The Washington herald., 1917-06-20

Brilliant Company Is Asked
to Meet Baron Moncheur
andHis Associates-Miss
Marie Peary Entertains
for Bride-elect; Interest
ing Out-of-Town We'd
dings.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Lansing entertained at dinner last
evening in compliment to Baron
members of the Belgian Mission.
The guests, IN addition to Baron
Moncheur, included the Belgian
Minister. Gen; Leclercq, Mr.. Hec--
Louis d'Urset. Mr.. Joan Mertens,
Senator and Mrs. Gilbert N. Hitch
cock, Mr.. William Phillips, First
Assistant Secretary Of State; Mr..
Breckinridge Long, Third Assistant
Gen and Mrs. william Crozier, Mrs.
Carl Vrooman, Mrs. Larz Anderson,
Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Ehle, Miss
Margaret Wilson. Miss Mabel
Boardman, Miss Gwyn. and Miss
Patten.
Miss Marie Peary was hostess at
an informal picnic at Great Falls
yesterday, entertaining in compli-
ment to Miss Enid Holden, whose
marriage to Mr.. Harold whiting
Burnside will take place on Satur-
day.
Miss Peary, whose engagement to
Mr.. Edward Stafford was recently
announced, will accompany Mr..
Staford's mother, Mrs. Wendell P.
Stafford, TO Fort Monroe, Va, this
week to stay over Sunday. Mr.
Stafford, who is in training for the
Oficers' Reserve Corps. has recently
been transferred from Fort Myer
to Fort Monroe with the Coast Ar
tillery Division
Miss Peary, and Mr.. Robert E.
Peary, jr., will go to their summer
home at Eagle Island, Me-. next
week.
The Rev. DR.. August Crawford,
retired, dean OF the theological
Crawford, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Bea-
trice Virginia Crawford. to Merritt
Todd Cooke, of Norfolk, Va. On
account Of wartime conditions the
marriage will take place shortly.
Fort Myer.
Representative and Mrs. P. E.
Quin of Mississippi entertained at
dinner and a theater party Mon
day evening in honor Of their guest,
guests were Miss Virginia Wallis,
Miss Thelma Thompson, daughter
of Senator and Mrs. Thompson;
Miss Wyatt, niece and house guest
of Senator and Mrs. Gore; Mr..
Thompson. Mr.. Hurley. of Okla
Mr.. Joseph Gaillard Martin.
A beautiful wedding OF interest
to Washington, took place at Old
Durham Church, NanJemoy, Nd, at
noon Thursday, June II, when Miss
master E. A. Cobey, U. S. N, were
married by tn rector. Rev. Charles
3. Lafferty.
The bride wore a white Georgette
crepe and crepe meteor gown, with
a tulle veil and orange blossoms.
She carried brides roses and lilies
Of the valley. The maid of honor,
Miss Virgie Price, of Washington,
wore pink Georgette crepe, with a
pink hat, and carried pink sweet
peas Little Miss Katherine Posey
was flower girl and Mr.. T. Davis
Gray was best man. Mr.. Calvert
and Mr.. Preston williams, brothers
OF the bride. were ushers.
Mrs Cobey, who is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. P. Preston Will
accomplished and charming young
woman and Is well known through
out southern Maryland, were she
has taken prominent part in so
clal AFFAIRS. She Is a graduate of
Southern Female College, Peters
The bridegroom IS the son of Mr..
and Mrs. W. W. Cobey. of Vienna,
Va He is a paymaster in the
United States Navy and Is statioped
Cobey will be at home at the Avon
dale after June 25.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. C. Bradley, who
are stopping at the Shoreham, enter
tanned there at dinner last evening.
Mr.. Herbert c. Hoover, recently ap-
pointed food administrator who has
been Joined by Mrs. Hoover, has
leased the Frederick Stevens resi-
dence at 1923 Sixteenth street, and is
now occupying his new home. Mrs.
Hoover has been spending several
months at Leland Stanford Univer-
slty, Cal Their two sons, who will
remain at the university for the sum
mer. VIII join their parents here in
the fall
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Van Rensselaer,
Van Wyck, of Summit, n. J., have
sent out invitations for the wedding
Of their daughter, Miss Priscilla Van
Wyck, and Capt. Wade Hampton Car
penter, coast artillery, U. S. A, which
is to take place on Tuesday evening,
June Is, at the Hotel st. Regis, New
York. After September l, Capt. Car
penter and his bride will be at home
at Fort De Lesseps, Panama Canal
Zone.
Mr.. MedZihovsky, commercial at
tache OF the Russian embassy in New
York, and his colleague. Mr.. S. Ughut,
arrived at the Shoreham yesterday
and were hosts there last evening at
a informal dinner, at which the
guests were some of their country
men.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood will
entertain at dinner this evening in