The Washington herald., 1918-04-12

othy Margaret, to Capt. Laurence
Alexander Slaughter. jr.. N. s. r.
The wedding will take place the lat
ter part of May.
Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt and
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt have ar
rived I'm New York for a visit and
at the Hotel Chatham.
Mrs. Howard s. Reeside has Joined
her daughter. Mrs. Victor Whitside.
at New York, for a stay Of a week
or more.
Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Willard. who
have been giving a series of dinners
at their quarters in the Navy Yard on
Wednesday and Thursday of each
week. postponed those scheduled for
last night and Wednesday, because Of
! illness in the family.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Ffoulke has as her
house guests Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hind
of London, England. She received yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. Hind assist
ing. and her daughter. Mrs. Ffoulke
Smith, presiding at the tea table.
Sylvanus Stokes, jr., U. S. n. -l.,
and his bride. who was Miss Margaret
Fahnestock. returned to town yester-
day afternoon from their honeymoon
and will be with Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock for a time. MIR. Stokes will re-
pert on Monday in Baltimore, where
he is at present on duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Stettinius
will ha Of to ha
Huidekoper house, 1914 Eighteenth
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Stettinius have
been occupying the home of Capt. and
Mrs Charles Harlow, at 2JO1 Massa-
chusetts avenue. since their arrival IN
town some months ago.
Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, who has
been occupying the home of Maj and
Mrs. Frederic L. Huidekoper, in
Eighteenth street. will leave town on
Monday for her country home at West
Park, Ulster County. n. Y. Her hus-
band, now Lieut.. Bingham, OF the
Field Artillery. is at present stationed
at Camp Green, N. c. He gave up a
staff majority to take a lieutenancy in
the Field Artillery. which would in
volve more active service.
The lecture to be given by the Most
Rev. Edward ]. Hanna, DID,, Arch
bishop of San Francisco, on Religion
in the New Order" for the benefit of
the free wool fund of the Catholic
Women's War Relief Service. at the
Belasco Theater. this afternoon at
i:45 O'Clock, promises to be one of the
most interesting events of the season.
The Chief Justice will present the
speaker. and others on the stage will
include Justice McKenna. Senator
Phelan, Admiral W. S. Benson, Gen.
Mcintyre and the United States Min
lister to Denmark, DIR. Maurice Francis
E,-an.
Those who have taken boxes in
clude Cardinal Gibbons, Cardinal
O'Connell and a number of arch
bishops and bishops. here to attend
the annual meeting at the Catholic
University: the French Ambassador
and Nine. Jusserand, Chief Justice
and Mrs. White Secretary and Mrs.
Daniels. the Misses Riggs and the
Misses Patten.
A dance for the benefit of the per-
manent fund for the reconstruction
Of the war cripple will be given this
evening in the ballroom at 2NO
Sixteenth street.
The infantry branch of the Army
Emergency Committee met yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Rogers.
1901 Eighteenth street, for the purpose
of knitting socks. 1t is meeting
Mondays and Thursdays.
The League of American Penwomen
will have as their guest of honor
and speaker at their knitting tea this
afternoon, at their headquarters at
1879 H street, Mrs. Winifred Black.
who will speak on Keeping the
Home Fires Burning"
Mrs. Mary st. Clair Blackburn will
be hostess for the afternoon and will
have assisting her Mrs. Robinson
Downey. Mrs. Florence Jackson Stod-
dard. Miss Bertha Wolfe, Miss Jessica
Cook and Mrs. August Knight.
Mrs. S. E. Milton will sing. accom-
panied by Sergt. Deming. Mrs. Lester
Brooks will play a violin solo.
Harvard men in Washington had
a dinner at the Chevy Chase Club
last night at 1880 p. m. This was
the second large gathering of Har-
ward alumni this winter. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge addressed the
meeting. The officers of the club
for 1918 are Samuel f. winslow,
member of Congress from Massa-
chusetts, pres d I: Pickering
Dodge. treasurer. and Capt. John
Washington Davidge. secretary.
The committee in charge OF the
dinner were Walter r. Tuckerman.
chairman; John w. Prentiss and
Joseph s. Hamlen.
Will Irwin. writer and war cor