The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
The President Has Notable Men
To Meet Japan's ENJOY at Dinner

State and Mrs. Lansing in honor OF
Viscount Ishii, are the American Am
bassador to Japan. Mr.. Roland s.
Morris. of Philadelphia, recently ap-
| pointed. and Mrs. Morris. who arrived
| in the Capital yesterday.
The Secretary and Mrs. Lansing
will have as a guest for a week, their
niece, Miss Nataline Dulles, who will
arrive today.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Baker returned to Washington yes
terday after a trip to Norfolk on
I board the Sylph. Besides members of
their family. Gen. Hugh L. Scott ana
Gen. Sharpe were the only guests.
/ The Cuban Minister, who is now in
Washington. will leave in a few days
TO join Nine. de Cespedes who is at
Newport for the rest Of the season.
! The United States Consul at Lyon.
France. DR.. John Edward Jones, has
sent cards to friends in the country
announcing the marriage OF his sister,
I Katherine Kingsbury. TO Mr.. John
Murray Marshall. on Saturday. August
/ IS, at Los Angeles, Cal. Mr.. ana
\ Mrs. Marshall will be at home after
| November Is, at 1s6 West Bellevue
drive, Pasadena, Cal
Miss Augusta Bishop was married
| Wednesd to Liuet. David Sigourney,
OF the field artillery. The wedding,
hurriedly arranged because OF the
orders of the bridegroom, who leaves
shortly for France, took place in New
i - AA Af Nv
Belmont Tiffany. The bride is a
niece of the late whitelaw Reid. and
| daughter Of James Cunninghar-
Bishop, of Towersville. Pa. The groom
! graduated from Harvard in the class
of 10.
The Misses Harriet and Lucille
Clark, daughters Of Congressman ano
Mrs. Clark, of Florida, gave a de-
| lightful luncheon yesterday in the
1 speakers dining-room at the Capitol
/ entertaining in compliment TO Mis-:
Holland Fits, whose marriage Il
| Lieut.. Thomas Garner, L. S. R., will
/ take place on Saturday. The guests
were: Mrs. William c. Fits, Mrs
/ Clark, Miss Harriet Fits, Mrs. W. C
Harllee, Mrs. L. E. White. Miss Har,
riet Harman, Miss Dorothy Bertholf
Miss Ruth Watkins and Miss Martha
Spaulding.
Mrs. Clark and the Misses Clark
have recently completed an extended
motor trip through North and souti
/ Carolina and Georgia. and since join,
ing Mr.. Clark in Washington have
| taken possession OF their new home
4 1855 Vernon street
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles V. Hickox, ot
! Springfield. Ill, announce the engage
| ment of their daughter, Sarah Chat.
terton. to Mr.. ]. Harold Lawrence. oi
| Charleston, s. c., and Chicago. Ill
I Miss Hickox is well known in Wash.
! ington. where she has visited hel
cousins, Mrs. Gillett Hill and daugh,
7 ter. Mr.. Lawrence is a graduate OF
the 1901 class of Yale and of the Har.
I ward Law School OF 1911, and is a sor
of Mrs. Lawrence and the late Joseph
/ Stephen Lawrence.
The marriage of Miss Marie Louise
/ Hoover, daughter of the late Mr.. and
| Mrs. John E. S. Hoover. and Capt
Gerald Egan. L. S. A. will take plac,
Saturday at st. Thomas Chapel in
Woodley road. The father Of Miss
Hoover died about two months ago
1 ard on that account the wedding will
| r. exceedingly simple in arrangement
| Miss Alice Hoover will attend her
| sister, and her brother, Mr.. Frank P
| Hoover, will be best man. A wedding
breakfast at the Shoreham for the
/ members of the immediate families
will follow the church ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs EdUard RaaIa NJ
Lean will return to Washington to-
morrow after spending some time al
Saratoga, where they attended the
I races.
Mrs. Myron Bertman, wife OF
I Capt. Bertman. U. S. A, who is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Newman
at their beautiful home in the
| Pierce Mill road. entertained at a
| tea there yesterday afternoon in
| compliment to Mrs. Mason Patrick,
wife of Col. Patrick, U. S. A. Mrs
| Patrick will leave Washington in
few days for her home in Plain
| field, n. ].
Mrs. George Palmer presided at
the tea table. and the wives of the
| officers OF the First Regiment of
I Engineers assisted. Both Col. Pat
I Ine
First Engineers. who landed safely
! in France a day or two ago. Col
Patrick was commandant at the
Washington Barracks for several
years.
| Gen. and Mrs. Leonard Wood ar
rived in Washington yesterday for
\ short visit. Mrs. Wood. was
| formerly Miss Condit-Smith OF
Washington, and has a number OF
relatives and friends here. She pre-
| sided gracefully over the home of
the commandant when Gen. Wood
was chief of staff and stationed al
Fort Myer.
Mrs. Percy Quin entertained in
| formally at luncheon, followed by
I bridge. yesterday. when her guests
were Mrs. Thomas Gore, Mrs. James
Lee. Mrs. Edward Taylor, Mrs.
Thomas Stubblefeld. Mrs. joseph
! Russell. Mrs. Webb Venable, and
Mrs. William Gordon.
Congressman and Mrs. Henry D.
Flood are being congratulated on
the birth of a daughter last week,
The little girl will be christened
Eleanor Faulkner Flood. Mrs. Flood
was formerly Miss Anna Portner.
Mrs. P. w. Murton has returned to
Washington from a visit of two
months in the State of New York.
Among the washingtonians register
ed at the St Charles, Atlantic City. is