Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-22

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Hotel which they have oc
cupied for several seasons past.
Mrs. Marshall occupied a box at tn,
concert given yesterday afternoon BY
the Philadelphia Orchestra. and hat
with her Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs
J. A. Daugherty. Mrs. C. C. McChord
Mrs. Frank S. Hight and Miss Laura
Harlan.
Miss Margaret Wilson occupied the
presidential box for the Philadelphia
symphony concert yesterday afternoon
and had with her q party Of friends.
Mrs. Lansing Not Receiving.
| Mrs. Lansing will not observe hel
afternoon at home today on accoun
of mourning in the Italian embass.
for the late ambassador. Mrs. Lam
sing has spent almost her entire tim,
with Countess di Cellere since the
death Of her husband.
The Secretary Of War and Mrs
Baker returned to Washington today
from West Point, where they wen,
for the ceremonies attending the
presentation of a statue to the Mill
tary Academy by the republic Of
France.
The Attorney General and Mrs. A
| Mitchell Palmer have as a house
! guest their niece, Miss Mary Dixon
with them for a few weeks. Miss
Norris might we'll be a debutante OF
| this season, but no definite decision
has been made about it. She will
| however. naturally fall in line with
! the girls who are presented and is
i toi IN q OF
| element of society.
Mrs. Redfeld, wife of the Secre-
| tary of Commerce. Is observing her
last day at home today. when she
| will receive most informally, giving
her, friends the opportunity to bid
! her goodbye prior to her departure,
| with Mr.. Redfield. on November 1 for
their home in Brooklyn, n. Y.
Dr. and Mrs. John Crayke Simpson
have returned to the city and opened
their home on Highland terrace Mrs.
Simpsons cousin, Mrs. J. Herbert
Wood of Peru. South America. who
has been with them during the past
summer, is visiting them here.
The ambassador of Argentina and
Nine. LIE Breton, accompanied by
] their niece, Miss Manuela Llcveras,
, returned to the embassy last evening
several days.
The minister of Switzerland re-
turned to Washington last night from
New York, where he went. with Nine.
| Sulzer, to meet her brother-in-la law
and sister, NJ and Nine. de Sails, on
their arrival in this country. Nine.
Sulzer will return this evening and
NJ. and Mime. de Sails will arrive to-
| morrow to spend part of the winter
at the legation. the guests OF MIR.
and Nine. Sulzer.
The Serbian fete. which was to have
been held tomorrow and Friday under
the patronage of Mrs. Wilson, the
minister of the Serbs, Croats and
guishsd persons. has been postponed
until November 6. when matinee
! performance will be given at the
Belasco Theater and a gala supper
dance will be held at Wardman Park
Hotel in the evening.
to Ambassador di Cellere. whose sud
den death has occasioned much re-
greet and has plunged the diplomatic
corps in mourning for the period OF a
month.
Ward and their children are estab-
lished at the Willard, where they will
reside for the present, having given
up the residence 1908 K street which
they occupied for several seasons
i Congressional Club, and is already
getting in touch with the members Of
the various committees and planning
the clubs social program for the win
| ter.
LIST Of November, but the Friday aft
! ernoon receptions and other functions
will not start until after Congress
convenes the list of December.
Maj. Gen. George Barnett, com
mandant of the Marine Corps, and
Mrs. Barnett will entertain at a large
| tea dAnsant Tuesday, November 25,
at the barracks: when IN, Mrs. Barnetts
Gordon, will make her formal debut.
The same evening Gen. and Mrs. Bar
! nett will give a dinner dance for the
young debutante, and later in the sea
son they are planning ball in her
honor. Miss Gordon and her sister
Miss Leila Gordon, a debutante OF
last year, are among the most popular
members of the younger set, and they
will be widely entertained this sea
son.
Gen. and Mrs. Barnett are giving a
large house party at Wakefield Manor
their estate at Front Royal, Va, for
the hunting season, and Mrs. Barnett
and her daughters will remain there
for time longer, only coming to
Washington for short visits. Mrs
! Barnett arrived yesterday to spend a
| day or two accompanied by Miss Anne
Gordon. Mrs. Edwin Cugle has issued
| invitations for a debutante luncheon
November Is at the Baltimore Coun-
/ try Club for her daughter. Miss
Eleanor Davidson Cugle. when Miss
Anne Gordon and Miss Helen Tucker
| the debutante daughter OF Col and
Mrs. Charles c. Tucker. also of this
city, will be among the guests.
! Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Rayner
have announced the engagement OF
| their daughter, Frances Jane. to Mr.
| David Loudon Johnson of Cleveland
Ohio. The wedding will take place
! quietly, owing to illness in the brides
/ femily, at their residence, on Connect
cut avenue, on the afternoon of Fri
| day, November Il.
| Miss Rayner, who made her debut
! last year, is the granddaughter of the
of the popular members Of the
! younger set.
! Mr.. johnson, who Is a lawyer. was
captain in the Army during the war.
stationed in Washington.
+ Mrs. Charles b. Henderson. Mrs.
| Henry F. Dimock. Mrs. James Nc
! Donald and Miss Josephine Davis are
/ among those who have taken tables
! for bridge to be played as one of the
| features of the Halloween ball on Oc-
! tober 80 for the benefit of the Trinity
! Community House at the Willard. The
! small ballroom will be given over to
the bridge players, and tables may be
secured through Mrs Charles B.