The Washington herald., 1917-10-27
Lord and Lady Reading En-
tertain Distinguished Din
ner Company Senator
and Mrs. Owen Hosts at
Dinner and Dance for
Bridal Party Interest
ing Mention of Society
Folk in and Out of Town.

her niece, Mrs. Deane Edwards; Mrs
Franklin X. Lane and Mrs. Burleson
attended the concert at the New Ma
tional yesterday afternoon. 1t was
the first OF an interesting ten-star
series, and yesterday Claudia Muzio.
soprano, and Arthur Middleton, bass
barytone, both OF the Metropolitan
Opera Company, were the artists
Besides Mrs. Wilson and her party.
a distinguished company of diplomats
and those from official and resident
society filled the house.
The Lord Chief Justice of England
and Lady Reading. who are now fully
established for the season at 23l5
Massachusetts avenue, the home of
Mrs. F. Il. Moran, entertained a dis
tinguished company of guests at din
ner last evening, the party including
the Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Lansing.
Quite in contrast with the pre-nup-
tial entertaining for other brides OF
the season. which has generally been
along very quiet lines, was the din
ner and dance which Senator Robert
J.. Owen. OF Oklahoma, and Mrs. Owen
gave at Rauscher's last night for their
daughter, Miss Dorothea owen, and
her fancee, Mr.. John Cameron Haw-
kins, whose marriage will take place
in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Ca
thedral OF st. Peter and st. Paul at 3
O'Clock this afternoon.
Only members of the bridal party
were entertained at dinner. the COM
pany including Mrs. Hepburn Walker.
OF Pittsburgh, matron OF honor; Miss
Alice O'Gorman, Of New York; Miss
Laurie Smith, of Sayville, L. l.; Miss
Joyce Shaw-Kennedy, Of Rosslyn, l..
l.. and Miss Lillian Birney, of Wash
inston. bridesmaids; Mr.. Dewitt Haw-
kris, L. S. R., who will serve as best
man for the bridegroom, and Lieut..
Hamilton Dyckman, Lieut.. Norman
Schaff, of Pittsburgh; Lieut.. Lewis
Augur. L. S. R., of Ridsewood, y. j.,
on duty at Petersburg; Paymaster
Blaine Mallan. U. S. n. R.. of Wash
ington, and Lieut.. Charles Bartlett,
L. S. r., OF Lowell. Mass, on duty at
Camp Meade, all of whom will serve
as ushcrs.
The guests for the dance included
number OF out-of-town guests and
others from the diplomatic corps and
official and resident society, most of
them the young friends of the bridt.
The table decorations carried out
some altogether original pre-nuptial
suggestions. there being a heart
shaped white enamel cage as a center
piece with singing birds within, while
the cGndie-Sticks were of white and
pink flowers, flowers being used other
wise in enhancing the beauty of thu
table The ball room was decorated
simrly with autumn leaves and
palms.
Among the out-of-town guests who
will attend the wedding are: Mr.. and
Mrs. Dudley Field Malone. Nr. and
Mrs. Charles Wrightson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Untermyer. and Miss Anne
O'Gorman. of New York: Mrs. Pres
ton AIcGoodwin, wife of the United
States Minister to Venezuela; the
Rev. DR.. Charles Hutchinson, of Phil
adelphia, who will officiate at the
ceremony: Miss Hutchinson, Mr..
Francis Adams, and the Rev. Father
Quinn. of Philadelphia, and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Chapman Rouse, OF
Baltimore; Mr.. James W. Zebbley,
and Mrs. G. V. Hester, the mother Of
Mrs. Owen, from Oklahoma; Mr..
Joseph Comstedt, of New York. Mr..
Hepburn Walker. and Mr.. Herman
Scott, Of Pittsburgh.
Miss Lillian Birney was hostess at
q luncheon yesterday for Miss owen
and her attendants and asked as
additional guests Miss Margaret
Niche. and Mss Ruth Hitchcock.
The Chevy Chase Club like all of
the country clubs near Washington,
will be filled with gay parties to-
in advance with dinner parties and
dancing.
Col. william Horton, L. S. A, will
entertain a Halloween party to-
night at the Chevy Chase Club.
A musicale followed by an infor-
NAL dance will be given this even
ing at $50 o'clock, at the Dunn
barton Club, corner of Wisconsin av-
enue and r streets. for the benefit
of the French orphans. Mrs. Edith
Marmion Brosius. harpist, Mrs.
Charles Fairfax and Mr.. Arthur Del
bert will give the program.
Mr.. Ralph Thomas. secretary OF the
temporary British Embassy staff,
has taken for the season 1926 Sew
enteenth street, the residence of
Capt. and Mrs. H. n. Cootes
Mrs. Cootes has gone to Norfolk
10 spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Keene. OF
171S Q street. have as a guest Miss
Kitty Belt. of Warrenton, Va, whose
marriage to Capt. Austin Mcconnell,
U. S. A. will take place about the
middle OF November.
Mrs. Keene entertained Informally
at bridge yesterday afternoon for
Miss Belt.
Mrs. Delos Blodgett has returned to
Washington from New York, where
she made a fOrtnight's stay at the
Waldorf-Astoria. She was accompan-
led there by her sister-in-law, Mrs, S.
H. Peck, OF Mobile. Ala. who remain
ed in New York. Miss Helen Blodgett,
Miss Mona Blodgett and their cousin,
Miss Maize Porcher, went to New
York last week to pass the weekend
with Mrs. Blodgett and Mrs. PeckI
Mrs. Alexander Mackay Smith and
her daughter. Miss Virginia Mackay
Smith, will have with them for the
winter. Mrs. William Bell Walker. Of
Philadelphia, who will remain with
her mother while her husband. Lieut..
Walker. Is on duty with the ma
tional army at Camp Meade.
Mrs. Smith and her daughters spent
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