Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-21

BasseIl Of West Virginia and Miss
Jane Gregory.
| After dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Potter
| gave program of music in the Fair
fax room. Mrs. Potter singing a number
Of selections with Mr.. Potter playing hel
accomplishments.
Mrs. Cone johnson. wife OF the re
firing solicitor of the State Department
| is holding a large farewell reception
this afternoon. Those assisting Mrs
Johnson are Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs
| Thomas Watt Gregory, Mrs Albert S
Burleson. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs
Frank Polk. Mrs. Hampson Gary, Mrs
Charles r. Crane, Mrs. r. L. Henry, Mrs
Willard Ragsdale. Mrs. Joe Henry
Eagle, Mrs Hubert Dent, Mrs. Wilbur
]. Carr. Mrs. Ezra L. Rooms, Mrs. Wal
ter Penfield. Mrs. Howard S. Reside
Mrs. James D. Gatewood. Mrs. Francois
| Berger Moran, Mrs. Charles d. Helm.
bold. Mrs. Champe c. Mccullough, Mrs
Miss Imogene Young, Miss Amy Ben
nett. Miss Dorothy bennett, Miss Aline
Stewart, Miss Lucy Morris. Miss Fran
ces Cain and Miss Marjorie Helmbold.
Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. Daniels are
presiding at the tea table, and Mrs
Polk is serving the frappe. The deco
rations are pink roses and spring
flowers.
Mrs. Samuel Spencer entertained a
large company Of young people at din
ner last evening, the party later attend
ing the hunt ball at the Willard
Mr.. and Mrs. John H Hewson and
Miss Georgia Schof1eld entertained at
dinner last evening before the hunt
ball. The dinner was in compliment
to Miss Margaret Fahnestock, and the
guests were Miss Margaret Niche. Miss
Virginia LIE Seure. Miss Nataline Dulles,
Maj Douglas Macarthur, Lieut.. Bastedo,
Lieut.. Wallace, Mr.. Remey, Mr.. Outer
bridge Montgomery and Mr.. Sylvanus
Stokes.
Representative and Mrs. Ira Copley
had as their guests at dinner last even
ing the Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs Lane, the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs. Houston and Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph Casper Miller.
DR.. Belisario Porras, minister of Pan
anna. and Nine. Porras have returned
from Cuba to the United States and are
spending a few days at Palm Beach.
Fla. From there they will go to st.
Augustine and will shortly return to
Washington.
Gen. and Mrs Hugh L. Scott enter
tanned at dinner last evening in honor
of Gen. and Mrs. Ernest A. Darlington,
Gen. Darlington being retired yesterday.
Their guests were the Secretary of
War and Mrs. Newton D. Baker, Sena-
tor Chamberlain, Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn,
Gen; George Q: sauier, Gen: and Mrs.
". Brewster. Col. and Mrs. William S.
Graves, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Butler, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas H. Proctor of Utica,
N Y; Mrs. A. II. Fowler, Mrs. David
H Stockton and Miss Scott.
Mrs. Frank Polk, wife of tho counselor
of the State Department. will entertain
at a small tea on Friday in compliment
to her aunt. Mrs. Charles Inches Of Bos-
Z, ton. vino is spending several weeks at
Washington.
Miss Gladys Sullivan will arrive at
Washington today to visit her uncle and
aunt, Senator Phelan and Miss Phelan.
Mrs. Leroy Tuttle. accompanied by her
daughters, Miss Margaret Tuttle and
| Miss Adelaide Tuttle. has gone to At
| lantic City for a visit OF ten days or two
weeks.
! Mrs Edgar L. Woods, wife of DR.
Woods. U. S. n, and her mother. Mrs
Herbert Anderson, have taken an
couple of months. DIR. Woods being or
sea duty. DR.. and Mrs. Woods were
| recently stationed at the Naval Hos.
| pital here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Peabody Eustis
have gone to New York for a visit and
/ to attend the opera.
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye an6
Mrs. Barker Gummere left for New
| York this morning to visit Mr. and Mrs
| Louis Nixon for several days.
| The paymaster general of the navy
Samuel MCGOWAN. was host last nigh,
at dinner at the Shorehaln, where
about twenty-five guests assembled tc
celebrate his promotion to rear ad-
miral. The decorations were daffodils
and white lilacs in q sunken garden
out OF which rose an enormous tree OF
American beauty roses. The guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick MCGOWAN
and Miss McGowan. Pay Director and
Mrs. G. W. Reynolds. Pay Inspector and
Mrs. J. H. Merriam. Paymaster and Mrs
c. J. Peoples. Paymaster and Mrs. F. J.
O'Mara. Paymaster H. D. Lamar. Pay
| master and Mrs. ]. s. jackson, Pay
master and Mrs. ]. M. Hancock, Pay
| master and Mrs. J. s. Higgins Pay
| master and Mrs. G. P. Auld and Pay
master and Mrs. c. e. Parsons.
/ Admiral and Mrs. Leigh c. Palmer
| were dinner hosts last evening. enter
! tanning in honor Of DR.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Magruder. A Washington's
birthday decoration adorned the table
and a Hawaiian orchestra played
| thro uEhcut the dinner.
| 4Iss1stzA& Solicitor Of tie 9tats De-
pSrtmeut and Mr.. Harapson cary en-
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