Evening star., 1918-11-20

town. N. j.. tomorrow, when he viii
speak at the dedication of the hsW
Salvation Army military hotel, wnlcn
has been erected at WrightstoWn:, .i. ~
the evening Mr.. Baker will attene en1
banquet to be given by the Nationai
Consnmers' League at the Hotel du
Pont, Wilmington, Del.
A Brilliant Benefit.
/ One Of the most brilliant dement's
and one rep1ete with human lnseres.. ST.
Twas that at the. he.knickerbocker anf f..a
/ Yesterday afternoon. when LaIayeI.e'
/ We Come" was presented fof tne III
iterior Department Convalescent home
for Soldiers. The theater was Pache1
with a representative audience, az az
the usual throng of interested spec.a-
tors awaited on the o.,ss s1oe~aiIn; limousine
bearing Mrs. Wilson and her party.
Mrs Wilson was box holder, ana
from the time she cArdially greeteo
Miss Dolores Cassinelli: the star u aS .nS
film. in the lobby of the theater, anu
grasped the hands of the soldiers from
| the Interior Department Convalescen.
Home, who sat just back OF her' sne
held a little impromptu reception; Mrs.
terror, who is president Of the board OF
4 managers of the home. had Nine; Jus
serand, Mrs. Robert Lansing ana MIS-.
Randolph Miner of California as
guests, and Mime. Jusserand aiso gaHe ga,
4 come. Several hundred men in UNI
form were in the house. senator
Phelan, Mrs. Randolph Miner ana seE-
!eral others took blocks of seats Ior me
use of convalescents from wafer
Reed Hospital. Mrs. Edward Doheny
had 100 soldiers from Camp Meiss
| there. as her guests
! Mrs. Wilson'S guests included Mrs
Gregory. wife of the Attorney General:
4 20 Of PnCtmlSteT
General; Mrs. Edward n. Hurley, Mrs.
Mason Gulick and Mrs. Boiling, mother
/ of Mrs. Wilson. The FRENCH amoas-
sador and Nine. Jusserand. VINO had
| box for Lafayette, We Gomez! gave
lit to the members Of the French edu-
/; cational mission now in Washington.
! Others who had boxes were Sena-
tor Phelan, Senator Kellogg, Mrs.
/ polk. Mrs. William Phillips. Mrs:
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mrs. Marshall
Field. Mrs. Lothrop Brown ,s;ras. MIS-; -
Mrs. A. Keep, Mrs. Everett Macy ana
! Mr.. Henry White.
/ The ambassador of Argentine and
| Nine. Naon and Mr.. and Mrs. Larz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney
entertained a distinguished company
| at dinner last evening in their Con-
! necticut avenue home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Anderson are leaving shortly for their
Brookline home to spend the winter.
! Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh will entertain
at a dinner. and theater party tonight
| in compliment to Nine. Nitobe of
Japan and her hostess, Miss Scidmore
+! Mr.. Adolph Caspar Miller Of the
Federal Reserve Board will leave
! Washington tomorrow to spend the
/ week end in New York with Mrs.
! Miller. who has been visiting there for
! Il short time.
! The woman's Army and Navy
I: League will meet tomorrow morn
| ing at 1890 in the chapel of the
Church of the Covenant. All men,
/ bers are urged to be present.
| Mrs. Albert Billings Ruddock, who
has been spending the summer and
autumn at her estate near Richmond,
| has joined Mr.. Ruddock at their resi-
dence, in Massachusetts avenue.
I! The marriage of Mr.. Charles U.
| Lewis and Miss Florence Ramsey
! Walsh was solemniZed on Tuesday,
! November 10, at the residence Of the
brides sister. Mrs: Margaret r. Will
| son in the Hillside apartment. The
/ ceremony, which was performed by
! the Rev. D. NJ. Brown, pastor Of st.
PauTs NJ. f. Church South. was a
quiet one, owing to the illness Of
/! the brides father. Mr. John H. Walsh.
| family and few intimate friends
/ were present. The bride, who was
i Sowned in taupe charmeuse and car
! ried bride roses. was attended by her
! sister, Mrs. John P. Wilson. The
groom was attended by Mr.. Earl
After a short trip Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
will make their home in Washington.
| Mrs. Abram Simon, wife of Rabbi
Simon. left Washington this morning
to spend fortnight at Atlantic City.
| The Dixey Chapter Of the U D. c.
will hold their regular monthly meet
ing this evening at o'clock at the
| Confederate Memorial Home. There
will be an election of officers.
| The officers at Washington barracks
have sent out Invitations for an in
| formal hop to be held at the engineers
mess on Saturday evening, November
%.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Norbourn 4. Thomas
F.! of Baltimore will entertain at dinner
on Tuesday@November IS. to announce
formally the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Alma E. Thomas, and
Mr.. j. Ronald Walker. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry NJ. Walker. Mr.. Walker
is the grandson of Noah Walker. Miss
Thomas is a niece of Mgr. G. F.
Thomas of st. Patrick's Church,
Washington, and is descendant Of
the Boarman family of Devonshire,
England. The wedding will take
place on February is.
| Mrs. Daniel Bradford Devore, who
\ has been visiting at New York for
| the last ten days, has returned to
Washington.
/ An auspicious opening will be given
the Liberty Theater at Camp Humph-
reys on Thursday, December 5. when
a rollicking good program will be
! presented and witnessed by the Secre-
| tary of War, Mr.. Baker. and other
Humphreys is second to that of no
other camp in the. country and the
| performers are in the best of train
ing.
! The opening of the theater will
| mark the introduction Of social activi-
| ties for the season, with Mai. George
! Oakley Totten in charge, and as the
| famous French ball for the families
of the artists Of France who fought
| in the first days Of the great war
i and a number Of similar events re-
| sound to his credit success is assured.
! The first of q series Of weekly
dances will be given by the officers
at Harris Hall on Friday evening.
November %, and will be preceded
! by a concert and other forms Of en-
tertainment. A number Of Washing