The Washington herald., 1919-05-08

party and additional guests at q
supper party at the Cafe st. Marks.
Maj. Atkins has selected Maj. F.
A. Hodgson, U. s. A.. as his best
man. and the ushers will be Maj.
Donald Dawson. u. s. A; Maj. John
e. Harris. u. 8. A.; Maj. Douglas H.
Gillett, U. 8. A. and Capt. Samuel
d. Sturges. 3rd. U. 8. A. Miss Louise
Pugh will be the brides maid of
honor. and her sister. little Miss
Clark. will be flower girl. The
ceremony win take place at S
o'clock in st. Thomas Church. and
tion at Rauscher's.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Harry Lee Rust.
on the birth of a daughter last
week. Lieut.. Rust, U. S. Il, Is at
| present on duty in Washington. and
he and Mrs. Rust have an apartment
at 2400 Sixteenth street. Mrs. Rust
was formerly Miss Mildred Ander-
son.
Miss Eudora Clover. daughter of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson
Clover, who Is overseas. is expected
back In this country this summer.
Miss Glover Is now at the Paris head
quarters OF the American Red Cross
engaged In gathering information
about men Of the A. L. F. who are
dead or missing. She recently spent
three weeks in Italy with Princess
Andrea Boncompagni, formerly Miss
Margaret Draper. OF Washington.
Miss Clover's sister. Mrs. Thomas
Holcomb. Is with Admiral and Mrs.
4 ~
Holcomb, U. S. NJ. c., who Is in Ger
many with the army of occupation.
Mrs. Holcomb devotes several hours
each day to diatetics work at the
Walter Reed Hospital and also works
with the Red Cross canteen at Union
Station.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Strawbridge
Of Meadow Lodge, Bryn Mawr. form
erly of this city. will shortly issue in
vitations for a dance on June 2s in
honor of their daughter. Miss Anita
Strawbridge, who Is a student at Fox
| croft School. Middleburg. Va.
| Miss Virginia Sutherland, daughter
OF the Senator from West Virginia,
has returned to her Washington home
| from Elkins, w. Va, where she spent
n week or more attending the festivi-
ties connected with the wedding of
Miss Dorothy Wees and Lieut. Slay-
! maker, U. 8. N, of Philadelphia.
! Miss Sutherland was one OF the
/ bridesmaids. Miss Sutherland's cousin,
J Miss Katherine Henderson. of Elkins,
| Uho has been with Senator and Mrs.
| Sutherland for several weeks, has
! returned to her home at Elkins.
Mrs. Barker, widow of Rear Ad-
miral Albert S. Barker. has returned
to her home. 17l6 n street. after an
+; absence of year. Her daughter,
| Mrs. Edwin Corning. OF Albany. will
| arrive tomorrow to be her guest for
| a few weeks. Mrs. Read, wife of
Lieut. Comdr Albert Gushing Read.
U. S. N. a nephew of the late ad-
miral, who is in command of the NC-i
hydroplane in the squadron about to
start across the Atlantic. is also with
Mrs. Barker until Lieut.. Comdr.
Reads return to this country.
Miss Mary Shaw. famous actress
| and feminist, who is playing in WASH
| ington this week. will speak at a tea
at the headquarters OF the National
IWoman's Party. tomorrow afternoon.
| at o'clock.
Mrs. Richard wainwright. Mrs Will
lam Kent. Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Miss
Anne Goodrich, superintendent of the
army training school for nurses. Mrs.
| Helena Hill Weed. Mrs. Henry Lock-
, wood. Mrs. Jessie Hardy Mackaye.
Mrs. George Odell. Mrs. Nichalos Kel-
ley Mrs. Laurence Todd. DIR. Francis
Foy and Mrs. Jewell Kenney will act
| as hostesses.
| Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest. presi-
dent of the Drama League. will be
chairman Of the meeting and will in
troduce Miss Shaw. Mrs. w. T. Burch,
| formerly chairman of the District
branch, will preside at the tea table.
Miss Shaw was the first woman to
act the plays of Ibsen in this country.
She has taken an active part in all
recent feminist activities and is the
president of the Gamut Club of New
York. All members of the Woman's
Party and all interested in meeting
Miss Shaw are invited.
| Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Norment. Jr..
are stopping at the Hotel Chatham,
New York. Other Washingtonians
who are at the Hotel Chatham today
are: H. r. Burton, Harold n. Marsh,
lE. NJ. Jeffrey, Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing
Hawly.
Mrs Robert Thompson and Mrs.
Julian-James will preside at the
orange and lemonade table at the
House of Mercy Garden party to be
given at Cathedral Close. Tuesday.
May 18th. from three to eight o'clock
They will be assisted by Miss Sykes.
Miss Virginia Hunt. Miss Amory OF
Boston. Mrs. Charles Woodruff and
Mrs. Poe Wilson. dressed in Dutch
peasant costumes. Two large lemon
trees will surmount this table, and
the yellow fruit will be filled with
surprises for the benefit Of the young
people present. Soap-bubbles, in
charge Of Miss Elizabeth E. Poe. will
be another attraction of this table.
Mrs. Lee Phillips is chairman OF the
Entertainment to be given for the bene-
ft of the public on the grounds. and
Miss Hawkes. pupils will give num-
Der of dances in costume including
the Swedish Folk dance, in which
twenty-four children will take part,
the Gypsy dance. in which a gor-
geous queen will be the central fig
ure, and the Scottish Highland Fling.
This costume dancing will end in
special figure. given by n number Of
/ little girls, dressed in the period OF
4 1880, when hoop-skirts and poke bon
nets were de rigueur. The military
portion of this program will be car
ried out by the American Junior Ma
- mil h.