The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

troduced two years ago. She has been
much in evidence in the country life in
the neighborhood of Locust Valley and
of the founders of the Piping Rock Club
and its first president Miss Cravath Is an
experienced horsewoman and has taken
many prizes at horse shows. Mr.. Larkin
for some time was a member of Squadron
A. and more recently first lieutenant in
the First Field Artillery. with which he
served on the Mexican border. He ex-
poets soon to rejoin his colors. Mr.. Lar
kin Is member OF the Raccaet and Ten
mis-, Piping Rock and Squadron A clubs.
No date has been set for the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Cravath and Miss Cravatn
were here recently for a spring visit, dur
ing which they had apartments at the
Willard.
Capt. Edwin A. Anderson and Mrs. An
derson. who recently arrived at Washing
ton. are at the Hotel Powhatan.
Lieut. L. p. Hunt, U. s. NJ. q, has
arrived from San Francisco and is
stopping at the willard.
Washington society is interested in
the lecture to be given by Lieut.. Il
AAS'A oShhOhs VI the rTenCn army,
who will talk OF THE Changes in Rus
sia." in the ballroom at Rauscher-s to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, un-
der auspices of the American Ambu-
lance in Paris. There will be no ad-
mission charges for the lecture.
The patronesses are Mrs. Larz An
derson. Mrs. Blaine Beale, Miss Helen
A. Ernst. Mrs. William Corcoran Eus-
tbs, Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs A. P.
Gardner, Mrs. Charles Hamlin. Mrs.
Charles L. McCawley, Mrs. A. G. Nc
Clintock, Mrs. Medill Mccormick, Mrs.
]. p. Morton, Mrs. Henry Marquard,
Mrs. Frank Polk. Mrs. William Phillips,
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs,
George W. Vanderbilt.
Lieutenant Pechkoff Is an adopted
son of Maxim Gorky. the great Rus
sian novelist. and was born in 1884 on
the Volga. in the city of Nijini-Novs
gorod. made famous by its annual
fairs.
At the outbreak of the war he was
IN Italy engaged in literary work, and
finding it impossible to leave imme-
diately for Russia, he went on the
fourth day of mobilization to France
and enlisted as a private colder in
the historic French Foreign Legion.
He was with the two first fighting bat
talions to be sent out. and during the
days Of September, 1914. he was fight
ing in the trenches of Champagne. Re
was promoted to lance corporal and
then corporal 1t was not an idle time
he found in the trenches, for he went
forth in four bayonet charges, and
while leading one of these, on May 9,
1915, he was severely wounded.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Holbrook ar
rived here yesterday for a short visit
and are staying at the Willard until
after Easter.
Col. and Mrs. william P wheatley
will leave Washington soon to open
their cottage at White Sulphur for the
spring season
Mrs. James F. Barbour went to Phil
adelphia yesterday to spend a few days
and Mrs. George Lewis Mayer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy A. Gilmore, who
are returning from the South, are
spending the weekend at the Willard
before returning to their home at Phil
adelphia.
Decorations of flowers and lights
will make the cake and pastry booth
at the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital bazaar. to be held at the Hotel
Raleigh, April IS and 10. unusually at
tractive. Mrs. Edward J. Stellwagen
will be assisted at the cake booth by
Mrs. William H. Wilmer, Mrs. John c.
Boyd. Mrs A. F. A. King. Mrs. John C.
Liscum, Mrs. P. J. Ryan, Mrs. Robert
Stead. Mrs. C. v. Wheeler. Mrs. William
Gorsas, Mrs. Allan McLane and Miss
e. Bryan.
A table Of homemade candles will be
presided over by Mrs. A. C. Fenton,
Mrs. r. l. Brown. Mrs. Faher Steven
son, Mrs Morris Hacker. Mrs. Ralph
W. Lee, Mrs. Murray G. Motter. Mrs.
Clarence r. Norment, Mrs. Burton Ross,
Mrs. Mary E smoot and Miss Phyllis
Snyder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Hughes. of Dem
yer, Col. are staying at the Willard
for several days. Mr.. Hughes is the
| son of the late Senator Hughes, of
Colorado.
Robert z. Lee Chapter, No. s44, U. d.
C., has completed all arrangements for
its Dixie ball to be given at the Willard
Easter Monday, April 9. and announces
the following as its full list of
patronesses: Mrs. H. c. Ansley, Mrs.
Wade Atkinson. Mrs. W. T. Baggett,
Mrs. Clarence Barnard, Mrs. John Bell,
Mrs. Margaret Berry, Mrs. ]. D. Beale,
Of New York; Mrs. James H. Boggs, Mr,,
r. F. Bopes. Mrs, Charles Morelle Bruce.
Mrs r. W. Buchanna, Mrs. Alber.
sidney Burleson. Mrs. Charles d. Carter.
Mrs R. A. Caldwell. Mrs. H. F. Cary.
Mrs Lucien Clark, Mrs. Marion Dorsett,
Mrs. Goodwin Ellsworth, Mrs. L. w,
Eugster, Mrs. Samuel P. Ficklen. Mrs.
Duncan o. Fletcher. Mrs. Charles Mills
Galloway. Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory.
Mrs. 8. Edith w. Gleason, Mrs Nc
Carthy Hanger, Mrs. William Harlec,
Mrs. Graeme Harvey, Miss Mamie r
Heth. Mrs Miller Horton, Mrs Charles
B; Goldsborough, of New York; Mrs.
Milton Johnson. Mrs. James X. Jones.
s; Mrs James X. Jones, jr.; Mrs. 2.
H. Kemper. Miss Bessie Kibby, Mrs. L,
Larzaro. Mrs. David Meade Lea. Miss
Mary Lee, Mrs. James Hamilton, Mrs
Louis Mackah. Mrs. Frances E. Martin,
OF Baitimore; Miss Virginia Miller, Miss
Jennie Monroe. Mrs. Lawton Morran
Mrs. 7. Frank Morgan. Mrs. James, II
Muleare, Mrs.. Frank odenheirner. Mrs.
LIn 4