The Washington herald., 1918-05-22

| ing the concert hour in the Speedway
| In aid of the Red Cross this after
noon. Mrs. Donald Washburn and
Miss Carolyn Nash. who are in
charge Of this benefit, which is meet
ling with general support, will have
assisting them tomorrow a number OF
young people, including the Misses
Tuttle, Miss Edith Wallach, Miss
Mary Sanger. Mrs. Thomas Holcomb.
Heath, Mrs. James Banks and Mrs
Grosvenor o'Neil.
| The wedding of unusual interest
took place in Washington Monday
evening when the Princess Bragan-
za-Avellar. known on the profess
sional stage as Ruth Maycliffe. be-
came the bride of Lieut.. Georges
Benetau. OF the French army. now
an instructor at Camp Dix. New
Jersey.
The ceremony was performed at
$50 o'clock in Trinity Church. the
rector, the Rev. DR.. G. w. Van Fos-
sen. officiating. and was attended
only by a little company of friends
| Oh Ine DTluc an
cess Braganza-Avellar and her A.
ance came to town yesterday from
New York for the wedding. and are
remaining in Washington today.
They are at the Shoreham.
The bride wore for her wedding
a travelling suit of dark blue satin
with a small black hat. She is well
known in Washington as well as in
New York. Her last visit here was
professional one last spring. when
she appeared with Winthrop Ames
at the Belasco. She is a godchild
/ of Clyde Fitch and has recently
purchased his old home in New
York, which is one of the most beau
tiful types of Italian houses. and
has furnished 1t in keeping with its
style of architecture. The bride and
bridegroom will make their home
there during the latter's assign
ment in this country. He was for
1.-TWO years and a half in the trenches
and took an active part in the fight
ing at Verdun.
The brides first husband lost his
life in France on the battlefield in
1914.
| Given fair weather the garden
party for the benefit of the House
! of Mercy, which will be held in the
Cathedral Close this afternoon,
promises to be one of the prettiest
al fresco fetes of the spring.
| Mrs. Henry B. Brown, president of
the board OF managers. will preside
at the tea table and will have with
her Mrs. Nicholas Luquer and Mrs.
Edward H. Gibson. They will be
assisted by Mrs. John Wise. Miss
Natalie Hammond. and Miss Null
holland. Mrs. Robert Thompson and
Miss S. c. Boyd will have charge of
the sale of lemonade. and will have
a group of young women assisting
them.
Mrs. Alfred Gillett, who has de-
voted herself of late to caring for
1 the welfare of the soldiers, has
/ planned most thoughtfully for their
comfort. She had invited a large
number of uniformed men to attend.
and will have a special ice cream
| table, where she and Mrs. Rose
Gouveneur Hoes will dispense hospi-
tality. They will be assisted by Mrs.
Cary Vrooman, Mrs. Charles Brom-
well, Miss Julia Strong. Mrs. Ash
| ford, Mrs. Benjamin. Mrs. Thomas
Sim Lee, Mrs. de Grano, Of Phila-
delphia; Miss Stevens. Miss Fannie
jackson. Miss Butler. of Cincinnati;
! Miss Maud Gouveneur. Miss Murray,
Miss Dolores Crawford. Miss Flor
ence Brown, of Baltimore, and Miss
Duke, of Kentucky.
| Hon. and Mrs. Stewart F. Reed
and Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Gall, of
West Virginia, spept Sunday as the
guests of the Misses Surghoners, at
| Riverdale. Nd.
They all came from the same coun-
| ty (Barbour) in West Virginia, and
it was a West Virginia reunion on
a small scale.
Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Gall for a num-
ber of years were newspaper pub
! fishers. and were reared in the same
! county. " nile of different political
, faith, they never had a disagreement
and are close friends.
Mr.. Reed is the Representative
from the First West Virginia Dis
| trict and is q member of the COM
mittee for the District of Columbia.
! The National American Woman Suf-
| frage Association is to entertain in
| honor of Mrs. James NJ. Thomson,
daughter Of Speaker and Mrs. Champ
Clark. Ftr5ay. from 4:30 to 6.
| Mrs. A. A. James, of New Mexico
will be the hostess, assisted by Mrs
Champ Clark, Miss Agnes Hart Will
son and Mrs. Louis Brownlow. In
the dining room will be Mrs. Ralph
Gallinger. of New Hampshire: Mrs
Mary Schluter. of Texas; Mrs. WILL
lam Alden Smith. of Michigan: Mrs
Joseph E. Ransdell, of Louisiana
Mrs. Park Trammell of Florida
Mrs. Isaac r. Sherwood, of Ohio;
Mrs. Joseph J. Russell of Missouri
and Mrs. Edward Keating, of Colo
RADIO.
The Dixie Chapter, U. d. c., will
give a benefit card party this even
ing at Faulkstone Courts. Mrs. A.
Z. Taber will be hostess.