Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
President and Mrs. Wilson Dinner
Guests of Secretary and
Mrs. Lane.
Congressional Club Annual Break
fast Today-Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Marshall Guests of Club.
Mrs. Lane.

Ian. Judge George Gray and Miss Gray
of Wilmington. Del: Mrs. Marshal
Field. Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mott OF
Montclair. N. j., and Mrs. James Roose-
welt of New York.
Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Marshall and Miss
Bones were guests today at the annual
breakfast of the Congressional Club.
The breakfast was served at RauScn-
er's at noon. in the large ballroom,
which was hung with American flags
and otherwise decorated with palms
and flowers. each table having an at
tractfve centerpiece of blooms mrs.
Wilson and Mrs. Marshall occupied
seats at the speakers table, on either
side of Mrs. Atlee Pomerene, president
Of the club. Others at this table were
the members of the executive board,
Mrs. j. w. Byrns. Mrs. George w. FAIR
child, Mrs. Albert B. Cummins, Mrs. Ed
ward T. Taylor. Mrs. Henry G. Dan
forth, Mrs. Joseph J. Russell and Mrs.
j. F. Byrnes; the toastmistress. Mrs.
John F. Shafroth: two former presi-
dents of the club. Mrs. Ernest w. Rob
erts and Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, both
of whom addressed the club and Mrs.
James Brown Scott, Mrs. Edward keat-
ing, Mrs. William R. Smith. Mrs. Jouett
Shouse. Mrs julius Kahn and Mrs. John
b. Henderson. all of whom made brief
speeches.
The toasts were interspersed with
musical numbers. the program being
under the direction of Miss Dorothy
Dixon bennett, who opened with a
piano selection from Rachmaninoff. fol-
lowed by MacDowelrs "Polonaise." Mrs.
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler followed with
q. group of songs. including louvre TIES
Yeux Bleus," Massenet; lie Occur de
| Springs Awakening" by Sanderson
Mr.. Abraham Goldfuss gave two violin
selections. Indian Lament" Dvorak
| kreisler. and "Chanson Louis KILL"
&c arsv ,-1@
was the accompanist. THE Star Span
gled Banner was the concluding num-
Der.
Those present at the breakfast were
Mrs. sydney Anderson, Mrs. Anthony
Mrs. A: J. Barchfeld. Mrs. E. A. Barch-
| field. Mrs. Perry Belmont. Mrs. william
p. Borland. Mrs. katherine Brant Mrs
p. E. Browne, Mrs. Louis Brownlow
Mrs Frank H. Briggs, Mrs. Ezekiel S
Gambler. Mrs: Chiperfield. Miss Clipper
field, Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper. Mrs
Edward Cooper. Mrs. Ira C. Copley
| Mrs T. S. Crago. Mrs. W. B. Charles
Mrs J. Harry Covington. Mrs. William
| A: Cullop, Mrs. Josephus Daniels. Miss
Alice Darling, Mrs. Fred bennett. Miss
Dorothy bennett, Mrs. Joe H. Eagle
Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. William M. Geddes
Mrs Carter Glass, Mrs. James w. Good
Mrs. William Gordon. Miss Grace Gran
ger. Mrs. Charles NJ Hamilton. Mrs
William P. Harr. Mrs. Robert d. Heaton
Mrs. David F. Houston, Mrs. James
W Hustled. Mrs. Alfred Bennett lies.
Mrs Thomas Kemp. Mrs. William
Edward ]. King. Mrs. Aaron S. Kreider
Mrs. Franklin X. Lane. Mrs. Robert
Lansing. Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot. Mrs
J. Charles Linthicum, Mrs Gordon Lee
| Mrs. James l.. Lloyd. Mrs. William G.
| McAdoo. Mrs. Walter w. Magee, Mrs
James R. Mann. Mrs. Adolph Meyer
! Mrs. Frank w. Mondell. Mrs. Dick Nor
gan. Mrs. Martin A. Morrison Mrs. John
T Z
Mrs. George T. oliver. Mrs. James S
| Parker. Mrs. Atlee Pomerene, Mrs. Ed
| mund Plat. Mrs. J. A. Peters. Mrs
Michael F. Phelan. Miss Mary Phelan.
Mrs. William c. Redfield. Mrs. Howard
| S. Reside, Mrs. F. W. Rowe, Mrs
| Thomas L. Rubey. Mrs. Willard Sauls-
bury, Mrs T. D. Schall. Mrs. Henry w
Thetus W. Sims. Mrs. ]. H. Stephens,
Mrs. Frederick c. Stevens. Mrs Will
| liam J. Stone. Miss Sulloway. Mrs. Ed
win F. Sweet. Mrs. Charles Pope Cald-
/ NJ. Towner. Mrs. William H. Thompson
| Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Mrs. Josiah
A. Van Orsdel. Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh,
Miss Nellie Watkins. Mrs. S. E. Wins
| low. Mrs. Harry woodward, Mrs. John
D. Works and Mrs. James Young.
The Vice President and Mrs Marshall
will be guests at dinner this evening
board and Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Lam
sing will be guests at dinner this even
ing of Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh. who will
have large and interesting company
to meet them at her home in Massa l.
chusetts avenue.
Tomorrow Mrs. Walsh will give a
luncheon In compliment to Mrs. Thomas
r. Marshall. Mrs. Lindley NJ. Garrison
he
luncheon, has deferred her visit to
Washington.
The Japanese ambassador was the
guest in whose honor Judge and Mrs
William Bailey Lamar entertained at
dinner last evening at their residence
in Massachusetts avenue. Their other
guests were the Swiss minister and
| Nine. Ritter, Senator and Mrs. J. Ham
ilton Lewis, Admiral and Mrs Richard
son Glover, former United States Am
bassador to Russia and Mrs. George T.
Marye. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. Mrs.
Mrs. John Lindsay Morehead, Senator
Overman. Rear Admiral O'Neil and Mr.
Francis B. Loomis Pink snapdragons
adorned the table and spring flowers
were used throughout the drawing
rooms.
The officers at the Washington bar
racks will give their last formal hop
OF the season this evening, when the
guests will be received by Col. Patrick,
commandant of the post. and Mrs Pat
rick, Mrs. Carroll D. Buck. Mrs. Myron
Bertman and Mrs. Edwin c. Kelton.
The officers club will be deliberately
decorated with flags, bunting and palms
and the Engineers Band will play
throughout the evening A buffet sup
per will be served at 1880.
A number of dinner parties will be
given before the hop, when those enter
tanning will be Col. and Mrs. Patrick.
Capt and Mrs. Hodges, Capt. and Mrs.
Lampert and Mrs. Carroll D. Buck.
whose dinner will be in compliment to
Miss Stafford of Manchester-by-th e-Sea.
who with her mother is spending the
season at Washington.
Representative and Mrs Thomas B
Dunn were hosts at beautiful dinner
last evening, entertaining in the rec
room at the Willard. The table, which
was an elongated oval represented {
sunken garden with fountain playing
| in the midst of growing tulips, Jap
anese lilies, azaleas and blooming bot
tie brush bushes.
| The guests were Senator and Mrs
Pomerene, Senator and Mrs. Pittman
Senator James, Mrs. Claude A. Swan
| son, Senator-elect Mcclellan, Represent
alive and Mrs. James r. Mann, Rep
resentative Fitzgerald, Representative
and Mrs. Hubert Dent. Representative
and Mrs. Dempsey, Representative
Sanford, Representative and Mrs
Rowe, Representative Keiss, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Smell, Representativ,
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