The Washington herald., 1920-03-19
SOCIETY FETES
MRS. CUSHMAN
Representatives Of Cabinet
And Diplomatic Corps
At Luncheon.
TELLS OF WAR WORK
Needs Of Women in Wash
ington and Abroad Are
| Outlined.

beautifully appointed luncheon
given by the Young women's Chris
tian Association yesterday after
noon at their clubhouse on F street.
Jonquils. tulips and hyacinths were
among the fragrant spring flowers
intermingled with asparagus fern.
decorated the tables placed in grid
iron shape.
Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly.
president of the Y. w. c. A. Of the
District, presided in the absence Of
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall. the hon
orary president. in whose name the
invitations were issued. Mrs. Mar
shall and the Vice President are in
Arizona, where they went immedi-
ately after the death Of their little
foster son and will not return un-
til the middle Of next month.
The luncheon was opened by a
prayer by Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe,
after which Mrs. Bayly read a let
ter from Mrs. Wilson expressing her
regrets at being unable to attend
the luncheon because OF her con-
stant attention to the President
since his illness. The guests in
cluded several hundred of the most
influential women in Washington.
representatives Of the Cabinet, the
Diplomatic Corps and Official and
resident society.
Board Members Present.
The board members present were:
Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly, Mrs.
Herbert E. Day, Mrs. Charles w.
Richardson. Mrs. H. B. F. Macfar-
land. Mrs. Perry Heath, Mrs. Thomas
b. Kramer, Mrs. F. Z. Wright. Mrs.
c. w. Wright. Miss Frances Z. Chick
ering, Miss Margaret r. Fox. Miss
Marian Oliver. Miss Estelle Foster.
Mrs John c Let's, Mrs John New
bold. Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer. Mrs.
Pierce and DR.. Ada r. Thomas, and
the national secretaries. Miss Es-
ther Halves, Miss Mabel Stafford.
Miss Jessie Norris and Miss Ger
trude Marvin.
The distinguished company of
guests included: Mime. Jusserand.
wife OF the French Ambassador;
Mrs. David Franklin Houston, Mrs.
Newton d. Baker. Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, Mrs. J. w. Alexander. Mrs.
AISLE J. Gronna. Mime. Grouitch. Nine.
Panaretoff, Mrs. Richard Olney. Mrs.
Robert Lansing. Mrs. E. F. Andrews,
Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Thomas
Bradley. Mrs. Andre w. Brewster,
Mrs. Fred Britten. Miss Natalie
Barns. Miss Sophie p. Casey. Mrs
Robert s. Chew, Mrs. Robert E.
Coontz. Mrs. Charles l. Corby, Mrs.
Thomas S. Crago. Mrs. Theodore
W. Noyes. Miss Alys Downing, Mrs.
Rufus s. Day, Mrs. Carl Droop. Miss
Elizabeth Dean, Mrs. Wade H. FL
lis, Miss Mary Erskine. Mrs. Ralph
Earle. Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax,
Mrs. Rudolps Kaufman. Mrs. Vic
tor Kaufman, Mrs. Edmund X.
Goldsborough. Mrs. William c. Cor
gas, Mrs. a. W. Grant.
Mrs. Cary Travers Grayson. Mrs.
Alfred Goldsmith. Mrs. Charles sum-
.mer Hamlin, Miss S. Alice Hartman.
Mrs. Frank S. Hight, Mrs. K. E.
Hintz, Mrs. Homer Hoch. Mrs. George
Hope. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. Mrs.
Frank Hutchins. Mrs. Thomas B.
Hutchinson. Mrs. william E. Hum
phrey. Mrs. Louis Hurtle. Mrs.
Frank Harris. Mrs. Merritte w. Ire
land. Miss James, Mrs. William c.
johnson. Mrs. S. A. Kendall Mrs.
Carl Keferstein. Mrs. John B. Ken
drick, Mrs. Frank King.
Mrs. John b. Larner. Miss Larner,
Mrs. Herbert Lord. Mrs. A. F. Luz
cas-, Miss Abbie McCammon, Mrs.
Charles c. McChord, Mrs. Horace c.
Mcfarland. Mrs. John Marvin
Wright MacMurray, Miss Clara Nc
Quowan, Mrs. Isaac T. Mann, Mrs.
Charles G, Mathews. Mrs. Trueman
Nicholson, Mrs. John Nelson Mills.
Mrs. Frank w. Mondell, Mrs. Frank
Berger Moran. Miss Mary p. Nor
gan, Mrs. George H. Moses. Mrs. and
Miss Mason. Mrs. Mary Myers. Mrs.
Henry MarQuard, Mrs. Cleveland
Newton, Mrs John l. Newbold, Mrs.
William Belden Noble. Mrs. Albert
Norton and Miss Margaret Norton.
Mrs. Brainard Parker. Nine. Pana-
retoff, Mrs. Henry c.. Perkins, Mrs.
p. Lee Phillips. Mrs. James c. Pryor,
Mrs. wallace Radcliff. Mrs. Charles
whiteside are. Mrs. w. Z. Reynolds,
Mrs. Charles II. Robb. Mrs. Ernest
Roberts, Mrs. Harry Harwood Rous-
seau, Mrs. Sallie v. H. Pickett, Miss
Ruth Rust. Mrs. James Brown Scott,
Mrs. Spruance, Mrs. william Henry
Siviter, Mrs. Sophie Sweet. Mrs.
Somers, Mrs. Selden Spencer. Mrs.
Seagrave. Mrs. Talbot. Mrs. E. o.
Thompson, Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp,
Mrs. ]. A. Van Orsdel, Mrs. Van
Wrinkle, Mrs. b. H. Warner. Mrs. w.
r. Wheeler. Mrs. George P. White
and Miss Flora Wilson.
Tells OF War Work.
After the luncheon Mrs. Cushman
spoke on Reconstruction Work
Among Women in This Country and
Abroad" a subject on which she
has much of interest to tell. for she
was chairman Of the Y. w. c. As
war work council throughout the
war, and travelled all over Europe
in its interest. She is q woman Of
charming personality, a social leader
in New York, and has been vice
president of the associations ma
tional board ever since its forma-
tion.
Abroad she was everywhere re-
ceived with marked consideration
and accorded signal honor. Nine.
Poincare entertained in her honor
at the Elysee. selecting Mothers
Day as peculiarly appropriate for
such hospitality. She was awarded
a French decoration, in addition to
Uncle Sans D. 8. M, and Queen
Mary's medal, and on January 81
such hosnifality She was awarded