The Washington herald., 1919-04-23

countess Ishii were the honor guests
at the dinner which the Assistant
Secretary of State and Mrs. William
Phillips gave last evening.
The Ambassador and .Viscountess
lshii will entertain at dinner this ey-
ening.
The Minister Of Honduras, Senior
Lopez Gutierrez. has gone to New
York where. by special invitation OF
the mayors committee to welcome
home the ss2d Infantry from Italy. he
was a member of the official review
ing body at the city hall
Society in large numbers attended
the oenent performance given at the
residence of Mrs. Breckenridge Long.
29 Sixteenth street. last evening.
In memory OF DR.. Harry Cooke, an
American physician who was one or
q number of American doctors to vol
unteer their services to help stamp
out the terrible epidemic Of typhus
which ravaged Serbia in the winter OF
1915. when Dorothy Spinney. interpre-
ter of classical drama. rendered an
interesting program. including rro-
ian Yomen" of Euripides. and Mrs.
NhaIcuCc OPChCN Nho phOSA o4AA
by singing the Serbian national an
them to the accompaniment Of Capt.
Austin Kautz. U. s. N.
The Netherlands minister and Mime.
Cremer. Maj. and Mrs. Walter School
kopf and Mrs Charles Boughton
Wood entertained box parties
Dr. Cook. together with a colleague,
DR.. Cookingham, was placed in charge
of a large military hospital at VAL
jevo. close to the Serbian front. where
hundreds of men died daily from the
frishtful disease Both young doc
tors were stricken at the same time.
and Or. Cook died. His aged mother.
who was living in Detroit, did not
know that her son had left Paris,
where he had been working at the
Pasteur Institute. until she heard OF
his death in q far away country. 1t
was not until June. ma. when Nine.
Grouitch was in Detroit. that Mrs.
Cook learned any details OF her sons
death. and this by merest chance. be-
cause Nine. Grouitch had happened
to see a letter from DR.. Cookingham
in which the latter wrote, Poor Cook
is not long for this world" 1t was
a great comfort to the aged mother
to know that someone had been with
ncE SOn "ne1 ne ulcu DEOAth AAOAh
the shock. she was Obliged to give up
her business in Detroit and go TO Cal
ifornia- From there she wrote a short
time ago TO Nine Grouitch asking for
help. saying that she had started a
little millinery business. for which she
had been Obliged to run in debt, and
that she greatly feared she would
not live through the spring and might
die with her debts unpaid.
The object of the performance at
Mrs. Longs Is 70 raise a sum OF
money that will pay her debts and
give her a new start in life. The men,
bers OF the executive committee are:
Chairman. Mime. Grouitch, wife of the
Serbian Minister: vice chairman. Nine.
La Zarevitch: Mrs Frank Polk, Mrs
William Phillips, Mrs. Breckenridge
Long. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mrs.
Arthur Glasgow and Mrs. H. ID.
Flood: secretary. Mrs. II. H. Rous-
seau; treasurer. Mrs. Walter II.
Schoelkopf.
Mrs. Hughes Oliphant entertain
ed at tea yesterday afternoon at
the Club of Colonial Danes in COM
pIiment to Miss Mary Maxwell
Moore, of Trenton. N. J.. who Is her
guest. and Miss Jane Wilkes. Miss
Moore is corresponding secretary OF
the Colonial Danes of New Jersey.
No cards were sent out, but Mrs
OHphant extended a general invita-
tion to her friends. and to members
of the Club of Colonial Danes. the
D. A R.. and the Guadeloupe So
ciety.
The hostess was assisted by Mrs.
nrnGfdanf nf the
club of Colonial DANES; Mrs. John
q. Kelton. Mrs. Henry r. Pratt. Mrs
John S. Tucker. Mrs. Thomas Hardy
TaIiaferro. Mrs. Richard EwelI
Thornton. Mrs. Torrey. Mrs. Bene-
dict. Mrs. McCune. Mrs. Gilbert
stewart. the members OF the house
committee Of the club and others
Announcement is made of the mar
riace of Miss Eleanor Gordon Kinzie
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. John Kin
zie. of Charles on. s. C, to Lieut.. Ed
ward Alexander Mitchell. U. s. n
The wedding took place on Sunday al
charleston. Lieut.. Mitchell is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward \. Mitchell
Of Washington
The marriage of Miss Helen HaZel
Clark. daughter of Interstate Com
merce Commissioner and Mrs. Edgar
r. Clark. to Mai. Layson Atkins, En-
gineer Corps. L. s. A. whose engage.
nent was announced recently. VIII
take place on May 10. The ceremony
will be performed at o'clock In the
afternoon In St Thomas Church. and
will be followed by n small reception
at Rauscher's.
Among those who will entertain al
dinner tomorrow evening before the
Bal Masque. the third of the series OF
dances for free milk for France at the
Club de Vingt. are Col and Mrs. Ed
ward Sturges. Maj. and Mrs. Edgar
Munson, Mai. Lowe. who will have
supper and theater party; Mr.. William
Bowie Clark. Mrs. william G. Morgan
and Miss Mildred Bromwell.
Mrs. Dorothy Williams McCombs,
who has been with her, mother. Mrs.
John r Williams. since her return
from France, left Washington today
for a visit to New York.
Rear Admiral A p. Niblack. u. S.
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