Evening star., 1917-11-08

dents daughter a war benefit tea Will
be given Saturday afternoon at the Ho-
tel Jefferson from o'clock to $50. the
proceeds to go to the Red Cross and
| the Camp Fire Girls. Miss Wilson will
| be in the receiving line.
| The President and Mrs. Wilson played
a round of golf this morning at near
| by country club.
Mrs Edward Elliott of California,
who was guest at the White House
recently, has returned there from New
| York. Mrs. Elliott is making series
of visits in the east.
Lieut.. Melville w. Fuller Wallace. U.
Is. A.. whose marriage to Miss Ruth
Raymond Patterson, daughter OF Mrs.
Patterson and the late Mr.. Raymond
Patterson, takes place Saturday after
noon, arrived at Washington yester-
day Lieut.. Wallace is at the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wal
lace, in Massachusetts, avenue. where
he will give his bachelor dinner this
evening.
Miss Minna Blair entertained in
formally at luncheon today. in com
pliment to Miss Florence Lowden,
daughter of the Governor of Illinois,
who is visiting Mrs. Raymond Patter-
son for several days. having come to
Washington to attend the marriage on
Saturday of Miss Ruth Patterson and
Lieut.. Melville Wallace.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will re-
turn this afternoon from visit to her
place at Hyde Park. n. Y.
Word has been received here from
Chillicothe. Ohio. that Mai. Gen Edwin
F. Glenn, U. S. A. and Mrs. Glenn will
announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Edwina Glenn, to Capt.
James Abram Garfield, son of Mr.. and
| Mrs. James r. Garfield and grandson of
| James A. Garfield. one-time President
| of the United States, of Cleveland, this
afternoon at a reception which they
| will give at their home at Chillicothe.
| The guests will include all the field
| officers of the SD Division, their wives
| and the wives and members OF their
| stats.
| Capt Garfield and his brother. Capt.
| Newell Garfield, attended the first offl-
| Benjamin Harrison. He was graduated
| from Williams College in 1916, and last
| year attended Harvard Law School, He
! is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi
| fraternity After being graduated from
| Fort Benjamin Harrison he was ap-
! pointed an adjutant, 322d Regiment,
| Field Artillery.
Gen. Glenn was stationed at Fort
! BENJAMIN Harrison during the first
training camp. later being designated
/ to command Camp Sherman.
| Mr.. Garfield spent part Of his boy
! hood here when his father was in Pres
ident Roosevelts cabinet.
! Mrs. James Carroll Frazer will leave
I! tomorrow to pass the week end at the
Berkeley Springs. returning to Wash
| ington on Monday.
| Mrs. Edmund Pendleton has returned
| from Bar Harbor and is at Stoneleigh
1 Court for the winter.
Mrs. William A. Slater has loaned her
house this afternoon for an interesting
talk to be given at 4:30 by DR.. Harte
under the auspices of the war work
ing such splendid work. not only among
the 100 or more training camps in the
| United States, but also in France.
| Mrs. L. D. Baxter is spending couple
of weeks with her uncle. Gen. John M.
| Wilson, at 1878 Massachusetts avenue.
Mrs Baxter will spend the winter with
her daughter. Mrs. G. S. ellis. at Fort
Wood, New York. Maj. Gillis is now at
| Camp Meade, Md.
1 An auction bridge and tea dance for
the free wool fund of the comforts
/ committee of the Navy League, of
! which Mrs. Theodore Boynton Is chair
| man. will>be given on Wednesday aft
ernoon, December 5. in the ballroom of
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. who has loaned
It for this benefit The wool purchased
from the proceeds will be put In the
to purchase the materials to be made
into garments for soldiers. e--..'
L The auction bridge will begin at 8
y o'clock and the tea dance will follow