Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
Persian New Year Tomorrow t
Have Informal Celebration
at Legation.
Marquisan-Moore Wedding Early
Next Month-Miss Devereux
Luncheon Hostess.

year day, and there will be an informal
celebration at the Persian legation to
mark the occasion. The minister,
Mehdi Khan, has returned from fort
nights stay at New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward r. 'Stettinius en-
tertained an interesting dinner party
last evening TO meet the British am
bassador and Lady Reading.
the residence at 2501 Massachusetts
avenue.
The ambassador and Lady Reading
will dine tomorrow evening with Mrs.
Richard Townsend, who has invited
large company 10 meet them.
Friday evening Mrs. John 3. Hender-
son will give a dinner in their honor
and Monday evening Mrs. Henry +.
Dimock has invited a company to meet
them.
Another interesting wedding of early
April in addition 10 several already, an
ncunced. will be that of Miss Frances
Moore. daughter of the late Mr.. Ciar-
ence Moore, and Lieut.. Henri Marqul-
san If the French FLYING Corps. whose
engagement was recently announced
TIE marriage will take place Satur-
day, April 6. Mrs. Aksel Wichfeld and
Miss Moore will return from New York
Preston Moore. is with the American
Ambulance Corps in France.
Miss Margaret Devereux was hostess at
a luncheon today. having as her guests
Miss Jean Rayner Miss Abigail Harvey,
Miss Enid Sims. Miss Eustacia Hardesty,
Miss Mary Hill. Miss Dairette Ficklin and
Miss Mary Duncan Gibson, all of whom
will act as usherS at the benefit for the
wool fund of the Medical Corps branch
given this afternoon at the knickerbocker
Theater.
The charge d'affaires of the Japanese
embassy, Mr.. Tokichi' Tanaka. entertain
ed at dinner last evening at the embassy
in honor of the imperial japanese mill
tary mission, of which Lieut.. Gen. K.
Chikushi is the head.
The other guests were the acting sec
rotary of war. Mr.. Benedict Crowell: Gen.
Peyton c. March. Gen. Squier, Gen. Jer-
vey. Cen Wheeler. Gen. Graves, Gen.
Pierce. Col. Pattison. Lieut.. Col. Mizu-
MACH. Lieut.. Col. Cordier, Maj. Ando.
Capt. Yoshica, Capt. Nomuro, Commander
Baruch. Mr.. George Creel, Mr.. Clarkson.
Mr.. Fujuii and the other members of the
embassy staff.
Miss Mary Temple entertained at
luncheon today at the Shoreham in
compliment to. Mrs. Hubert F. Fisher,
wife of Representative Fisher of Mem
phis, Tenn Pink and yellow spring
mowers formed tne LaDle QeCOratlOn.
Miss Temple gave small luncheon
yesterday to meet Mrs. Joseph D. Oliver,
daughter of Gov. Benton McMillin, for
mer member of Congress from Tennes-
see and now United States minister at
Peru. who with her husband is spend
ing the winter at Washington. where
the latter is engaged in war work.
Mr. Thomas Beaumont HohIer, second
counselor of the British embassy, will
~0t at inf
this evening.
The regular Thursday: evening dance
at the Congressional Club will be held
Members are entitled to take with
them two guests.
Mr.. Henry D. Hubbard will deliver a
lecture at the club on the picturesque
afternoon at 4 o'clock. There will be mu-
sic and tea will follow the program.
Lieut. Seth Barton French's future
bride, Miss Mary Tyler Duffy, has
chosen the attendants for their we'd
sisters, Miss Frances Duffy and Miss
Elizabeth Duffy, and Lieut.. French's
sister. Miss Ellen Mercer French. with
Miss Emily Thomas. Miss Katherine
Brinton. Miss Priscilla Howard and
Miss Helen Gibbs will be the brides
brother, John Herndon French, jr.. for
his best man.
The ceremony will take place in EN-
manuel Church. 1t will be followed by
reception at the home of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Duffy
Lieut.. French is attached to the ord
nance department at Washington.
Mrs. Daisy Ayres has been summoned
to Lexington. KY, where her mother,
Mrs r. H. Fftzhugh. is critically ill.
The Arts Club will entertain its mem
bers and guests at a dinner tomorrow
night at which DIR. Mitchell Carroll is
to be the chairman and Mrs. Carroll and
Miss Needham hostesses. Washington,
subject of discussion, and DIR. Collier,
president of George Washington Uni
versity; Mr.. Richard Fuller of Boston.
DR.. H. NJ. Ami of Ottawa, Canada, and
Canon John Townsend Russell of the
Washington Cathedral will speak on
the subject.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ross Robertson of
Toronto, Ont, have left Miami for 81
Augustine. and will stop in Washington
on their way home.
Miss Mary Lincoln Beckwith. great
granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln.
who has been representing the woman's
division of the committee on public
information in Cuba, has returned to
this country and states her determine
ton to plough the fields Of the family
farm in Vermont as part of her war
work for this spring.
Last year there were only eight men
left to cut the hay ON an 800-acre
farm" said Miss Beckwith. "and con-
ditions will be even worse this year.
I could not sit on a yeranda in Cuba
and knit when there was mans place
to be filled here
Miss Beckwith has purchased a trac-
tor. which will be attached to her auto
mobile. and she believes that the work
of ploughing can thus be done without
undue effort or even discomfort. She
will take a short agricultural course
at Cornell as preparation for her
field work, and hopes to organize a
unit of young women who will aid
farmers in that section of the country
lacking male labor. Communications
should be addressed to her at Man
chester. VT.
Miss Beckwith is the granddaughter
of Mr.. Robert T. Lincoln Of Washing
ton, who was at one time Secretary
Of War.
Mrs. John H. Hewson and her dauEh-
ter. Mrs Donald F. Washburn of Wash
ington, D. C, who are passing the win
ter at st. Augustine, and were at the
Royal Palm at Miami, Fla, with Miss
Meta Anderson to pass Sunday, have
returned to st. Augustine by automo-
bile.
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer will leave
Washington tomorrow for a ten-day
visit to Berkeley Springs. W. Va.