The Washington herald., 1918-01-21
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In WASAINcTON :

Royal Palm Hotel early In February.
and will be participated in by young
women of the winter colony. Mr.. and
Nine. Roberto will have charge of the
dancing numbers.
Mrs. Murray Crane, who Is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Frederick A,
Keep. will leave Washington today
for her home in Dalton, Mass.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood will
be at home today, and will have
with her Mrs. Steffanson, who, with
FMr. Steffanson. is visiting Mrs
Wood.
Miss Catherine Louise Littau,
has returned to school in Farminr
ton, Conn, after spending the hol
days with her mother. Mrs. william
Littauer. at the Powhatan.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh has goI
to New York for the opera season.
! Miss Daviette Ficklen, who ha
planned a supper party for thi.
evening, had to postpone it, as sh.
is just recovering from an attack
of the grip. She will be hostess al
a supper party next, Sunday even
ing.
J Mrs. Marshall Field was hostes
at a dinner yesterday.
Mrs. Joseph Kuhn will be at home
Of Me- I'D
cliffe will also receive this after
Miss Taylor Logic will entertain at
a tea this afternoon at the Washing
ton Club in compliment to Miss Jean
Rayner. one of the seasons de-
butantes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Smith. who
are visiting Mrs. Smiths parents.
Senator and Mrs. Hoke Smith. will
leave today for their home in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury. Of Phila-
delphia, has accepted the appointment
of Mrs. George Dewey, president of
the Woman's Naval Service. Inc, to
| serve as chairman of She department
! of recreation and comforts for the
navy just established in the Woman's
Naval Service. Mrs. French Wander
| bilt. of Newport, and Mrs. James NJ.
Thomson, of New Orleans, daughter
of the Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark.
will act as vice chairmen of the COM
mittee in charge of the department
The personnel of the committee will
| be announced later.
The purpose of the new department
is to afford a medium through which
women's organizations and women
working as individuals may work for
the navy in their own way. Immediate
| steps will be taken to coordinate and
develop interest in navy work within
women's patriotic and other national
organizations.
Miss Janet Roy Montague. daughter
of Representative and Mrs. Andrew
Jackson Montague, and Lieut.. William
! Josiah Nunnally. L. s. N, of Georgia.
were married Saturday at noon at
Christ Church. Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs.
Landon Carter Wexford. sister of the
bride, and Miss Irene Fitzgerald, both
of Richmond. were the brides at
tendants and accompanied her to
California.
| Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham, wife
! Of the Assistant Attorney General,
has returned to her home on Column
bia road from Emergency Hospital,
where she was taken after an acci-
dent which resulted in a compound
fracture OF the ankle. Mrs. Graham
will not be able to leave her room for
! several weeks.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. David Edward Graham,
OF Danville, Va, announce the mar
riage of their daughter. Margaret
Blanchard, and First Lieut.. Effingham
Lawrence Townsend. of New York,
Saturday. Lieut.. Townsend is the son
of Mrs. Franklin Townsend, of New
York. and the nephew of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend, of this city.
After a brief stay at Atlantic City
Lieut.. Townsend and Mrs. Townsend
will return to this city. where he is
stationed.
Mrs. I. Hazleton Mirkil. of Philadel-
phia. will give a small luncheon today
in honor Of her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
William I. Mirkil, whose marriage
took place last Monday. Lieut.. and
Mrs. Mirkil arrived in PHILADELPHIA
l " a If" Gays.
| Mrs. Mirkil was Miss Frances Betz.
of Washington.
/ This evening a dance will be given
/ at the Knights of Columbus Hall,
4 6O6 E street. for men and women
strangers in the city. who enjoy dane
| ing and who will appreciate meeting
one another socially.
! The. many dances given for the
men in uniform have proven to be
very successful and it has been sug-
| gested to the members of the COM
mittee that a dance should be given
to the many men and women who
have but recently come to WASH
| ington to accept positions with the
government and who are unac-
quainted with the residents OF the
city or with each other
The members of the committee in
charge of the dance are Mrs. NJ. ].
Mccarthy. Mrs George A. Howe,
Mrs. P. A. Taltavull. Mrs. James
Flynn. Miss Ready, Messrs. James +.
Mugan. James A. Hates, Thomas F.
Gafney. John ]. Tabler. and Frank
VI. Hall.
Mrs. Margaret Machen and Larri-
, more Kelley entertained at an in
formers home in Girard street, their
| formers home on Girard street. their
guests being the members of the
Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority and
the members of the Junior class of
the Washington College of Law
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