The Washington herald., 1917-12-18
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IN MASAINC

The President and Mrs. Wilson and
Col. House went to the theater last
night.
Col. z. N. House arrived in WASH
ington yesterday afternoon and Is a
guest at the White House.
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
viii be the guests OF honor at the
dinner which Mrs. John B. Hender-
son viii give this evening at her
residence in Sixteenth street. There
viii be covers for twenty-six.
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
win pass Christmas quietly at home
without guests. Mrs. Henderson will
take Christmas dinner with Assistant
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Breck-
snridge Long, who will have among
their guests all Missourians resident
IN Washington.
Mrs. John Crayke Simpson will en-
tertain informally at luncheon today.
Mrs. c. W. Robertson will be host
ess at a bridge party tomorrow.
Mrs. Victor Kaufman will en-
EEIIdln at Lne Ol d VI
Iuncheons on Thursday afternoon at
the Shoreham. The guest Of honor
viii be Mrs Krauthoff, wife of Col.
Nrauthoff, U. S. A., now on duty
in France. Mrs. Krauthofr is vis-
Mrs. Caroline Nash will come to
Washington Saturday from Philadel-
ahn ig falr
in nursing. to pass the holidays witt
her parents. DIR. and Mrs. Francis
5. Nash. She will return to Phila
delphia on December 26.
Rev. and Mrs. George W. Van
Fossen entertained informally at
supper last evening for their daugh-
\ ter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Van Fos-
sen, her fiance, James Edward
Schwab. and the members of the
bridal party who will attend them at
their marriage this evening. The sup
per followed the rehearsal in
Trinity Church.
The guests included: Miss Con-
stance Houghton, of Scranton, Pa;
Miss Pauline Scheid, of Tamaqua,
Pa: Miss Helen Mitman, of South
BethIehem, Pa; Miss Madeleiny
FiJmmer. of Lisbon Falls. Me-; Miss
Alice kirkpatrick, of Bethesda, Md.
al members of the bridal party.
Mrs. Temple Murphy. of Pasadena.
Cal; Miss Sarah Hickling and Miss
Marie Colbert, Samuel Mitman, of
South Bethlehem, Pa: Fernando
Gonzalez and Eduardo Gonzalez. of
Mexico City,; Herman Menthai.
Franklin Myers. Colbert Crowder and
Barpum Cotton, all members Of the
wedding party, and Rev. Leroy FL
trinsham, of Catasauqua. Pa, and
Clarence Wagner. of the General
Theological Seminary. of New York.
Lieut.. Milton Schwab, U. s. R., who
is to be best man for his brother.
will not reach Washington until this
morning. Most OF the members of
the bridal party are visiting Rev.
aid Mrs. Van Fossen.
The ceremony will be performed at
Sse'clock at Trinity Episcopal Church,
the father Of the bride who is rector
Of the church officiating. The Right
Few. Alfred Harding, bishop of
Washington will give the blessing.
The bride will be escorted and given
in marriage by her uncle, Robert
Sayre Smylie. of Atlantic City. A
reception will follow the ceremony
az the home of the brides parents.
Marshall de Angelus, Alexander
Boiling Gait. and Henry Shepherd
will be in attendance on the box to
be occupied by the President and Mrs.
Wilson at the concert by the Motet
Choral Society. which will be given at
the Belasco Theater on Thursday af-
ternoon at 4:I5 o'clock, under the d.
rection Of Otto Torney Simon. The
proceeds will go to swell the Christ
mas tree fund, which provides Christ
mas cheer for soldiers and sailors
stationed in and around Washington
who are unable to go home for the
holiday season.
Among those who will sell programs
are Mrs. Francis NJ Chisolm, Miss
Mamie Randolph Hcth. Miss Lena
Hitchcock, Miss Dorothy Denys, Miss
GYendolin Denys, Miss Alice Brice,
Miss Julia Brice, Miss Ruth Tanner,
Miss Margaret Abbott and Miss Vir-
ginia Grifith.
Tableaux arranged by Mrs. R. D.
Shepherd will be a feature of the en-
tertainment, with the Christmas tree
always identified with the Motet So