Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-07
Large Afternoon Tea.

Large Afternoon Tea.
Several hundred members of resi-
dent and official society will be guests
at the tea from to o'clock TINS
afternoon, with Mrs. Frank Clark,
wife of Representative Clark of Flor
ida, as hostess. Their home, at 1917
Emerson street, is gay with flowers,
palms and ferns. and assisting are
| Mrs. Champ Clark. Mrs. o. w. Rosen-
thai of Chicago. Miss Clark, Miss Har-
| riet Clark and Mrs. Edward Clark,
the three latter daughters and daugh-
ter-in-law of the hostess.
Mrs. Clark is wearing for the after
noon gown of black ace ana Mss
| Clark, black lace and chiffon. Miss
/ Harriet Clark is wearing charming
| gown of gray velvet. and Mrs. Ed
| ward Clark a modish gown of black
| satin:
| Mrs. Duncan I. Fletcher and Mrs.
Park Trammell. wives of the sena-
tors from Florida: Mrs. Henry I.
Rainey of Illinois and Mrs. w c. Harl-
| lee will preside at the tea table
Others assisting are Mrs. Thomas
]. Garner, Mrs. W. r. orion. Miss limo
gene Young. Miss Anita Kite Miss
| Virginia Galliher and Mrs. L. L.
| White.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion john
| ston viii be hosts at small dance
lulS SfeilHS i'f Va bSpt-
tante daughter. Miss Eleanor John
| ston. Their guests will number about
100, including the debutantes and
| others of the younger set. This viii
be the first of a series OF dances Mr..
and Mrs. Johnston will give for their
| daughter this season.
Because of the death of former Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Mr.. John Barrett. di-
rector general of the Pan American
VI wi 0f I.yS
poned until Thursday evening, January
Is, the dinner which he was TO have
given tonight at the Pan American
building in honor of the Chilean am
bassador and Sonora de Matthew, and
which was to have been attended by the
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall.
Mrs. Edward Clay Lake. who has been
visiting her parents, Representative and
Mrs. Lazaro of louisiana. has gone to
New York to meet her husband, Capt.
Lake of the 345th Infantry. who is re-
turning from duty overseas.
Mrs. George f. Hamilton will enter
tain at a tea with dancing tomorrow
afternoon, when she will introduce her
debutante daughter. Miss Nan Merricb,
Hamilton, at their residence on New
Hampshire avenue.
Mrs Alexander Bentley will be
! ernoon.
Mrs. William Kent will be at home
informally this afternoon and will be
assisted by her daughter. Mrs. Stan
leigh Arnold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney
will entertain a dinner company Sat
.urday evening, later entertaining
their guests in their box at the char
ity ball.
The Cornell women of Washington
have been asked to meet Miss Geor-
gia White, Cornelfs dean of women,
at the home of Mrs. Frederick V. Co
vile, 1886 California street, Thursday,
January 9, at o'clock.
The tea and dance which Mrs
George Barnett gave at the marine
barracks yesterday to introduce her
elder daughter, Miss Leila Gordon
was one of the most beautiful events
of the entire season arranged fol-
debutantes. The bandroom was
abloom with the flowers sent to Miss
Gordon, and they remained artistic
ally arranged until later in the even
ing, when the young guests danced
to the music OF the Marine Band.
Mrs. Barnetts house party assisted
her in the Inequalities, its members
numbering Mrs. Rarnetts sisters, Mrs
/
Mrs. Arthur Sinclair of New York
Miss Peggy Wallace, daughter of Mrs
Sinclair: Mrs. Bellinger, wife OF Com
mander Patrick Bellinger; Miss Dor
othy Savage of Baltimore and Miss
Jane Marbel of Wilmington, Del
! Nearly all of the official, diplomatic
| Army and Navy and smart Residential
society formed the great company
| at the tea, when Mrs. Josephu:
Daniels and Mrs. John H. Russell
Mrs. Mark Bristol and Mrs Bellingel
| were at the tea. table.
Others assisting were Mrs. Johr
w. Weeks, Mrs. d. Buchanan Merry
man, Mrs. Arthur Sinclair of New
York, Mrs. Barnett's sisters, Mrs
| Muslin and Mrs. Philip Hill of Bal
| timore, and Miss Anne Gordon, sister
of the debutante.
! Miss Marie Sims entertained a din
ner party. including a number of the
debutantes last evening in compli'
ment to Miss Nan Merrick Hamilton
! Later Miss Sims and her guests at
tended the dance given in MISS Leila
Gardens honor by Gen. and Mrs
| Barnett at the marine barracks.
II Former President and Mrs. Taft ant
/ Miss Taft, who went to New York tt
| meet Lieut.. Charles Taft on his ar
rival from France on the New Am
I sterdam a few days ago. returned t.
/ Washington today. Lieut.. Taft wa:
4 stationed at camp near Washington
! until he went to France for service.
il Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell will en-
/ terrain guests at dinner tonight il
4 honor of the Secretary of the interior
/ and Mrs. Franklin x. Lane.
/ Mrs. George Vanderbilt is staying a
i the Willard for a few days en- rout'
1 from New York to her estate at Bit
1 more, n. c.
\ NJ. and Nine. Claude Langlais. wht
| accompanied NJ. Tardieu, head of tn,
1 , French high commission, to Franc,
| early in November are planning t.
!, sail for the United States this week
/ ! While abroad NJ and Nine Langlais
Il the latter formerly Miss Amy Ben
1 nett, a bride of last summer, wer,
L the guests of NJ. Langlais' parents
4 NJ. and Nine. Henri Langlais, at thei
II home at Paris.
Il Mrs. Elkins Hostess.
4 Mrs. Elkins entertained a Dime,
4 company last evening in her X stree
4 home in honor of her nephew ant
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