Evening star., 1918-12-17
Dinner Parties Tonight.

Dinner Parties Tonight.
Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff will entertain
| a dinner company of debutantes to-
night.
Miss Marie Simms will entertain at
dinner this evening at the Club de
| Vingt.
| Mrs. Joseph w. Folk Joined her
| Governor of Missouri, at the New
Willard today. Gov. Folk has spent
most of the winter in Washington.
| Mr. and Mrs. Edward Preb1e Mot
| ley, the latter formerly Miss Dorothy
Miss Helen Snow Jones. at her resi-
dence. 1922 Rhode Island avenue,
! having come on to attend the Wilkin-
| son Harlow wedding this afternoon.
Sir Richard Crawford, commercial
commissioner of Great Britain. and
Lady Crawford left New York yester-
! day aboard the Adriatic for England.
Lieut.. Preston Gibson. q. s. NJ. c..
| gave a luncheon yesterday in New
! York for Maj. Gen. George Barnett,
J L. S. NJ. c.. and Mrs. Barnett, who
| have just returned from France.
Mrs. J. Edwin Wilson announces
| Dorothy Erickson. to Capt. William
Franklin Odom, U. S. A. the wedding
to take place early in January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Crawford Let's
and Miss Courtney Let's will be at
| home on Monday. December 30. at 5
O'Clock. at 1929 18th street.
| The Washington Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America
will meet this evening at $3.50 at the
Washington Club, 1901 K street. Ar
Northport, N. Y, recent representa-
| tive of Art and Archaeology in France,
| will give an illustrated lecture on
-Four Cathedrals in the War Zone:
Rheims, Laon, scissors, Amiens."
The marriage of Miss Elise T. Ben
mich and Mr. Hugh J. Phillips, jr, of
this city took place Wednesday. De-
cember 4, at the residence Of the
/ brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
n1ony was performed at IL o'clock, in
| the presence of the members of the
| two families.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips will live in
New Brunswick, N. j., on their return
from their wedding trip.
! Mrs. Champ Clark will be at home
| informally tomorrow afternoon from
to at Congress Hall
ter. Miss Suzanne Lewis, will enter
tain at a buffet supper and dance
this evening in honor of Miss Pamela
Henry and her guest, Miss Marjorie
Slippen of Virginia.
Miss Henry is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Henry and she will
/ make her debut in January.
A January Ball.
Arrangements are asst being made
for the welcome home ball to be
given by the board of lady managers
of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital the evening Of
| room of the New Willard. Mrs Wood
row Wilson authorized her name to
be used as a patroness before she
sailed for France, and the list when
complete will include as usual the
cream of official and resident society.
the government free of charge for
aviators, and their work along this
line alone has been splendid. The ball
will be in the nature of welcome to
the homecoming soldiers and the al
lied diplomats will be asked to aid
with their presence in making the
event brilliant success.
A distinguished and most apprecia-
tive audience, including many of
Washington's official and smart resi-
dent society folk, filled the Belasco
ance of 1.-THE Masquerader," given for
benefit of the Columbia Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Shepherd enter
tained in their box the Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Baker and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Hunter Calf.
na1o ho1 in ho1
Miss Mary Helen Seelbach Of Louis
willie. KY, Miss Helen Blodgett, Miss
Mona Blodgett, Col. Sewer. Lieut.. Will
son and Lieut.. William H. Peck
Mrs. Thomas F. Logan entertained
a box party, her guests including the
diyar, Mrs. Malek A. Loring, Mr.. Henry
Zimme, man of the Netherlands lega-
tion and Capt Anes Brown. :
Mrs. FRANCHISE Berger Moran had as
guests in her boz Mrs. Adelaide Worth
Bagby. Gen. and Mrs. Frederic v. Alb
resentative J. Willard Ragsdale-
In Mrs. Preston Peters box party
were Col. and Mrs. Moore. Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Pennington, Col William
Lay Patterson and the Rev. and Mrs.
F. Ward Denys.
Mrs. Joseph f. Thropp's box party
included Mrs. Henry B. Wilson, Miss
Maxwell. Mrs. Alexander Sharp and
Mrs Medorem Crawford.
Others entertaining box parties were
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Mrs. Edward
s. Meigs. Mrs. ]. G. Boyd and Mr..
Herbert Campbell of Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hewitt Myers,
who had as their guests Mrs. MarI-
borough Churchill and her sister,
Miss Smith and Capt. David Leahy;
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry P. Fairbanks
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. William
z, No Ill
Mrs. William E. Fendall had with
them Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Herbert,
jr., Of Virgins; Capt and Mrs NAL
colin Kenneth Gordon and Mr.. and
Mrs. n. B. Learned.
Among those in the audience were
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Col and
A6rA William G. coriell Misses