The Washington herald., 1918-10-16

ana NrA B. I. sexton, on Q street.
during the absence OF her husband
in France.
Miss Cornelia Scott has Joined her
brother. Mr.. George Eaton Scott. at
their Massachusetts avenue residence.
| The SCOTS are prominent st. Louis
folk who spent last winter in WASH
| ington, he as one of Uncle Sans
''dollar-a-year" war workers. she as
chatelaine of his establishment at 2aoS
Massachusetts avenue.
Mrs. Caffee, widow OF Lieut.. Caffee,
, U. s. N, accompanied by their little
daughters. Betty and Patty. has re-
turned from Deer Island. Me-, where
1 she spent the summer. and will be
with her father. Medical Director
Dwight Dickinson. U. S, N, at his
! home, 1906 r street, for the winter.
| Mr. and Mrs. George F. Becker are
staying with Mr.. Edward Hamlin
! Everett at his home on Sheridan cir
Gle until they are able to regain their
! apartment at 21H Wyoming avenue,
/ which they leased for the summer.
4 Corbusier, l.. S. A, with their little
daughter and son. Phyllis and Billy,
will spend the winter in Washingtou
during the absence of her husband in
! France.
Mrs. Corbuser spent the summer in
| Kentucky and is now at No. East
irving street, Chevy Chase, for the
season.
| The luncheon given Monday In New
| York prior to the launching of the
two ships. the Allies and the Consort.
built by the Emergency Fleet Corpo-
ration, at Newark Bay. n. J., was at
| tended by a distinguished company
of men.
Among those well known in Wash
ington, in addition to Edward N.
Hurley, chairman of the Shipping
Board, and Charles NJ. Schwab, head
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
were Rear Admiral Grout. of the
French navy; Commander A. T.
Blackwood, r. N, of the British
| Embassy; Rear Admiral Albert
Gleaves, U. S. N; Joseph Edgar Le-
fevre. charge d'affaires, Panama Le-
CATION; Capt. T. NJ. stowi, naval
attache, Russian Embassy; ]. S.
Rowe. Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury: Y. Simitch, charge daft
faires. Serbian Legation; Georges
Rousso. the Greek Minister; Rear Ad-
miral Leigh c. Palmer. chief of Bu-
reau Of Navigation, U. S. N; f. de
Marchinne deCartier. Belgian Minis
ter; Admiral Lovatell. of the Italian
navy; Diego NJ. Mhamorro, Minister
from Nicaragua; Mai Gen. William
NJ. Black, chief of engineers. U. S.
A; Richard E. Enright. police COM
| missioner; Gen. A. Gvosdenovltch.
! Minister from Montenegro: Rear Ad-
miral Nathaniel r. Usher. L. S. N;
| Congressman F. c. Hicks. Maj. de
Montal, OF the French High Commits
sion.
Lieut.. Col. Robert T. Lamont. L.
s. A. has given up his apartment
in the Highlands and has taken the
home of Mai. George o. Totten, Jr..
on Sixteenth street. Col Lamont,
who is from Chicago. expects Mrs.
Lamont to join him in November.
I Col. and Mrs. Lamonts son, Rob
! ert T. Lamont. Jr., who has been
with the ambulance corps in France,
has recently been awarded the Croix
de Guerre and has returned to
America. Mr.. Lamont's engagement
has recently been announced to Miss
Jean Hopkins. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis J. Hopkins. OF Chicago.
| The wedding will take place in Chi
Cago this month. The couple will
make their home in Chicago.
! The lecture which Miss Alice Hut
chins Drake was to have given last
night at 14l2 ii street was postponed
; on account Of the influenza epidemic
! The Columbia Heights Art Club
/ has postponed indefinitely in accord
ance with the request of the au-
thorities the meeting which was to
have been held tomorrow at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Grandheld at Conduit
road and w street.
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