The Washington herald., 1918-01-19
HOClefY
1 ~ WAsRlNcToN
IN WASHINGTON

welt In Paris on Wednesday and a
cable received at Sycamore Hill an
nounced that mother and child are do
ing well. It is the second child Of the
young couple. and the Colonel's sew
enth grandchiid. The new baby will
be named Joseph willard Roosevelt,
after his maternal grandr aren't, Joseph
willard, Ambassador to Spain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman James, of
Baltimore, are spending several days
at the Belmont in New York. Mrs.
James was formerly Miss Isabelle Hag-
ner Of this city.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond will en-
tertain Informally at luncheon today
for Mrs. John p. Jones, who Is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller.
Mime. Iacombe, wife Of Capt. La
combe, of the French High Commits
sion, will have a few guests for tea
this afternoon.
As William Ziegler. Jr.. of New York.
has Just been commissioned lieuten-
ant in the Ordnance Department, he
and Mrs Ziegler will spend the remain
der of the winter in Washington. They
have leased an apartment there. Their
beautiful apartment at No. SIS Park
avenue, in New York, which was es-
pecially designed for them, has been
leased to Edmund s. Guggenheim.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt is in WASH
| ington on business connected with the
Red Cross and Is stopping at the
shorehome for a few days.
! Mrs. George d. Widener has re-
turned to Washington from q short
stay in New York.
Among the interesting visitors to
Palm Beach are Lord and Lady We'll
lesley, who will remain there two
weeks after which they plan to go
to Texas. Lord Wellesley is the son
Of the present Duke Of Wellington
and a member OF the flying corps
of the British army.
Mrs. Charles Henry Coster. of New
York. has come to Washington TO
remain indefinitely.
Mrs. Beverley Randolph Mason and
the faculty and students OF Gunston
Hall will be at home this afternoon
and the following Saturdays until
Lent.
Mrs. Thomas F. Logan Is passing
the weekend in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John Hodgen Rec will be
hostess at a tea this afternoon at
her residence, 1897 Park road, to meet
Miss Lewis.
| Mrs. Edwind Clark Gregory is spend
ing several weeks with her parents,
Senator and Mrs. Lee S. Overman
Mrs. Nannette B. Paul, aO07 Column
bia road, will be at home on Saturday
evening during the season from to
10 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. NJ Dillon, of
| Charleston, Ga, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter. Catherine
Robinette, to Arthur c. Shepherd. of
Washington. The wedding is expect
ed to take place early in June.
Miss Sophie Siebert. 1900 I street,
has charge of the sale of tickets for
the camoufiage ball to be given in the
New Willard ballroom Wednesday,
February 6. by the Camoufiage Corps
for a joint benefit with Neighborhood
House.
MAJ. and Mrs Richard Sylvester,
who have made their home at Will
mington, Del, since leaving Washing
1 far oRT-4Ny Arl,r L.,
for q short visit and are staying at
the Raleigh.
A series Of informal luncheons and
dinners have been given in their
honor during their stay.
Robert e. Lee Chapter. No. S4l
I United Daughters Of the Confederacy.
will give its regular monthly dance at
Confederate Memorial Hall. s22 ver-
mont avenue, Tuesday, January 2.
The guests will be received by the
president, Mrs. c. Hilton jackson.
The chairman, Mrs. Walter E. Hut
ton, will be in charge of the dance
program, and Mrs. Max Forester will
4 preside at the punch bowl.
James G. Blaine Sd, who is In
Washington with Mrs. Blaine, spoke
last evening before the Chevy Chase
branch of the Red Cross, which met
at o'clock in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. s. Corby. All Red Cross
members in Chevy Chase were in
vited.
Among the people present at the
Cosmos Club for the lecture of the
Alliance Franchise were: Madame
| Vignal, wife of Gen. Vignal, Of the
French Embassy; Mrs. c. NJ. Chat
ard. Miss B. Cullen, Miss NJ Cullen,
Mrs. and Miss MCGOWAN. Mrs. G. B.
Newman. Mrs. r. Richards, Mrs. and
Miss Cover. Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Bow
man. Miss X. Kirby, Miss K. Braw-
ley. Mrs. ]. A. Sterns and T. Brantly.
The next lecture will be delivered on
Thursday, January "a, at 4:3O by Mon
sieur Francois Monod, Chef de Cab
met du Haut Commissariat de la
Republique Franchise aux Etats-Unis.
The subject will be LES Ruines de la
guerre," with stereopticon views.
| OF wide spread interest is the mar
| riage of Miss Emelie Macritzen, Of
| Copenhagen, Denmark, to Capt
Charles Erie Hemmerde, Of the Brit
ish army, which took place Wednes-
| day afternoon in st. PauPs Protestant
/ Episcopal Church in Baltimore. The
Rev. DR.. Arthur B. Kinsolving per-
formed the ceremony, which was fol-
lowed by a reception at the Beive-