The Washington times., 1918-12-28
HAPPENING IN SOCIETY
Mr. Breckenridge Long Give Dinner Dance-Two Dbutanes
Presented-McAdOOs in New York

- NE OF the most delightful hos
pttaiities of the Christmas sea-
son will take place this eve
| ming when BreclIinridge Long,
third assistant secretary of State. and
Mrs. Long will entertain at a dinner,
followed by a dance, at their hand
1 some home in Sixteenth street There
will be forty guests for the dinner
and about $50 for the dance, the COM
pany including many diplomats and
| representatives OF official and resi-
dent society.
Mrs. Long will leave Washington
on January to be the guest Of Major
and Mrs. Gist in Boston for a week
or ten days. -
Tea Fer Miss DraIR-
Mrs. James A. Drain. wife OF
Colonel Drain, us Al now. in
France. will give a tea this afternoon
at her residence in Massachusetts
avenue to present her daughter, Miss
Gertrude Virginia Drain. to society
i The reception will be followed by a
supper for the members; Of the re-
ceiVing party and q dance to which
forty or nifty young. people have. been
/ asked. ~
The drawing rooms are 5charmingly
decorated with Christmas greens
sent the debutante from Puget Sound
and are abloom with the flowers
which she has received Miss Drain
will wear a -frock fashioned of lovely
yellow and silver brocade,- which
| came to her from her sister. Miss
| Katherine Drain, who is in Paris. 80
Mrs. John T. Thompson. Mrs. John
II. Rice. Mrs. II. H. ,Hawkshurst.
Mrs. W. S. Graves, and Mrs. Robert Z.
Coontz will preside In L The dining
room, and Mrs. Edward Stafford win
serve punch. The bud will be as
sisted by her sister. Misc Marion
Drain, Miss Virginia Brown, Miss
Abigail Harvey. Miss Daviette Flick
len, Miss Mary Duncan. Gibson, Miss
Julia Zaldivar, Miss Mary HELEN,
Miss LoveIa HaEans. Miss Harriet
How're, Miss Mildred Haines, Miss
Ransom oHern, ana Miss Frances
] Whiting. Es -r.-.
Miss Carter Mulliken, daughter of
Mrs. James Henry Nslan, will be pre-
| sented to society. today, at q tea
which her mother lis giving At the
Brighton, where they have an apart
ment. Mrs. Nolan will be assisted by
Mrs. Brooke Baker. Mrs. Joseph Henry
Hampson. MIRA Reed Riley, and Mrs.
-
Of this seasons buds who will be in
the receiving party are Miss Marjorie
Wright. Miss Mildred Bromwell. Miss
Olyve Graef, Miss Alice Requa, Miss
Margaret Harding. Miss Courtney
Let's, Miss Frances Hopkins, Miss
Leila Gordon. Miss Polly Brooks, Miss
Jeanne Bankhead. Miss Enid Sims,
and Miss Margaret Decide.
This evening Mrs. Nolan will give
q dance at Rauscher's for her daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry T. Oxnard will
entertain At dinner tonight at the
shoreham for their daughters. .he
Misses Adeline and Nadine Oxnard.
Miss Carter Mulliken and a number
Of the girls who are assisting her
this afternoon will be among the
guests and after dinner the party will
go on TO Miss Mulliken's dance at
Rauschsr's.
MeAdOes In New York.
William Gibbs McAdoo. Director
General OF the Railroads and former
Secretary of the Treasury. and Mrs.
NcAdoo are in New York for q few
days before starting for California,
where they expect TO spend the next
three months. They entertained a
box party last evening at the Central
Theater for Somebody's Sweetheart"
Senator and Mrs. Thomas p. Gore.
OF Oklahoma, entertained at dinner at
the willard last evening and had as
their guests Senator and Mrs. Porter
]. McCumber. Senator and Mrs. King,
Senator Jones, Judge and Mrs Will
liam II. Gill. Of Houston, Tex: Mr..
and Mrs. Victor Murdock. and Mr. and
Mrs. B. B. Jones, who have recently
taken possession Of their new home
on Wyoming avenue.
Mrs. Clarke waggaman is enter
tanning at a fancy dress party this
afternoon, the guests being a number
of friends of her small daughter, Miss
Grace Waggaman. A cabaret show
has been arranged for the amusement
of the young people. An organ
grinder with his monkey will con-
tribute TO the entertainment, and
dancing will be at feature OF the
afternoon. Among those present are
Miss Anita Bulmer, Miss Victoria
FreIinghuysen, Miss Claire Bonnaffon.
Miss Elizabeth johnson, Miss Gwen
doIyn Ffoulke-Smith. Miss Julia An
drews, Miss Lucy Grosvenor, Miss
Helen Marye, MISS LOUISE spencer,
Miss Violet Spencer. the two young
sons of DR.. and Mrs. C. Brown Miller,
Robert Hit. Henry Howard, Cor
coran Thorn, Blaise de Sibour, Alec
Hagner. Jimmie Gibson and the little
de Buisseret boy. grandson Of Mrs.
John +. Story.
Mrs. Ira c. Copley. wife Of Congress
man CopIey, who has been i'll with In
fuenza is now convalescent. Mr..
CopIey has also been i'll, but is now
on the road to recovery.
Major Robert StrawbridEc and Mrs.
StrawbridEe will shortly give up the
residence 1908 Sixteenth street, which /
they have been occupying. and will |
return TO their home in Philadelphia
as Major Strawbridge has been re-
leased from the service.
An interesting Wedding. which took |
place today in Philadelphia was ua;
Of Miss Elizabeth Rush TOrter and
Frederick c. Fearing, OF New York.
The ceremony was pcrfJr'.ied this
morning In st Patrr's t-nurrh and