The Washington herald., 1918-01-26

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Herbert Hoover has been in Rich
mond, Va, for several days.
Miss Margaret Normoyle, Of Gov
ernor's Island. is spending the week.
end with Mrs. T. q. Donaldson and
Miss Maysue Donaldson. Miss Dom
aldson, who has been very Ill for
several weeks, Is now convalescing.
Mrs. Samuel Alexander Moore, who
was the guest of ner parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Henry F. Robertson for a
month. has returned to her home in
Greenville. S. C.
Mrs. Delos Blodgett entertained a
box party at the concert at the Ma
With her were Mrs. George Barnett
and her house guests, Mrs. T. De-
witt Talmage and Mrs. Charles
Howry. Mr.. Blodgett will entertain
at a dinner OF sixteen covers at the
Chevy Chase Club this evening.
Representative and Mrs. MedIlI Nc
Cormick will entertain informally at
supper tomorrow evening.
Consul General Of Cuba and MIS-.
Henry III. Morgan ar lived in Washing
ton yesterday and will be ut the
Bellevue Hotel for a few dayg, Mr.,
Morgan was consul general at liam
burg. Germany, when We declared
war on that country.
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Paul Hubscher, secretary of the Swiss
Legation. will be at home Monday
afternoon.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Elizabeth Rush
Porter. daughter Of the late Col. John
Biddle Porter. to Frederick c. Fear
ing. OF Philadelphia and New York,
son Of the late William H. Fearing, of
New York. Mr.. Fearing is a graduate
of the Sheffield Scientific School Of
Yale University, class of 1910, and is
a member OF the Union Club, New
York.
Miss Porter was presented to So
ciety in Washington.
She is a granddaughter OF the late,
Gen. Andrew Porter. u. 8. A Her
mother was Miss Elizabeth Rush, of
Philadelphia, daughter of Murray
Rush and granddaughter of Richard
Rush, statesman. Miss Porter's sis
ter, Miss Catherine Rush Porter, is in
France with the Red Cross Canteen
Corps. Another sister. formerly Miss
Margaretta Biddle Porter. Is Mrs
Goldman, widow Of the Rt. Rev. Robert
Goldman. bishop of Maine. No date
has been set for the wedding.
The marriage of Miss Florence Lin
coin and William A Rockefeller. both
Of New York. will take place Feb
ruary g.
The ceremony will be performed in
the University Place Presbyterian
Church. A reception at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic W. Lincoln, % West Fifty
third street, will follow. Miss Polly
Lincoln, who made her debut last
summer at their country home at
Greenwich, Conn. will probably be
maid OF honor for her sister.
Mr.. Rockefeller. who belongs to the
Yale aviation unit and has been in
training at Huntington, L. l., is a son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. William G.. RockefeI-
Ter. He is a grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs William Rockefeller and a grand
nephew Of John D. Rockefeller. He is
also a grandson of James Stillman.
Capt. Guy c. Boughton, Medical
Corps. U. S. R. c.; Capt. C. A. Dufr.
Quartermaster Corps, u. S. R. c., and
Maj. Edward F. Thurston, adjutant
generals department, ordnance, U. s.
r. c., are among those who gave din
ner parties last evening at the United
Service Club. Friday being "ciub
night" a musical program was ar
ranged. Miss Margaret Weaver, of
New York, and Louis B. Thompson,
of Washington, sang.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Rayner
will give a tea, followed by a dinner
and dance, today to introduce their
daughter. Miss Jean Rayner, to So
ciety. The reception will be given at
1890 Eighteenth street, the home of the
grandmother, Mrs. Isldor
Rayner. widow of Senator Rayner, of
Miss Harriet Harman entertained
at luncheon yesterday in
to Miss Julia White, of
and West Virginia, who
Is her guest. Those asked to meet
Miss White were: Miss Jean Rayner,
Miss Mary Duncan Gibson, Miss Mar
gherita Tillman, Mrs. Herman Ed
ward Fischer; Miss Charlotte Hamb-
ley, of North Carolina, and Miss
Burritt, who is Mrs. Glib
sons guest.
Mrs. William Thaw. Sd, will come
to Washington shortly from Palm
Beach, Fla, to Join her husband, leav-
ing Miss Virginia Thaw with Mrs.
mother, Mrs. Charles Bradley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley re-
turned yesterday from New York,
where they have been for ten days.
Miss J. K. Oil and Miss Joan Oil
will be at home this afternoon. Others
who are receiving this afternoon are
Mrs. Frank Noyes. Mrs. R. Augustus
Heaton and Mrs. Beverly Randolph
Mason and the faculty and students of
Gunston Hail..
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mallan and
Miss Beatrice Mallan entertained at
a dance last evening, when Miss Mary
Duncan gibson, debutante daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson Gibson, was
the guest of honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. Merrill,
of Berkeley, Cal, and their daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Merrill, have taken
a house at 1926 Twenty-fourth street
for the winter. Mr.. Merrill is con-
nected with the Food Administration.
Mrs. John Downey Harvey and her
Mrs. Oscar Cooper, of Cali
fornia, who are guests of Senator
Phelan, will leave Washington tomor-
row.
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Breed and
their son, William Breed, of Cleve-