Evening star., 1919-05-15

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Samuel q. shortle at the Chevy Chase
| Club.
| Mrs. Edwin T. Pollock was hostess
at luncheon today, entertaining
party at the Purple Iris In honor of
Of New York and Mrs. Lyman Gotten.
A number of luncheons and dinner
| parties have been planned In honor
Of Mrs. Sickbohm. who will be the
guest Of Capt. and Mrs. Pollock for
| several weeks.
| Her majesty. the Queen of Ru
| mania, is taking a personal interest
| In the Rumanian fete champetre to
| be given for the benefit of the Ru-
! manian war orphans. which is to take
place May %. the Rumanian national
fete day at Woodley, Mrs: Hayne
Ellis beautiful suburban residence.
| The fete will last from 4 O'Clock
| In the afternoon until midnight ana
| Rumanians from all over the country
are coming to take part. Ihey VIII
wear the national costume and take
part in the folk dances and songs:
| which will be one Of the delightful
features of the evening.
Mrs. Frank B. Freyer entertained
luncheon party today at her residence,
| on Connecticut avenue. having as her
guests Nine. Poulieff, Mrs Fred BRIT
ten, Mrs. Randolph H. Miner, Mrs.
Malcolm McConihe. Mrs. l. T. Mann,
Mrs. Edward Simpson. Mrs. George
W. Williams. Mrs. William A.. alli'
Mrs Carlton Watts. Mrs. Charles Nc
Kenney and Mrs. Joseph Hampson.
Mr.. and Mrs Edison Bradley will open
their home in Tuxedo Park this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp have
as their guest their daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Scott Thropp. Her husband, Capt
Thropp, U. 8. A., is on duty in Panama.
where she was with him until recently.
Mr.. Alfred Tuckerman and Comman-
der Leon l.. Thompson are at thelr cot
tage at Newport and will be Joined in
few days by Mrs. Tuckerman.
Mrs. Pembroke Jones will return to
New York from Wilmington. n c., in
June and later will go to her house in
Newport for the summer.
One of the most interesting features
OF the Salvation Army ball, to be
given Monday night at Wardman Park
| Hotel, will be the frying of doughnuts
by Mrs. Hammond of the Salvation
Army, who has seen eighteen months
| service in France. where she worked
! in the trenches and has been deco
| rated for bravery. She will be as
sisted by two helpers. who have also
|
! decorated.
| Electric stoves will be installed on
the porch of the hotel for the making
of the doughnuts.
| Another attractive feature will be
the fortune telling booth. where Nine
! lent the flags with which the ball
/ rooms will be decorated, and sailors
| will do the decorating. Supper will
| be served on the large balcony porch
| overlooking Rock Creek Park, where
| a canvas canopy will be erected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Walker will
have as their guests the latter's
5rother- -in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward r. Finkenstaedt of
Cleveland, who will arrive tomorrow
for the week end. Mrs. F'inkenstaedt
was formerly Miss Lillian Birney.
Princess Ghika. Mrs Frederick Ath-
erton. Mrs. Charles W. Wetmore. Miss
Wilton, Mrs. n, H. Rousseau and Miss
Seibert are among those who will
entertain parties at THE Sun Cod
dess. japanese masque. to be given
this evening for the benefit of the
House or Mercy. In the garden at
This will be one of the most pic
turesque affairs of it's kind given this
season and promises to be a brilliant
success
The committee in charge consists
OF Mrs. Walter B. Tuckerman, chair
man: Mrs. Mahlon Pitney. Mrs Frank
L Polk. Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin, Mrs.
Frederic Atherton, Mrs John Gardner
Collidge. Mrs. Walter Dillingham;.
Mrs. Arthur Graham Glasgow, Mrs.
Charles Henderson. Mrs. Charles
Lind!ey, Miss Katharine Mimmack.
Mrs. p. Lee Phillips, Mrs. H. H. Rogers
and Mrs Harold Walker.
The house-in the garden theater
OF which this little play is staged
was built in 1885. by Benjamin. Stod-
dert, the Secretary of war and later
arst Secretary Of the Navy under
PRESIDENTS Adams and Jefferson. 1t
was later the residence of Gen. John
Mason Of Masons Island. in the Poto-
mac river below; of John Augustine
washington, OF Mr.. Martineau, the
/ minister from the Netherlands; Of Mr..
Pairo, the banker, and Of Dr.. Kid
wen. from whose heirs it was pur-
chased in 1900. "
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