The Washington herald., 1918-05-03
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In WASHINGTON
E. c. DRUM-HUNT.

The President and Mrs. Wilson
spent the morning yesterday on the
golf links.
The Frenchc Ambassador and Mime.
Jssserand will be the honor guests
at the dinner which Representative
and Mrs. Henry d. Flood will give
this evening.
The Countess Of Reading, wife Of
the British Ambassador. was the hon.
or guest at the luncheon which Lady
Lister-Kays gayo yesterday at the
Shoreham.
Mrs. wellington Koo. wife of the
Minister Of China, who landed at
Vancouver, B. c., on Tuesday, after
q visit to her home In China, is
expected in washington Monday or
Tuesday. The newly appointed Chi
nese Minister to Brazil and two
former ministers of education of
China are in the party which is ac-
companying Mrs. Koo across the con-
tinent. They are making the trip
by the way of Portland, Ore, St
Paul and Niagara Falls.
Lieut.. Col. ReilIe and Baroness
ReiIle entertained at dinner last
evening when the honor guest was
Capt. Andre Tardieu. French High
Commissioner. The other guests
were the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt.
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Col. and
Mrs. Clarence Ridley. Col and Mrs.
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and Miss Genevievs ReilIe.
The dinner was followed by
large reception which wds attended
by q brilliant company. including
representatives. OF Official, diplomat
ic and residential society. the mem
bers Of the French High Commits
sion. and the italian and British
War Missions. The entertainment
was in the nature or q house warm
ing as Baron and Baroness Reille
have just taken possession of the
handsome new home at 1347 Har-
ward street, which they bought re-
Gently.
Baroness Reille is planning to go
abroad next month for q visit.
The Secretary of Commerce, who
is In the West, accompanied by
Mrs. Redfeld, to attend hearings of
the American-Can Information
al fisheries conference, OF which he
10 chairman. will return to town
the latter part of May. Hearings
are being held at Seattle, at Van
couver and Victoria. B. c.. and at
Ratchekau and Prince Rupert, Alas
ka. It Is expected that Secretary
and Mrs. Redfield will stop in Otta-
wa on their way home. En- route,
west they visited in st. Louis and
Colorado Springs.
Paymaster Humphrey Redfeld, U.
8. N, and Mrs. Redfeld, son and
daughter-in-law Of Secretary and
Mrs. Redfield, who were their guests
for some time after their marriage.
have taken an apartment at 1921
Fifteenth street
Mrs. Thomas c. Dawson and Philip
Charles Soyez, of the French High
Commission, will be married quietly
on Saturday, May II. in this city. The
details Of the wedding have not been
determined as N. Soyez only reached
Washington last evening. after an
absence in New York where he has
been on duty the last four months.
He was in the army until recently
when he was assigned to the mission.
They will pass their honeymoon by
taking an extended motor trip.
Mrs. Dawson. who has made her
home in Washington for a number of
years, Is the widow Of Thomas Cleland
Dawson, of Iowa, who was very
prominent in the consular and diplo-
matte service Of this country. He was
considered an authority on all ques-
tions concerning South America. Mrs
Dawson was q native OF Brazil. She
was formerly Miss Luisa Duval. She
resides at 1916 Nineteenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Baruch will
be the honor guests at the dinner
which Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davies
will give on the evening of May g.
Miss Belle Baruch. who has been the
guests OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Baruch, for the past week, has re-
turned to New York, where she is
engaged in war work.
Representative and Mrs. Ira Con-
ley will be hosts at dinner Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward n. Hurley
will entertain at dinner on the even
ing of May a
Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Ansberry have
sent out invitations for a dinner on
May II at the Chevy Chase Club.
Miss Eleanor Sears, who was the
guest of Representative and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. left yester-
day for New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Logan will
entertain at dinner tomorrow even
ing before the ball to be given at
the Willard for the benefit of the
Washington Diet Kitchen Associa-
ton. Mrs. Logan will later enter
tain her party in her box at the
ball.