The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
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man OF this section. requests all MEM
bers to bring their sewing bags, as
work will be begun for the French
orphans. DIR. Edwin Grosvenor will
make an address on the French Lam
guage.
The Washington Alumnae Club on
the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity will hold
Its January meeting today at 4:30 in
the chapter room, 2O24 @ street. All
Pi Phis who have recently come to
Washington are invited to attend and
to remain for the "cooky-shine."
Announcement has Just. been re-
ceived here OF the marriage on
Christmas Day in Stoughton, Wis.
of Miss Ruth b. MacManus. grand
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
George II. Bailey, of this city. TO
Lieut.. Russell NJ. johnson. Tho
bride, who spent her childhood with
her grandparents in Washington,
has made her home for a number
Of years in Stoughton, graduated
from the high school and was one
of the most popular young women
of the place. DR.. Johnson Is first
lieutenant in .he Medical Reserve
Corps. He is now stationed in New
York City where he is engaged in
special medical research work for
the government. The bride and
groom will make their home In New
York until DR.. Johnson goes to
France.
Mrs. Emma Prall Knorr and Miss
Stler will be the hostesses at the
Arts Club dinner Thursday evening,
at which Representatives Horace NJ.
Towner, of Iowa, and Edmund Platt.
of New York, and Prof. Charles c.
Swisier, of George Washington Uni
versity, will be among the speakers.
oliver Smith will sing several solos
and Mr.. Zolnay will be the chair
man OF the evening. There Will be
The marriage of Miss Julia +.
Irby, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
lam /. Irby. TO Donald A. Magill will
take place this AFTERNOON at the
home of the bride, 1921 T street
with only few relatives
and friends and members of the
family attending. Rev. f. X. Har-
din will officiate. Immediately alter
the ceremony the couple will leave
for New York for a short stay.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, chairman
of the woman's committee of the
Council of National Defense, will
be the guest of honor at the Con-
gressional Club on Friday afternoon
and will speak at 4 o'cloch on the
work of the committee. There will
be special music and tea will be
served at s o'clock.
On Thursday evening an informal
dance will be given, to which soldier
friends may be invited by the mem-
bers. The clubhouse. 2O01 New
Hampshire avenue, is open three
days a week-Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday-for war relief work
and all the members are busy with
some branch of this service. surgical
dressings, hospital swing. knitting
etc.
The following Is list OF patronesses
of the charity ball. to be given at the
New Willard Hotel on Saturday
evening, January u:
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall, Madame
de Riano, wife of the Spanish Ambas-
sador; Madame da Cana, wife Of the
Brazilian Ambassador; Mrs. Newton
d. Baker. Mrs. Thomas w. Gregory.
Mrs. Albert S. Burleson. Mrs. David
+. Houston. Madame Zaldivar. Mrs.
Willard Salisbury, Mrs. Francis L.
Warren, Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock,
Mrs. George P. Mclean. Mrs. Phil
ander G. Knox, Mrs. Frank B. Kel-
Mrs. Frederick II. Gillett, Mrs. Henry
MedilI Mccormick, Mrs. TasIer II.
Bliss, Mrs. Willard II. Brownson,
Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. William
Leigh G. Palmer, Mrs. Cary t. Gray
son.. Mrs. Paul NJ. Warburg, Mrs.
Frederic A. Delano, Mrs. Adolph c.
Miller, Mrs: Charles s. Hamlin,. Mrs.
Harry A. Garfield, Mrs, Frank I.
John W. Davis. Mrs. Frank B. Rose s:
yelt. Mrs. Breckinridge Long. Mrs.
Charles Warren, Mrs. Charles W.
Fenton, Mrs. u. S. Grant, 3d., Mrs
Price Collier. Miss Cornelia Aids,
don ApchincIoss, Mrs. Perry Belmont.
Mrs. Delos E. Blodgett,- Mrs. Edison
Bradley, Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, Miss
Alice Clapp, Mrs. Robert w. Cum
ming, Mrs. Henry T. Dimock, Mrs.
John F. Dryden, I'd, Mrs. Marshall
Field, Mrs. Thomas T. Can, Mrs.
Arthur G. Glasgow, Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, Mrs. NJ. A. Hanna, Mrs.
David Jayne Hill. Mrs. Morgan Hill,
Mrs. Ralph Jenkins, Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nings. Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Mrs.
E. w. Leonard, Mrs. William Lit
tauer, Mrs. James Mcdonald, Mrs.
Isaac T. Mann, Mrs George T. Marye,
Mrs. Henry May, Miss Gertrude W.
Myer. Mrs. Robert Mccormick, Mrs.
Theodore W. Noyes, Mrs. James Par
melee, Miss Patten, Mrs. Robert Pat
terson, Mrs. John Basten Payne, Mrs,
William NJ. Ritter, Mrs. H. III. Rogers,
tr., Mrs. c. Peyton Russell, Mrs. Rob.
ert Roosevelt, Mrs. William Cary
Sanger. Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan. Mrs.
p. H. G. Slater, Mrs. William A. Sla-
ter, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Mrs, Natb-
an B. Scott, Mrs. Robert Means
Thompson. Mrs. William V. S. Thorne,
Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp, Mrs. Law
renee Townsend. Mrs. Richard Town
send. Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr., Mrs.
George w. Vanderbilt. Mrs. 8. II
Vandergrift, Mrs. B. II. Warder. Mrs.
Achsel Wichfeld, Mrs. Norman Viii
liams, Mrs. H. Wilmer, and Mrs
Charles Boughton Wood.
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