The Washington times., 1917-10-25
THE CITY'S SOCIAL SIDE
Hurleys' Guests
AtDinner-Dance
GUen byLogans

Edward N. Hurley, head of the
Shipping Board, and Mrs. Hurley, Of
Chicago, will be the honor guests this
evening at a dinner and dance-one
of the most interesting functions of
the early season-which Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Logan will give at the
willard. The fifty guests for dinner
will include many of the interesting
men and women from other cities who
have been drawn to Washington by
wartime activities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley and their
guests will dine in the Fairfax room,
the red room being reserved for the
dance, to which a number of addi-
tionaI guests have been asked. The
decorations are of American Beauty
roses, and small American flags adorn
the place cards. Among the guests
will be Mrs. Logan's mother, Mrs.
Malek A. Loring, of Chicago: Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Presbrey and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Bedford, of New York; Mrs.
James KeHney, of Philadelphia, all
of whom will be guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Logan for the season. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Schmidt, of Philadelphia,
who are stopping at the Shoreham,
Will also be in the party.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson
will be the soloist at a concert to be
given this evening in Montreal, Can
ada, for the benefit of the Red Cross.
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Mrs. Philip Patchin and her two
children have returned to Washington
from London, and Joined Mr.. Patchin,
who is on duty at the State Depart
ment. They have taken an apart
ment in the Cordova.
Mrs. Patchin's sister, Mrs. Gilmer
Easley, who has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. Beverly r. Mason, at the
Cordova, returned today to her home
in Houston, Va.
Prof. and Mrs. Alexander Graham
Bell, accompanied by their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor; another daughters Mrs.
David Fairchild and their grandchildren,
liable Grosvenor and Robert Bell, will
return to Washington tomorrow from
Canada where they went the first Of
the week.
Miss Dorothea Owen, whose mar
riage to John Cameron Hawkins will
take place on Saturday, entertained
at luncheon today in compliment to
her house guests. Miss Joyce Shaw
Kennedy, of Rosslyn, L. l.; Miss Alice
O'Gorman, of New York. and Miss
Laurie Smith, of Sayville, T. l., all Of
whom will be in Miss Owens wedding
party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor will
close their country place, Wildacres,
near Bethesda, Nd. about November
1 and open their home in Eighteenth
street for the winter. The house has
been used by the Red Cross since the
entry OF this nation into the war.
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John ]. Sookine of the Russian en-
bassy staff is at the Plaza Hotel in
New York for few days.
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Philip Sloan. of Seattle, arrived in
Washington today. He has been at
the Vanderbilt Hotel in New York for
few days. Mr.. Sloan is one of the
most priminent shipbuilders of the
Pacific coast, and was a master build
er at the age of twenty-one.
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Mrs. Oscar 7. Crosby and MISS Juli-
ette Crosby came to Washington last
week from their home in Warrenton,
and have Joined Mr.. Crosby at Stone
leigh Court, while selecting a house
for the winter. They had an apart
ment at the Burlington las- season.
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H. II. Rogers, jr., of the Standard
OIL Company, will come to Washing
ton from New York shortly to under
take war work. He will be accom-
panied by his family, and thsy will
take Ia house here for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, of
Pennsylvania, are making an indefi-
mite stay at the Shoreham. As Mr..
Palmer is on . war commission, they
will spend much of the winter in this
city.
Andre Tardieu, the French high
commissioner, who spent several days
at the Plaza Hotel, in New York, re-
turned to Washington this morning.