Evening star., 1918-02-13

They were entertained at dinner Mon
day evening by Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh
at the Waldorf-Astoria, where she is
spending several weeks.
Mrs. Henry Leonard will give a small
dance Saturday evening, February %
at the residence of her mother. Mrs
Ben jamin H. Warder. 1915 X street, at
$50 o'clock in compliment TO her debu-
tante daughter, Miss Louise Thoron
and Miss Harriet Peckham.
Arrangements are being made for the
annual Easter ball. given under the
auspices of the Woman's Army and
Navy League, of which Mrs. Z. H. Lis
cum is president. The ball. given for j
number of years in the sail loft at the
navy yard. and which was the first
public ball attended by President Will
sons family few weeks after their ar
rival at Washington, is one of the most
brilliant of the spring season.
The third in the series of allies even
ing rides which are being held at the
Washington Riding and Hunt Club, of
which Mr.. William Phelps Emo is pres
ident every Tuesday evening, took
place there last night and was a bril-
liant success. Col. Shelley. L. S. A. of
the cavalry led the drills. in which a
number of the foreign officers now here
took part. The drill began at o'clock
and was followed by dancing and "A
buffet supper
Mrs. Delos Blodgett, chairman of the
committee, received, assisted by Mrs.
George F. Becker. secretary and treas
urer, and the other members of the
Executive committee. Mrs. Frank 5.
Hight, Miss Ruth Hitchcock and Miss
Caroline Ogden Jones. and the officers
of the club. The evenings are under
women. number of whom We're pres
ent last night. They include Nine. Jus
serand. Mr.. and Mrs. Colville Barclay
of the British embassy, the Belgian
minister. the Serbian minister. the ku-
manian minister, Mrs Edison Bradley,
Mrs. Paul Bartlett, Mrs. Perry Belmont,
Mrs. William Crozier, Mrs. Richard
Crane, Mrs. Frederic Delano, Mrs Henry
Fairbanks, Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry.
Mrs. Charles S Hamlin. Mrs. Frank
Kellogg, Mrs. George T. Marye, Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean. Mrs. Clifford
Pinchot, Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs.
John Jacob Rogers, Mrs. Samuel Spen-
GER, Mrs. Aksel Wichfeid and Mrs.
William Holland Wilmer.
The members of the general committee
in charge of this feature of the clubs ac-
tivities are Mrs. Clarence Aspinwall, Mrs.
w. Sinclair Bowen, Mrs. A. b. Butler,
Mrs. John o. Evans, Mrs. Gibson Fahnes-
tock Mrs. Grayson, Mrs. Glenny, Mrs. W.
F. Hit, Miss Jean Hinkle, Mrs. Frederic
Hudekoper, Mrs. Thomas +. Logan. Mrs.
Arthur Lee, Mrs. Mclanahan. Mrs. Adolph
| c. Miller. Mrs. Ord Preston. Mrs. Ed
| ward Perott. Mrs. w. NJ Ritter, Mrs II.
| c. Walker, Mrs Langhorne. Mrs. A. w.
| Shaw, Mrs. Frank Polk, Mrs. J. u. Oliver,
Mrs. George II. Meyers, Mrs. L. Meyer,
| Mrs. Louis Titus. Mrs c. b. Wheeler
Mrs. r. X. Taylor, Miss Ruth Tanner,
| Mrs. ]. J. Stoddard. Mrs. Dennis Epson,
| Mrs. II. r. Burton. Mrs. Denesre Mrs
/, J. Il. Bayne, Mrs Willard Brownson, Mrs.
| William Cary Sanger. Mrs. George Y
Wheeler and Mrs H. c. Graef.
| Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman were
hosts at dinner last evening when they
entertained company in the cabinet room
at the Willard.
The Mexican ambassador and Nine
4 Eonillas were hosts at dinner party
last evening followed at 10 O'Clock by
a dance at which about 125 guests were
lentertained The embassy was hand
somely decorated with palms and ferns
in the ballroom and yellow roses in
the drawing room Delicate pink roses
formed the centerpiece Of the dinner
table. The guests were the United
States ambassador to Mexico. Mr.
| Henry P. Fletcher: the minister Of Sal
vador and Nine Zaldivsr. the minister
of Colombia and Nine. Uruete. the act
Ing secretary of the treasury of Mex
leo and Nine. Nieto, Princess Ghika
Miss Julia Tribe. Miss Inez Tribe. DR.
Rowe, Senior and Sonora Carbajal OF
New York, Mrs. James Pryor Tarvin
DR.. Rojo. first secretary Of the embassy
and Nine. Rojo: Senior Duplan. sec