The Washington times., 1919-04-24

Countess Of Reading, who went
| to New York on Tuesday, are
expected back at the embassy to-
morrow evening. They are staying
| at the Plaza.
Lord Reading attended the banquet
of the st. George Society last even
| ing, and tonight he will be the hon
or guest of the Association of For
| eign Press Correspondents at the din
ner which the organization is giving
at the Plaza. The occasion will be
| of an international character, the
| countries to be represented including
America, Britain, France, Italy, Japan,
Belgium, Scandinavia, Argentina,
| Australia and Canada. Rear Admiral
| William S. Sims will be present. To-
morrow Lord Reading will attend the
memorial service for Walter Hines
! Page, late American ambassador to
| Great Britain.
Lord and Lady Reading are accom-
panied by Major Crauford Stuart, Of
the embassy staff.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Barnett
will entertain at dinner tonight at
/ the Commandments House, Marine
| Barracks, their guests being asked
| to meet the Acting Secretary of the
| Navy and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
/ mrs. Barnett's sister, Mrs. Henry
| Muslin, is with her for a visit prep
atory to opening her house in N
| street, which was rented for the win
ter months.
Mrs. Barnett will go to Long Is
land next week to stay with DR.. and
Mrs. Preston Satterwhite at Great
Neck. General Barnett will join her
there later.
Dinner at Embassy.
The Japanese Ambassador and the
Viscountess Ishii entertained at din
ner last evening in honor Of the As
sistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
William Phillips. The other guests
were Brig. Gen. and Mrs. William
Crozier, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Ham
lin, Miss Anna Hamlin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Larz Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gardiner Coolidge, Mrs. John 3. Hen
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
Clellan Ritter, John B. Henderson,
and Mr.. Debuchi, Mr.. Yokota, Mr. and
Mrs. Nulda, Mr.. Fujii, Mr.. Shiratori,
and Mr.. Kaku, all OF the embassy
stan.
The Bulgarian Minister and Nine.
Panaretoi left last night for Old Point
Comfort to spend a few days. They
will return here on Monday. Nine.
Hussein, widow of the former charge
d'affaires OF Turkey, Hussein Bey,
who has been, with her children, the
guest Of the Minister and Nine. Pana-
retoff, has returned to New York, and
will sail today for England, where
she will make her future home. Nine
Hussein is an English woman.
To Ne Given Dinner In Baltimore.
The Serbian Minister and Nine.
Grouitch went to Baltimore today and
will be entertained at dinner tonight.
by Rear Admiral and Mrs. Yates Stir
ling. Nine. Grouitch will speak to-
night at the Hotel Belvedere on
'.After-the-War Conditions in Serbia"
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney
gave a dinner last evening, having
Senator and Mrs. Charles B. Hender-
con and Capt. and Mrs. Walter Dill
ingham among their guests. On Sun
day Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeney will give
luncheon at the Montgomery Country
Club in honor OF Mrs. Stewart Wild
man, Of Omaha, Neb., who will reach
Washington tomorrow to visit them
The third of the series OF dances
for the Free Milk for France Fund
will be given tonight at the Club de
Vingt. 1t will be a gala event,
bal masqUe, with a midnight frollc,
in (which a group OF society girls will
| take part, as a feature of the enter
| tainment
After spending a week in New York.
| Senator and MRS. Peter Goelet Gerry
sailed yesterday for Europe aboard
| the Rotterdam. They expect to be
away until about the middle Of June.
I Mrs. Warrington Cottman, OF Bal
timore, and her small daughter, Miss
Mary Claire Cottman, will arrive in
town tomorrow for the wedding OF
Mrs. Cottman's niece, Miss Roberta
Brooke Russell. and John Dryden
Kuser, which will take place on Sat
urday in st. Johns Church. Little
Miss Cottman will be flower girl.
They will stay with Miss Elizabeth
Bancroft Bliss. Mrs. Cottman's Sis
| ter, Mrs Eben Learned, OF Norwich,
Conn, and her daughter, Miss Con-
stance Learned, are already here for
the wedding and are staying with
the brides parents, Col and Mrs.
John Russell.
Mr.. Kuser's parents, Col. and Mrs.
Anthony Kuser, of Bernardsville. y.
J.. and Miss Cynthia Kuser will
reach Washington tomorrow and will
stay at the Lafayette Hotel. Others
who will come on for the wedding
are Mr.. and Mrs. John Kuser, Mr.. and
! Mrs. Frederick Kuser. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Kuser. all of New Jer-
sey; Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lorillard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gamble, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Taylor. Miss Leila Bur-
| den. Miss Geraldine Graham, and Miss
Alice Requa, all of New York.
Miss Burden will stay with Mrs.
Hugh Knyvett. Miss Graham and
Miss Requa will be guests of Miss
Mildred BromweII, who will also en-
! tertain Coster Schemerhorn and Mer-
riI Chaplin, of New York, two of the
ushers. Miss Mary Lorillard, OF New
/ York, who is to be one Of the brides
maids, will stay with Miss Anna Ham
| lin and three of the ushers, Anson
Taylor, Meredith Pyne, nd Allen Har-
| riman, will also be guests at Miss
Hamlin"s home. Miss Mary Cameron,
snother OF the bridesmaids, will ar
rive today from Staten Island and
will stay with Capt. and Mrs. Perry
Belmont. Miss Alys Emo is with her
uncle, William Phelps Emo.
Tonight Miss Olyve Graef will en-
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