The Washington herald., 1918-04-24

Kellogg Bradley. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Letter who were entertaining a party,
Mrs. william Hit, Miss Juliette
Janin, Mrs. Harry Wardman, Mrs.
Charles Howry, Maj. Lowe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick McKenney, Miss
Helen Cannon-in the Nash box when
noticed her-Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Addison, Maj. Robert Paxton, Miss
Helen welch, Mrs. John p. jackson,
Thomas Bones-and-and-a whole lot
more!
Mr.. Jules Jusserand. the French
Ambassador, will be present this aft
ernoon and the Secretary Of the In
terror. Mr.. Franklin Lane, will make
an address at the opening of the e1-
hibit OF the paintings Of The SKY
Fighters Of France" at the Wash
intgon Club. The Marquis de PoHgnac
Is chairman OF the committee under
whose auspices the exhibition Is
being made. Others on the committee
are: Mines. George Barnett. Alexan-
der Biddle, Marshall Field, George
Howard, Joseph Letter, ]. Hamilton
Lewis, Eugene Meyer, jr., William
Phillips, Frank Lyon Polk, II. III.
Rogers, Wallace Radcliffe. George
Il
Mrs. william Phillips and Mrs.
Frank Lyon Polk will pour tea to-
morrow. The proceeds OF the exhibit
will 60 to the children of French
aviators, who have lost their lives In
the service, and the tickets may be
obtained on application to the
Marquis de Polignac, 174o II street
The paintings are those Of Lieut..
Henri Fare, who has won the Croix
de Guerrs as an aviator, and several
medals as q painter. He was a paint
er of distinction q regular exhibitor
for the last ten years at the Salon,
when the var broke out. He at once
offered his services to the French
government. and was put into the
aviation service. q member OF the
Escadrille Cignogne - the famous
"stork' squadron to which Guynemer
belonged-and made official aerial
PAL ter OF the war. He warns people
hoS Ner. that they must in imagina-
ton place themselves in an aero in
order to understand the effects in his
paintings.
The Persian Minister Mehdi Khan
moved from the embassy at 1913 Six
,senth street, yesterday, and will
spend q few days at q hotel before
going to New York, whence he ex-
poets shortly to return permanently
to Persia
Senator and Mrs willard SALISBURY
entertained at dinner last night in
honor Of the italian Ambassador and
Countess Macchi di Cellere.
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house. IT31 I street northwest. for a
liberty loan rally this afternoon at 5
o'clock, under the auspices OF the
the District of Columbia, of which
Mrs. Charles Hamlin is chairman.
Blanche Bates, star Of the new play.
Getting Together" which is at
Polls this week-and wife OF George
W. Creel. director Of the Committee
Of Public Information-will speak;
and Lieut.. Gitz Rice. who is respon-
sible for most OF the songs which
! enliven the production, will sing.
Lieut.. Rice has seen active service
at the front, and has been wounded
and gassed, and q few things like
that, so that he Is over here trying
10 get his breath, and doing his bit
the while in less perilous ways.
Some remarkable Italian war pic
lures are to be shown at the National
Sunday afternoon under the auspices
| OF the alumnae of the Holy Cross
Academy for the benefit of the or
phans OF italian airmen killed in
the war. Prof. Vittorio Falorsi will
explain them. The exhibition is un-
der the patronage OF the Countess
Macchi di Cellere, Mrs. Henry DIM
ock, Mrs Richard Townsend, Mrs.
Thomas Walsh. Mrs. f. N. Hurley,
Mrs. F. B. Moran, Mrs. John Hays
Hammond. Mrs. James Hamilton
Lewis, Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs
Philip Wsrburg, Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock. -. Hennen Jennings, Mrs.
stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. AkseI wich-
field and Mrs. Thomas Logan.
Mss Belle Baruch is expected In
Washington on Thursday. and will at
tend the dinner which Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Bsruch will give on Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baruch expect to go
to their country home "Orchard Hill, -
on Massachusetts avenue extended,
about the first week in June.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
daughter, of New York, are at the
Hotel Washington for a short visit.
The last OF a series Of musical rides
was given at the Riding and Hunt
Club last night.
DR.. V. X. wellington Koo. Chinese
Minister. will go TO New York to
be an usher at the wedding of Miss
Bigelow, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Emerson Bigelow, and Lieut..
Ward Melville, which is to take place
on Tuesday afternoon. April %, at
o'clock, in st. Georges Church,
Stuyvesant Square.
Announcement is made Of the mar
rage Of Capt. Samuel Sloan Auch-
incioss, L. S. r., of New York, and
Miss Anna Mary Christian, of Min
neapolis. Mimi. The ceremony took
place on Sunday afternoon at the
Washington home Of Mr.. Auchin-
Gloss brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Auchincloss, the Rev. James L. Cor
don officiating. There were no at
tendants and only members of the
families were present.
Capt. Auchincloss. who was COM
missioned recently in the Ordnance
Department, Is on duty in this city,
and he and his bride will make their
home here. He is q son of the late
Edgar s. Auchincloss and Mrs. Auch-
incloss, who lives in New York. The
bride is the dsughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Christian.
The Rev. DR.. c. Ernest Smith, rec
tor Of st. Thomas Church, announces
the engagement of his daughter, Miss
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