The Washington herald., 1918-03-25


few days.
Mrs ]. Borden Hartman. who
went to France last December,
reached an Atlantic port last Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh l.. Rose, who
were guests at the White House re-
Gently and then of Admiral and
Mrs. W. s. Benson, have taken an
apartment at the Lafayette for a
while.
DR.. and Mrs. w. P. wyse. of Bal
timore. are visiting Admiral and
Mrs. W. S. Benson.
w. Hayward Myers, jr., who was
on duty at Lowell, Mass has received
commission as lieutenant and has
been transferred to the Ordnance De-
partment in Washington. Lieut.. Ny
ers has been spending this week with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hey
ward Myers, at st. Davids, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs George E. Chamberlain
have gone to New York and are at
the Plaza Hotel. Col Henry NJ. Byles-
by and Lieut.. z. Winslow Williams
are also at the Plaza Hotel for a
short stay.
Mrs. Villa B. Deeden and Mrs.
Nathaniel Waite Smith, of Providence.
r. l., will come to Washington to-
morrow to spend the Easter holidays
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, who has
been at st. Augustine. Fla, for sew
eral days aboard his houseboat "Ev-
eTglades." will leave there Wednesday
for Charleston, S. c., accompanied by
Mrs. Thompson, Miss Hilda Sykes,
Lieut.. Gen. S. B. NJ. Poung, U. s. A,
retired. and C. c. Garrison.
Capt. Russell Thayer, jr., who has
been at the School OF Fire, Fort Sill.
Okla. will return shortly to Camp
Meade, where he is stationed.
Mrs. peregrine Wilmer. who spent
the winter in Washington, has re-
turned to her home in Germantown,
Pa. Lieut.. Wilmer, of the United
States Marine Corps. is in France. Mrs.
Wilmer is spending a few days in New
York.
Lieut. Commander and Mrs. Da-
Nid Worth Bagley. have taken
apartments at the Belgravia, in
I Philadelphia. They took possession
last week.
Miss Alice Hughes, daughter of
Sir Sam Hughes. of Canada, was the
honor guest at a luncheon given
last Thursday. at st. Augustine,
Fla, by Miss Josephine Eaton. of
Toronto. Canada, who Is passing
the winter there with her mother
Mrs. William T Eaton.
The Marquis and Marquise de
POlignac, are at the Plaza Hotel,
in New York. ..
Mrs. Edward F. Carry and Miss
Iargaret Carry will not be at home
Sis afternoon at the Shoreham. as
Hey are making an extended stay
II New York.
Mrs. Charles II. Senff. of New
York. who has been in Washing
ton all winter. will not open her
country place in Virginia until late
in the season
Recently. through the Richmond
Chapter, United Daughters OF the
. .COnfederacy, Mrs. SEMI endowed a
bed in the hospital at Neuilly,
France, for the duration of the war,
in memory Of the great Southern
chieftain. "StonewalI" jackson,
and to be used for Virginia soldiers.
! Mrs. Semi is a native of Virginia,
and has given a great many gifts
I through various organizations of
that State.
Carl Vrooman will leave town on
Tuesday or Wednesday to take part
in the Senatorial campaign in Wis
consin. supporting Joseph L. Davies,
and later will make a series of
speeches in Illinois in the interest
of the Third Liberty Loan.
One of the weddings last week
was that of Miss Mignon Toby,
daughter Of Edward Toby, of New
York, formerly of New Orleans, La,
, to Ensign William Charles Menzies,
U. S. n. R., which took place on
Wednesday afternoon in the Church
of the. TRANSPORTATION, in New
York. The Rev DR.. George Clark
Houghton performed the marriage
ceremony in the presence of a small
Gathering of relatives and intimate
! friends. The wedding preparations
had been hurried on account of war
| orders received by the bridegroom.
The brides mother was Miss
Nancy Boiling. of Virginia, a cousin
OF Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of
the President. Ensign Menzies and
his brother, Ensign John Menzies,
u. s n. R., now lecturing at CO.
lumbia University, left Yale last
spring to enter the service.
Announcement has been made by
Brig. Gen. William s Pierce and Mrs.
Pierce, formerly of Springfield, Mass,
or the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Marjorie Pierce, to Capt. Ed
ward Floyd-Jones Thorn, Of the Ord
nance Department of the national
army.
Capt. Thorn Is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Conde Racquet Thorn of New
York. He is a graduate of Yale,
Class OF 13- Miss Pierce has been
living with her parents in Washing
ton, where her father is now stationed,
but at present she is visiting her cou-
sin, Mrs. G. L. McAlpin, OF New York.
The marriage of Miss Marguerite
Manion and George Alfred Wilson, u.
s. N, took place Wednesday after
noon, March 13, in st. Johns Memorial
Chapel at Harvard University, Deacon
George Hodges, of the university Of
fciating.
The bride wore a-smart blue taffeta
travelling costume and carried a bou-
quet OF sweet peas.
Miss Ruth Wilson, sister of the
bridegroom, was the maid of honor,
and Mr Gall. tk,s- z.A,.