Evening star., 1918-10-16
.HE Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels are hosts aboard
the Sylph this afternoon for

HE Secretary OF tne navy ana
Mrs. Daniels are hosts aboard
the Sylph this afternoon for
the members Of the British
educational commission. They
left the dock at 2 o'clock fo Mount
Vernon, where the usual ceremonies
at the tomb of Washington and an in
spection of the Washington hom.
were carried out. On their return trip
to Washington tea will be served on
board and there will be music
Mrs. Daniels and the two woman
members Of the mission, Miss Caroline
Spurgeon, professor Of English lit
erature at Bedford College. University
of London, and Miss Ross Sedgewick.
lecturer on ancient history at the
University Of Birmingham. are the
only ladies' of the party.
The other members Of the commits
sion are DR.. Arthur Everett Shipley,
vice chancellor Of the University of
Cambridge; Sir Henry Meirs. vice
chancellor of the University of Man
chester; the Rev. Edward Newpury
Walker, master of Queens College,
Oxford; Sir Henry Jones, professor of
moral philosophy of the University OF
Glasgow, and DR.. John Jolly, pro-
fessor of geology and mineralogy of
Trinity College, Dublin, and DR.. D. j.
Cowling, president of the American
Council on Education, and DR.. PHI
lander Claxton, commissioner of ed
uoation, and other men prominently
identified with the education inter-
ests of this and other countries were
Of the party.
A supreme disappointment awaited
society folk this afternoon when it
became known that the Paris Or
chestra could not give its intended
concert at Polls because of the order
from the department of health re-
lating to public gatherings. The con-
cert will be given the first Wednesday
following the order from the depart
ment lifting the regulation. The audi
ence. which would have included the
President and Mrs. Wilson. the am
rand and a long list of other patrons,
was heightened with every la.e ar
rival from summer resorts In the
past ten days. Mrs. Henry F.. Dimock
and Mrs. Calderon Carlisle both adding
their names to the list.
Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo. younger
daughter of the President, will sell
bonds of the fourth liberty loan at the
womans liberty loan headquarters,
1924 F street, this afternoon between
4 and 6 o'clock. She is chairman of
the committee and is assisted by
large corps of prominent women as
officers and helpers Of the committee.
Sir Henry Darlington Smith will en-
tertain at dinner tonight for the
British educational mission now in
Washington.
The Secretary of the Interior, Mr..
Franklin X. Lane, entertained the
members of the British educational
mission at dinner last evening. The
guests included the Secretary of State,
Mr.. Robert Lansing; Sir Henry Bah
ington Smith of the British embassy
temporary staff, Mr.. Philander G.
Claxton and Mr.. Hennen Jennings, in
addition to the members of the mis-
sion. Mrs. Lane received the guests
with the Secretary, but was not at
table.
Mrs. Franklin K. Lane was the guest
of honor at the dinner given last
evening by Mrs. Hennen Jennings in
honor of Miss Caroline Spurgeon, pro-
fessor of English literature at Bed
ford College, University of London,
and Miss Rose Sedgewick, lecturer on
ancient history of the University Of
Birmingham. who are the only lady
members of the British educational
mission now in Washington. The COM
pany was composed entirely of wom-
en-.