The Washington herald., 1917-12-07
In WASHINGTON

President and Mrs. Wilson occupied
a. box at B. F. Keith's Theater last
etening and were accompanied by
Mrs. William H. Boiling, Miss Bertha
Bolling, John Randolph Boiling and
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones.
Ne and Mrs. Frank E. Compton, OF
chicago, who were guests at the
White House, left Washington yester-
day.
The Chinese Minister and Nine.
Kee will attend the dinner which the
Secretary of War and MrsS Newton
Baker will give this evening in COM
pliment to the Chinese Military Mis-
sion now. in Washington at the Pow
hatan. The members of the mission
include Lieut.. Gen. Chang Ting-Tzu,
Rear Admiral Ii King Hsi, Maj. Gen.
Han Lin Chun, Col. c. T. Tcheng
Hung and Mr.. Men Char King. They
are touring this country studying
military conditions and are en- route
to Europe.
Miss katherine Lowe. of Cleveland,
who Is making an extended stay WIN
Secretary aHd Mrs. Baker. will also
be IN the party.
Mrs. Carl Vrooman, wife OF the AS
sistant Secretary of Agriculture, will
receive informally today from to
O'Clock in compliment to her guest,
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan. AS
sisting Mrs. Vrooman will be. among
others, Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs.
A. s. Burleson, Mrs. Thomas F. Bay
ard. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Miss
Elizabeth Stevens, Mrs. Edmund DeX-
ter and Mrs. Richard Lane.
One Of the most interesting old
houses in Washington, generally
/, known as the George Westinghouse
home, has been opened up for the
first time in about a decade and Is
occupied by the Reserve Ohcers
Club. The house. which STANDS on
the short block in Twentieth street.
betveen P street and Massachusetts
Avenue was built by James G. Blaine
and later bought from him by George
westinghouse. After the death OF
Mr., and Mrs. Westinghouse the prop
erty was inherited by their son. The
late Mr.. and Mrs. Levi z. Letter lived
there for a while during the construc'
-tion of the letter mansion near Dy OF
Dupont Circle.
Mrs Josephus Daniels entertained al
a reception yesterday afternoon from
To 7 o'clock at her residence IN
wyoming avenue in honor Of the visit
delegates to the Women's Christian
Temperance Union convention. Among
those assisting Mrs. Daniels were Mrs
William Jennings Bryan, Miss Cor
don, the national president OF tne
women's Chri I'll Al n Temperance
Union, and Mrs. Shelton, president ol
the District Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union; Mrs Wright. presi'
dent of the women's Christian TEN
perance Union, Of Canada; Mrs. Nor
fis Sheppard, Mrs. ]. c. w. Beckham
Mrs. A. W. Barkley. Mrs. A. ]. Mon
taEue, Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mrs
Fosdick Jones, Mrs. Carl Vrooman
Mrs. Cato Sells, Mrs. w. F. Mcdowell
Mrs. Earl Cranston, Mrs. Charlie
Wood, Mrs. w. H. Bayly. Mrs. w. E
Andrews, Miss Elizabeth Stevenson
Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley and th'
Misses BagIey.
Mrs. Daniels will leave Washington
in a few days for another trip in tn
interest of the Young Women's Chris
tian Association. She has been asket
to take a trip both South and Nortl
but has not yet decided which IN
vitation she will accept.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock returned T.
Washington Wednesday evening from
New York where she spent severa
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Crawford hav
leased an apartment at 1921 Fifteenth
| - h. Nufn rThnyy had
apartment at 1872 Eighteenth stree
which they rented to Mr.. and Mrs
William Ziegler, of New York.
Mrs. H. NJ COttingham and he
daughter, Mrs. T. r. Patterson, Wi
leave Washington next week for Ma
rietta, Ga, their old home, wher
they will pass the winter. They hav
leased their apartment at 1870 WyoIr
ing avenue to Nine. Watanade, c
Toxic, who will pass the winter
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert H. Brow
have rented the apartment of Mr.
William Balch Williamson in tn
Stoddart, at Twenty-ninth and
treets, and will take possession aboU
lanuary !. Mr.. and Mrs. Brow
have rented their apartment at IS
Wyoming avenue to Maj. and Mr.
Isaac Jones, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. H NJ. Withers, of Kansa
City, is making an extended stay &
the Shoreham.
Capt. Arthur H. Doig, U. S. A., VIII
has been stationed at Fort Monrc
for a short time has gone fO Cal