The Washington herald., 1918-12-14

Bromwelll and half a dozen older
women assisting Mrs. Bromwell and
Mrs. Scott. The tea is to be followed
by dance I'm the evening. and in be-
tween there are a number of dinners
planned for the young people who are
going to the dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Morton Grim
nell are also giving a dinner this
evening for their debutante daughter.
which will adjourn to Mrs. Scott's
residence for the Bromwell dance. .
Mrs. Corcoran Thorn will give a tea
next Wednesday in honor of her debu-
tante niece, Miss Mary HELEN. daugh-
ter OF Mrs Benjamin HELEN.
Mrs. BENJAMIN HELEN will entertain
at dinner for her debutante daughter.
Miss Mary HELEN, on December 20,
the party later attending the dance ar
the Washington Club which Mrs.
Grinnell will give for her debutante
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Grinnell.
Miss Elizabeth Stevenson, daughter
OF Mr.. a. Mrs. Lewis Stevenson, of
Illinois. WI come TO Washington from
Lakewood n. j., where her family is
spending the winter. for the debut of
her cousin. Miss Mildred Bromwell.
today. Miss Stevenson will be the
guest OF Mrs. Charles Bromwell and
Mrs. Matthew 7. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Tuttle Will en-
tertain at dinner this evening at the
Club de Vingt for the Misses Tuttle.
taking their guests afterwari to Mrs.
Bromwelrs dance.
Lieut. Franklin X. Lane, jr.. son of
the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Lane, is a passenger aboard the Sus-
quehanna, which is expected to reach
New York today. He will come at
once to Washington and should reach
here some time tomorrow.
Mrs. Josiah Kingsley Oil and Miss
Joan Oil are receiving this afternoon
for the first time this season at their
apartment at 2400 Sixteenth street.
Assisting Mrs. Oil is her house guest,
Mrs. James Creelman.
MfE. IL l.. hubl Is VI lflt
committee which has in charge the
card party to be given in the ballroom
of 24O0 Sixteenth street this evening
for the benefit of the destitute chill
dren of France The playing will begin
at $50. The prizes have been donated
by members of the French and Italian
missions. and it is promised that the
funds raised will reach France in
time to bring little cheer at Christ
mas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Let's will be
hosts at a young peoples dinner next
Thursday evening. entertaining in
compliment to their debutante -daugh-
ter, Miss Courtney Let's.
Mrs. Hensley Lacy entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor of her
house guest, Mrs. Percy V. Penny
packer, OF Austin, Tex. The other
guests were Mrs. Josephus Daniels,
Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson. Mrs.
Frank F. Fletcher, Mrs. II. n. Jenson,
Mrs Roger Welles, Mrs. Randolph
Miner, Mrs. Louis Titus and Mrs.
George Denis.
Frank p. Walsh, Col. William B.
Thompson. head of the Red Cross
mission to Russia, Raymond Robbins
and Mrs. Florence Kelly, chairman of
the Consumers League, are among the
men and women prominent in national
affairs who will speak at the suffrage
dinner at the headquarters of the Ma
tionaI Woman's Party this evening.
Among the other speakers will be
Rev Olympia Brown, pioneer suffra-
gist; Mr.. Frederick O'Brien. of the
Food Administration; Mrs. Mary
Moore Forrest, president of the
Drama League; Mrs. ]. A. H. Hop
kins, leader of the New Jersey cam
paign against Senator Baird: and
Miss Elizabeth Gherberding, of CAL
ifornia. ..
This dinner is in charge of Mrs.
William Kent, of Washington and
California, who is assisted by Mrs.
Richard Wainwright, Mrs. William
p. Thompson and Mrs. Hornsby
Evans. Mrs. Florence BayaTd Hilles,
of Delaware, will act as toastmis-
tress.
Mrs. Forrest will have as her
guests at the dinner two Ukrainian
women, who will wear their native
costumes and speak of conditions
in their country.
On Sunday evening there will be
a reception open to the public at the
headquarters of the Woman's
Party, at which Mrs. Henry At
water, as chairman of the District
branch, will be hostess.