Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-24

uring their residence at the capital.
, miral Sir William Lowther Grant and
| were representative of the ofhe1aI,
military and smart resident: circles OF
the capital, including members or the
diplomatic corps and the other foreign
military missions. The hosts OF the
evening were Admiral Sir William Low
Maj. Gen. Headlam, Brig. Gen. Trotter,
Brig. Gen. Cormack, Brig. Gen. Lee
, Brig. Gen. Livingston. Capt. Snagge,
Capt. Trye, Capt. Mulleneux, Col. Nor
gan, Paymaster Captain Putt, Com=
mander Trimmer, Commander Goodall,
Lieut.. Col. Coke, Lieut.. Col. Giles,
Lieut.. Col. Gilmore, Lieut.. Col: Hay,
Lieut.. Col. Leahy, Lieut.. Col. Lucas.
Lieut.. Col. Pakenham, MAI. Bright
Dougall, Maj. Miller. Maj. Mcswiney'
Maj. Nutter. Maj. Paige, Maj. Sea
, grave. Maj. H. r. Raiker,. Mai Sir
! Charles Gordon, Lieut.. Gordon, Lieut..
Bancroft, Lieut.. Good, Capt. Burton,
! Capt. Christie, Capt. Gibson, Capt.
Latham, Capt. Tillie, Sublieut. Wig
gett, Sublieut. Anderson. Sublieut
Ingram, Lieut.. Duthy, Lieut.. Leigh
Jones, Lieut. Eadie, Lieut.. Tucker,
Lieut.. Rowe and Lieut.. Simms:
| The handsome residence of Mr.. ana
.
was the scene of this memorable hos
pitality, as several of the British Of.
ticers have been living there for sew
eri,l months.
The varied military uniforms and
handsome evening gowns added a de-
! IishtfuI note of color to the ballroom,
which was artistically decorated Win
palms and American beauty roses. Ine
dancing was> continuous, as two
stringed orchestras played alternately
throughout the evening.
Lieut.. Col. Pakenham. Lieut.. Col.
Giles, Lieut.. Col. Coke. Maj. Paige,
Capt. Burton and Lieut.. Duthy were
hosts at a large dinner party before
the British military ball, entertaining
their guests at the Letter residence.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Lee, Brig. Gen.
Cormack, Capt. Glen and Capt. La
, than also entertained dinner parties
before the ball.
The French ambassador and Nine.
| Jusserand, NJ. de Billy. acting French
high commissioner; Brig. Gen. Col
I lardet, military attache of the French
, embassy; Col Martin Of the French
high commission, Lieut.. Chovel. as
, sistant naval attache of the French
| embassy, and Lieut.. Coquelet- of the
, French high commission were pres
| ent at the international wedding OF
wide social interest which took place
yesterday afternoon at Belle Chance,
| the country home of DR.. and Mrs.
William w. Stewart of this city at
Forestville, Nd, when their daughter.
Miss Marie Stewart. became the bride
of Lieut.. Jean ]. Labat of the I'D
| French Infantry.
! A beautiful decoration of autumn
! flowers and foliage was in place in
the drawing room, where the cere-
mony was performed in the presence
! of relatives and intimate friends by
the Rev. John T. Huddle.
! The bride wore an exquisite gown
of ivory-tinted velvet. made with a
| long. train. and adorned with point
lace. Her tulle veil was held with a
coronet of lace studded with orange
| blossoms, and she carried a shower
bouquet of white blossoms.
+, Mrs. Charles Barr. Field Of Chicago
! and Washington, a former classmate
! of the brides at Mount Vernon Sem
! mary, was the matron of honor. Her
gown was a charming model of pale
green georgette crepe and she car
!, ried bouquet of mauve orchids.
| Capt. Henri H. Breant of the French
high commission acted as best man
i for the bridegroom.
/, An informal reception followed and
! later Lieut.. and Mrs. Labat left for
, their wedding trip, the latter wearing
modish brown suit, trimmed with
i beaver, and hat of the same shade.
| Lieut.. Labat is now attached to the
/. French high commission and is well
, known in Washington, where he has
i frequently lectured on the war and
his personal experiences at the front.
The out-of-town guests present at the
ceremony included Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
!: w. Jacobs of Haz1eton, Pa: Miss
! Katharine Gay of Shamokin. Pa, and
| Lieut.. Col. Hon. E. Coke and Capt.
| Latham are the two most recent addi-
lions to the British embassy staff and
have come to Washington as assistant
| military attaches, succeeding Capt.
Angus Macintosh and Maj the Hon.
lCharles Lyell. Both Col. Coke and
Capt. Latham have been in the United
States for over a year as members
/, of the British military mission. Dur
| many Of the camps and Capt. Latham
has been on duty at Philadelphia
The charity ball for the benefit Of
the Children's Hospital, which is al
ways one of the smartest events of
+, the season, will be held Saturday, jan
| uary IL, at the Willard. The officers
| for the ball committee this year are
Nine. Hauge, chairman: Mrs. John F.
! Wilkins, treasurer, and Mr.. Thomas
! Bell Sweeney, chairman Of the floor
| committee.
| The First Assistant Secretary Of
State and Mrs. William Phillips will
! entertain at dinner on Tuesday and
J Saturday evenings.
! Mrs. Marshall Field will entertain
at dinner this evening at her resi-
dence in 18th street.
Mr.. Yoshio Twate. the newly ap-
pointed third secretary Of the Japa-
nese legation in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil,t formerly attache to the en-
bassy in Washington. is now stopping
at the Hotel Powhatan. Mr.. Twate
! Is temporarily attached to the en-
bassy here awaiting passage to his
new post.
| Mrs. Perry Belmont. who L. in New
York. will join Capt. Belmont at their
residence on New Hampshire avenue
early in December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome N. Bonaparte
have taken cottage at Newport, on
the cliffs, for next summer.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett have
! taken q house in New York and will