Evening star., 1917-11-06

| the most intimate friends of Mrs. Taft
1 during the years of her residence at
| Washington.
/! Mrs Taft will be guest while here
| of her son and daughterin-law,M Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Taft. who are occu-
| pying for the winter 1909 ed street.
| Mrs. Isaac w. Littell will leave WASH
i ington tomorrow morning for the Sweet
Briar College, having been asked by
/ Mr.. Henry p. Dawson. chairman of the
/ Red Cross War Council, to give three
weeks course of instruction to class
| of sixty students desiring to undertake
Red Cross work. Mrs. Littell has given
all her time to this work for many
months. and is not only an adept IN all
lines of the work undertaken by women,
| but has been most successful in organiZ-
| ing several of the largest units at
Washington.
Cen and Mrs. James B. Aleshire have
as their guests their son and daughter
in-law Capt. and Mrs. Joseph p. Ale
shire. as the former was recently or
dered here and is on duty at the War
\ Department.
The Washington ward of the Ameri.
can hospital at Neuilly will shortly add
another bed to its list. This one viii
be known as Mothers bed and will
be supported by l20 donations of S.
each. as il requires $500 TO suppof. a
have already been received toward this
bed, as the name has appealed to many
mothers whose sons have entered the
service.
Mrs. George r. Marye. who has been
spending some days at Pittsburgh Wis
| iting her brother-in-law and sister. Mr..
ed to Washington. Mr.. Marye. who ac-
companied Mrs. Marye to California IN
the early summer. will join her here
about the list of December
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Richard Fuller are
| leaving Washington tomorrow for chi
cago. where Mr.. Fuller will give a
number of lectures in aid of French
| ladies who have been driven from their
| homes in the war zone. The lectures
! will be given in drawing rooms which
| have been placed at Mr.. Fullers dis-
posal. Much suffering has been aiie-
Waited through contributions made to
this fund by Mr.. Fuller from the pro-
ceeds of lectures, but many sad cases
are constantly coming to light; Mr.
and Mrs. Fuller will return to WASH
| ington the last of November
| Gen. William NJ. Black, chief of engi-
peers II s A.. and Mrs Black and then
son, Mr. William NJ. Black. jr, who
| went to Boston for the wedding OF thelr
son. Lieut. Percy Gamble Black. U. S
A. and Miss Doris Taylor on Saturday
are returning to Washington this even
| ing or tomorrow. Lieut. Black and his
bride will be here at an early date.
/ Mrs. Ryan Devereux was hostess at
bridge luncheon today, having as her
! guests Mrs John Wilmer Latimer. Mrs
Tloyd Freeman, Miss Louise DAVIDSON
Mrs stanton Peelle. Mrs. John Martin
land Mrs John Thomas Dunlop
Mr.. William Phelps Emo has as his
house guests Mrs. Thomas Story Kirk
| bride and Miss kirkbride of Philadel.
phia. Mrs George w. Ehle of Phila.
delphia, Mr. Eno's sister, is spending
| the winter here as she did last yeal
Mrs. Frank Morrison of 1916 Decatur
street northwest will entertain at {
small informal tea tomorrow after.
noon from three to five in compliment
of Mrs. e. NJ Ward of London, Eng.
iland, who is her house guest.
Mr.. and Mrs Archibald Barklie have
closed their country home. Inver house
at Wayne, Pa, and returned to Wash
ington yesterday to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Hit, t,'who have
leased their Washington residence ir
New Hampshire avenue to Mr.. and Mrs
Barnard Baruch, are now at New York
| where they are stopping at the Ritz
Carlton. They will go later to Call
fornia for the winter.
Mrs. Frank Evans, wife of Maj
Evans. U. S. NJ. c.. who is In France
will spend the winter with Mrs. Orms-
by McCammon at her home at Chevy
Chase.
Mrs. Sheldon, wife of Passed Assist.
ant Surgeon Luther Sheldon. jr.. U: g
I'M is spending the winter with hel