Evening star., 1918-01-21
Minister of Ecuador and Nine
Y Elizalde Entertain Interesting
u !" Visitors at Luncheon.
Senator and Mrs. Salisbury and Mr.
- and Mrs. Kirby Among Din
-, -, ner Hosts OF Week.

} terday at the legation. Among the
guests were Mr. Julio Subercaseaux. Il
prominent Chilean visiting Washing
, ton, and his two daughters, Miss Rosa
! Subercaseaux end Miss Carmencita
Subercaseaux.
Senator and Mrs salisbury will en-
tertain at dinner Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Gustavus T. Kirby will
entertain at dinner tomorrow evening
Mrs. Langdon Geer Of New York is the
house guest of MIR. ard Mrs. klruy Tor
a few days
, 3. The officers OF the Marine Coros sta
toned at Quantico y Ill give 4 dance
, Thursday evening for the Washinsto tor
debutantes. Mrs. George Barnett and
Mrs. Richardson Gibson viii act as
chaperons for the party going from
here. which viii number about twenty
z, Mrs Marshall Field was hostess at a
dinner yesterday.
+, To keep pace with the demand for
'woolen socks for sailors and soldiers
the comforts committee of the Navy
League has placed an initial order for
ten sock-kuitting machines, which Will
be installed in the Washington head
quarters These machines Will turn
out in an hour pair of knitted SOCKS
which require the most expert worker
two days to make by hand. Ordinarily
from four to seven days are spent In
making one pair Of socks. The COM
forts committee has found it impossf-
BILE to supply all of the requests for
socks. and has decided. therefore. to
supplement with machines the work
of the thousands Of women now en-
gagged in knitting socks. If the ma
Chimes prove successful they will be
Tod fr.r+, too raff
as quickly as they can he bought. Mrs.
Charles y. Mum, jr.. is in charge of
this feature of the work.
q At the present time women come to
the Navy League shops. buy wool and
take it home with item to make the
garments. FIenceforth. when they come
to the Washington shop they will be
told that If they desire their wool
will be put on the machines for them
and their socks for the fighting men
will be provided just that much quick
er. Naehineknitted garments. it is
true. are not quite so good as those
made by hand. 1t is said that the hand
Knitted ones will last three times as
long as those made by machines, but
ut the present moment, with thou sands
of men in ned of socks. it is obviously
not expedient TO try too much for quail
fty Quantity production is the thing
most necessary. Moreover. the ma
Nhine-made socks are in standard sizes
and are generally quite satisfactory to
sfhe men.
~ Workers are row being trained for
the comforts committee to operate the
Knitting machines
s.Wednesday evening, January %. the
United Service Club of America will
Have its formal opening. with mill
larry and naval reception from until
II. with Secretary of War and Mrs.
Baker, and Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels as honor guests. The COM
ipIttee on entertainments in charge of
the evening are Maj. Nevil Monroe Hop
Fslns, o. re, cha irman; Capt c. A.
fuff( Q. NJ. r.. c.; Lieut.. E. c. Irion. n.
a.; Capt r. E. HaIlock, S. r. C.; Capt.
Kalston Flemming F. A, D. o. s., G.
g.: Capt. E. c. Sullivan, o. r. C: Maj.
William ?. Revan. L. S. NJ. c.; Lieut. A.
&. Love. L. S. n. r. F.: Lieut.. F. L.
Rupp, n. n. V, u. S. N. and DR.. Alfred
Fra ancis Hopkins.
Mai Gen. John Biddle, acting chief
Of staff the president of the Service
Club. will be in the receiving line, with
the other officers and board of govern
crs of the club They are: Commander
s. r. Fuller, Z. S. y. r. F.; Maj. r. C.
Marshall. jr., @. N. C: Maj. ]. c. Heck
man. o. r. c.; Capt. T. II. Messer, E. r.
O.: Capt. B. H. Namm. f. r. c.: board
Of governors. Rear Admiral Samuel Nc
Gowan. chairman; Maj. f. C. Stockdale.
o. r. c.: Lieut.. Edward c. Irion. N A;
Mai. William P. Bevan. A. P. U. S. NJ.
r.: Lieut. F. l. Rupp. \. n v. Z. S. N;
Lieut.. A Robert Elmore. Z. S. n. p. F.;
Mai. Nevil Monroe Hopkins. Q. r. c.;
Mai Roy Adams. NJ. r. C.. Lieut.. Col.
r. 6. Dougherty, Eng, L. S. A; Maj.
Bayard Atwood. y. a: Lieut.. Lewis P.
rlephane, L. S. \. r. F: Maj. T. C.
Henry. n. A; Maj. w. NJ. Crane. jr
o. r. c.: Capt L H. Ellison. f. o. r. c.
All of the military attaches and officers
St the allied countries are expected to
be present
,..The marriage of Miss Margaret Wood,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Robert w.
Wood. and Lieut.. Victor White, de-
tailed to camouflase work and sta
tfoned at Washington, will take place
on February at the residence of Dr.
and Mrs. Wood. at Baltimore. Miss
Elizabeth Wood, a debutante, will at
tend her sister, and Mr. Desmond
White will be best man for his brother
Z, Miss Wood, who is an artist, had a
studio at New York last winter and
made a Speciality of portraits. Lieut.
White. who is e. son of Mrs. f. V. Doug
las of New York. was driving an ambu-
lance in France before the entry of the
United States into the war, and was
decorated twice for bravery
sOne of the most interesting of the
pre-Lenten events will be the camou-
Gage ball to be given for the benefit
of Neighborhood House at the New Will
lard Wednesday, February s. This ba IL