Evening star., 1917-03-06
Members of President and Mrs. Will
sons House Party Returning to
Their Homes Today.
Secretary of Navy and Mrs. Daniels
Entertaining at Young Peoples
Dinner Party.

The house party which the President
and Mrs. Wilson have been entertain
ing at the White House over the in
auguration begins to break up today.
Mr.. Joseph Wilson. brother of the Pres
ident. accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and
their daughter, Miss Alice Wilson. will
return to their home at Baltimore. Col.
and Mrs House are returning to New
York, and Mr.. Vance Mccormick, with
his mother and sister. Mrs. Mccormick
and Miss Mccormick, are leaving for
their home at Harrisburg.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels will give 4 dinner this evening
| for Miss Mary Cleaves Daniels and Mr..
George S. Daniels, the Secretarys niece
and nephew, and their son, Mr.. Joseptus
Daniels, jr., who are spending inauSu-
ration week with them.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Neale announce the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Catherine Burdette, to Mr.. Edward S. II.
Pendergast of New York, youngest son
of the late James F. Pendergast. who
was prominent merchant in the south
| American trade having houses in Balti-
more and New York.
Mr. Pendergast is a member of the
Metropolitan Club of New York, where
he resides. He is also member of the
Baltimore Club and the Whippany River
Club of Morristown, n. j., and other
Clubs.
Miss Burdette. who was one of the
most popular of last seasons debutan :
tes. is the granddaughter of Col and
Mrs. Myron NJ. Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. WAN Corcoran Hill
will entertain at dinner this evening
for a number OF out of town guests.
Mrs. julius Conrad was hostess at
luncheon today. entertaining at the
Army and Navy Club. The guests We're
Mrs. Hugh L. Scott Mrs; George 7.
win Babbitt, Mrs. John r. Williams.
Mrs Thomas Dunlop. Mrs. Thomas Dar-
| rah, Mrs. Jay E. Hoffer. Mrs. Theodore
Baldwin. Miss Judge, Mrs James A
| Shipton, Mrs. C. A. F. Flagler, Mrs.
| Jesse Mel. Carter, Mrs. Waddy Wood.
Mrs Walter Wells Mrs. George Read.
Mrs. Cruikshank. Mrs. Ramsey Potts
| and Mrs. Henry r. Lemly. Spring flow
ers formed the table decoration.
| A number of the cabinet women, in
Guiding Mrs. Lansing. Mrs. Gregory and
| Mrs. Daniels. will be at home tomorrow
| for the last time this season.
Mrs Newton Baker will not be here
| to observe her afternoon at home to-
morrow. as she Is leaving Tor Easton
Pa to attend a meeting of the Wilson
College Club.
Mrs. Franklin K. Lane will not be
| at home tomorrow.
! Mrs Rudolph Kaufman and her
house guests, Mrs. Gerrans and Mrs.
Murray, will be at home informally
after 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
| Mrs. John W. Davis will be at home
| inform tomorrow afternoon after 4
o'clock. Her sister, Miss Basel. will
be with her.
| Miss Julia DAVIS. daughter of the
solicitor general and Mrs. John w
| Davis. who came to Washington for the
Inauguration, is returning to school
near Philadelphia today.
Mr.. Breckinridge Long. the third as.
sistant secretary of state. will be Joined
the latter part of the week by Mrs
| Long, who has been spending the winter
in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker Corning Of Al.
bany, N. Y, arrived at Washington to-
day, and will be the guests Of Senator
and Mrs. James w. Wadsworth. tr.
who are entertaining a house party fol
the week.
Mrs Ira Bennett and Miss Bennett
have returned to Washington aftel
spending the week end at New York.
Prof. and Mrs. Alexander Graham
Bell have gone to Florida to Join theil
son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs
David Fairchild, who have been there
for several weeks.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshal
will be the guests Of honor at large
theater party Col. and Mrs. Gignilha'
are entertaining this evening. The en-
tire corps Of cadets from Culver Mill
tary Academy will be in the audience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ewing will en-.
tertain at an informal dinner party
this evening in honor of the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Lansing.
The Russian ambassador, accompanied
by Nine. Bakhmeten and members o.
the embassy staff. is expected at Bal
timore on Friday Of next week to at
tend Russian day at the National Allied
exhibition.
The Russian booth. of which Mrs
Thomas Robbins is chairman, will b,
one Of the most elaborate and interest
ling at the exhibition. Mrs. Gaun M