The Washington herald., 1917-02-20

ess at tea yesterday afternoon at her
! residence in Belmont road, entertaining
in compliment to Mrs. Albert lie Breton.
Mrs. Frank Anderson and Mrs. L. B. Nc
Bride presided at the tea table.
| Mrs Clarence Edwards wife of Gen.
Edwards, who for many years made her
home in Washington, but who is now liv-
ing at Niagara Falls. arrived In Washing
ton yesterday and will be at the Shore
| ham for several days.
! The Georgetown Assembly held its last
| ball of the season last evening at Lin
| thicum Hall, in o street. The ball room
| was decorated with palms. ferns and
spring flowers. Supper was served at
midnight
! The guests were received by Mrs. Raw
| Inns Hume, Mrs. Louis Mackall, and Mrs
James Young. DR.. Louis Mackall made
the presentations.
Mrs. Samuel Pannill Ficklen will be at
home today for the last time this season.
The Washington Club added another
beautifully appointed entertainment to its
social history yesterday afternoon when
Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey, candi-
date for the presidency of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, was hostess
! to the national officers of the society
and regents of the District chapters.
Mrs. Guernsey. who is only making
a short stay in Washington, en- route
from her Kansas home. to keep several
important engagements In the East also
invited some personal friends from Of
| fetal and resident circles to assist in
the afternoons hospitality.
The hostess welcomed her guests in n
beautiful gown of French blue brocaded in
silver with bodice garniture of silver lace
and long sleeves of georgette crepe. Like
the majority OF her assistants she wore
no hat.
| Spring blossoms with several well-plac-
eG silk flags furnished the decoration of
the large drawingroom while in the
supper room where a substantial collation.
was served. the long table was decorated
with a mass OF yellow jonquils and lighted
| by tapers capped in yellow.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. Mrs. Mary s
Lockwood, Mrs. William Thompson, Mr.
| Charles Curtis, Mrs. Duncan Fletcher
J and Mrs. Joseph Ransdell presided m
turn at the tea table.
An orchestra hidden behind a well Of
palms played in the hall throughout the
| reception, which lasted from TO Z
| Each Of the fifty-four chapters was
well represented with a number of out-of-
town guests, and was headed by Mrs.
John Miller Horton, of Buffalo, one of
Mrs. Gurnseys friendly rivals for the
presidency of the society, to which both
| have given many years of faithful service
Other prominent daughters present IN
cluded Mrs. Simon Newcomb. Mrs. Kate
Kearny Henry. Mrs. Howard L. Hodg-
kins, Mrs. G. NJ BrumDaugh, Mrs. Will
lam H. Carter, Mrs. Charlotte Emerson
Main, Mrs. John f. Huddle, Mrs. James
S Parker Miss Mary Wilcox, Miss Ma
talie Sumner Lincoln. Miss Grace NJ
Pierce. Miss Mary Hall, Mrs. ]. d. Grois-
SAINT, Mrs Edgar Allen, Mrs. Ellis Logan,
Miss Lillian Chenoweth. Miss Catherine
Rritton Barlow. Mrs. Abby Gum Baker
Mrs. Thomas A. Dobyns. Mrs. William
| B. Hardy, Miss Dorinda Rogers, Mrs
Henry Churchill Cook. Miss Laura r
Olney Mrs Sarah Guss, and Miss Ada
Classic
Mrs. John Miller Horton, Of Buffalo, Is
at the Willard.
Lord Furness, OF London. with Mr.. r.
Furness, also of London, and Mr.. c.
Guthrie, Of New York, arrived at the
Shoreham yesterday.
The Society OF Washington Artists will
hold its twenty-sixth annual exhibition
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. opening
on the evening OF February 81. with a pri-
vate view and reception. The following
ladies will serve as patronesses:
Mrs William G. McAdoo. Mrs. Newton
| D. Baker, Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory,
Mrs A. S. Bureson. Mrs. Josephus Dan
| iels. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. E.
Marvin Underwood, Mrs. Frederic A. De-
lano, Mrs. Hampton Gary, Mrs. Carl Broo-
man, Mrs. William w. Harts, Mrs. Will
lam Kent, Mrs. Charles Henry Butler,
Mrs. William Hitz, Mrs. William Bailey
Lamar, Mrs. Andrew Montague, Mrs.
John B. Henderson, Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Mrs Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs A B. But
ler. Mrs. Nevil Monroe Hopkins, Mrs. H.
T. Newcomb, Mrs. Joseph Thropp, Mrs.
John Jay White, Mrs. Russell Harding.
Mrs Anthony 1. Lucas. Mrs. Theodore
Moves and Mrs. Louis Lombard.
Mr.. and Mrs. John st. John Irby, of
San Francisco, entertained at dinner at
| their apartment at the Farragut last
evening in honor of the noted writer Of
Mrs. Tully, of New York. who are here
in connection with the presentation OF the
new play, '"The Masquerader." Mr..
Tully. who is a Californian, is the author
of THE Bird of Paradise" and other we'll
known plays.
The Sons Of Confederate Veterans were
hOStS at n MdTul DdIl ldSI cNcillhS
at the Raleigh Hotel. The ball room was
! elaborately decorated in keeping with
! the occasion and the carnival spirit was
! carried out in the costumes of the guests
and the Mardt Gras favors which were
distributed with each dance The ball
opened with the crowning of the king
and queen of the carnival. Miss Olive
Plant being chosen queen and Maj. E. w.
r. Ewing king. Following the corona
tion ceremonies, the german was danced
by the royal pair and their attendants.
Another interesting feature of the en-
tertainment was an effectively patriotic
tableau entitled 1.-The Birth of the Ameri-
can Flag" admirably posed by Mrs. Maud
Howell-Smith. Mrs. George S. Covington,
Mrs. Alfred Plant, and Mrs. Paul l..
Joachim. During the tableau the orches-
ira played THE Star Spangled Banner"
Composing the reception committee at
the ball were Mr.. George Bennett Ashby
and DR.. Clarence l. Owens, assisted by
Messrs. Taylor Timberlake, Col. Robert
f. Lee, Col. Robert N. Harper, Claude
n. Bennett, South Trimble, jr., A. 8.
Parry, Marx f. Kahn, Robert H. Fravel,
! Paul J. Carr, L. P. Calfee. r. w. Lassi-
ter, Sanford D. Covington, E. A. Brand,
Joe n. Bourne, B. F. Butler. E. c. Brok-
meier. Harry Holt, John T. Green, and
William c. Black.