The Washington herald., 1918-12-30
3n the Social @orlo

BY MAUD MeDOUGALL.

I Grinnell her fellow buds of this
season being among the guests.
The Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark
will keep open house at Congress
| Hall, from to s o'clock on New Year
day, receiving in their usual informal
and hospitable manner There will
| be a number of well known women
from the congressional set to assist.
Senator Phelan will give a dinner
( dance on January IA in honor of Miss
Alice Requa, the debutante daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mark L. Requa of
\ San Francisco, who have made their
home here since Mr.. Requa's accep-
tance of the office as oil administra-
tor.
Mrs Isaac Pearson entertained at
| tea yesterday afternoon in honor OF
Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, the first
woman legislator in the United States,
who was a member of the Colorado
| Stale legislature some years ago; Miss
Katherine Lord of New York, and
/ Miss Emily Newell Blair.
Mr.. and Mrs William Eaches Fen
dali have as their guest Miss Edythe
, Tnlingham, of New York. who arrived
| in Washington yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Fendalls son, F. Addison Bras
| tow, L. S. NJ. c., Is with the army
/ OF occupation in Germany. He en-
| listed in the marine corps two years
ago and has been in France for more
! than a year. He was in action with
/ the Seventh company. in the Fifth
regiment, at Chateau Thierry. where
/ ne was wounded, but returned to duty.
The members OF the Congressional
\ Club will keep open house on New
| Year Day, from to Z, when their
| friends at Washington will take the
| opportunity to extend to them the
J greetings OF the season.
| In the evening, following the recep-
| ton. there will be a New Year ball
with Mrs. Joe Henry Eagle. wife of
! Representative Eagle, of Texas, act
ing as chairman Of the ball commit
tee. Assisting Mrs. Eagle are Mrs.
John a. Peters, Mrs. John B. Ken
! drick. Mrs. Thomas p. Gore. Mrs,
Henry d. Flood. Mrs. Edward E, Rob
| bins, Mrs. Charles B. Ward, Miss Page
! and Mrs. Wallace II. White. jr.
Representative and Mrs. Charles &.
| Ward will entertain a dinner party
at the Chevy Chase Club on New Year
Eve.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman went
down to Old Point for the week end
and to meet their son. Lieut.. Philip
| {. Kaufman, L. S. NJ c., who was
returning on the L. S. S Quinnebaug.
on which he has been serving in the
North Sea.
Senator and Mrs. W. I. Jones will
be at home at the Cairo on New
! Year Day from to to all Wash
ington State and Alaska people in the
District. ''''
Mrs. A. B. wenzelI will be at home
from 10 O'Clock on New Year
| AFTERNOON, and will have with her Mrs.
Stanley Otis, of New York, who is her
house guest.
In the receiving line at the Junior
! League ball at Rauscher's Tues5a, =,
evening. December 81. will be Miss
Alys Downing. president; Miss Lii
nan Blrney, first vice president; Mrs,
theodore Wilkinson. second vice presi-
dent, and Miss Ruth Larner, past
president H7'
/ society folk are putting aside prac-
tlcaHy everything for the ball. and il
VIII be one of the most brilliant events
OF New Year week Mrs. Thomas r
! Gan, Mrs. +. +. Jewell and Mrs. Tjv-
I lnEston have added their names to
the list OF patronesses. Miss Leila
! Gordon, one OF the seasons debu-
tantes' has been added to the girls,
floor committee
On the mems floor committee are
Comdr. Theodore Jewell, Mr.. william
| Bowie Clark. Mr.. Anthony Addison
MI Henry st. Gregory. Paymaster ]
Marion Baker. Lieut.. Franklin X
Lane jr, and Col. Robert Paxton,
L. S. A.
Mrs. William Hamilton BayIy, pres
tdent of the Y. W. c A. will be the
hostess for the open house" at the
association building. 6l9 Fourteenth
street New Year afternoon. and Will
be assisted by Miss Mignonette O.
buckingham, Miss Nellies s. Gist.
Miss Helen McQUlllan. Miss Grace
TITUS, Miss Elizabeth Keferstein, Miss
Mira Adams and Miss Virginia San
born, secretaries.
/ one OF the pleasantest Of the hoIi-
day festivities was a reception on Sat-
urday afternoon at the home Of Mrs
/ A. G. Wilkinson in honor of the War
Relief Service Committee of the n 6
/ ID. y. X. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Mrs
. Burleson. Mrs. +. L. HOdgkin. Miss
! Wilkinson and Mrs. Hodgkin. ir
were associated with Mrs. Wilkinson
as hostesses. This committee has ac-
complished much work on general war
relief lines. and has also found homes
INTO which over 1000 French orpbans
nave been adopted. The assistants a I
Ihe Tea table were the regents the
former regents and officers of O,,r
nag Chapter, d. A. r., and other
friends of the hostesscs.
! Mrs. William Gerry Morgan will
cnaperon party of young girls in
Guiding her daughters. the Misses
Myra and Ruth Morgan, and their
mouse guest. Miss Eleanor Hopkins. of
the Hot Springs, Va, at the Nov
Year ball at Annapolis.
AFTER several pOstpOnements duo
70 the war, the marriage of Miss
Margaret Baldwin to Emerson NJ
MlIhn' Sd. of the U. s. N. Flvinp
Corps. will be celebrated in Rome
| itaIy' January Is, in st. PauTs
American Church. Miss Baldwin is
a daughter of the late DR. WiIIior,