The Washington herald., 1918-12-31

! Campbell Graef, and Mrs. Robert j..
| Thorne, of Chicago. In the receiving
/ party are Miss Anna Hamlin, Miss
! Marjorie Wright, Miss Carter Mulli-
ken, Miss Catherine Let's, cousin OF
the hostess; Miss Leila Gordon, Miss
| Margaret Carry, Miss Margaret Hard
ing, Miss Olyve Graef Miss Mildred
Bromwell, Miss Edith Cummings, Of
Chicago; Miss Alice Requa, and Miss
| Sybil Fletcher.
Miss Let's wore a dainty frock OF
silver cloth and chiffon with a cerise
/ girdle. and Mrs. Let's was gowned
| in black velvet. The house was still
in its Christmas greens, which formed
an effective background for the guam
| titles of flowers sent to the heroine
OF the day. Between the tea and the
dance Miss Letta was the dinner guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Y. Baker. of
Chicago. but for the time being res
idents of Washington, who entertained
for their debutante daughter Miss
Elizabeth Baker. Miss Ruth Sturte-
want and Miss Margaret Garry also
entertained at dinners, taking their
| guests afterwards to the dance at
! Rauscher's.
| Miss Elizabeth stevenson was host
ess at n luncheon yesterday, entertain
| ing at the Shoreham In honor of MisI
Elizabeth Hamlin Young, a debutaHe
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John He.%ey
Young.
Other guests were Mrs George
Louise ThoTon, Miss Margaret Tuttle
Miss Sidney Burleson. Miss Olyve
Graef. Miss Courtney Let's. Miss
Anna Hamlin, Miss Enid Sims. Miss
Alice Requa. Miss Ellen Bruce Lee.
Miss Mildred Bromwell. Miss Betty
Burnett. Miss Jean Willis. OF Fort
Worth, Tex a house guest OF Miss
Young; Miss Margaret Carry and her
house guest. Miss Edith Cummings,
Of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale Nc
Lean have recalled invitations for
the dinner and dance which they
were to give tonight on account Of
Mrs. Mclean being a victim of in
fiuenZa.
One OF the most delightful festiv-
tiles of the holiday season was the
dinner at Grasslands. the Country
Club. at which Mr.. and Mrs. John p.
Story presented their daughter. Miss
Jane Story. Covers were laid for
about sixty. and $50 more were ask
ed for the dance. which followed.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds Hit are
giving Miss Story a dinner at the
Country Club on January 3, and Mr..
and Mrs. Murray Cobb are to enter
tain for her at their home on Janu-
airy 6.
Maj Gen and Mrs. George Bar
nett will present Mrs. Barnetts
elder daughter, Miss Leila Gordon.
at a tea at the Marine Barracks on
Monday afternoon. January 6, and
will give a brilliant dance for her
the same evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Z. Davies and
DR.. and Mrs Johnson were joint
hosts last night at Chevy Chase, at
a dinner for the juniors, home for
the holidays. the honor guest be-
ing their respective daughters. Miss
Eleanor Davis and Miss Neville
Johnson.
Judge and Mrs. Timothy T Ans
berry will entertain at dinner at
Chevy Chase Club tonight.
Director General john Barrett. of
the Pan American Union, presided
Friday and Saturday at the sessions
of the Economic Section of the
American Society for the Advance
ment of Science. at its annual meet
ing, in Baltimore. Prior to that he
had attended meetings of CONNER
ctaI organizations interested in the
South American trade situation in
Kansas City, Chicago, Boston AMI
New York. He returned to Wash
ington yesterday.
Mai. and Ms. Edward B. Clark.
of the Hamilton, are in Atlantic
City. Mai Clark returned two
weeks ago from France, where he
had been with the Chemical War
fare Service since July. Maj. Clark
was at the front with Gen. Dick
man. now in charge of the army
of occupation in Germany. when the
armistice was signed.
Mrs. Charles p. kirkland, or
Utica. n. Y, sister of Maj. Edward
B. Clark, is at the Hamilton for
the winter.
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Frederick L.
Devereux left Washington for New
York yesterday, where Col. Devereux
will return to his former work with
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. Col. DevereuX Joined
the army soon after the United States
entered the war, and has been sta
toned in Washington for over a year.
Miss Edith Cummings, of Chicago,
is visiting Miss Courtney Let's. debu-
tante daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. FRANK
Let's.
The evening of the 14th of Febru
ary has been reserved by board of
Noel House, of which Mrs. Cleveland
Perkins is president, for a st. VAL
entine's ball. r
The ball is to be given at Rausch-