The Washington herald., 1917-03-30
Army Folk Give Honor Dinner
To Visiting Cornell Lecturer

IS B. NJ. Young. Mrs. Whitman Cross
Mrs. H. F. Blount, and the Misses Pills
| bury
| Mrs. Samuel Spencer entertained a
! large dinner party last evening in COM
pltment to Mr.. and Mrs. Van Sinderen, Of
Tuxedo Park. and Mr.. and Mrs. Eyde,
of Brooklyn, ". Y.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Miller Collier
have left the New Willard, where they
/ have been for several weeks and are
| now In New York City. From there they
will go to their home in Auburn, N. Y,
about the middle of April.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, of
New York and their son, Langhorne Glib
son, who are motoring arrived at Wash
lngton last evening and are spending a
, few days at the Willard.
Capt and Mrs. Thomas ]. Sem. ac-
companied by Mrs. B. v. Shaw and Miss
Emily Kutz, motored over to Annapolis
to attend the graduation exercises at the
Naval Academy yesterday OF their son,
Midshipman Elliott Sem.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shepard, OF Provi-
dence, r. l., who are returning from
Florida, are spending several days at the
Willard.
Mrs. Frank NJ Bennett. wife Of the
commandant of the Mare Island Navy
yard who has been at Delaplane, Va,
visiting her mother, Mrs. Robert Lang
don Eastman, came to Washington to
/ spend few days with her aunt and
cousin. Mrs. Richard Mohun and Miss
Laura Mohun, at the Westmoreland
Miss Hallia u-iII hooA
tee OF girls who will sell rosettes of red,
Whlte and blue at the Red, White and
! blue hall to be given for the benefit of
the working Boys Home at Rauscher's
on April II. Among those on the COM
mittee will be Miss Anne HOPKINS the
MISSES Tuttle and Miss Margaret Clark.
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis. who has
mace brilliant reputation as a fortune
| teller. will aid the cause on the night Of
the ball by the exercise of this gift
number of prominent women in addition
10 those already announced have consent
ed 10 act as patronesses. They include
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs. Henry F,
D1mock, Mrs. Thomas Ewing, Mrs. VIII
lam Slater, Mrs. B. H. warder, Mrs, Rob
ert Thompson and Mrs. J. Hamilton
Lewis
Mrs B. W. Trafrord and Miss Tra,ord
OF Boston. while in Washington, are stop
ping at the Shoreham
Representative Richard oln.v - ,s
Mrs. Olney and their two daughters hav.
returned to Washington for the extra
session OF Congress. They will reonen|
their house in Eighteenth street .arIv
next week and until then are at the Pow
| hatan.
Senator and Mrs. KelloY, of Minn.,o-
Ia. will return to their apartmart a,
the Willard Sunday from Hot Springs
Where they have been spending a fort
night. -'i
An interesting enga cement rec.nt,v
nounceo El1 IS that OF Mrs. Frances
Roberts eui'h
Mrs. Rhett, who is a sister of Lord
ralr rIax. has made her home, since
the oeath, four years ago, of her hus-
band. with her brother, Mr.. Fdnund
Fairfax, at Northampton, the historic
Eairfax estate. She is a sister of Mrs
Iunstall Smith. of Baltimore.
MT. Roberts is Of istinguished Mary
land and Virginia ancestry. He Is m.
son of T. Owen Roberts, OF prince
George County, and is a grandson of
the late Governor Oden Bowie.
The wedding is expected to taxa
place In the early summer 1t is nm
certain whether Lord Fairfax will be
able to come to America to attend
ms sisters wedding. as he is in ac
tive service with the British forc.s
He volunteered at the outbreak Of
the war. and at present is in LON
don, serving with the corps emplov.d
In 'ense against Zeppelin attacks,
Co mander Edward c. Kalbfus. II
n. and Mrs. Kalbfus have as their
guest the latter's sister, Mrs. Maurice
E. Shearer
Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Easterek. Of
New York. are spending a few days in
washington and are stopping at the
Shoreham
Mrs. George C. Thorpe, wife of Col.
Thorpe, U. S. NJ. c. who recently SAIL
ed for his new detail in Santo Domin-
go, will remain at the marine barracks
for several months. and on leaving
Washington will go to Lake Mime
waska, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. George walbridge Miller,
of New York, and Buffalo, who are re-
turning from Palm Beach, arrived at
Washington last evening and are at the
Willard.
Miss Loula Long and Mrs. 3. r.
Ellis. Of Bowling Green, KY, who are
guests of Mrs. Hayne Ellis left Wash
ington yesterday for their homes. Miss
Wilson, of Colorado Springs, who is a
student at Vassar. is spending the
Easter vacation in Washington with