The Washington times., 1919-04-16

mously adopted at the regular month
ly meeting of the league held on Mon
day evening at the present head
quarters, 1928 H street, with the
president, Mrs. Isaac Pearson. in the
chair.
The fund for establishing a national
headquarters for the league and p
home for writing women in Washing
ton was raised by means OF the sue
cessful Authors Carnival and Ball
given at the Willard in February
The house was selected by a commit
tee. of which Mrs. Florence Jackson
Stoddard is chairman
Return From New York.
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, L.
S. N, and Mrs. Sims have returned to
New York from Newport, accompanied
by Comdr. Walter A. Edwards, Us.N.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Henry Jervey
are spending a few days in New York
at the Hotel Astor. Maj. Gen. George
C. Squier spent Sunday at the Astor.
Mrs. William B. Caperton and Miss
Margaret Caperton are at the Van
derbilt Hotel, New York, where they
joined Rear Admiral Caperton, U,S.A.
Miss Margaret Carnegie and En-
sign Roswell n. Miller, L. S. ~, who
are to be married at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie in New
York, April %, will spend a portion
of their honeymoon at Shadowbrow,
the Lenox estate Of Mr.. and Mrs. Car
negie. The house is being put in
shape to welcome them. 1t is said
that the young couple had expected
to leave for Mr.. CarneZie's Skibo
Castle, in Scotland, but have now
given up the idea of going abroad
at this time.
Lieut.. Edward Sterling. U. S. A,
who has been, in. France as aide t"
his father-in-Iaw, Brig. Gen. William
S. McEair, U. S. A, will return to this
country within the next few days and
join his wife and infant child here.
Mrs. Sterling has been living with
her mother, Mrs. McNair, at the
Wyoming, since her husbands de-
parture.
Mrs. Asbury c. Latimer, Of South
Carolina, will arrive today to spend
several weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. James H. Patten and her other
daughter, Miss Sara Latimer. Miss
Latimer, who has been pessing the
winter with Mrs. Patten, will return
home with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bacon James
will give a dinner tonight at the
Chevy Chase Club for their daugh-
ter, Miss Teresa James.
Under the auspices OF the Princeton
alumni in Washington. the combined
Princeton musical clubs will give a
concert tomorrow evening at the
willard. A number OF dinner parties
will precede the entertainment
Mrs. H. F. du Pont will entertain
at tea this afternoon at the Cafe
st. Marks.
Charles Pergler, commissioner OF
the Czecho-Slovak republic to the
United States, and Mrs. Pergler were
guests of honor Of the Society OF the
Mayflower Descendants at the Wash
ington Club last night.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Donald Wsshburn
will come to Washington on Saturday
to spend Easter with Mr.. and Mrs.
from ST. Augustine, Fla, where they
spent several months.
Word has recently been received
here OF the marriage in France in
February of Major Albert ]. Myer, jr..
L. s. A, to Miss Madeline Edwards,
of Santa Barbara, Cal. Major Myer
cabled his engagement to his rela-
tiVes here the day before his wedding.
for which he obtained but one days
leave of absence. Since then he has
been spending a vacation with his
bride in a cottage which they have
taken in the south of England.
Major Myer and his bride met in
France, where the bride was a Red
Cross nurse, and he was with the
United States army. Major Myers
family was prominent here for many
years He is a son OF Major Albert
]. Myer, Of Pemquid, Me. His grand
father, General Myer, was chief sig
nal officer in the sos, and Major
Myer himself was prominent in
Washington society during the Taft
administration, when he was a guest
of his aunt, the late Miss Viola Myer