Evening star., 1919-03-11

ain ana the countess OF heau-
ing will entertain at dinner at
! the embassy. tonight in COM
pliment to Mr.. Hugh c. Wal
: lace. recently appointed ambassador to
France, and Mrs Wallace,
! The acting secretary OF state and Mrs
Frank L. Polk VIII be the guests of
I honor at dinner which the Japanese
ambassador and FiScCuntess lShii will
| give this evening n the embassy. The
Ambassador and Niscountess lshii will
tCo 10 New York Friday to be The guests
lover the week end Of Mr.. E!lbert H Gary
and to attend the annual banquet given
: by the Japan Society in that city. 1t is
/ the first opportunity this organization,
/ C which the ambassador is honorary
! president, has had TO entertain him, and
; the occasion VIII De d very brilliant one.
Representative and Mrs. J. T. Wat
| kins of Louisiana have announced
I the enga cement of their daughter
Ruth to Capt. william NJ. Taliaferro,
| L. S. A, of Tampa, Fla
! Mrs. Norman Williams has invited
| large company for the musical she is
giving this afternoon at her resi-
denCe on 18th street. when the span
ish tenor. LaZaro, and Mile. TreViiio
will he the artists
/ Williams VIII be assisted by Mrs
I Wesley Merritt and several house
guests from New York.
! Judge Knapp Will entertain at din
ner this evening in honor of Mrs.
{ Gregory. wife of the former Attorney
General.
/ Mrs. Robert Patterson entertained
| at a luncheon today.
| Mrs. Sidney Ballou was hostess al a
| luncheon today.
Mr. and Mrs Henry May will enter
| tain at dinner this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman
| are permanently occupying their
| country residence, AirIie, on the Mil
will be at home the afternoons of
| Wednesday, March 10 and 26. She
! WHY not be at home tomorrow after
noon.
| Mrs. Charles Warren. wife of the
| former assistant attorney. general,
I VIII be at home tomorrow afternoon
and the following Wednesday alter
| moons in March, after 1870 o'clock.
Mr.. William Bowie Clarke has re-
| turned to Washington from a visit in
New York. where he went as the
guest of former representative and
Mrs. Vanvechten oicott. While in New
York Mr. Clark was the guest for
whom Miss Florence Holsou enter
tanned at dinner at the Ritz Carlton,
later taking the company to the
dance with Mr.. and Mrs. Burrell Hoff-
mann as hosts.
Mrs. Henry st. George Tucker and
her sister, Miss Sharpe, arrived in
Washington yesterday from New York
and are at the Willard Hotel for
time.
Mrs. ]. H. Rosseter and her sister,
Miss May, have returned from
weeks stay in New York, and will
leave Thursday with Mr. Rossiter for
Hot Springs. Ark, where they will
remain until April i.
A cablegram received in Washington
has announced the arrival Of Mrs. Cobb
at Tours, France, where she went to
nurse her husband, Capt. Murray A.
Cobb, A E. r, who has been ill with
pneumonia. The same cablegram an
nounced that Capt Cobb was out of
danger
Tomorrow evening. March II. the talk,
in French, by Lieut.. LHulilier of the
French high commission. who is speak
ing for the fund to aid the devastated
villages of France" will take place at
the home of Mrs. c. NJ. Ffoulke, 20l1
Massachusetts avenue, at 8 O'Clock.
Mrs. Baker, wife of the Secretary of
War. was guest of honor last evening
of the Ohio Society at a banquet at
Rauscher's. She sang some solos
after the business meeting and Miss
Mabel Boardman spoke on The
Greatest Mother in the World"
Justice Day. president of the So
ciety, presided. and Mrs. William
Howard Taft and Mrs. Atiee Pome-
rene were among the hostesses at diff
ferent tables.
Mrs. John walker Holcombe will
entert ain at small card party today,
when Mrs. Moore of Indiana, who is
visiting Mrs Russell Harrison, will
be the honor guest.
Mrs. Harriet E. Herbert has gone to
Columbus, Ohio, TO be with Mrs. Plat.
Mr. Plat is at present in Bermuda
with his sister, Mrs. Hastings
Mrs. Hastings, formerly Miss Emily
Platt. was married from the White
House during the Hayes administ-a-
ton.