The Washington herald., 1917-07-21
Informal Hop at Officers
Club Is Delightful Hospi-
tality Of Summer Season.
Several Interesting Din
ner Parties Are Given
Preceding the Dance.

GreCeQlng tEc DdIlCc.
The President and Mrs. Wilson went
for a horseback ride early yesterday
morning. following the bridle-paths
through the parks.
The officers stationed at Washing
ton Barracks were hosts at dance
last evening at the Officers' Club. The
ballroom was attractively decorated
with flags. pennants. and palms. The
Engineer Band played for the dane
ing, and supper was served at II
O'Clock
Mrs. Mason Patrick. wife Of Col.
Patrick. U. S. A, commandant at the
Washington Barracks, received the
guests
Among the interesting dinner par
ties preceding the hop was that given
by Lieut. and Mrs. Robert W. Craw-
ford, whose guests included Mrs.
Crawford's sister, Miss Viner. who is
visiting them. Maj. and Mrs. wilby
also entertained at dinner at their
quarters at the barracks before the
dance.
Mrs. Mason Patrick entertained in
formally Thursday afternoon after
reSfuental parade at the Washing
ton Barracks. Assisting at the tea
table were Mrs. Gustave Lukesh and
Mrs Harold Fiske. Pink roses, sweet
peas and ferns were used in the
drawing rooms.
Mrs. Charles K Drury, who has
been spending the spring and early
Gl- SECRETARY
and Mrs. Redfield. will leave today
for Brooklyn, y. Y, where she will
toin Mr.. Drury and accompany him
on q short motor trip.
The military attache of the Chilean
Embassy and Nine. Ewing and their
children will leave later this month
for Manhattan Beach, Long Island,
to spend the remainder Of the sum-
mer.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Leigh c.
Palmer left Washington yesterday
for Greenwich, Conn, for a visit to
Mr.. ard Mrs. Harry Kimball. Ad-
miraI Palmer will remain over the
weekend, Mrs. Palmer returning in
about ten days.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran Is
spending the summer at 'Comyn
Hail." Charlottesville, Va.
Capt. and Mrs. Harold Norton. U.
s. N, have gone to Osterville, Mass,
and are established at THE Anchor
age"
The First Company. Officers Re-
serve Corps. will give a dance in the
administration building at Fort Myer
this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cleveland
Perkins, are established for the
season at Green Court" their sum-
mer home at Hamilton, Mass, ana
have with them their daughter,
Mrs. Albert H. Carroll.
Miss Louise Workman Turner.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
L. Turner, Of Woods Hole, Mass,
was married Thursday to Lieut..
Walter Otis Luscombe, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs Walter o. Luscombe
of Woods Hole. The ceremony
was performed in the Church of the
Messiah by the Rev. George Fisher.
the rector.
The brides attendant was her
sister. Miss Caroline Turner. Mr..
Bigelow Crocker, OF Fitchburg was
best man.
Gov. Mccall was among the 400
guests who attended the reception
and wedding breakfast at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A.
Crane, uncle and aunt of the bride
Maj. and Mrs. Joseph H. Earle
were hosts at dinner Thursday
evening, at the Army and Navy
Club. Their guests were Col. and
Mrs Haynes, Mai. and Mrs. Lux
esh, Mr.. and Mrs. William Burr
Harrison and Judge Rice of South
Carolina Mai. and Mrs. Earle,
who returned to washingtn several
days ago from a visit to Atlantic
City and New York, will leave
today for South Carolina for a
short stay with Mai. Earle's mother,
Mrs. Joseph Earle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Ernest
harrington entertained informally
at dinner last evening in compli-
ment to Mrs. Farrington's sister,
Miss Anna ScuddeI, of New York,
who has been their house guest for
several weeks.
Mrs Benjamin F. Pilson. ac-
companied by Miss Marguerite
Pilson and Miss Olga PiIson, has
gone to Dixville Notch for the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McCleIIand
Ritter are spending the summer at
Manchester, Vermont.
DR.. and Mrs. Buckner Randolph
have gone to Casanova, Va, to pass
the summer.
Mrs. e. c. Besson will come to
Washington today from Amber, Pa,
to visit her son and daughter-in-law,
Capt. and Mrs. Frank s. Besson, at
their quarters at the Washington
Barracks.
The marriage of Miss Dorothea
Snodgrass, daughter OF DR.. and Mrs
d. l. Snodgrass, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, to Lieut.. John Dunham Town
send, U. S. A, will be solemnized on
Monday at the residence Of the brides
brother-in-law and sister, Lieut. Com
and Mrs. W. Oscar Spears, U.SN.,
at the Navy Yard. DR.. and Mrs.
Snodgrass and their daughter reached
Washington yesterday from Chat
tanooga- Lieutenant Townsend is at