The Washington times., 1918-12-26
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIET1
Christmas Ball Brilliant EventTwo Debutantes Feed Set
for Wedding of Miss Collier and Lieutenant Gordon N

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and. the bridegroom's mother, Mrs g
Emma Bond Smith, wore black satin
combined with georgette.
The house was decorated with ever
greens. holly. and poinsettas. Rob-
ert Bong Gotta, cousin of the.
groom, played the wedding march.
An informal reception to the
friends Of the gpung couple followed
the ceremony. litter which they left
for. a wedding trip. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will be al
home after February first in their
new home, 81 Eastern avenue. Ta-
koma Park. Nd.
Mr. Smith is an assistant attorney !
in the Postoffice Department.
Visits 81. Augustine.
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, who is !
making a trip south on board his /
houseboat, the Everglades, recently |
spent several days at St Augustine,
and has now gone further south.
Capt. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, who
are in New York for Christmas, were
among those at the dinner, followed
by a dance, which Mrs. William h.
Vanderbilt gave at her house on Fifth
avenue last evening.
Gen. G. N. Lieber is spending the
holidays in Bryn Mawr. Pa, as the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Alex
ander Lieber at their home, Button
wood Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Lieber en-
tertained at dinner last night in
honor of General Lieber and Mr.. and
- urhn
are also their guests for Christmas
Senator lie Baron Bradford Colt is
in Providence, r. L, where he spent
Christmas day.
Mrs. l. T. Mann was hostess at
luncheon today, entertaining for a
number of this seasons debutantes.
Her guests were Miss Olyve Graef.
Miss Mildred Bromwell. Miss Leila
Gordon, Miss Marjorie Wright, Miss
Elizabeth Grinnell. Miss Julia Zal-
divar, Miss Mary HELEN, Miss Fran
ces Hopkins, Miss Anna Hamlin, Miss
Teresa James, Miss Carter Mulliken.
Miss Courtney Let's, Miss Marguerite
Simonds, ,Sand Miss Margaret Harding.
Gwax FaIrIes7 Patronesses.
Patronesses for the benefit per-
formance of "way Fairies" a Christ
mas play which will be given tomor-
row afternoon at Belasco. Theater at
2:15, are Mrs. Newton Baker, Mrs
Frank L. Polk, Mrs. Franklin d.
Roosevelt. Mrs. Tasker II. Bliss, Nine.
Ekengren, Mrs. John B. Henderson.
Mrs. William p. Boardman, Mrs. U. s.
Grant, Sd, Mrs. Mackay Smith, Mrs. p.
Lee Phillips, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman.
Mrs. Charles 8. HAmHn, Nine. Collar
det, Miss Harriet Winslow. Mrs. Hen
men Jennings, Mrs. F. A. Delano, and
Mrs. ]. Lord O'Brien- The play Is
| benefit for the fatherless children OF
France. and many theater parties are
being planned for the event:
Mrs. Salisbury, wife Of the Presi-
| dent pro tempore OF the Senate, will
be at home this afternoon after 4
o'clock.
Ricardo Becu, second secretary Of
the Argentine embassy, and Nine.
Becu are receiving. congratulations
on the recent birth OF a daughter.
Capt. and Mrs. Steuart l. Pittman
have as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. ].
c. Grier. of Greensburg, Pa
Miss Alma Ruggles. debutante
granddaughter of Mrs. George d.
T, RuggIes, with whom she is spending
the winter, is in Baltimore, the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. Montague, for Christ
/ mas.
The annual charity ball for the
benefit OF the Children's Hospital.
which will be given at the Willard on
Saturday evening, January IL, prom
ises to be one of the most successful
entertainments in the history OF the
organization. Boxes have been taken
by Mrs. James W. Wadsworth. jr..
Mrs. AkseI wichfeld, Major William
E. Fowler, Mrs. Thomas F. Logan,
Mrs. Meyer. Mrs. Walter Denegre, Mrs.
4 John r. williams, Rear Admiral Will
ard Brownson, Mrs. Edison Bradley,
| Mrs William A. Slater, Mrs. Joseph
Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Perry Belmont,
Col Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs. Ira c.
Copley, Bernard Baruch, Mrs. Z. T..
Stotesbury. OF Philadelphia: Mrs.
i Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mrs. T. T. Can.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs.
Marshall Field, Mrs. Richard Town
send, Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean, Mrs.
James Mcdonald. Mrs. George T.
Marye, Senator Phelan, Larz Ander-
son, Miss Maths. Mrs. c. G. Glover,
Mrs. Hugh Wallace, and Mrs. Ray
mond T. Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel ]. Graham
were hosts at a small reception yes
terday afternoon at their home in
Columbia road. y -.
Major Il. b. Clark Home.
Major Edward B. Clark, OF the
Army Intelligence Service, is also al
home for the holidays-and probably
for keeps-and spent Christmas with
his wife and their daughter, Mrs. John
Devereaux, in their Cleveland PARK
home. Major Clark has been over
since last July. and was with the
frpnt-Iine troops until the armistict
was signed.
Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson are
spending the holidays at their home
in BrookIine. Mass. Their return here
is indefinite.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry r. Rea are in
New York, where they went to meet
their son, Lieut.. Henry o. Rea, u. S
N, just returning from foreign duty
Mr. and Mrs. Rea will return here to-
morrow.