The Washington herald., 1918-04-06

at the Altamont.
The ceremony Immediately preced-
ing the reception will be attended
only by a small company Of relatives
and close friends invited informally
by telephone. ...r ....
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins entertained
at dinner Thursday evening for Mrs.
Curt II. Reisinger, of New York, and
her cousin, Mrs. Harry W. Rockweli.
! who are spending a few days at the
Powhatan on their way to the White
Sulphur Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley enter
! tained at dinner last evening. when
| the Spanish Ambassador and Nine.
Riano, the Belgian Minister, Mr.. de
| Cartier de Marchienne; Mrs. William
Disston and Mrs. Herbert Shipman, OF
New York, were among the guests.
The woman's committee for engi-
! neer soldiers will hold an important
business meeting this afternoon at ,
( O'Clock at the residence OF Mrs. DIM
| ock, l3m sixteenth street. Mrs. Will
lam NJ Black, wife of Gen. Black.
chairman of the committee. will pre-
side. and a full attendance Is desired
as plans will be discussed for the
summer work.
Isaac r. Sherwood, Representative
from Ohio, will speak on "Statuary
in Washington" this evening at the
Columbia road.
Gen. and Mrs. Charles Keller will
1 ha - aUaninp nv
of the party later attending the A
B. F. B. ball at the Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Hewson. ac-
companied by the Iatter's daughter,
Mrs. Donald Washburn, who have
been spending the winter at st.
Augustine, Fla, returned to Washing
ton last evening to attend the ball for
! the American ritish-French-B Belgian
| fund for blinded soldiers, to be held
! this evening at the Willard. Mrs.
! Hewson Is chairman Of the Washing
| ton committee for this fund. Mr.. and
| Mrs Hewson have taken an apart
ment at the Dresden for the spring
! season.
1t is expected that the President
| and Mrs. Wilson will attend the ball
I TO be given tonight at the Willard
. under the auspices of the American.
J British. French and Belgian perma-
Tcnt blind relief fund This organi-
zation is not devoted to the support
of a home or hospital for soldiers and
sailors blinded in battle. but under
takes to re-educate them and fit them
! TO become useful and self-suppornng
. citizens after they have been dis
! charged from medical Institutions.
! Paymaster General Samuel Nc
| Gowan is chairman OF the floor COM
! mittee. He will be assisted by Rear
/ Admiral c. G. Peoples. Rear Admiral
| T. J. Cowie, Brig. Gen. c. b. Baker
| Brig. Gen. I. w. LitteIl. Brig. Gen.
! Charles II. Lauchheimer, L. s. NJ. c. :;
! Brig. Gen. William Nicholson, Sena-
tor Kenneth McKellar. Senator James
: d. Phelan. Preston Davie, Col. Ches-
ter Bolton. Percy r. Pyne I'd, Capt.
! Pitt Scott, Lieut.. c. b. Brown, Lieut..
: Wilfred Du Puy, Capt. Frank An
drews. Vance Mccormick. Lieut.. F.
! S. Doheny. Congressman MedilI Nc
COrmick. Lieut.. L. c. Hanna, Mai.
Sherman Miles, J. F.. Lefevre. of the
| Panama Legation; George Armsby,
Col. George Harvey and Lieut.. Col.
Richards.
Others who will serve ION the COM
mittee are Brig. Gen. T. Q. Donaldson,
Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson.
! Joseph Letter. ]. II. de Sibour, Will
lam B. Hibbs. Edwin ]. Stellwagen,
EGGlund w. Bonnaffex. Ryan Deve-
| reux. Horace Westcott, Harry L. Rust,
! Tucker Sanford. Merrill Z. Gates,
Chauncey Hackett. George f. Hamil-
IaVnanz ~ l.
, Alexander Britton. William D. Hoover,
+ Thomas Hyde. A. S. worthington. Ben
;. Minor. Walter Tuckerman, FIem-
/ ing Newbold. Gist Blair, George How
ard. Frederic Huidekoper, H. Rozler
Dulaney, Alex B. Legare, William L.
| Eustis. Edison Bradley. George P.
| Eustis, II. II. Flather, Charles c.
Glover, o. II. p. Johnson. Rudolph
| kaunmann, Milton Allies, Arthur u.
Addison. John B. Larney, Frances r.
Hagner. William c. Hill, E. A..
Mitchell. Blair Lee. ]. F. wilkins,
Clarence Wilson. James Hayden,
Charles ]. Bell. James ID. Morgan,
Murray A. Cobb. Col G. G. Edgar,
! Lieut.. Col. r. L. Jones. Lieut.. Col.
II. NJ. Byllesby. Lieut. Col. w. H. GIL
more. Maj. D. c. Emmons, Capt. T.
Partridge. Lieut.. H. ]. Adair. Mai
r. X. Askew. Maj. F. r. Aver, Mai.
T. W. Miller, Lieut.. Col. William H.
Eaton, Maj. f E Garrison.
Mrs. Robert w. Patterson has as
her guests her granddaughter. the
Misses Elinor and Alicia Patterson,
daughters of Lieut. Joseph Medin Pat
terson.
Lieut.. and Mrs. John Paul Jones
nave given up their apartment in
Washington, and established them
selves In bungalow at Berwyn which
! they have rented for the summer
They have as their house guest. Miss
Mary Anderson, daughter of Mr.. and
MRS. w. V. Anderson. Of Cincinnati Ii,
and niece of I.aFz Anderson, OF
| washington. Lieut.. Jones, who was
one OF the leading college athletes of
tne country when he was in Cornell
! Few years ago, is attached to the
engineering branch of the ordnance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy c. Drake. Of
Chlcago, have come to Washington
Mr. Drake Is on Food Administration
business which is likely to detain him
here for several days. Mrs, Drake
expects to spend a week or so with
her sister, Mrs. Louis Hertle, at Gum
ston-Hall-on-the-Po Potomac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald BarkIie
have returned to their apartment at
2SSs Massachusetts, avenue, after an
absence Of several weeks spent at
New York and Philadelphia.
Miss Caroline Ogden Jones, who has