The Washington herald., 1918-12-27
in the Social Worlo
By MAUD NeDoudALL.

One OF the most interesting of
washington's international war
weddings, the outgrowth of the
presence here of the several war
missions of the allies, that of Miss
sara Price Collier. daughter of Mrs.
Price Collier. and Lieut.. Charles
Fellowes Gordon. r. N, flag lieu
tenant to Vice Admiral Sir Will
lam Lowther Grant, will take place
on Monday. December 80, in st.
Thomas Church It will be a naval
wedding, and the young couple
will be numerously attended. The
bride will be given away by her
cousin, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her
sister, Mrs George Baker st. George,
will be her matron of honor, and
Miss Louise Delano, Mrs. Lanier
Winslow, and the Misses Louisa and
Frances Hoar, will be maids of
honor, with the two small sons of
the Colyille Barclays as pages.
Lieut.. Gordons best man will
be Commander William p. Putt, r.
n, of the Warrior; Capt. Arthur
Snagge, r. N, British naval at
tache: Commander Trimmer, r. N,
OF the Warrior; Capt John Gregory
Hope, of the British War Mission; !;
Lieut. Humphrey Duchy, r. N,
Lieut.. Gordon Henry Balch, U. S.
N, Lieut. Edison Harold Pierce, u.
s. N, Mr.. L1nier Winslow, of the
State Department, and Lieut..
George Baker St George, of New
York
NJ rorIfo-yz h-,tL- NJ yU,r-o,,
Delsno. and her two sisters, Mrs.
s. Delano Hitch and Mrs. James
Roosevelt. will come down from
New York for the wedding.
The marriage is hastened because
of the impending departure on an
important mission of Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Franklin. ID.
Roosevelt Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt
will sail on the following day, De-
cember 81.
Assistant Secretary and Mrs.
Roosevelt went up to New York on
Christmas night to be present for
the arrival of the feet Mr.. Roose-
welt took with him as his guests
for that event, Mr.. and Mrs. Lath-
rop Brown and Sir Henry Babing-
ton Smith
Lieut. Gordon is under orders
as is the entire British naval dele
cation which has been here for the
last eighteen months-and will sail
about the middle Of January.
Admiral Sir William Lowther
Grant, in command of the British
heet in American waters, is telling
his friends that he expects to be
on in about ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Oxnard have
cards out for a dance for their
daughter early in January.
William c. Redfeld. Secretary of
Commerce. will go to New York the
latter part of this week on a BUSH
ness trip and will remain over New
Year Day. Mrs. Redield will not
accompany him. as her son-in-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
X. Drury, and their small son, Will
lam Redfield DTuTy, are with her
for the holidays.
Paymaster Humphrey Redfield. U.
s. N, and Mrs. Redheld are making
their home in Boston, where he is
on duty for the present.
Members Of the French high COM
mission, headed by the deputy high
commissioner, VI. Edouard de Billy
and Nine de Billy. will go to New
York at the end Of the week. and
ION Sunday will attend the reception
ITO be given at the Hotel Plaza in
the afternoon by NJ. CASTOR Liebert,
the French consul general. in honor
l of the members Of the mission.
1 The commissioner and Nine. de
Billy entertained a Christmas tree
party yesterday afternoon at their
residence on S street in cOmmemOra-
ton OF the first Christmas Alsace-
Lorraine has been reunited to
France Their guests, numbering
about 100. included many Of the
children of their friends in official
and resident society.
Mrs. I. T. Mann was hostess at
luncheon yesterday entertaining for
o number of this seasons debu-
tantes. Her guests were Miss OIyye
Graef, Miss Mildred Bromwell, Miss
Leila Gordon, Miss Marjorie Wright,
Miss Elizabeth Grinnell. Miss Julia
Zaldivar, Miss Mary HELEN, Miss
Frances Hopkins, Miss Anna Ham
lin, Miss Teresa James. Miss Carter
Mulliken. Miss Courtney Let's. Miss
Marguerite Simonds and Miss Mar
garet Harding.
Mrs John Hervey Young enter
tanned at a tea yesterday afternoon
at her residence, 812 Seventeenth
street, to introduce her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Hamlin Young. Mrs.
Young was assisted by Mrs. B. H.