The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
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By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.

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Minneapolis. and other cities, max
ing a series of addresses on war
time conditions in England.
Miss Anne Hopkins, whose mar
riage to Capt. John Gregory Hope,
r. +. c., will be one OF the most
interesting events Of next week.
win have as her house guests her
tow out-of-town attendants. Miss
Esther Hosmer, OF Boston, arrived
Hast evening and Miss Elizabeth
Seton. Of New York, will reach
Washington today.
Mrs. William B. Caperton and
Miss Marguerite Caperton, wife and
daughter of Rear Admiral Caperton,
have arranged to spend the summer
In Newport.
Miss Caperton will arrive In
Washington this. week to be maid
of honor at the marriage Of Miss
Margaret Fahnestock and Sylvanus
Stokes. jr., u. s. N. R., on April ),
and will stay with Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock and Miss Fahnestock.
Miss Elizabeth Stevenson. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Steven
son. has returned from the White
Sulphur Springs, where she went re-
Gently with her parents, and is the
guest OF her cousin, Mrs. Charles
Sumner Bromwen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter will
leave town next week for a trip
West. They will be gone until the
end of April
who was maid OF honor at the mar
riage of Miss Laura Graves and Lieut..
Frederick Tomkins, aviation section,
Signal Corps, U. s. A, is the guest Of
Col and Mrs. John Temple Graves,
and will be with them for several
weeks.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Tomkiris are in New
York waiting orders. They expect to
be sent to Mount Clemens, Mich.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Gar
field Memorial Hospital is selecting
committees, preparing the tags and
getting everything in readiness for the
tag day for the benefit of the hospi-
tai, which will be held on Saturday,
May 4.
The number of patients Is increas-
ing so rapidly that the capacity OF the
hospital has been taxed almost to its
utmost.
The summer vacation is approach
ing and this effort TO collect money
is to provide the supplies for which
the Ladies' Aid is responsible.
Milton Work, the well-known au-
thority on auction bridge, who has
offered to lead the tournament to be
held at the residence of Mrs. Edison
Bradley on the evening of April lS,
under the auspices OF the Red Cross
Helpers, I754 NJ street, has given
series of tournaments throughout the
country for the benefit Of the United
States War Relief, clearing over
SO. 900.
The committee in charge of this
tournament, from whom tables can
be obtained, are Mrs. McClintock, Mrs.
George Howard and Mrs. Horace
Westcott.
Mr.. Work will give two lessons of
six tables each on the afternoon of
April l9 Applications for these tables
should be sent in at once.
A limited number OF artistic bronze
medals, produced to commemorate the
battle of Verdun, have been brought
to Washington and are now on sale
at SO Eleventh street, where Mrs.
Harriet Winslow, local secretary OF
the organization known as the Faith
erIess Children OF France, is holding
sale of Easter cards.
The sale of these cards is meeting
with great success. and already the
receipts have netted nearly 1850,
enough to help fifty children for a
year.
Mrs. c. NJ Conger. executive secre-
tary of the American WOmen's Hos
pitfalls, has arrived in Washington
from New York and is the guest of
her daughter. Mrs. Ward Brown, at
her residence in o street.
drive to raise funds for the work
of the American Women'S Hospitals
and to found a hospital behind the
lines in France under the auspices Of
the organization has just been
launched. 1t was inaugurated in New
York on Tuesday with banquet at
the Biltmore on Tuesday evening.
which was attended by over 800
guests. The speeches by officers who
have returned from the front and by
the doctors interested in the work
were most inspiring. DR.. William NJ.
Polk. Of Cornell University. was
among the speakers.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeIos A. Blodgett,
who were married IN Daytona, Fla,
March 10, have arrived in Washing
ton and are at the Lafayette for a
time. Miss Helen BIodgett. who went
South for the wedding and was maid
of honor, has returned to the Blod-
gett home on Sixteenth street. Mrs.
| Blodgett and Miss Mona Blodgett will
return some time next week. accom-
panied by Mrs. Blodgett's sisters.
Mrs. Charles Gray Matthews and
Mrs. Edward W. Porcher, Of Cocoa,
| Fla.
Mrs. John Wanamaker, wife Of the
former Postmaster General. has ar
rived at the Shoreham, accompanied
by her young granddaughter. Miss
Mary Brown Warburton. They will
be Joined today by Mrs. warburton
and will all spend the Easter holiday
here.
Mrs. Nanette B. Paul will be at
home as usual this evening. Corp.
Louret will speak on his personal
experiences in the war.