Evening star., 1919-12-29

! Mr.. and Mrs. Frances Bacon James
will entertain at dinner this evening
at the Cafe ST. Marks for their daugh-
ter, Miss Teresa James, and for Miss
| Peggy Martin. :.
At the Congressional Club at homo
J on Friday afternoon Nine. Grouitch
| will discuss conditions in Serbia at
O'Clock. Tea will be poured at 5
o'clock.
| Miss Florence Adams of New York
| is spending the holidays with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Francis
Adams.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ Pryor of
Takoma Park. Md. announce the en-
gasement Of their daughter. Mary
Eleanor, to Capt. George w. Bicknell,
U. S. A. of Springfield, Mass
On account of the death of their
grandfather. Mr.. r. M. Walmsley of
New Orleans, Miss Elizabeth Walms-
ley and Miss Gratia Walmsley have
Cancelled all their social engage
ments.
Lieut.. and Mrs. D. A. Powell are
+; ford of Chevy Chase for the holi-
[ days. Lieut.. Powell is stationed on
the U. S. S. Delaware.
| MISS Myra Morgan, debutant g
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. William
Gerry Morgan. will return to wash
ington tomorrow from Cleveland,
where she has been the guest of Mr.
Ambrose Swasey- and his sister, Miss
Swasey, since Christmas. DR.. and
Saturday evening for their younger
daughters. Miss Ruth Morgan and
Miss Gerry Morgan, who are home
for the holidays.
Mime. Pezet to Assist Mrs. Baker.
| Nine. Pezet, wife of the new Peru
| Wan ambassador, will be one of the
! patronesses for the concerts diplo-
matiQue. the first of which will be
given on Sunday evening, January 4,
In the Belasco Theater by Claudia
Muzio. soprano, and Pasquale Amato,
baritone. Others who will also assist
Mrs. Baker, wife of the Secretary of
! War, who is chairman of the pa
troness committee, will be Nine. Teis-
sanu, wife of military attache of the
Rumanian legation; Mrs. George
Peabody Eustis. Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty, Mrs Walter Bruce Howe
and Mrs John NJ. Biddle.
/ Mrs. George Peabody Eustis will
play the piano part in a quintet with
/ the Berkshire Quartet on Monday
afternoon. January 10, at 4:30, at
Wardman Park Hotel. The program
; Will Uc 1OllOWeO ny Tea.
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One of the most important social
| events this evening will be the first
/ Georgetown Assembly of the 19l9-192O
! season. which will be given in Linthi-
| cum Hall. Georgetown. More than 800
! guests have been invited. and indica-
/ tions are that the dance will be one
of the largest ever held. The George
town assemblies date back almost to
the days OF the Continental Congress,
and have always included in their list
| of contributing members representa-
tives of the most prominent families
of Georgetown. Because of the war
| no dances were given during the past
| two winters. The dance tonight will
| therefore be the first Georgetown AS
sembly since 1916. The chaperons will
be Mrs. Robert S. Beale. Mrs. S. Percy
Thompson and Mrs. Basil D. Boteler.
The committee in charge Of the dance
| includes DR.. Louis Mackall, president:
DR.. Robert S. Reale. Mr. S. Percy
| Thompson, Mr.. Basil D. Boteler and
] two other dances, the last one to be
| an Easter ball.
| An interesting event in fraternal
dances took place Friday evening in
the gold room of the Hotel Lafayette
when Joseph H. Choate Chapter of
Sigma Nu Phi Fraternity of Ma
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annual Christmas ball. The commit
tee on decoration were Messrs. God
frey L. Munter. chairman; F. G. Mac
donald and r. G. Robey. Mr.. Robey,
assisted by his sister. entertained
during the intermission in exhibiting
some very attractive new steps.
Among those present were Mr.. Ed
ward S. Brashears, lord high chan
cellor. and Mrs Brashears. Miss Mary
Martin, Miss Ticey Andes, Miss Marie
Finley. Miss Thelma Davis. Miss
Esther Melick. Miss Ruth Phillips.
Miss Edith Pearce. Miss Margret
Guest. Miss Ruth Humphrey. Miss
/ Esther Johnson. Miss Faye HoIlings-
worth, Miss Marguerite Barnette,
Miss Maude Brown, Miss Marche Rem,
Miss Mildred Huxhurst, Miss Mary
MacCauley and Miss E. Early. Among
the members of the fraternity present
were Mssrs. Aubrey B. Carter, Will
fred H. Blanz. L. E. Barrett, T. S.
Brown. G. Davis, d. M. Goodacre, j. o.
Hendrey. J. Hendren Holmes, Earl
Jenscher, w. r. Pride. ]. P. Tanney,
S. l.. Struble. E. NJ. Mess, ]. Miller,
F.. G. Macdonald and Godfrey L. Mum
ter.
Miss Ruth Myers is the guest of
Mrs. Robert A. Wayman of Salem
N. Y. during the Christmas holidays
Miss Julia Marscher of Virginia is
spending several weeks with Mrs.
Randolph d. Hopkins at her home, on
Biltmore street. while Mr.. Hopkins is
in Europe.
The marriage of Miss Marguerite H.
Burke to Mr.. William NJ. Rogers, both
formerly of Westfeld, Mass. took
place Saturday morning at o'clock
in st. Aloysius Church. The Rev.
William ]. lyman. S. j.. celebrated
nuptial mass Immediately following
the ceremony. The bride was attireu
in a travelling suit of tan duvetyne
and a picture hat of brown taffeta
and straw, and wore corsage
bouquet of violets and bride roses.
She was attended by Miss Mary M.
Rogers the bridegroom's sister, of
Westfield, Mass. who wore suit of
dark brown silvertone and a hat of
black panne velvet and carried a
bouquet of violets and pink roses.
The brides brother, Mr.. Ernest F.