Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-08
Mr.. Balfour Guest at Dinner Party
Entertained by Representative
Medill Mccormick.
Miss Owen Hostess at Luncheon To-
day for Miss Burdette and Her
Bridal Party.

| Mr.. Balfour. head of the British COM
mission. was the guest in whose honor
Representative Medill Mccormick en-
tertained a large dinner party last
evening. The other guests Were Sir
Eric Drummond and Hon. Ian Nal
colin of the British commission, Mr..
Justice Brandeis, Mr.. Justice Holmes,
Senator George f. Chamberlain, Sen
ator Frank B. Kellogg, Senator Law
renee Y. Sherman, Senator Hiram w.
Johnson, Senator Oscar W. Underwood.
Senator Warren G. Harding, Senator
Frederick Hale. Senator Claude A.
Swanson, Representative James r.
Mann. Representative John J: Fitz-
gerald Representative Irvine l.. Len
| root, Representative William b. Nc
kinley, Representative Augustus i.
Gardner Representative Nicholas Long
worth. Representative Martin g. Mad
den, Representative Swagar Sherley.
Representative Joseph w. Fordney, As
! sistant Secretary of the Navy Mr..
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mr.. Edward b.
| Frankfurter. Mr.. W. II. Cowles and Mr.
| John S. Runnels and Mr. George +.
| Porter of Chicago.
| The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
| entertained at a box party at the Be
| lasco Theater last evening for the per-
| Torrance of the Mask and Wig club of
| the University of Pennsylvania. Their
guests We're Mrs. Claude Swanson:
| Senator Kenneth D. Mcclellan and
| Judge and Mrs. c. c. McChord.
| Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair also
| had box party at the Mask and Wig
performance last evening, their guests
| Carolina, Miss Camilla Lippincott and
Miss Edith Blair.
Mrs Charles Boughton Wood enter
| tanned another box party. having as
| her .guests Mrs. Norris Evans. Miss
Meta Evans, Miss Alice Emo of Prince
ton. n. Y. and Miss Mary Morgan.
The Postmaster General and Mrs
| Burleson will have as their guests this
| summer their daughter. Mrs Richard
/ Van WICK Negley, and her three chill
/ dren, of san Antonio. Miss Lucy Burle
Mrs Negley for some weeks. will come
north with Mrs Negley the latter part
1 Of next week.
/ Miss Dorothea owen was hostess At
/ a charming luncheon today at the Pur-
1 pIe Iris tea rooms in compliment to
/ Miss Catherine Burdette. whose mar
!, riage 10 Mr.. Edward 5. H. Fender
| CAST of New York Will take place
! May 10.
4 The table was adorned with a center
niece of wild aZaleas and dogwood, and
4 the guests included Mrs. Robert Dove.
! Miss Margaret futile. Miss Anne Hop
/ kins. Miss Georgia Schofieid. Miss Celia
/ McCallum, Miss Margaret Howard, Miss
! Pauline Stone and Miss Elizabeth Har-
ding, all Of whom are members of
Miss Burdette's wedding party
/ Miss Georgia Schofield will enterta in
I at luncheon on Friday in honor Of Miss
! Catherine Burdette, whose marriage TO
Mr. Edward S. II. Pendergast of New
| York takes place the following day,
/ and her attendants.
Miss Emma Lansing is staying with
Miss Maths. 919 Farragut square, while
both are attending the National Serv-
ice School as day pupils.
4 col. Robert NJ. Thompson will leave
4 Washington Thursday for California.
| where he will spend some time.
4 Mrs Thompson will remain here
until the end of May, when she Will go
to her place at Southampton. Long
Island, accompanied by Miss Sykes.
Mrs. James F. Mitchell entertained
informally at luncheon yesterday
can TO the colors hastened the wedding
of Miss Mary Katharine Aver. daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Aver OF Boston
and Prides Crossing, to Lieut. Keith Mer-
rill son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Mer-
yard man, which took place yesterday at
Avalon, the summer place of Mr.. and Mrs
Aver. at Prides Crossing. 1t was the first
wedding Of interest to society on the north
shore.
The wedding originally was arranged
for May 26. but as the Minnesota National
Guard, in which Lieut.. Merrill is serving
is called to duty, the date was advanced
ONLY members of the immediate families
were present at the ceremony. The Rev
DR.. George A. Gordon Of Boston otficiated
The brides attendant was her sister. Mrs
Patton, wife of Lieut.. George S. Patton
1r, U. S. A. Little Beatrice Patton was
the flower girl. Mr.. Frederick Aver, jr.
was the be man. A small reception fol-
lowed the ceremony.
Lieut. and Mrs Merrill after the war
expect to live in Minneapolis. where he is
engaged in the practice of law.
Miss Edith Temple Oracle. who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thay-
er at Haverford. Pa. returned to Wash
ington last night.
She will go to New York next week