The Washington herald., 1918-07-19

Caleb w. O'connor and Miss winifred |
Warder. The six attractive young |
ladies who waited upon the euests
during the dinner were members OF
the O'Connor Camp Chorus, which has !
sung to more than hundred thousand |
men In the camps about Washington,
and were Miss Louise Morgan, Miss
Catherine Morrison. Miss Gertrude
Anderson, Miss Helen Richards, Miss
Majorie Bateman and Miss Clara
Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. sylvanus Stokes, ~.
will be members of the wedding party |
which will attend Miss Daphne Elise
Duane and Capt. Richard Barton
French, of Boston, at their marriage,
which win take place late In August
at Manchester-by-the-Se Mass. The
engagement has just been announced
by Miss Duane's mother, Mrs. Carlton
Claiming Duane.
Only the immediate relatives and
friends will be among the guests.
Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt, sister
OF the BRIDEGROOM. will be matron OF
honor. and kingdom Gould will be the
best man. stuart Biddle Duane.
u. s. N. r. F., viii also be In the
wedding party. Mrs. Duane. who has
been engaged in war work I'm London
for some time. will return here
shortly. Among those who are ex-
pected to go to Manchester for the
wedding are Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney. Mr.. George ouintard
Whitney. Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Pierce
Lorillard, and Mrs. Marshal Field.
Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske. u. S.
N, retired. is at the New Cliffs Ho-
tel. Newport. having arrived recently
from Washington.
Newport will welcome at least one
debutante this season. and the in
PRODUCTION will be one of the most
important in several years. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt will introduce her
daughter, Miss Grace Vanderbilt, to
society at a dinner and informal
dance at Beaulieu on the evening of
July q. There will be about sixty |
guests at the dinner. including men, |
bers of the younger set and their |
elders.
Miss Vanderbilt has spent the last |
two seasons in Newport with her |
mother. Her father. Brig. Gen. Cor |
nelius Vanderbilt, is in France; her |
brother. Private Cornelius Vanderbilt. |
jr., also is in the service, so they
will not be able to be present. Many
Of Miss Vanderbilt's friends are ar
ranging entertainments for her, to |
take place later in the season.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Janet Elizabeth, only daugh- |
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Stew
art, to James Smiser Davis, u. s.
N. of Lynville. Tenn, in Norfolk |
Va, July Is. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. B. F. Huske, chap
lain, U. S. N. The bride was accom- |
panied to Norfolk by>her mother, and |
on her return in August will be with
her parents at 1ol5 Ninth street north
east.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. o'Connor have
sent out invitations to the members
Of the d. c. War Camp Community /
Talent Corps for a dance on next |
Monday evening at Studio Hall. 1913
Connecticut avenue. Each member |
Is privileged to bring dance partner.
Augustus Does His Bit" to be |
presented before the United Service |
Club of America today was writ |
ten by George Bernard Shaw early |
IN the war as satire upon certain |
conditions then prevailing in Eng
land in the conduct of the war, |
notably the employment of young
er sons" of titled families in posi- |
tions OF Importance. 1t was en-
acted at London with marked sue
cess, being recognized as char |
acteristic Shaw production designed |
to effect a needed reform. Special |
permission was given the Drama |
League Players OF Washington to |
produce the play in America, which
was done for the first time at two |
performances at Polls Theater in |
December. II was given one SUBJ |
sequently by the original cast, and |
is now presented by the same per-
formers. as follows:
Lord Augustus HighcastIe. Mr.. G.
A. Lyon; Beamish. the clerk. Mr.. |
Lewis McH. Howe, and the lady, |
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith.
The action takes place in the
town hall recruiting Office at Little |
England. supposedly /
during the first year of the war. |
The play is in one act
Marta Wittkowska, wife of Can't. |
Arlington Mallory. will sing a few
SSAOSIlOhS. hIne. "lItk0w-
ska Is well known from her con-
nection with the Metropolitan
Opera Company and Covent Garden,
and for the past two years has
turned over all her earnings to SOL
diers. Mr.. George o'Connor will
sing some new songs.
Miss Louise Hickman, Of capitol
Hill, accompanied by party of
friends, left for Atlantic City Satur-
day. to spend the remaining weeks
of July.
Announcement has been made by
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hustled, of
White Plains. N Y, of the marriage
Of their daughter. Miss Frances
Hustled, to Lieut.. Frank Henry PEN
nington. U. s. N, at st. Thomas,
Virgin Island, West Indies.
Miss Hustled started on June 10
for st. Thomas. arriving there on
June II, and was married the next
day. She was the guest Of Rear
Admiral James H. Oliver, U. S. N,
and Mrs. Oliver. Lieut.. Pennington
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cha
T. Pennington. Of Brighton Heights,
Staten Island.