The Washington herald., 1917-12-21
EocleEY
( N WASHING T0N1
IN WASHINGTON

place on December n. The ceremony
will be performed at the home of Miss
sickeps grandmother, Mrs. Allen in
Jackson. Tenn. Capt. Bradford Is at
present on duty In West Point
Miss Enid Sims, debutante daughter
| Of Representative and Mrs. Thetus w.
Sims. will entertain at a tea on Monday
afternoon In compliment to Miss Eliza
/ beth Hill. Of Nashville, Tenn. who ar
! rived in Washington yesterday to be
her guest. The guests invited are all
members Of the younger set In society.
Mrs. william Joyner. daughter Of
| Mr. and Mrs. Sims, who has been with
them for several months. left town
yesterday to return to her home in
Denver. Col. Mr.. and Mrs. Sims son.
Paul Sims, Of New York. will spend
the Christmas holidays with them.
| Miss Jean Jervey, whose engage
ment to Lieut.. Alexander Shepherd
| Quintard, u. s. A., has been an
nounced. Is visiting Lieut. Quintard's
mother, Mrs. Edward A. ouintard.
for few days. Miss Jervey Is the
daughter of Col. and Mrs. ]. p. Jer-.
vey, stationed at Norfolk.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood re-
turned to her home yesterday, ac-
companied by Miss Morgan. from
New York.
Mrs. Wood will have as her guests
her nephew and niece, Mr.. and Mrs.
= THAR
daughter, Miss Antoinette Graves,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Halves, of
Toronto, all Of whom will arrive to-
morrow to spend the Christmas holi-
days with her.
The news OF an interesting engage
ment which comes from London is
that OF Miss Esther Cleveland,
daughter OF the late President Grover
\ Cleveland and Capt. Bosanquet, Of
the Coldstream Guards, son Of Sir
Albert Bosanquet. Miss Cleveland.
who Is the second daughter Of Presi-
dent Cleveland-the first, Ruth, hav-
ing died as a child-was born in the
White House during her fathers
second administration.
She returned here with her mother.
now Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, jr., of
Princeton, during her first winter
out, and was presented to President
and Mrs. Taft and extensively enter
tanned. Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, with whom Miss Cleve-
land and her mother stopped, gave
several brilliant parties In their
honor. Early in the war Miss Cleve-
land went abroad and took up relief
work. She made a thorough study
Of the system Of instruction for the
blind, and after assisting In work
among the blind soldiers in France
went to England last June, where
she took up work as a volunteer at
st. Dunstan's Home for Blind Sol
diers.
Capt. Bosanquet has been deco
rated with the distinguished service
order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Potter Killing,
OF New York, announce the engage
ment Of Mrs. Kings daughter, Miss
Katherine Clark Culver, to Ensign
1 Rodney Williams, U. s. N. r., son
| Of George Cook Williams, Of Balti-
I more. Miss Culver, who Is the
| granddaughter Of former Senator
William Andrews Clark, of Montana.
was in Washington last week, and
was bridesmaid at the marriage of
Miss Edith Temple Oracle and Dun
bar Burchen Adams.
Miss Culver and Mr.. and Mrs.
King have been identified with the
summer colony at Newport for sew
eral seasons. She was to have been
! presented to society two years ago,
but her formal debut was prevented
by the death OF her younger brother.
I Ensign Williams is a graduate of
! Yale.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Moore, assisted
| by Mrs. Penelope Wood. Mrs. L. F.
| TTudewind and Mrs. William Mack,
I will entertain twenty-five soldiers
from the Camp at Fort Myer at their
home in the Northumberland apart
ments, New Hampshire avenue at v
street, on Christmas Day.
The service men will not only be
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Moore
but will be guests of honor through
out the evening, during which the
purpose of the hosts will be to pro &.
vide entertainment that will make abb
sence from home and dear ones a lit
tie easier to bear and the true spirit
Of the Yuletide dominant at least for
/ OlS he Will Us
called upon to perform nothing nearer
military service than to entrench
themselves behind the battery of tur-
keys and dig themselves in along the
low-lying hills of mashed potatoes
and mounds of cranberry sauce.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Douglas have
left Washington for New York to at
tend two weddings, one that Of their
son, and to remain over Christmas.
Today at noon they will be present
at the marriage of Mrs. Douglas
nephew, Ensign Henry Calhoun Tay-
lor, son Of William Ambrose Taylor,
and Miss Jeanette Jennings, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Jennings,
Of Cold Spring Harbor. L. l., which
| will take place at noon at st. James
Church. Madison avenue,
\ On Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
! will attend the marriage of their son,
Capt Richard Douglas, U. g. R., and
Miss Madeline Dabo, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Dabo Of Brooklyn.
The ceremony will take place at the
Arbuckle Institute, Brooklyn, and
will be followed by a reception at the
Margaret Hotel.
There will be an exhibition drill at
Fort Myer this afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock. The drills are given fort
nightly and tickets may be secured by
writing to the adjutant at Fort Myer.
The senior class of the Western
High School will give an entertain
ment and dance this evening at 8
o'clock at the Western High School
Among those entertaining will be Cliff
i ford BerrYman who will draw war