Evening star., 1919-03-12

last evening, entertaining III iiohot
the Netherlands minister ahe Miie
Cremer.
Judee Martin A. Knapp entertained
at dinner last evening in honor or Mrs.
gregory wife of the former Attorney
General. me-
His guests were Senator and Mrs
John F. Shafroth. Solicitor Iener
and Mrs King, Assistant Attorney
General and Mrs. Samuel Jordan sIra-
ham. Mr.. and Mrs. John Lord OBrien
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr.
Mrs. Abbot. wife of Gen, Frederic
V. Abbot. was hostess at luncheon TO-
day. entertaining at their quarters at
the Washington barracks IN honor o.
Mrs. Howell, wife of Col. George +.
Howell, who is visiting her parents.
Cen. and Mrs. John G. d. Knight, at
the Westmoreland. The other guests
were Mrs Harold S. Hetrick. Mrs
John Carruth and the Misses Aboot.
/ Mrs. Baker. wife of the Secretary Of
War, will not be at home this after
| noon, as is her custom on "Wednesday.
| Accompanied by her guest, Miss kath-
crime Lowe of Cleveland. she viii go
to Camp Humphreys. Va, to attend
| the first of a series of tea dances to
be given there.
Mrs Glass, wife of the Secretary of
the Treasury. has gone to Roanoke,
Va, for a short visit to her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Carter Glass. jr.
More than $3.50 was realized yes
| terday afternoon at the benefit per-
! formance given at CrandalPs Knick-
| erbocker Theater by the. League for
| the Entertainment of Wounded Sol
diers at Walter Reed General Hos
/ pital.
Mrs. Baker, wife of the Secretary
| of War, and Mrs. E. r. Schreiner,
| wife of Col Schreiner, comma ndant
Of the hospital, together with sew
! eral hundred others representative OF
| the official and resident life of the
capital, were present, not only to en-
joy the splendid new World film,
Kaiser?' but to show their interest
! in the untiring work being done by
/ the members of this organization, VINO
meet this vital need of the soldiers
recovering from their wounds.
Mrs George w. Knowlton opened
| the program with a short address, In
which she described the work from
its organization until 1T merged into
| the league. Mrs. Noble Newport
Potts sang THE Star spaLsled Ban
ner."
Al portion of the theater was re-
served for the wounded soldiers from
Walter Reed Hospital. who appar-
| entity greatly enjoyed the hlm pre-
sented for their own benefit and
| amusement.
The officers of the league are: Mrs.
| Claude r. Zappone, president; Miss
Ruth Bennett, secretary; Miss Mar
| guerite A. Zappone, treasurer: Mrs.
George Knowlton and Miss Harriet
Keim,. Transportation committee The
organization is deeply indebted to Mr..
| Thomas M. Eastwood. manager of the
| Knickerbocker, and all his employees,
| whose hearty cooperation was re-
| sponsible, in a large part, for the
success of the afternoon.
| Those interested in the child well
| fare exhibit to open at the Public
Library on Monday. March IT, are
| Mrs. Marshall. Mrs. David Franklin
| Houston. Mrs. Atiee Pomerene. Mrs.
| Harvey Wiley. Mrs. Ezra Butler Nc
| Cagg. Mrs. +. L. Hewitt, Mrs. George
| Putnam, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs.
| Gilbert Grosvenor and Mrs. r. S. Jack
son.
Miss Florence L. Brown was hos
| tess at tea yesterday; entertaining at
| compliment to Mrs. Lyle, wife of
| Capt. Richard Ridgely Lyle. now sta
| toned at Fort Myer. Assisting Miss
Brown at the tea table was her sis
tef-iH-id", Mrs. Jonn W1lSor- Brown.
Mrs. Frank lyon Polk v'e of the
| acting Secretary of State has been
| obliged to cancel all her social en-
gagements on account of an attack
| of influenza. AS soon as Mrs Polk
| has sufficiently recovered to travel
she will leave Washington for sew
| eral weeks.
| The Attorney General and Mrs. A.
| Mitchell Palmer are entertaining Will
| liam Burnet Easton and John Con-
| mover, friends of their young daugh-
| ter, Miss Mary Dixon Palmer.
| Mrs. Poe White will go to Phiia-
delphia shortly to be the house guest
| for fortnight of Mr.. and Mrs. Hol-
! lister Sturges, at their home in
| Chestnut Hill.
| Miss Rita Heckschcr, daughter of
| Maj. and Mrs. Stevens Heckscher,
| Washington, Is staying with her
| uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| Hamilton Burr, in Philadelphia. dur
| ing the absence of her grandma ther,
Mrs. Thomas Leaning, in the south.
| Gen. and Mrs. Charles b. Drake will
entertain at dinner this evening at
the Chevy Chase Club. in complimen
to Miss Katherine Lowe. who is the
house guest Of Mrs. Newton D. Baker.
Departure Of Japanese Secretary
| The second secretary Of the Jap
anese embassy and Nine. Fujit left
Washington yesterday en- route to
tJapAn. the former having been ordered
to Toxic. Mr.. and Mrs. Full made
many friends while In Washington.