Evening star., 1918-02-18

TOMORROW
A meeting of prominent Washington
society women will be held wednesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at Rauscher s.
under call of Mr.. Clarence r. Wilson,
food administrator for the District of
Columbia. and those attending will be
expected to take the honor pledge to
adopt the Hoover voluntary family ra-
ton for the period of the war.
This initial meeting is not to be a
public one. invitations having been
confined to the 200 signers of the pledge
of the Patriotic Economy League,
which was organized here Immediately
following entry of the United states
into the war.
This league was formed by com
mittee composed of Mrs. Blaine Beale.
Mrs. Vaudeville Carlisle. Miss Ernst,
Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis. Mrs. A.
P. Gardner. Mrs. W. NJ. Grinnell. Mrs.
Charles Hamlin. Mrs. A. c. McClintock
and Mrs. Medill Mccormick. The same
committee now is working to obtain
signatures to the honor pledge for ra :
tioning. When the 200 women invited
to attend Wednesdays meeting have
been signed the movement will be ex-
tended.
Mrs. Nanette 3. Paul and Mrs. Anna
E. Hendley have gone to Florida for
two weeks.
Senator and Mrs. James w Wads-
worth's residence was filled on Satur-
day evening with a distinguished audi
ence to hear the lecture of Mr.. S. Rich
ard Fuller on England in the War"
The Rev. F. Ward Denys introduced the
lecturer, who paid a glowing tribute to
the late Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring
Rice before beginning the lecture.
Among the audience were Mrs. Burle-
son. the assistant secretary of state and
Mrs. Phillips, the Hon. John P Lyon
Mr. c: Dugdale and MIR. F. L. Sargeaunt
all of the British embassy staff; Gen.
and Nine. Vignal and NJ. and Nine La
boulaye of the French embassy staff:
NJ. Francois Monod of the French nigh
commission. former United States am
basador to Italy and Mrs Thomas J.
OBrien. former United States ambas-
Bryan: Mr.. Charles Gregory Noble. Miss
Martha Goldman and Mrs. Richard
Crane. Mrs. Charles NJ. Ffoulke, Mrs
Biddls Porter. Mrs. Edmund Pendleton
Mrs. John Wyeth, Mr.. and Mrs. Lang
don Mitchell. DR.. Charles Swisher. Mr.
and Mrs. George Norris. Mrs. John P.
Jackson, DR.. and Mrs, Mitchell Carroll.
Miss Gillett, Lady Jebb. Mrs. Rockhill
Mrs. Woolley, Mrs Matthewson. Mrs.
Charles Henry Butler, Miss Penelope
Col and Mrs Livermore of Boston. the
Misses Denys, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
MacVeagh, Mrs. Charles Inches, Mrs
Eugene Meyer. Miss Davidge. Mrs
:.
Harper, the Misses Perrin. Mrs. Dorst
and Mrs. James r. Fuller.
Mrs. Robert Patterson, who has beer
in the west for several weeks. will
reach Washington tomorrow.
Mrs. D. Owen Chahoon is passing the
winter at the Hotel Huntington, Pasa.
dena, Cal.
Mr. Larz Anderson has returned tc
| Washington from a stay at White Sui
phur Springs.
surprise party was given by Mrs
Mcpherson to her husband, Mr.. George
w. Mcpherson, Thursday evening, Feb.
ruary IA, in honor of his birthday
There was singing and dancing, follow.
ed by supper later in the evening. The
house was tastefully decorated with
ferns, palms and cut flowers. Among
the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. George
Kimball and Mr.. Stewart Kimbal OF
| Alexandra, Va: Mr.. and Mrs. Harolc
| Suratt. Mr.. and Mrs c. s Bofn, Mrs
Cora v. Bohn. Mr.. and Mrs. George W
Mcpherson. Misses Ruth Rammling
Edith Orainf. Margaret Summers. Eva
and May Bohn. DR.. Thomas D. vankirk
DR.. George A Ferguson. Messrs George
Becker. George and Harry Bowling an6
Ia Ster Sfa n1ov R0hn