The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

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low, Mrs Wallace Streater, Mrs. Arch
ibald Young and Mrs. George Judd, Of
Boston. Spring flowers formed the dec
orations. --f .
| Miss Mary wingate will entertain in
formally at bridge this afternoon at her
home in Garfield street.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mclean, OF New
York. came to Washington yesterday.
They are stopping at the Willard.
The advance sale Of seats for the ben
EFT in aid Of the A. B. F. B. permanent
blind relief war fund, to be given at the
Belasco Theater on Tuesday afternoon,
April 3, at 4:30 o'clock is now going on
at the residence Of Mrs. Archibald Hop
kins, 1896 Massachusetts, avenue The fea-
lures of the entertainment will include
marvellous moving pictures of the war
taken at the front and sanctioned by the
French government Mime. Alys Lar
reyne. American prima donna. soprano of
the Grand Opera. Paris. will sing. and
Sergeant Major Middlemiss, who was
blinded In the war, will speak
! Those who have taken boxes for the
Performance are Mrs. Theodore Boynton,
Miss Goldman, Miss Cullen, Mrs. Henry
Dimock, Mrs. stephen B. Elkins. Mrs.
Thomas Ewing. Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs
Fitzhugh. Mrs. Fitch, Miss Hegeman,
Mrs. Frank Noyes. Mrs. William Cary
Sanger, Mrs. William Slater, Mrs Will
liam C. Rives. Jr.. Mrs. James w wads-
worth, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood and
Mrs. John Hewson.
| The ushers at the benefit will be Miss
Catherine Harlow. Miss Anne Hopkins,
Miss Eleanore Morgan, Miss Lydia Chap
in. Miss Louise Delano, Miss Laura De-
lano. Miss Katherine McClintock, Miss
Julliette Crosby. Miss Sallie Beecher,
Miss Camilla Lippincott. Miss Evelina
Gleaves, Miss Adelaide Heath, Miss Lii
liam Birney, Miss Sophie Johnston. Miss
Margaret Tuttle. Miss Adelaide Tuttle,
Miss Edith Blair. Miss Minna Blair, Miss
Amy Brooks. Miss Amy Bennett. Miss
Margaret Clark. Miss Candace Howard,
Miss Georgia Scnofield. Miss Alice Down
ing. Miss Mary Sanger. Miss Caroline
Nash. Baroness Lily Won Winckler Mrs.
Gardiner Bell. Mrs. Scott Thropp, Mrs
William Father. jr.. Mrs. Newbold
Noyes, Mrs. Lyman and Mrs. Howard
Hume.
The patronesses include Mrs. Larz AN
dersOn, Mrs. Charles j. Bell, Mrs.
George Barnette, Mrs. j. NJ Biddle, Mrs.
Charles Henry Butler. Miss Blunt, Miss
Goldman, Miss Charlotte Cullen Mrs. II.
F. DimOck. Mrs. John Allen Dougherty.
Ely. Mrs. Charles Fitzhugh, Mrs. Mar
shall Field. Mrs. John Gibbons. Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins Mrs. Richard Harlow
Miss Hegemen. Mrs. John w. Hewson
Mrs. Nevii Munroe Hopkins. Mrs Ralph
Jenkins, Miss Kibbey, Mrs. Littauer, Mrs.
Randolph McKim. Mrs. Charles McCaw-
ey Mrs. George Marye, Mrs. Henry
Cleveland Perkins. Miss Mary Patten,
Mrs. P. Lee Philips. Mrs. Franklin D.
n Mrs William ir
Miss Jane a. Riggs Mrs. William Cary
sanger. Mrs. Hugh L. Scott. Mrs.
Thomas o. Selfridge. Mrs. Walter Tuck
ermann, Mrs. John W. Weeks and Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Cravath and Miss
Vera Cravath, Of New York, are spending
a few days at the Willard. Mr.. Cravath
Cravath joining him here the same day
on their return from Hot Springs, Va.
Mrs. Charles D. Lathrop. of New York,
accompanied them.
Comdr Harry A. Baldridge, U. s. N,
and Mrs. Baldridge have as their guest
the latter's sister, Miss Laurie Smith, of
New York.
Mr.. Pierpont Morgan entertained a
party OF friends at luncheon at the
Shoreham yesterday.
, Capt and Mrs. Thomas j. Sem. L. S
N, accompa MED by Miss Emily KutZ,
will go to Annapolis today to attend the
graduation exercises at the Naval Acad-
emy and the graduation hop.
Mrs. Clement A F. Flagler, wife of
Col Flagler, U. S. A, recently appoint
ed military attache at Rome, will be the
guest of honor at a luncheon which Mrs.
Charles Keller, wife of Col. Keller. will
give today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff are ex-
pected to return to Washington today
from Florida.
The Counselor of the State Depart
ment, Mr. Polk, was a luncheon host at
the Shoreham yesterday. as was also Mr..
Vopicka. returning American Minister
from the Balkan States.
Mrs. James c. Towers was hostess at
a bridge party yesterday entertaining in
compliment to Mrs. Clarence Johnson, of
Raleigh, n. c., who is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs James w McNeilL Mrs, Mcneil
will entertain at bridge party, followed
by tea. on Friday afternoon, for Mrs.
Johnson.
Mr.. John G. Milburn, of New York and
Buffalo. arrived at Washington yesterday
for a short stay and is at the Willard.
! Mr.. Gaylord Lee Clark announces the
engagement of his sister. Miss Lettice
| Lee Clark, and Mr.. Franklin Heard Lyon,
! son of the late Mr.. and Mrs Thomas A.
Lyon. of Mobile. Ala. The wedding will
be quietly solemnized at Warrenton, Va,
April 25.
Miss Frances Efinger is the guest of
! Dr. r. A. Kearney L. s. N, and Mrs.
kearney at the Boston Navy Yard.
Mrs. William Sherman Dewhirst will not
be at home this afternoon, but will re-
ceive informally April 2 from to 5
o'clock.
| Mr.. Lansing, Secretary of State with
! the other members of the Presidents
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