The Washington herald., 1917-05-17
President and Mrs. Wilson Play Golf;
Mr. BaHour, of British Mission, Feted


at 81 Park avenue. where the decora-
uons were palms and rose pink snap
dragons.
The wedding was planned for June al
kldgeneld, Conn.,, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Miggin have a summer home. but as Mr..
seloen Is lieutenant in the Officers Re-
serve Corps. and will have to go to
Plattsburg' the war hastened It.
The Congressional Club will entertain
Mrs. Frank G. Wilkins. who will speak
on The Psychology of Gardening, as
tine guest OF honor on Friday afternoon,
May Is, at o'clock. Tea will follow at
l5 o'clock.
Mrs. Robert Farquhar. who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph C. MIL
nome in California. Mrs. Farquhar is
the daughter Of the late Senator John p.
Jones. Of Nevada.
Miss Jessie Piexotto, of California and
New York, has come to Washington and
Is guest at National American Woman
Suffrage Association headquarters, 1923
Rhode Island avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Campbell. Of
] Charles Town, w. Va. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Barbara
Fowle, TO DIR. Hugh johnson Hagan, of
Roanoke, Va, eldest son of Mrs. Lucien
Cooke, of Roanoke. and the late DR.. Hugh
Hagan. of Atlanta, Ga.
DR.. Hagan holds a commission in the
Medical Reserve Corps and was called
Into service last week
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock yesterday an
nounced the patronesses for the Isadora
Duncan benefit performance to be given
at the Belasco Theater on the afternoon
| OF May "a. They are as follows: Mrs.
Oscar Crosby, Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Mrs.
Franklin K. Lane, Mrs. T. T. Gaff, Mrs.
! H. ID. Perkins, Mrs. George Vanderbilt,
Mrs. Nathan wyeth. Mrs John Rogers,
Mrs. Henry Flood, Mrs. Willard Sauls-
bury, Mrs. Adolph Miller, Mrs. Marshall
Field. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs.
Henry Cleveland Perkins and Mrs. T. X.
Miller.
| The benefit is for the French restora-
| ton fund and proceeds of it go direct to
NJ. Dalimier, minister of fine arts, of
France, and are to be applied to the re-
building of that part of France recently
devastated by the retiring Germans. At
the head of the organization in this
country are former President Taft, Car
| dinal Gibbons, and President Emeritus
Charles w. Eliot, Of Harvard. Joseph
H. Choate was to have taken up active
work for this fund at the time of his
death, expecting to appear and speak in
Its behalf at the coming benefit
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock is acting as
Washington chairman of the fund. with
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, vice chair
man. and Mrs. Theodore Boynton, secre-
tary. Serving on the committee with
| these ladies is Miss Mary Patten, Mrs.
o. II. p. johnson, Mrs. Richardson Clo-
ver' Mrs. Blaine Beale. Mrs. Paul Bart
lett and Mrs. William Lattauer.
At this benefit performance Miss Dun
can will portray, through the medium of
the dance, the spirit of France, stricken
but unbeaten. Her performance will be
the first of series of benefits to be given
under the same auspices. All will be
shown first in Washington, but will later
go on tour. Washington, also. Is to be
made the headquarters Of a national
movement for aid in the restoration of
France.
Mns. NJ. f. Olmstead. widow OF the late
Representative from Pennsylvania, who
Is stopping at the Shoreham entertained
there at luncheon Yesterday. There were
nine guests. among them Mr. Vance Nc
Cormick, Of Harrisburg.
The marriage of Miss Marguerite
Knapp Poynton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur NJ Poynton. and Mr. Rov
Martin Boyd, took place last evening
at o'clock at St PauTs Episcopal
Church.
The ceremony. which was perform
ed by the Rev Robert Talbot, assist
ed by the Rev. Charles Long, Of
Moores, Pa, was followed by a recep-
ton at the residence of the brides
parents.
The bride. who was given in mar
rage by her father, was attended by
Miss Lillian Wolfe, as maid of honor,
and Miss Charlotte Poynton, sister Of
the bride, and her cousin, Miss Stella
Poynton; Miss Minnie Gill, Miss MurieI
Boyd, and Miss Evelyn Boyd, sisters
Of the bridegroom. and Miss Marcia
Trouland as bridesmaids.
Mr.. Alan Smith, of Overlook Pa
acted as best man. and the ushers were
Mr., Edward Poynton, brother of the
bride; Mr.. Bent Trued Hyberg, Mr..
Paul Boyd. Mr.. Robert Brown, Mr.
Randall Saunders and DR.. Douglas Muir
ply, of Philadelphia.
Miss Nora Houston and Miss Adele
Clark, of Richmond, are in Washing
/ ton, and are staying at National
Woman Suffrage Association headquar-
ters, 1926 Rhode Island avenue.
DR.. Poulieff, Secretary of the Bulgarian
! Legation. and Mime. Poulieff who have
Just returned from their wedding trip,
entertained at luncheon at the Shoreham
yesterday.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Dennis Upson. who
occupied the residence of Mr.. and Mrs
Blaine Elkins in Massachusetts, avenue
during the winter months, left Wash