Evening star., 1917-05-04
New Belgian Minister, Mr.. Cartier,
Selects Washington
Residence.
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Lane Entertain Distinguished
Canadian Visitors.

The President and his cousin. Miss
last evening.
The Belgian minister, Mr.. Cartier de
Marchienne, has leased the residence
of Mrs George Cabot Lodge at 2346
Massachusetts, avenue and will take
possession of it on May Is.
The house is within few blocks of
the Ffoulke house, which Mr.. Carriers
predecessor, Mr.. Havenith, and Nine.
Havenith occupied as their official res
idence until last year, when they
bought country home.
The minister, who has been at New
York for several days, is expected to
return to Washington today.
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Lane entertained at dinner last
evening and had as their guests of
honor Sir George Foster, acting pre-
mier of Canada, and Sir Joseph and
Lady Pope, also of Canada.
Dr. Charles D. Walcott. secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, will enter
tain at dinner this evening in honor of
Mr.. Balfour. head of the British COM
mission.
The out-of-town guests will include
Dr. ]. ]. Carty of New York. Mr.. Cana
Dunn of New York Dr. r. NJ. Millikan
of the University of Chicago. DR.. Will
Arthur A. Noyes of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Dr. W. r.
Whitney of Schenectady, n. Y. Mr..
Frank A. Scott of Cleveland, and DIR.
The object of the dinner is to have
Mr.. Balfour meet some of the members
of the National Research Council
Nolan are entertaining at a large
bridge party. followed by tea, this aft
ernoon at the formers residence in n
street. Among the guests are Mrs.
Frank Mcintyre, Mrs. Charles Carroll
Walcutt. Mrs. Chase Kennedy. Mrs. Pc
Clarence Stedman. Mrs. Isaac w. Lit
tell. Mrs. Louis Scherer. Mrs. Julius
Conrad, Mrs. Theodore Baldwin, Miss
Judge. Mrs. Frank D. Webster. Mrs
bick. Mrs. Frank Armstrong. Mrs. Will
liam S. Graves. Mrs. John H. Rice Mrs
d. L. Smith. Mrs. ]. S. Petit Mrs.
Carleton r. Kear. Mrs. James Karrick
Mrs. Edward King. Mrs. George Dun
can. Mrs. James Harbord. Mrs. Chaun-
cey Baker Mrs James Casey, Mrs.
George G. Barnhart. Mrs. Albert Sax
ton. Mrs. William NJ Cruikshank. Mrs.
Simpson Brown. Mrs. Truman o. MUIR
ply, Mrs. William Cline Borden Mrs
Henry P. Kingsbury. Mrs p. A. Welk-
er. Mrs. Loren Johnson, Mrs William J.
Glasgow. Mrs. Edwin Bookmiller and
Mrs. S. A. Wolf.
Assisting at the tea table are Mrs.
Simpson Brown, Mrs. George Duncan
Mrs. James Harbord. Mrs. Chauncey
Baker and Mrs. Carleton Kear. Spring
flowers are used effectively on the tea
table and throughout the drawing
rooms.
Mrs. Robert Lansing was hostess at a
tea yesterday afternoon in compliment
to the members of the Cuban military
mission and of the Panama mission.
The new ambassadors of Chile and
Mexico were among the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Perkins, who
were guests of Miss Sarah Lee at her
home in Massachusetts avenue, con-
cluded their visit yesterday and re-
turned to their home at Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion Johnston
Will have their guest during the
horse show Miss Elizabeth Washington
of Philadelphia, who will arrive at
Washington tomorrow
Miss Dorothea owen, daughter Of
Senator and Mrs. Robert L. owen. will
entertain at luncheon Tuesday. at the
| Purple Iris Teahouse, in compliment
to Miss Catherine Burdett. whose mar
riage to Mr. Edward $. II. Pendergast
of New York will take place May T..
Miss owen, who will be a bridesmaid
at this wedding. will leave Washington
few days later for Pittsburgh. where
she will be a member of the wedding
party which will attend Miss Eleanor
Scott, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Scott. and Mr.. Hepburn Walker. in
that city. on May 10 Miss owen will
| return to the city to act as bridesmaid
! for Miss Margaret Douglas at her
marriage to- Mr.. Herbert Adair on
| May %.
| Mrs Joseph Lamar. widow of Mr..
/ Justice Lamar of the Supreme Court.
i who came to Washington for the spe-
| cial meeting of the Society of Colonial
! DANES and to make some visits. and
who has been recently guest of Mrs.
Overton Lea, is leaving Washington
| today.
| Senator and Mrs. Shields and the lat
ter's daughter, Miss Cowan, will leave
| this evening for their home in Ten
nessee. Miss Cowan will make a visit
at Knoxville for few weeks. Senator
Shields will return to Washington
after seeing Mrs. Shields settled al
| home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Logan. who
hnve their guests at the Willard
Miss Tiizah walsh o. Ma. York ant