The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
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By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.

The President and Mrs. Wilson
attended the performance at B. #.
Keiths Theater last evening. With
them were John Randolph Boiling
and Prof. Arson.
Mrs. Wilson occupied a box at
the concert yesterday afternoon, al
the National Theater. The Presi-
dent Joined her there shortly after
the concert began. Their guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. waldo Hutchins
and Miss Hutchins, of Geneva, N
Y. Mrs. Alexander Hunter Calf and
Miss Helen woodrow Bones
Lord Reading. the new British AM
bassador. was at home yesterday to
the Diplomatic Corps at Washington.
Practically all representatives OF other
governments now in the Capital cali
ed to pay their respects. The two
exceptions were the Bulgarian and
Turkish ministers. whose governments
are at war with Great Britain though
at peace with the United States.
Nine. Ekengren, wife of the Min
lister of Sweden entertained guests
at the concert. Mrs Thomas F,
Logan had guests with her in her
box at the concert, among them
Baroness ReiTle, DR.. and Mrs. Otis
Eddy and Miss Enid Sims. With DR..
and Mrs. +. Ward Denys in their
box were the Misses Denys. Mrs.
willard H. Brownson and her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas C. Hart.
Mrs. DeIos Blodgett entertained in
her box Miss Helen Blodgett, Miss
Marian HiIlfard. Miss Sara Latimer,
Mrs. Harry s. New. Mrs John Tenn
pie Graves and Mrs. Cothran and
Miss Cothran, of New Orleans.
Others in the audience were Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend. Mrs. Robert
Hinckley and Miss Gladys Hinck-
ley, Mrs. Ralph Hills, Mrs. Hunt
Slater, Mrs James E. Hurley, Mrs.
Boyd Taylor, Mrs Edmund Talcott.
Mrs. Charles C. Warden. Mrs. John
Crayke Simpson. Mrs. Victor Kauff
mann. Miss Alye Downing, Miss
Alice Sheppard. Miss Angelica
Remey, DIR. Roland Barker Whit
ride. Mrs. Orville d. Oliphant of
Trenton, N. J.; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Reside. Mrs. William Littauer.
Mrs. Theodore Noyes, Col Clarence
Murphy. Miss Ethel Hickey, Charles
T. Tittmann and Miss Elizabeth
DesseZ.
The Minister of Bulgaria, DR.. Ste
phen Panaretoff, and Nine. Panare-
ton will leave Washington today for
a visit of two weeks in st. Angus
tine, Fla. DR.. George N. Poulieff,
secretary of the legation, will be
in charge of diplomatic affairs dur
ing the absence Of DR.. Panaretoff.
Sir Robert Borden, the premier Of
Canada, has gone to New York. after
passing several days in Washington
He plans to be in New York for a
little while and before starting to OF
tawa he may make another visit
to this city.
Il --5l' y lL House has returned to
tssI TorE after a visit Of several
nssa sFltA lfr. and Mrs. Gordon Auch-
freI01A ~ son-in-law and daughter.
MrE Key Pittman, wife Of Senator
Pittman. of Nevada. was hostess at
luncheon yesterday at the Willard,
entertaining In compliment to Mrs.
Mrs. Charles B. Henderson. wife of
the newly appointed Senator from Ne
vada-
The other guests were Mime. Riano,
Nine. Naon, Lady Crawford, Mime.
Sulzer. Nine. Zaldivar, Mime. de La
boulaye, Mrs. Lee s. Overman, Mrs.
Thomas P. Gore, Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, Mrs. James A Reed. Mrs.
Morris Sheppard. Mrs. Ollie James,
Mrs. Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Joseph
). Frelinghuysen, Mrs. William II.
King. Mrs. Breckenridge Long. Mrs
James R. Mann, Mrs. Julius Kahn.
Mrs. Thomas B. Dunn, Mrs. George
Barnett, Mrs. William S. Benson. Mrs.
william c. Gorgas. Mrs. Edward H.
Gheen. Lady Lister-Kaye. Mrs.
Charles c. MeChord, Mrs Herbert
Hoover, Mrs. Bernard Baruch, Mrs.
Joseph p. Tumulty, Mrs. Perry Bel
mont, Mrs. Mary Schluter, Miss Edith
Thomas. Mrs. Fufus s. Day, Mrs.
Clay Tallman. Mrs. Henry Thurtell,
Mrs Bainbridse Colby. Mrs. Stephen
B. EIkins. Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Mrs. Morgan Hill. Mrs. Walter Wells
and Miss Laura Harlan.
Luncheon was served at one long
table with a sun<en garden in the
center abloOm with tausendschoen
rose trees.
American Legation to Sweden and
Mrs. Post Wheeler. who are in this
country on leave, are now at Lake
Placid, N. Y. Mrs. Wheeler is recov-
ering from an attack of pneumonia.
Before sailing for Sweden Mr.. and
Mrs Wheeler will come to Washing
ton for a short visit to Senator and
Mrs. Ollie James. Mr.. Wheeler has
recently been transferred to Stock
holm from Tokyo, where he was first
secretary OF the American Embassy.
Mrs. Delos BIodgett entertained in
formally at dinner last evening.
Mehdi Khan. the Persian Minister,
went to New York this morning to
spend q week.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock has loaned
her house for a benefit on Monday,
March II, at $40 o'clock, for the c re
OF the prisoners on parole in Switzer-
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