Evening star., 1919-03-02
A Tea and Musical.

Mrs. Pierce stagg of Fairmont
street viii entertain at q musical and
| tea this afternoon, in honor of Mrs.
Brent Moore and her house guest, Mrs.
| Joseph Conley of Harrisburg. Pa.
| Mrs. Stagg viii have receiving with
! her Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Conley, Mrs,
John Hawley and Mrs. Steinmetz.
| Assisting in the dining room will be
Mrs. John Franklin Little, Mrs. Wade
Atkinson, Mrs William Morrison
Pansy Wilson. Gladys Pugh, Mrs.
| Frances Payne Chism and Mrs. Barch-
field.
Mrs. Gantz will sing. accompanied
! by Mrs. Trenis; Mrs. Samuel B. Milton
i will play the guitar, and Miss Collins,
! Mr.. Orme will also sing, accompanied
| by Mrs. Orme.
The marriage of Miss Helen Ger
trude Dom, daughter of Mrs. c. T..
Dom, and DR.. James Rexford Flynn
| of Bridgeport, Conn, lieutenant,
! United States Army, was soIemnized
Saturday at noon in st. Francis Xav-
! ier's Church, New York city, by the
Rev. Father Thomas F. White, S. j.,
pastor.
The ceremony was performed in the
presence of the immediate family only.
| The bride was pretty in d modish
gown of midnight blue chiffon velvet,
combined with georgette crepe. She
wore Hudson seal furs and a large
| picture hat of black maline, trimm ed
with ostrich. Her corsage bouquet was
of orchids and lilies of the valley
| Miss Mary Dom, sister of the bride,
| was the maid of honor, and wore a
gown Of black velvet with a hat to
| match, trimmed in Focn blue ostrich
with a georgette facing Of the same.
and a corsage bouquet of Ophelia
roses and lilies of the valley.
Lieut.. Corcoran, u. S. M. c., acted as
best man for Lieut.. Flynn. Immedi-
ateiy following the ceremony Lieut..
Flynn and his bride left for a honey
moon south. On their return they will
make their home, temporarily, in New
York, where the bridegroom is sta
toned. at the Debarkation Hospital,
No. g.
The bride is graduate of Notre
Dame Academy, and Lieut. Flynn at
graduate of Niagara University, and
of the Catholic and Georgetown uni
versities.
The Bachelors will hold their eighth
dance of the present season on Satur-
day, March s, at Mrs. Dyers, 1917 r
street northwest.
The following committee will be in
charge: William J. Monran, J. Whit
Hammett. Edward c. Ardeeser, jr.,
IOUcTL a. moutueIl, u. Hdul ATQeeSer,
Clarence E. Moore. w. Earl Grover
| man, Jack Lewis, Roy D. Schlegel and
Albert II. Laird.
The other members of this club not
yet released from the service are:
William c. Haumett, T. Cogan Ham
NETT, Z. Leslie Hardisty, Rollie II.
Moore and James H. Grafton
Prof and Mrs. l.. s. Mayer of New
York have been in Washington since
| November, Prof. Mayer, who is re-
Gently from Cornell University. hav-
ing taken up some scientific work for
the government. Mrs. Mayer. who re-
sided here number of years in her
girlhood, will be rememb bered by
Washingtonians as Miss Lillian Cleve-
land Brock, daughter of the Rev Dri
John Chesterford Brock of England.
She was first married to Harold Law
renee McAllister, a relative of the late
Ward McAllister of New York, who
died shortly afterward from an acci-
dent while riding with the Meadow
| brook Hunt Club. Her marriage to
Prof. Mayer took place few years
ago.
| Glass 81 of the Calvary Baptist
| Church gave a supper followed by a
program of entertainment for MIR. and
| Mrs. c. D. Parker of Chevy Chase. the
/ former the Instructor of the class. Mon
1 L
! forty guests and DR.. A. F. Anderson
presided as toastmaster, and Dr. S.
| II. Greene gave a talk. Others con-
| tributing to the program were: Miss
4 Price, who sang two solos: Mrs. An
| derson, who gave a humorous skit:
| Mr.. Herbert Davis. who spoke on
| Maximum Results: a sextet gave a
| composition by Mrs. Frank Ray; sing
| ing, with Mrs. Burket and Miss Helen
Burket, as directors. and singing hi
| the class, "Courtship in Song" with
| Miss Burket as accompanist
The guests included DR.. and Mrs. A.
F. Anderson, DR.. and Mrs. William l.
Gill. Mrs. Rob Corby, Mr. and Mrs,
Morsell, Mrs P. H Bristow, Mr. and
I Der, Miss McKnew and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Ray.
| A charming surprise party was ten
dered Miss Mary Washington Ridgely at
/ her home here Saturday evening last,
Washington's birthday. by her sister,
| the occasion being the celebration of her
| birthday anniversary. The house was
i tastefully and appropriately decorated,
! hatchets. American iiags, ferns and
flowers predominating. Despite the In
| clement weather large number of
| friends and relatives were present,
among whom were: From Washington
fren. Mrs. Oscar Bean. Mrs James
Vogts. the Misses Ethel wyvilI, Sara h
Brown, Kathleen Harrington. Helen
| Brown, Margaret Coyle and Mary Muir
ply and Messrs. James Duncan, Ber-
nard Coyle, Joyce and Joseph McGinis,
Bean. Joseph cofrren. Henry E. Vincent
and Sergt. Harold Eubanks. From Up
per Marlboro-Mrs. John f. Ridgeiy.
Mrs. L. A. Griff1th, the Misses Gertrude,