club and on Friday Miss Blodgett
will give a luncheon for her. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Flood will enter
tain the young couple at dinner Fri
day evening.
Mrs. Percy v. Pennypacker. of
Texas, will arrive in Washington to-
day to visit Maj. j.-Gen. and Mrs.
George Barnett. She will not be the
guest of the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Burleson as was originally
planned.
Mrs. George F. Hufr, Of Greensburg,
Pa, widow of former Congressman
Hun, passed through Washington
yesterday on her way to Florida
where she will spend the winter. Her
son Burrell r. Hun, is doing hospital
work in France.
Mrs. Edith II. Roosevelt, who has
an apartment in Stoneleigh Court
there Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Putnam, of
Boston. have leased the home of
DIR. and Mrs. Ernest G. Schroeder at
1929 P street for the winter. DR..
and Mrs. Schroeder will pass the
winter at their suburban home near
Bethesda, Md.
Miss Amaryllis Gillett will enter
tain at a dinner Friday evening in
compliment to her niece, Miss Le-
mira Gillett Hill, and her f1ance,
Lieut.. James Nichols Mcclure, U. s.
A, and the members of the wedding
party will attend them at their
marriage on Saturday.
Mrs. George Kennedy, of Worces-
ter. Mass, who Is to be matron of
honor Saturday at the marriage of
Miss Gillett Hill and Lieut.. Mcclure,
has arrived in Washington, and is
with her mother, Mrs. Strother
Smith, who Is recovering from an
illness Of several months. Mr.. Ken
nedy will join her tomorrow.
The executive committee Of the
Georgetown Assembly, namely DR..
Louis Mackall, Henry S. Matthews.
DR.. Robert 8. Beale, Y. E. Booker,
jr-, and Basil D. Botelef, announces
that Of the fifty-seven active mem
bers called upon for an expression
of opinion as to whether or not
dances should be given during the
coming season, fourteen voted that
dances should be given and twenty
six voted that they be not given.
The remaining seventeen members,
after due notice, either failed to re-
spond or because Of absence or 9TH
er proper reason, asked that their
names be placed upon the inactive
list.
In view Of the above sentiment In
regard to the propriety of giving
the dances and the obvious financial
difficulties involved. the executive
committee deems 1t inadvisable to
attempt to carry out the usual pro-
gram, and have Therefore decided
that no dances will be given during
the season of 1917-'1S.
The organization will remain in
tact, and the annual meeting of
members will be held as usual next
November for the election of Off