The Washington times., 1919-10-25


DR.. Charles w. Eliot and Mrs. Eliot
are guests of Col. and Mrs. William
Cary Sanger, of Sangerfield. at their
residence, 22O4 r street. DR.. Eliot.
who is president emeritus of Harvard
University, was one of the delegates
to the recent labor conference.
Capt. Arthur Haldane Doig and
Mrs. Doig, who was formerly Miss
Adelaide Heath, are spending a week
at the Arlington, after which they
will leave for Camp Lewis. near Ia
coma. Wash. where Captain Doig
has been ordered for duty. En- route
to their post they will visit Captain
Doig's parents in San Diego, Cal.
Mrs. Ncwb~rry Gives Tea.
Mrs. Truman r.. Newberry, wife of
the Senator from Michigan. president
Of the Needlework Guild OF America
had tea yesterday afternoon in her
home on Massachusetts, avenue, in,
honor of the section presidents and
directors of the District of Columbia
branch. They held a conference to
discuss and arrange plans for the
coming year.
Mrs. Charles Spencer, Of Erie. Pa.
president OF the Western Pennsylvania
branch, spoke on the work Of her
district, and Mrs. Charles Wood, wife
of the pastor of the Church OF the
Covenant, made an address offering a
room in the church 10 the guild for
each Friday morning, beginning Nu-
vember Z.
The ladies will meet there each
week to sew for the destitute of st
Quentin, France, where The suffering
is very great. Mrs. Wood gave an
interesting talk on the conditions
there as she saw them only a short
time ago. St. Quentin was terribly
devastated by the Germans. Mrs A. c.
Hasan and Mrs. Reeves Lewis poured
tea for Mrs. Newberry. Gar
ments will be collected on Novem-
ber Il, Is and 10 and be exhibited on
those days in the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles Treat
announce the engagement % their
daughter. Miss Katherine Treat, to
Capt Alban B. Butler, jr.. who has
just returned from TWO years service
with the American Expeditionary
Force as aid to Maj. Gen. Charles r.
Summerall. The wedding will take
place in November.
General Treat is at present station
ed at Camp Sherman. He vas for
long time on duty i'm Washington
and Miss Treat made hen debut here.
Captain Butler ts-tne-~or-of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alban B. Butler, ef-Nashington.
The marriage of Miss Isabel Stet-
tinius, elder daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward r. Stettinius, to John B.
Marsh. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur R
Marsh, OF this city. will take place
on the afternoon of November 10, in
st. James Church. New York. A re-
ception will follow at the home Of
the brides parents, 1921 Park avenue.
Col Robert NJ. Thompson, who is
at White Sulphur Spring, expects TO
start for Washington on Monday.
Colonel Thompson will give a lunch
con tomorrow at the Pines. His SON.
in-law, stephen H. p. Pen, who is
. with him will join Mrs. Pell at the
Hotel Lafayette before returning to
New York.
Among those who have taken boxes
for the matinee performance at the
Belasco ,Theater on the afternoon of
Thursday, November s, with which the
fete for the benefit of Nine. Grouitch's
Serbian Children Aid will open, are
Field, Mrs. John B. Henderson, Mrs.
Breckinridge Long. Mrs. Julian
James, Mrs. Alexander Hunter Gait,
Mrs Walter Tuckerman, Mrs. Fred
erick Atherton and Mrs. Allerton
Cuchman.
VIII Wed Illinois Girl
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement OF Miss Flora Elizabeth
Baker, of Decatur, Ill, and Arthur
Fitzgibbon. of Washington. The we'd
ding will take place on November Z.
The Lock Tavern Club. which is
one of the most popular clubs in the
neighborhood OF Washington and has
had a particularly successful season,
Will close on November 1 to reopen
in the spring.
Mrs. Montgomery Blair will open
the work rooms OF the District of Co
lumbia Red Cross at 1920 Connecticut
avenue on Monday for the making of
surgical dressings in response to the
need at Walter Reed Hospital. Mrs
Reeve Lewis, Mrs Henry Fairbanks,
and Mrs. DuBose will be in charge
OF the work and IT is hoped that there
Will be an immediate response to the
call from those who did such valuable
and efficient work during the war
The Young Women's Christian As
sociation OF the District of Columbia
entertained last evening for the dele
gates to the Industrial Conference
now being held in Washington. iThe
guests were received by the board
of directors and the Business Women's
Clubs. Delegates were present from
every state in the Union.
Mrs. F. Carl Smith will leave Wash
inGton today to join Mr.. Smith at their
new home in Pasadena, Cal. They
have purchased a charming house
and studio at 217 Oakland avenue.
Pasadena.
A reception will be held this eve
ming at the Officers Club from to IL
o'clock in honor of Maj.-Gen. and Mrs
James w. McAndrew and the officers
and ladies of the faculty staff and
class Of the General Staff College, and
Maj.-Gen. Clarence c. Williams, chief