Evening star., 1919-05-14
Reception for British Visitors

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the capital. and also it's resident So
ciety. was brilliantly represented at
| the reception given last evening by
| Mrs. Henry F. Dimock in honor of
Maj. Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Poweii.
| founder of the scout movement, and
Lady Baden-Powell, chief guide COM
missioner of England.
| The distinguished guests of honor
| received with Mrs. Dimock in the
| large drawing room, which was
! adorned with huge clusters of Amer
| lean beauty roses and white spring
! blossoms arranged in vases around
the room. All of the rooms of the
drawing suite had similar decora-
| tion, which toned in beautifully with
the rich draperies and tapestries,
| which are such a feature of this beau
| tiful residence.
A buffet supper was served, the
table having an effective decoration
| of pink radiance roses.
Those in the large company includ-
ed the acting Secretary of State and
Mrs. Frank Lyon Polk, Secretary of
War and Mrs. Newton D. Baker, the
Attorney General and Mrs. A. Mitchell
Palmer. the Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs: William c: Redfeld. Chief
Justice White, Mr.. Colville Barclay,
minister plenipotentiary and counselor
of the British embassy, and Mrs. Bar
clay, the Chilean ambassador and
Nine. Matthew, the minister of Swift
zerland and Nine Sulzer. the Neither
lands minister and Nine Cremer. the
Serbian minister. DR.. Slavko Y
Grouitch: the Salvador minister and
Nine. Sol, the charge d'affaires of
Panama, the charge d'affaires OF
Sweden, Judge Erik Sjoborg, Senior
Don j. E. Lefevre and Senorita Le-
fevre, Gen. Emilio Guglielmotti. Maj.
and Nine. Levius Teiusanu, the former
American ambassador to Japan and
Mrs. Thomas ]. OBrien, Mrs. Juliette
Gordon Low, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S.
Hamlin. Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar
Miller, Col Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs.
Selfridge, Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
Kaufman, Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard.
Miss Harlan. M ;. Thomas F. Walsh.
Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. John p
Jackson, Mrs. Robert L. Owen. Mrs
Edmund Pendleton, Mrs. William Cor
coran Hill, Miss Mary B. adams,
Princess Ghika. Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock. Mrs. Albert L. Mills. Mrs. Rich
ardson Glover, Mrs. Thomas Holcomb
Admiral and Mrs. Edward II. Gheen,
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. Mrs. Benjamin
H. warder, Mrs Henry Leonard, Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mr.. and MRS.
H. B. F. Macfarland, Miss Patten, MISS
Mamie Randolph Heth, Mr.. and Mrs
William F. Dennis, Mr. and MRS. 3
Richard Fuller, Mrs. Charles Whit
man Wetmore, Mrs. Harry A. Colman.
BlQdgett. Mrs. e. P. Porcher. Mrs. b;
F. Warmsley, Miss Warmsley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Penfeld, Mrs. Thomas T.
FGaff. Miss Leslie Murray, Capt. and
Mrs. j. H. Christie. Capt. Arthur l..
Snagge, Capt. r. r. Glen. Mr.. and MRS.
Lindsay Morehead, Gen. Nelson Miles,
Mrs. William Belden Noble, Mrs Liv-
ingston Eagan, DR.. Charles c. Swisher,
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. MRS.
Arthur Osgood Choate, Mrs. Snowden
Marshall and Mrs: Theodore Price OF
charles B. Howry, Mrs. Alexander
iMackay-Smith. Miss Mackay-Smith,
Mrs William Bell Watkins. Miss Flora
wilson. DR.. and Mrs. Randolph II. NC
Kim. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Spaid-
ing, Mr.. Maurice Low. Mr. .na naaa
son. Mr.. Ralph s. Hill and DR.. and
| Mrs. Francis s. Nash.
! Great interest centers in the pres
| entation of the Japanese masQue,
''The Sun Goddess. Ssaiaa., which wiz an.D De
ings in the quaint old garden of 34oO
| Prospect avenue, Georgetown. Among
those who will entertain parties are
| Senator and Mrs. Henderson. Mrs.
Mrs Richard Harlow. Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gle
mons, Mr.. and Mrs. James Parmalee,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Randolph Coolidge.
Mrs William Belden Noble and Mrs
Henry B. Brown. A group. including
mrs" Sidney Ballou, Miss Frances
Hopkins. Miss Virginia Eckels and
Miss Mary HELEN. wearing oriental
costumes. will assist at the beneht.
MI. William Bowie Clarke. who has
charge Of the ushers. will have the
assistance of Capt. Roy Glen, Mr.. Ar
thur Bradley Campbell. Mr.. Charles
Richardson and Lieut.. Lawrence Eff
fingham Townsend. The additional
natronesses are Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock, Mrs Sidney Ballou and Mrs.
| Richard Harlow.