The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

! LETT washington yesterday evening.
Mrs. Wilson accompanied the
President to the Capitol yesterday
to hear him address Congress on
the subject OF government control
Of railroads. They were accompa-
MED by Mrs. Frances Bowes Sayre,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Elliott. Miss
Margaret Wilson. Miss Helen Wood
row Bones. Mrs. William G. Nc
Adoo. Mrs. William H. Boiling,
Miss Bertha Boiling and the Misses
Lucy and Anne Maury, of Roanoke,
Va
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Meyer. jr.,
entertained the military members
OF the Serbian Mission at dinner
last evening at their residence in
K street. Dinner was followed by
a musical to which additional
guests were invited
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin
were hosts at a buffet luncheon
yesterday entertaining a distin-
guished company of fifty or sixty
men in compliment to DR.. Milenko
,slon. and the other members of the
mission; Cabinet officers. diplomats
and other prominent officials were
included among the guests.
Mrs. Hamlin and her daughter
Miss Anna Hamlin, who assisted in
welcoming the guests, were the
only ladies present.
This evening the entire mission
will dine with the French Ambas-
sador and Mime. Jusserand. The
mission will visit the Senate at
1890 o'clock today. after which
they will be entertained by the
Vice President at the Capitol
Thomas ". Gregory, jr., who spent
the holidays with his parents. Attor-
ney General and Mrs. T. W. Gregory,
returned to Princeton Thursday.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, who recent
1y arrived in Washington and is spend
ing several weeks at the Willard, en-
tertained last evening at dinner The
party included DR.. and Mrs. David
Jayne Hill. Judge and Mrs. John
Barton Payne, and DIR. Charles Clin-
tor Swisher. Mrs Walsh later tool;
her guests to the theater.
Monday evening Mrs. Walsh win
tional Theater, following a dinner
which she will give at the Willard.
Miss Eota Robinson. who was the
guest OF Mrs. Poe White. has returned
to New York. She will come to Wash
ington about the middle of the month
for'another visit with Mrs. White.
Mrs. Sherman McCallum will enter
tain at a reception today, when she
will introduce her daughter. Miss Ce-
ella McCallum to society. Presiding
at the tea table will be Mrs. Stephen
B. EIkins, Mrs ]. Hamilton Lewis
and Mrs. Clarence Edwards. Among
these assisting will be the Misses
Tuttle, Miss Halle Davis, Miss BeS-
sic Edwards. Miss Anita Henry and
Miss Ellen Bruce Lee.
Mrs. McCallum will receive the
guests wearing a handsome gown o.
blue velvet and Miss McCallum will
wear a frock of white organdy. cut
on simple. girlish lines. She will carry
an old fashioned bouquet. The draw
ing rooms Of Mrs. McCallum's resi-
dence in Massachusetts avenue Will
be decorated with the many bouquets
sent to the debutante.
Miss Mary Cans, of Ohio. is visiting
Mrs. McCallum and Miss McCallum.
Mrs. Samuel P. FfekIen will pre-
sent her daughter Miss tDaviette
Ficklen, at a reception this after
noon at their residence in Biltmorc
street. Mrs. Ficklen will be gown
ed IN American beauty velvet en-
broidered with ruby and rhinestone
and will wear a corsage bouquet -
violets. The pretty bud will be gown
ed in white satin and chiffon, heav-
fly embroidered with a silver thread,
rhfnestones and pearls. She will car
~ an orchid-colored fan and wear
q eorsage bouquet of orchids.
The drawing-room will be a bower
Of pink roses, intermingled with the
flowers sent to the debutante. Amer
lean Beauty roses will adorn the tea
table, where Mrs. W. s. Hardesty
and Mrs Howard S. Nymen will
preside. Assisting in the dining-room
will be Miss Mary Duncan Gibson.
Miss Mary Hill, Miss Ruth Stiles, |
Miss Margaret Devereux, Miss Jean
Rayner, Miss Ruth Donaldson, Miss
! Phoebe Walker. Miss Kathleen Les
ter Miss Agnes Messick. Miss Vir-
Hnia Minor. Mrs. Abigail Harvey,
MISS Eustasia Hardesty. Miss Eliza
beth koones. Miss Evelyn Zane. Miss
Jane McIlhenny, Mis- Enid Sims, Miss
Fay Doyen, Miss Mary Stuart Win
lter, Miss Mildred Sisson, Miss Alice
Plant and Miss Helen CIaxton.
A stringed orchestra will play
throughout the afternoon. The debu-
tantes assisting at the tea and a !
NUMBER or young men will be enter
famed later In the evening at a buf-
let dinner, which will be followed
oy dancing. for which another or
ehestra viii furnish the music.
Mrs. Albert Mills returned to Wash
ins.on Thursday evening from her
Mrs Aahlon Pitney will not recaivs
on Mondays in January because OF |
her recent severe illness.
Tne Misses Drain win entertain a |
small company Informally at a SUM-
per and dance this evening at their
apartment in the Wyoming.
Miss Elizabeth Stevenson. debutsnta
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Loui,
stevenson, viii be hostess at a theater
party this afternoon.
The Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs Carl vrooman win be
nosts al dinner this evening when the
nonor guests will be the Secretary of
ton.
Sir Charles and Lady Ross, of Scot
land. guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Campbell Graef. will entertain at din
ner this evening at the Montgomery
Country Club.
Mrs. Edmund Pendleton will have
guests lunching informally with her