Evening star., 1917-05-25
President and Mrs. Wilson Enter
tain Members of italian Mission
at Dinner at White House.
Brilliant Series of Hospitalit1es
Planned in Honor of the Dis
tinguished Foreigners.

The President and Mrs. Wilson enter
tanned at dinner last evening at the
White House the members of the Italian
mission. The dinner was served in the
state dining room, and the table was
attractively decorated with radiance
roses. syringa and maidenhafr ferns.
The guests, sixty-four in number. in
cluded many prominent officials OF the
government. among them all the cab
met members now in town. They were
the ambassador Of Italy and Countess
Macchi di Cellere, his royal highness,
Prince Ferdinand Of Savoy. Prince of
Udine; his excellency, the Hon. Enrico
Arlotta; his excellency, Marquis Luigi
Boraselh di Refreddo; the Hon. Gugliel-
mo Marconi. the Hon. Augusta Ciufelh.
the Hon. Francesca Saverio Nitti, Cava-
liere de Parente, Naval Lieut.. da Zara,
the Chief Justice and Mrs. White. the
president pro tempore of the Senate. the
Speaker of the House and Mrs. Clark,
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Lans-
of War and MISS Baker. Mrs. T.. w.
lGAgory. the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Burleson. the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels. the Secretary
retary of Agriculture and Mrs. Hous-
ton, the Secretary Of Commerce and
Mrs. Redfield. Senator Jacob H. Gal
linger, Senator Thomas S. Martin, Rep
resentative and Mrs. James R. Mann.
Representative John ]. Fitzgerald. Rep
resentative and Mrs. Henry T. Rainey,
| the secretary to the President and Mrs.
Tumulty. Mr.. Frank L. Polk. Mr.. and
Mrs William Phillips. Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Letter, Mrs. Ralph Gallinger. Mrs.
Charles K Drury, Mrs. Charles White
side Rae, Mrs. E. Baldwin Smith, Miss
Nelson, Miss Overman. Miss Calder, Miss
Owen. Miss Hitchcock, Miss Agnes Will
son, Miss Bones, Miss Benham, Mr.. Ed
ward T. Brown. Medical Director and
Mrs: Cary T. Grayson. Col: and Mrs.
William w. Hartsi and Lieut.. Com
| m r.,
| The visiting italian mission, of which
| his royal highness, Prince Ferdinand
| of Savoy. Prince of Udine, is at the
head, will be extensively entertained
while at Washington. This evening the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Lansing
will give a large dinner in their honor.
Tomorrow evening they will dine with
| the Italian ambassador and Countess
di Cellere, who have invited a dis
| tinguished company to meet them.
Sunday evening Mr." and Mrs. Perry
Belmont will give a dinner for the
prince and the members of the mission,
who will dine again on Monday even
ing at the Italian embassy.
/ Wednesday evening Mr.. and Mrs Larz
| Anderson will be hosts at dinner for
| with Mrs. Henry F. Dimock on Thurs
| day evening.
Nine. Ritter, wife of the Swiss min
I
! time before her departure tomorrow,
after ) o'clock.
| The Swedish minister and Mme
| Ekengren were among the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins
at their dinner last evening for their
house guests. former Minister of Swe-
den and Nine. de Lagercrantz.
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett has been COM
pelled to cancel all her social engage
| ments. Mrs. Blodgett was operated
on yesterday for appendicitis at her
home in 10th street and is progressing
satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs John B. Larner have is
sued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter Margaret to Ensign
Alexander Somerville Wotherspoon,, u.
S. N, on Saturday. June 16, at 4 o'clock,
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. A small reception will follow
at the residence of the brides parents
| in 10th street.
Mr.. Wotherspoon is the son of Gen.
and Mrs. William w. Wotherspoon of
this city. now residing at Albany.
| Miss Ruth Larner will be her sisters
| only attendant and the ushers will be
classmates of Mr.. Wotherspoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Thompson, who
| spent the past week at the Shoreham,
| returned to their home at Roland Park,
Baltimore, this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman have
as their guests for a short time their
daughter. Mrs. Lewis Newton Murray,
and Mrs. Daniel Lathrop. both of Dun
kirk N. Y. Mrs. Kaufman and her
guests will be at home informally to-
morrow, Saturday, afternoon, at Airlie.
Miss Mary Lee. daughter of Gen. Rob-
ert F. Lee. who spent the winter months
in the south. has returned to the
Shoreham.
Mrs Frances Chaffee Hill is visiting
her daughter at the convent of the
Sacred Heart. in Albany. N. Y, and in
June will go to mountain camp in the
Blue Ridge for the summer.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Walter Fitz-
hugh Worthington have returned to
Brooklyn, N. Y. after spending a de-
, lightful week with their cousin. Mrs
Charles Baltimore Calvert, at her res
idence in this city. Mrs. Calvert now
is preparing her country home, Mac
Alpine, for summer occupancy. and will
close her apartments in Stoneleigh
Court about June 1.
u Miss Anita Kite has left Washington