Evening star., 1918-01-14

o'clock, when the artists will be Mary
Garden and Cazalles, the cellist, who
have offered their services. The COM
mittee, of which Mrs. Gaff is chairman,
includes:
Lady Spring Rice, Miss Adds, Mrs.
Bernard VI. Baruch. Mrs. Henry Payne
Bingham, Miss Biddle, Mrs. Gist Blair
Mrs. Edison Bradley, Miss Ernst, Mrs.
Marshall Field, Mrs. Gardner. Lad2 Cor
don. Mrs. Gordon-Cumming, Mrs. Gerry.
Mrs. Hamlin, Miss Hegeman, Mrs.
Hoover. Mrs. Houston, Mrs. Keep. Mrs.
Lane, Miss Lee, Mrs. Breckenridge Long,
Mrs. Guy Norman, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes.
Mrs. Henry H. Rogers, Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mrs. Rowland. Mrs. saltonstall, Mrs. E.
H. G. Slater. Mrs. William A. Slater.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs. Charles
B. Wood, Mrs. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Weeks
and Mrs. Arthur Willert.
The majority Of the tickets have been
sold. as many application were made for
them before they were printed.
Judge and Mrs. Elbert H. Gary were
Mrs John F. Rodgers gave last even
ing. Mrs. James Mcdonald entertained
At a luncheon yesterday for Judge and
Mrs. Gary. house guests of the Bra
lillian ambassador and Mme. da Cana,
who will return to New York today.
Mrs.. Charles Houghton Wood will be
at home this afternoon, and, as usual,
on Mondays until Lent. She will have
with her today her house guest Mrs.
toinette Graves of New York. niece of
Mrs. Wood, who spent the Christmas
holidays with her. will return today to
Pennington. Conn, to attend school.
MIR. John Barrett and the members of
the staff of the Pan-American Union
will initiate unique social courtesy
and informal function of hospitality to
Union building next Wednesday night,
January 16. Inasmuch as the Pan
American Union is, SO to speak, one of
the "oldest official residents" of its i'm
mediate section at Washington. Mr.
their building that evening from 5
o'clock to 1880 to a certain number of
the principals and of the rank and file
Of the STATS of their new neighbors.
the Council Of National Defense, the
gun division of the ordnance bureau.
About five hundred of the young woman
clerks and stenographers who have
come from distant points and have no
family or home connections at Wash
ington will be invited, and each girl
will be provided with a card of admis-
sion enabling her to bring as her escort
another girl or man. The entertain-
IHSnC Will COHblSL VI HuolCs Au.
dresses and dancing. Mrs. Francisco J.
Yanes, the wife OF the assistant di-
rector: Mrs. Franklin Adams. the wife
OF the chief clerk, and the woman men,
bers OF the Pan-American Union STAFF
will assist Mr.. Barrett as hostesses. In
carrying out his plans for this hospital
ity toward strangers brought here by
the war Mr.. Barrett believes that the
same consideration should be given to
the young women who come here from
afar to serve the government as to the
young men who are in the Army train
ing camps ana cantonmef1ts. and he Is
having the hearty cooperation Of the
heads and welfare officers Of the neigh.
boring ofiices.
The marriage Of Miss Mary E. Burgess
and DR.. W. Alien southcomb took place
Saturday, January IL. at st. Peters
Church. the Rev. Mgr. O'Brien off,
ciating. Mr.. G. Blaine Southcomb
brother of the bridegroom, acted as
best man. Mrs. Charles Burgess was
the brides only attendant. DIR. and
Mrs. Southcomb left Immediately for
New York.
The Chinese Minister. Mr.. Wellington
Koo, who went to Boston to attend
several banquets and 1uncheons, re-
turned to Washington last evening.
The American minister to Denmark
ana Mrs.. GgAn have arrived 1t Wash.
ington and are the guests OF their som
l4n-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mira.