The Washington herald., 1918-11-27
3n the Social Worlo

By MAUD MeDOUGALL.

today he will attend the meeting of
the executive committee of the Pan
American Society of the United
States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin will
entertain g party of guests from out
of town at dinner on Thanksgiving
| Day.
Miss Julia Lathrop will leave Wash
! ington today for Texas, where she
will attend and address a child labor
| conference.
The victory reception given last
night by the Southern Society of
| Washington in honor of Secretary
Baker and Secretary Deniels brought
a brilliant Company to the new Ward
man Park Hotel. out beyond the Con-
necticut avenue bridge. The beautiful
rooms were decorated with palms and
ferns and Southern moss, and the
Stars and Stripes and the Stars and
Bars Wed with the flags of the allies
in giving color to the already colorful
| scene.
Mr.. Clarence ]. Owens, president of
the society, headed the receiving line,
shS7ASNCu ny Ocl anu MTS. W lllidTn \.
GorGas, Capt. and Mrs. c. c. Cal
| houn and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude NJ.
| Bennett
a section of the Marine Band
played for dancing and a buffet sup
per was served through the evening.
Free Milk for France" will offer
the most unique and interesting pres
entation the coming beaux and bellies
of Washington have yet had, when
they take part in the artistic pageant
today to call attention to this needful
movement. As the milk goes to the
! little children OF France and Belgium,
| it is particularly fitting that children
should assume the chief roles on the
| floats, and there is scarce a family OF
society which will not be represented
by one or more of its Junior members.
Miss Edith Wallach will represent
! America. and Miss Louise Delano Will
represent France on the chief floats
of the pageant.
Mrs. Sherman McCallum has leased
her residence. 1852 Massachusetts ave-
! nue.. to Mrs. J. Macy Willets and with
/ her daughter, Miss Cecilia McCaIlum,
/ is at 1901 Twenty-hrst street for the
| winter.
The season of the French lectures
of the Federation of the Alliance
Franchise is going to open next Mon
| day. December 2nd, at 4:3O at the
Washington Club, 1910 Seventeenth
street.
The officers for 19lS-l9l9 are:
President, Hon. Henry White: Vice
President, Mr.. John b. Henderson;
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Treasurer and Corresponding Secre-
tary. Mile. L. l.. NJ. Limoges; Mem
bers of the Council, Mrs. Paul Bart
| lett. Mrs. Charles r. Shepard, Mrs.
! T. L. Y. Boynton, Mrs. John Lindsay
MOrehead, Mrs. Hennen Jennings,
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Chatard, Mrs. Cor
| don-Cumming, Miss Hegeman. Miss
Sarah Lee.
The French government is sending
! two lecturers, who both have been
at the front. One of them has already
arrived in the United States. and will
soon come to Washington.
The lecturer of next Monday is
| Captaine Leon Hermann. Professor at
, the Lycee of Troyes. He is an Al
satian, and his subject is: Les eCil-
vains francais d Alsace- Lorraine.
People interested in the French Lam
guage may become members of the
Alliance Francaise and attend the
! lectures. All inquiries should he ad-
dressed to Mile. l.. L. NJ. LimOg 3.
1927 Nineteenth street.
The promenade concert and dance
( for the Navy Relief which will be
held at the Marine Barracks on
Thanksgiving night, having the First
/ Lady of the Land heading its list of
/ patronesses, will be most success
| full affair. 1t will be a coming to-
gether of not only the people ac-
I lively connected with the service
! but of society generally and no
doubt will open the social season in
Washington.
| On Saturday. November 30. at the
| Teachers Club. Eleventh and F
streets. the Chi Omega Sorority will
have a Gard party and dinner. to
! which all Chi Omegas are invited.
Cards at o'clock; dinner at $50.
Lucille McCOnkie will look to the
dinner reservations.