The Washington times., 1919-03-31
HAPPENING IN SOCIETY
DnnerJapanse Ambassador and Vscouness lh
Enertain-ChiIean Ambassador Leases Embassy

THE British Ambassador and the
Countess Of Reading will be
the honor guests at the dinner
which Mrs. Henry F. Dlmock Is Civ
ing tonight
The American Ambassador to France
and Mrs. Hugh, Wallace will be
among those in the company asked
/ to meet them.
Lord and Lady Reading returned to
town last evening after spending the
Weekend in New York.
The Japanese Ambassador and Wis
countess Ishlf will be hosts at dinner
| tonight. having the minister Of Ecua-
! dor, DR.. Don Rafael ElIzalde, among
! their guests Members of the Jana
nese embassy stan aud of the leEa-
| tioa of Ecuador will also be present.
His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons will
go to New Orleans this week to visit
! his brother, John T Gibbons, for
about ten days. Last spring Cardinal
| Gibbons missed his annual visit to
! New Orleans for the hrst time in a
score or more years. He is always
much fetsd and entertained In an In
formal way during his visits there.
MEthieuE Lease ReFidence.
The Chilean Ambassador and Nine
Mathisu have leased the residence
1920 sixteenth street for several
months, end will take possession the
end of the week. They have been re-
siding at the Wardman Park Inn
since coming to Washington.
Nine. Cremer. wife Of the Neither
lands minister, accompanied by Miss
Symopds, will return to Washington
this evening from Bostsn. where they
have been SINCE Thursday.
The Attorney General and Mrs.. A.
Mitchell Palmer have as their guests
for the Weekend Mrs. Palmer's auRt,
Mrs. Marshall Fox, OF Philadelphia,
and her grandson. Lieut.. Brooks
Larned, who has recently returned
from overseas
The Acting Secretary of State and
Mrs. Frank Lyon Polk, who are at
White Sulphur Springs, will return
to Washington the end Of the week.
Mrs. George Barnett, wife of the
commandant Of the marine corps, will
not receive today, but will be at home
next Monday, April 6. Mrs. Barnett,
her daughter, Miss Leila Gordon, and
Mrs. Patrick Bellinger, who have been
at Mrs. Barnett's country place,
Wakefield Manor, in Virginia. for sew
eral days. will return to washington
tomorrow. General Barnett Is on an
inspection trip through the South.
on for New York.
ID e.
New York tomorrow to meet her
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy William Nc
Combs. who is returning from France.
Mrs. McCombs has been abroad for
over a year and for the last several
months has had an apartment in
Paris. She worked for a time with
on Public Information and contribu-
ted series Of delightful letters to
newspapers In this country.
Mrs. Leonard L. Nicholson will en-
tertain the Amateur Garden Associa-
ton Of Montgomery County at tea on
Thursday afternoon at her home
LenwiIl, near Rockville, Md. Mrs. W.
II. Holmes will make an address.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholson will have as
Harris Crist, OF Brooklyn, and Mrs.
Burrows and Miss Emily Burrows, Of
New York, will visit them on their
way home from Florida
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayward Hutchinson
Webb will go this week to stay with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cuthbert,
at their home in Pennsylvania. They
are now guests Of Mr.. Webb's moth
er. Mrs. John Sidney Webb, in Wash
iRgton. Mr.. Webb has been released
from the army, having served in
France with the rank Of lieutenant.
MRrbury-MerceF NuptiaIs.
The marriage Of Miss violetta Car
roll Mercer and DR.. William B. Mar
bury, which will take place on
afternoon at 4 o'clock,
will be solemnized at the home of
Seymour. third secretary OF
the British embassy, and Mrs Sey-
mouT. Only members Of the imme-