The Washington times., 1919-10-20

IA LEFEVRE,
Iffaires Of the legation of Panama.
spend the coming weekend with Miss
,eleste Crosby.
The fall and winter program Of en-
tertainments of the French Club of
| the Washington Salon will be inau-
nasque and costume dance at the
clubrooms in the Mclean building
| 1917 II street. The election of Of
| hcers and a short business meeting
will be held previous to the entertain
ment program.
Quiet wedding.
The marriage of Miss Helen Alice
Robinson, of Chicago. and James Hoyt
| Yoemans, son of the late Judge Yoe-
mans, Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. took place quietly on
Saturday. The ceremony was per-
| formed at noon by Rev. DR.. s. H.
Greene, of Calvary Baptist Church. Mr.
and Mrs. Yoemans will be at home
! after November 1 at the Cumberland
apartment.
The Serbian Fete, for which the
Minister of the Serbs. Croats. and
Slovenes and Mime. Grouitch stand as
Jponsor, grows in Importance as the
time for the two days entertainment
. ID Friday. October "a, both afternoon
, md evening.
Mrs. Wilson has graciously bought
a box, which, however, her sister,
| Mrs. Gait, will occupy, as the Presi-
dents condition viii not warrant her
/ leaving him.
Among those who have taken boxes
for the matinee performance at the
Belasco Theater on Thursday after.
noon, when a clever vaudeville show
\ VIII be given, are Nine. Grouitch, Mrs.
Henry +. Dimock, Mrs. John b. Hem
derson, Mrs. Frederick Atherton, Mrs.
! Walter Tuckerman. and Mrs. Harold
| Walker.
| The evening performance, a cabaret
and style show at Wardman Park
Hotel, promises to be even more pop
ular, and among those who have en-
gagged tables for Thursday evening are
| Capt. de Saint-Seine, naval attache of
| the French embassy; DR.. Conrad Jen-
ny, of the Swiss legation; Henri de
Bach, of the Russian embassy; Sen
ator and Mrs. Truman Newberry, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank b. Noyes, Colonel and
4 -.
John B. Henderson.
Nine. Yvette Guilbert, the famous
singer of folk songs, has consented
to come to Washington especially to
J take part in the fete and her appear-
| ance 10th at the matinees at the
Belasco and at the supper show, will
| be an event of unusual interest
trianda, celebrated European
dancer, will also appear.
Announcement was made yesterday
in Paris by II. Fessenden Meserve OF
| the engagement of Miss LascelIe j.
Meserve to Nicolas de Basily, counse-
lor Of the Russian embassy, represent
| ing Admiral Kilchak, head of the
| Omsk government in Paris.
| Miss Meserve is the daughter of the
! late Mrs. Fessenden Meservc by her
| first marriage. She was Miss Lascelle
J. MacClusky and took her stepfath-
er's name few years ago. She was
educated abroad and has lived much
in Paris and in Russia, her stepfaIh-
er's connection with the foreign de-
partment of the National City Bank
| of New York keeping them in Europe.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Meserve built a hand
| some house in Warrington several
| years ago, but thtey did not occupy il
until last winter. Mrs. Meserve and
her daughter spent that season he re,
taking an active part in society,
working with Mrs. George Bakh-
meten. wife of the former imperial
Russian ambassador to the United
| States, and Mrs. George z. Marye
/ whose husband had been Amer can
ambassador to Russia. Mrs. Meserve
and Miss Meserve arranged Russian
ball. which was one of the most bril-.
liant events of an unusually brilliant
! season. The proceeds went TO main.
tain the American Refuge for Or
phan Children in Petrograd, of which
both Mrs. Maryc and Mrs. Meserve had
been directors during their residence
in the Russian capital
In the early spring Mr.. and Mrs
Meserve went to Paris and soon after.
ward Mrs. Meserve died there.
The list of patronesses for the Hal
loween ball to be egiven on the even
ing of October 80 at the New willard
for the benefit of Trinity Community
House is growing daily. Mrs. Wood
/ row Wilson's name heads the list, and
| others who have consented to serve
are Mrs. Newton u. Baker, Mrs. 10.
.ephus Daniels, Mrs. Franklin, K
Lane, Mrs. Truman Newberry, Mrs
John shelton Williams and Mrs
Henry Getty Chiffon.
Mrs. Charles Il. Howry, who is. in
charge of the bridge, which will be Z
feature of the entertainment, reports
that the men are showing great inter
| est, and many of them have engaged