The Washington herald., 1918-01-04
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grandmother. Mrs. John v. Rider. Of
Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. Archibald Percy will be at
home this afternoon and every Friday
afternoon throughout January.
Mrs. j. Hamilton Lewis has ar
rived in Washington after spend
ing some time in tlantic City with
Mt. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon. and Is
at the Shoreham for the winter.
Senator Lewis, who has completed
a trip to Texas, inspecting camps
and contonments, is now in Chi
cago. but will come to Washington
within a few days.
Mrs. Sternberg. widow of Gen.
George NJ. Sternberg, U. 8. A. Is
passing the winter at the Grafton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas NJ. Smith en-
tertained informally at a dance last
evening for their daughter, Miss
Margaret Langfitt Smith and her
guest, Miss Elizabeth MacSweeney,
OF New Jersey. Miss MacSweeney,
who has been spending a few days
at Annapolis, where she attended
the New Year dance at the Naval
Academy, arrived yesterday for a
ten-day visit.
Mrs. W. E. Pullium was hostess
at a tea yesterday afternoon at the
Wyoming. Mrs. Pullium is spend
ing the winter with her brother
in-law and sister. Col and Mrs.
w. B. Graham, while her husband
is in Chile on business.
Senator and Mrs. Josiah o. VOL
cott, of Delaware. have taken pos
session of the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Mactier, which they
have leased in Chevy Chase Mr..
and Mrs. Mactier left Washington
yesterday for Atlantic City.
A committee meeting was held yes
terday morning at 1870 at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Thomas T Can to make
arrangements for the concert to be
given at Mrs. Cats on January %.
when Mary Garden will sing. The
concert will be for the benefit of the
British-American war relief fund.
Among those on the committee are:
Lady Spring Rice, Mrs. Peter Goelet
IL .
John L. Saltonstall, Mrs. Bernard
Baruch. Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs.
Hope Slater. and Mrs. Edward Row
land, Of Philadelphia.
The Washington Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America
will hold the eighty-third regular
meeting OF the society at the resi-
Aannn ~ MN
ley, 1928 Connecticut avenue, this
evening at $50 o'clock. Prof. Charles
T. Currelly, director of the Royal
Ontario Museum of Archaeology, To-
ronto, and vice president of the insti-
tute. will give an illustrated lecture
on Egyptian Architecture"
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Barbour left
yesterday for San Francisco by way
| of Los Angeles, whence they will sail
on January u for China. They will
go first to Shanghai, and then to Pc
king, and will make an indefinite stay
in the Orient. Mrs. Barbour was for
merIy Miss Mildred Marshall Koonce.
Miss Katherine Heron, whose en-
gagement to Ensign Algernon Poole
Reeves. u. S. N. r. F., was recently
announced was the honor guest at a
luncheon given yesterday at the
Army and Navy Club by Mrs. Bert
r. Clark, wife OF Lieut. Clark, L. s.
". The table was adorned with a
centerpiece of Killarney roses, and
the heart-shaped place cards were
hand-painted in rosebud and forget
me-not designs.
The guests were: Mrs. Kemper F.
Wolhaupter. Miss Alice Livingston
and Miss Helen Griffin.
Mrs. Clark will leave the city In Z
few days for Boston. where Lieut..
Clark Is stationed.
Maj. Granville Fortescue will lee
ture before the National Geographic
Society this afternoon and evening.
Maj. and Mrs. Fortescue, who have
been with the latter's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles ]. Bell. for the holi-
days, will return on Sunday to Peters,
burg. where Maj. Fortescue Is on
duty.
A card party for the benefit of the
Woodley Park Red Cross Auxiliary
will be held at the Columbia Country
Club, Chevy Chase. Md, on Wednes-
day. January 9, at 2 o'clock.
The program for this month at the
Arts Club OF Washington has been an
nounced. 1t began with a club dinner
last evening at o'clock with Mrs. ].
]. White as chairman. ara Mrs. Allen
der and Miss Hill as hostesses. Mrs.
b. Armstrong. of Paris and New York,
spoke. The subject was "Art in War"
An exhibition Of French war posters
and reception was held at O'Clock.
A musical is to be given Sunday
evening at $50 o'clock. Those who
will contribute to the program include
Miss Thelma Smith, soprano; Charles
l.. Frailey. violinist, and Paul Bley-
den, accompanist
Members of the music committee
will be the hosts at the club dinner to
be given next Thursday evening at a
o'clock.
Miss Elizabeth Howry and the quar-
tet from the Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church. Claude Robson, d.
rector. will provide the program to be
given at a musical Sunday evening,
January Is. at $50 o'clock.
Money and Banking will form the
topic of discussion at a club dinner
to be held Thursday evening, January
Z. at o'clock. with Roy L. Neu-
hauser as chairman. The hostesses
will be Mrs. Neuhauser and Miss
Criteher.
A lecture on Robert Browning In
His Relation to Music is to be given
by Miss Pauline Jennings, staff lee
turer of the New York City board
of education. assisted by Miss Pauline
Gates, elocutionist. Sunday evening,
January 20. at $50 o'clock.
Frederick A. Delano. of the Fed