The Washington herald., 1918-01-23

ITOm bOEutduAs
Senator James d. Phelan has as his
guests, Mrs. John Downey Harvey
and her daughter. Mrs. Oscar Cooper.
of California. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
]. Carolan, who were visiting Senator
Phelan, have returned to California.
Miss Virginia Leseure and Miss
Helen Leseure. Of Danville, ILL.,, have
arrived in Washington to make an in
definite stay with their grandfather,
Representative James G. Cannon, and
Miss Helen Cannon.
Mrs. Henry Leonard will entertain
at a dance on the evening of Feb
ruary in compliment to her de-
butante daughter, Miss Louise
Thoron.
Andre Tardieu and Capt. Lacombe.
Of the French High Commission will
return today from New York, where
they have been for several days.
Mrs. Harry Lee Rust, jr., left
Washington yesterday for Pensacola,
Fla, to Join Mr.. Rust who is train
ing for the naval aviation service.
Mr. Rust was recently transferred to
Pensacola from Newport News.
Col and Mrs. Clarence Ridley will
take a party to the wool dance" at
the Washington Barracks next Satur-
day evening. This will be the last of
the series of dances which have been
given every two weeks by the wom-
ans engineer committee for the bene-
fit of their wool fund and have been
among the most popular OF the bene-
fit dances of the season. Mrs. T. Q.
Donaldson is also arranging to take a
party of army and navy people to the
dance.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend has gone
to New York to remain about q fort
night
John Campbell White. who was the
guest of his father, Henry White, has
gone to San Francisco and will sail
shortly for Japan, as he has been de-
tailed as secretary to the American
embassy in Tokyo.
The American Minister to Denmark
and Mrs. Maurice Francis Egan. who
have been visiting their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Murphy. are now guests Of their son
and daughter-in-law, Captain and Mrs
Gerald Egan at Petersburg, Va. Capt.
Egan is on duty at Camp Lee.
Col. S. NJ. de Loire, U. S. A., and
Mrs. de Loire motored down from
New York last week and are stopping
at the New Willard for an indefinite
period. Col. de Loire has been as
signed to duty in Washington. He is
a native Of Washington and was born
at Woodley, now owned by the late
Senator Francis G. Newland's estate.
Mrs. Robert Brand, formerly Miss
Phyllis Langhorne. of Virginia,
whose husband Is at the head of the
Northcliffe Commission, will be the
guest of honor at a tea, which will
be given at the headquarters of
the National American Woman Suf-
frago Association, 1926 Rhode Is
land avenue. this afternoon from
4:30 to 500 o'clock.
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot will be the
hostess. assisted by Mrs. Frank A.
Vanderlip, Mrs. Hugh Wallace, Mrs.
SOTutlid fO"cll
Odenheimer, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvener, Mrs.
Theodore Noyes. Mrs. ]. Norment
Powell. Mrs. Ke Baron Carlton
Colt, Mrs. William c. Gorgas, Mrs.
Harriet Blaine Beale and Mrs. Vic
tor Murdock.
Assisting at the tea table will be:
Mrs. Park TrammeIl, Mrs. Morris
Sheppard. Mrs. william NJ. Calder.
Mrs. Gilbert w. Hitchcock, Mrs.
Thorndyke Howe and Miss Eliza
beth Stevenson. Miss Enid Simms,
Miss Margaret Devereux and Miss
Mary Duncan Gibson.
A new and particularly interest
ing series of war pictures will be
shown in Epiphany parish hall on
Friday evening at 8 o'clock for the
benefit of the general relief work
which Mrs. William c. Gorgas, wife
of the surgeon general u. s. A, and
her corps of assistants have inau-
gurated. At Mrs. Gorgas' request,
Col William o. Owen, medical corps,
u. s. A, will lecture and explain
the pictures. They are motion of
the same type as those shown by
the historical committee OF the D.
A. r. during Christmas week which
reused SO much interest that there
have been repeated requests that
they be shown again.
A short address will be given by
Mrs. Lathrop, president Of the Ameri-
can fund for French wounded, at the
residence Of Mrs. Perry Belmont, 1913
New Hampshire avenue, this after
noon at 4 o'clock. No admission will
be charged and no collection taken up,
as the meeting has been arranged
simply to familiarize the people Of
Washington with the splendid work
being done abroad by the organiza-
ton of which Mrs. Lathrop Is the
head. Mrs. Lathrop has recently re-
turned to this country after spending
four years in Paris.
The committee in charge of the lee
ture includes Nine. J. Henri de ST.
bour, chairman; Mrs. Blaine Beale,
Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs. Henry
Leonard, Mrs. Henry B. Learned,
Mrs. Mumford, Mrs. Henry Marquand,
Mrs. A. Garrison McClintock, Mrs.
Parker, Mrs. Harry Rea, Mrs. Charles
E. Tracy, Mrs. Charles Warren, Miss
Martha Goldman and Mrs. William A.
Slater.
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis will not
be at home tomorrow, but will receive
on Thursday, January 81.
The card party to be given by the
Dixie Chapter, Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, this evening will be held at
the residence of Mrs. Eli Branford
Smith, 14I3 Massachusetts, avenue.
Those having tables reserved are:
Mrs. d. z. winstead. Mrs. John s.
Tomlinson, Mrs. L. z. White, Mrs.
Paul L. Joachim, Mrs. ]. e. Swain.
Miss Eta Taggart, Miss Mary s.