Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-14
President and Mrs. Wilson Hosts at
Last Official Dinner of Winter
Last Night.
Noel House Benefit Attracts Inter-
esting Audience to See
"Joan the Woman"

The President and Mrs. Wilson were
state functions Of the season at the
White House, when they entertained
at the Speakers dinner. The dinner
was served in the state dining room,
where the large table at which the
hosts. with their sixty-eight guests
were seated. had a charming decora-
ton of snapdragons, jonQuils and
maiden hair ferns. The Marine Band
played during the dinner. and at it's
conclusion Miss Lorraine Wyman, mezzo-
soprano. and Mr.. Howard Brockway.
room. Miss Wyman's contributions to
the program included number of Ken
lucky mountain ballads.
The guests were the Speaker of the
House, Senator and Mrs. ]. c. W. Beck
ham, Senator and Mrs. William E. Chill
ton. Senator and Mrs. Moses E. Clapp,
Senator and Mrs: William Hughes,
Senator ollie NJ. James. Senator and
Mrs William F. Kirby. Senator and
Mrs Porter J. McCumber. Senator Lee
s. OverEaan, Senator and Mrs. Claude
5: Swanson. Senator and Mrs. John
Sharp Williams. Representative and
tive and Mrs. Daniel r. Anthony. jr.;
Representative and Mrs. Martin D. Fos-
ter, Representative FINS J. Garrett
Representative and Mrs. Carter Glass
RRepresentative and Mrs. Pat Harrison.
Representative and Mrs. William Kent
Representative and Mrs. Irvine L. Len
root, Representative and Mrs Asbury
F. Lever, Representative and Mrs
Meyer London. Representative and Mrs
Edward w. Pou, Representative and
tot
and Mrs. John H. Small, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. George Barnett, Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Interior and Mrs Vogel-
sang, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Labor and Mrs. Post. Col and Mrs. Ed
ward Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob H
Schiff. Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Bland, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean, Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander H. Gait, Mrs Rich
ard Townsend. Miss Lorraine Wyman,
Miss Bones, Mr.. Bennett Clark, Mr..
Howard Brookway and Mr.. John Ran
dolph Boiling.
Mrs. Wilson occupied a box at the Ma
tioha! yesterday afternoon at the Bos-
ton symphony concert She had with
her Mrs. Lansing, Mrs. Baker, Mrs p.
y: Brown of Atlanta, guest at the
White House, and Miss Bones.
No more harmonious setting could
have been found at Washington for the
presentation of the historic and drama
great hall Of the Edison Bradley house
in Dupont circle, where the film was
shown last night for the benefit of Noe
House. Pieces from the collection of
and other appropriate objet Dart 1 WeTs
used with artistic effect in the staging
or the play, one of the most thrilling
ever exhibited here with Geraldine
r. an IN the title role The plot clever
heroine Of the middle ages with the
great war now in progress, and added
thereby to the thrilling interest Of the
whole. Military music by an orchestra
brought from New York was an i'm
portant adjunct of the production. ''The
Star Spangled Banner was the oplf1ine
number, the audience standing as the
first notes were given. About 600 neo.
pie were present a number occnnp pHU
boxes. and the hall had the appearance
| of first night of grand opera
the boxholders were Mrs Marshall
Field. Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
Mrs. James Macdonald, Miss Rosaiie
Spang, Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh Mr.
| Duncan Phillips and Mrs. William
| Slater.
| Mrs. MacDonald's guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Belmont Mrs. John Drexei
and Miss Gwynn.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood had with
her in her box Mrs. Benjamin Knower
Of New York, who is her house guest.
Mrs Alfred Halves of Toronto; MI, and
Mrs. Frederic Atherton, Mr. and Mrs
John Jacob Rogers. and Mr.. Clifford
| Pinchot.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh entertained
In her box, Mrs. John Barton Payne.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. Mrs. Julian
James. Mrs. Preston Gibson, Mrs
George Ross of New York and Mrs,
stephen Osborne and Miss Edith
| Thomas.
Others in the audience were Mrs NAH
lon Pitney. Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, Mrs.
Roscoe Bulmer. Judge and Mrs John
Barton Payne. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Cleveland Perkins, Miss Perkins, Mrs.
Perkins Ruggles. Mrs. Albert H. Car
roll, Mrs. William Corcoran Hill, Mrs.
Thomas B. Dunn. Mrs. Ben HELEN, Mrs.
John B. Henderson, Mrs. Francis E.
Warren. Mrs. John w. Dwight, Mrs.
A. N. Talbot, Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Glover,
Mrs. E. W. Cole. Mrs. Francois Berger
Moran, Gen. and Mrs. Henry Sharpe,
Miss Patten, DR.. and Mrs. Thomas M.
Chatard, Mrs. Goldsborough Adams, Mr..
Charles Richardson. Mr.. William Phelps
Emo. Mrs.. willard Saulsbury. Miss Ma