Evening star., 1917-04-12
Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker to
Dine With Gen. and Mrs.
Mcintyre.
Japanese Ambassador Entertains'
Cowing-Gronna Wedding-Miss
Christy Engaged-Dinners.

The Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker
will be the honor guests at a large din
ner to be given this evening by Gen
and Mrs. Frank Mcintyre at the Army
and Navy Club.
The Japanese ambassador gave a din
ner last evening at the embassy on X
street, when his guests included the
British bassador and Lady Spring
Rice, the Russian ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmeteff. the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Baker, the Postmaster General and
Mrs Burleson. the Secretary of Agri-
culture and Mrs. Houston. the assistant
secI etary of state and Mrs. Brecken-
ridge Long and the assistant secretary
of war and Mrs. William NJ. Ingraham.
The ambassador will entertain again
at dinner tonight. when the Spanish
am bassador and Nine. Riano and the
Argentine ambassador and Nine. Naon
will be among his guests.
Great interest centers about the mar
riage of Miss Amy b. Gronna, daughter
of Senator and Mrs. AISLE J, Gronna of
North Dakota, and Mr. kemper F..
Cowing of this city, which will take
place Saturday, April IA. at 4:30 o'clock
in the apartment of the brides parents
at the St. Regis.
Rev John L. A. Doerman will per-
form the ceremony, at which only the
members of the two families Will be
present.
Miss Laura 4. Volstead, daughter of
Representatives. and Mrs. Volstead, will
attend the bride as maid of honor and
Mr.. Mercer Vernon will act as best
man. A dinner for the guests present
at the ceremony will follow.
On their return from their wedding
trip Mr.. Cowing and his bride will re-
side with Senator and Mrs. Gronna.
DIR. Hugh A. CoWing of Muncie Ind +,
father of the bridegroom, will be here
to attend the wedding.
The bride-elect is graduate of
George Washington University. class of
1916, and a member of the Kappa Alpha
Theta Sorority. Mr.. Cowing graduate ed
from the University of Indiana and is a
member of the Phi Gamma Delta fra
ternity.
Commander H. H. Christy. L. S. N,
and Mrs. Christy announce the engage
| nent of their daughter Dorothy to Lieut..
James Boutwell, Will, L. S. n.
The marriage of Miss Helen McCumber,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Porter J.
McCumber. and Lieut. Harrison Brand,
jr., Corps of Engineers. L. S. A, will take
place Saturday evening, April 81. at s
O'Clock, at the home of the brides parents
in MaSSa chuSettS avenue
Only the members of the two families
| the ceremony. which will be followed by
a reception at the Washington Club.
Miss Dorothy Shuey will be the bride s
only attendant and Lieut.. Brehon B. Som
ervell, L. S A, will act as best man.
Mrs Louis c. Scherer is entertaining at
a tea this afternoon at her residence in
Lamont street in compliment to her
house guest, Mrs F. J. Fessenden of
Boston, who is here to attend the D. A.
X. Congress.
Mrs. George w Read and Mrs William
j. Glasgow are presiding at the tea table
which is effectively decorated with spring
blossoms.
Mrs. Hillyer of Hillyer place is en-
tertaining at card party this after
noon. Tea will follow. when Mrs
Winthrop Spencer and Mrs. Charles d.
Helmbold will preside at the-tea table
Gen and Mrs. John l.. Clem will en-
terrain at dinner this evening at the
Army and Navy Club in compliment to
their niece, Miss Eleanor Collins of
Baltimore. who is their house guest
for several days
Representative and Mrs. Edmund
Platt entertained informally at dinner
last evening at the Willard in honor of
Senator William NJ. Calder of New
tive and Mrs. Luther w Mott, Repre-
sentative and Mrs James S. Parker.
Representative and Mrs. Samuel E
WinsloW, Representative and Mrs
Charles b. Ward and Mrs Clifford of
Newark. n. J.
Judge and Mrs. William Bailey La
mar will entertain at dinner this even
ing.
Mrs John K. Shields and Miss jean
nette Cowan, after spending a month
in New York and Boston. have Joined
Senator Shields at the Shoreham, where
they will remain until the middle of
May. when they will go to their home
in Tennessee.
The marriage of Miss Marie Black
ford Bailey, daughter of Mrs. Horace
w. Bailey. and the Rev. Floyd Stephen
Cartwright OF. Beaufort. N. c.. son of
Mrs. r. L. Cartwright of Richburg, N.
lY., took place this afternoon at $3.50