The Washington times., 1919-07-14
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY
President Receives Abyn DISQUALIFICATION French Embassy
Celebrate Basile Day-Itaian Ambassador Returns


Islands, to stay with Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. John A. Johnston. Mrs. Spencer
is Mrs. Johnson's daughter.
Mrs. william T. LightIe, wife OF
Lieutenant Commander Lightle, U,
6. N. has returned to Washington
after an extended absence, and is at
her apartment in the ParkwoOd.
Commander LightIe, who Is on sea
duty. has been ordered to the west
coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. s.. j. Melick are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a son yesterday. Mr.. Melick has
recently been released from the ma
rine corps, having served with the
rank of captain. Mrs. Melick was
formerly Miss Marie Knapp.
To Give Garden Party.
ASEarden party will be given by
the Board of Control of the Robert
Z. Lee Chapter. No. ga. U. D. c., for
the Robert e. Lee memorial fund. on
Thursday evening. at Terrace nm,
Fourteenth street and Massachusetts
avenue.
ing. fortune telling, booths fu- low
ers. hand-painted china, novelties. Ie-
lfreshments of various kinds and a
grab bag.
Those in charge are Mrs. Walter H
Hutton, Mrs. j. Lee Webb, Mrs. Will
liam F. Davis, Mrs Charles w. Rich
ter. Miss Isla WilIoughby, Mrs. Wall
lace Streater, Mrs. Claus Gathgens,
Mrs. Edwin Du Bose, Mrs. William I.
Denning, Mrs. Julian Goolsby, Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith, Mrs. George
Horning, Mrs. Cyrus Potter, Mrs.
George Munford. Mrs. Isabel Burch
Hill, Miss Virginia Revere, Mrs. For
rest Vrooman. Miss Marion Smith,
Mrs. George y. .McInturn and Mrs.
.Teodore Judd.
Maj. John Winthrop Loveland
and Mrs. LoveIand. of Englewood. N.
j.. have announced the, engagement
of their daughter, Miss Helen Love-
land, to Lieut.. John Dimmick Arm
strong. u. s. A., a grandson of Brig.
Gen. Eugene d. Dimmick, retired, Of
Washington. Miss Loveland is
grandniece Of the late Justice VIII
liam Strong, of the United States SUI
preme Court. She is with her mother
IN NdnIuCkel, mass.
DR.. and Mrs. DugaId Stewart, Of
Edinburgh. Scotland. announce the
engagement of their niece, Miss
Mary Patricia Stevenson. of Belle
Vile, province of Saskatchewan, Can
ada, to Summerville MacCarteney. of
Birmingham, Ala, and Washington.
The wedding will take place in New
York early in September.
Capt. Duncan Elliott is visiting ,he
governor of Rhode Island and Mrs.
Beeckman at Lands End, Newport
Rear Admiral and Mrs. william
Caperton and their daughter. Miss
Marguerite Caperton, have taken a
cottage at New London, Conn, for the
summer.
Miss Catherine Morrison has re-
turned from a two weeks vacation
with relatives in Philadelphia. and
will leave Washington on Monday to
enter the summer school at Peabody
Conservatory OF Music at Baltimore
where she will take a special course
in harmony.
SONAAO uGS, OF
Brazil, has begun a years work at
the Pan American Union and the
State Department in furthering pro-
visions Of the convention at the re-
cent Pan American conference held
in Rio de Janeiro.
DR.. Rodrigues is the director of
the Pan American bureau of the
Brazilian foreign office, which was
established about a year ago. He
has been connected with the foreign
ministry of Brazil since 1896 and dur
ing the administration of Dr.. Lauro
Muller was chief OF the cabinet.
Capt. Albert Lincoln Hoffman, SON
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis BurreIl Hoff-
man, formerly of this city, has been
notified of having been awarded the
cross of the Legion of Honor of
France, one of the highest honors to
be. received by American officers. The
information arrived July 6, the first
anniversary of his marriage to Miss
Leta Sullivan. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Francis Sullivan, of PhfIa-
delphia. The young people made their
home here during the first ten months
of their marriage, and are now living
ir Philadelphia.