The Washington herald., 1917-11-12
Miss Wilson at White House
After Giving Red Cross Benefit

Brig. Gen. Theodore A. Bingham, u.
s. A. and Mrs. Bingham, in New York
on Wednesday. will be in number suf-
ficient to fill the chapel OF st. Thomas
Church. There will not be a recep-
ton. Mr.. Glenn Stewart, who is at
tached to the American diplomatic
service, will be the best man. Mrs.
Shonts and her daughter recently
went into their new home at Is West
Fifty-fifth street.
Announcement has been made by
Mrs. William Henry Harrison. of Mon
roe terrace. New York. and Peters
burg. Va. of the engagement of her
daughter. Miss Dorothy Peasants
Harrison. to First Lieut.. Charles
Rivers Carroll. Forty-seventh New
York Infantry, u. S. N. G.. of Nyack.
n. Y. and New York City, stationed
at Camp Wadsworth. Spartanburg.
5. C. He Is a lawyer. with an office
at lii Broadway.
A notable group of brides will be in
cluded among those whom Washington
Will welcome this winter. One is the
Marquise de Polignac. who was Mrs.
James Biddle Eustis, of New York,
before her marriage few weeks ago.
The Marquis de Polignac, head of the
Junior branch of a distinguished
French family. is attached to the
French High Commission, OF which
Mr. Andre Tardieu Is chief. and prob
ably will be in Washington most OF
the winter. He has taken a house in
NJ street, to which he will bring his
bride.
Another distinguished foreigner who.
with his bride, will pass the winter in
Washington, is Mai. William A.
Bishop. of the British Royal Flying
Corps, Canada's premier aviator. Maj.
Bishop recently married Miss Mar
garet Eaton Burden, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. f. c. Burden, of Toronto.
Ontario. and soon afterward came to
Washington to serve with the British
War Mission. Mrs. Bishop is n niece
of Sir John Eaton and a granddaugh-.
ter of the late Timothy Eaton Mai.
Bishop in one day received the Dis
tirguished Service Order, the Military
Cross and the Victoria Cross, with
promotion to his present rank. AL
though only % years old, he has been
in 10 aerial combats. and is oiiic,a ally !
with the destruction OF
forty-scven enemy planes and two OBJ |
balloons.
Mrs. Margaret Monteiro Berry has !
closed her summer nom, and is in |
town for the winter. Her nephew. |
Mr.. Cartwright Carmichael. who !
spent the summer with her at
"Overton," Bradley Hills. MARYLAND, /
has returned to his home in Durham, /
North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto c. Husting have |
returned to their home at I6l1 Irving |
street, atter visit in Wisconsin. !
Mr.. Husting was secretary to and /
brother Of the late Senator Paul o. |
Husting.
The official board and the board I
of delconesses of the Vermont Aven- |
ue Christian Church. gave 4 recep-
ton in compliment to the Rev. Earle ]
Whitley, pastor of the church. and
Mrs. Whitley in celebration Of DR.. |
Wilfley's seventh anniversary as
pastor.
DIR. and Mrs. Whitley stood at the
head of the receiving line and while
no speeches were made, an interesting
program was given to which Miss
Pauline Horton gave two readings:
Mr.. William Braithwaite some vocal
numbers; and Mr.. Harry Seigel ana
his orchestra played popular music
DR.. Whitley is the successor of the
late DIR. Frederick ID. Power, who had
occupied the desk for more than
thirty years, and came to Washing
ton to assume the charge at the re-
quest of DR.. Power a short time be-
fore his death.
Miss Janet Richards will give her
first lecture in the new Knicker-
booker playhouse this morning at
iO:45 O'Clock. The subject will be
'The Russian Collapse and the
Italian Retreat, Democracy's Peril"
The Knickerbocker is on the corner
of Eighteenth and Columbia road.
A Conservation" meeting, under
the auspices of the food adminis-
traitor for the District of Columbia,
will be held at IL o'clock. wednes-
day, November IA, 1917, at Rausch-
er's. The speakers will be: Mr.
Clarence Wilson, presiding; Lord
EIstace Percy, Monsieur De Billy.
Signor Fernando Cuniberti, Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, Hon. Carl Vrooman.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Levy and Miss
Blanche Levy have moved from 1881
Vernon street and are now located
in their new home, 1879 Harvard
street northwest.
Mrs. Rasher is staying with her
Mrs. NJ. A. Levy, at 1879
Harvard street northwest.