The Washington times., 1920-02-21
~R. AND MRS. WILLIAM MILLER

- brilliant dinner party tonight.
entertaining In compliment 10 the
famous Spanish novelist. Vicente
Blasco Ibanez. Cabinet members, dip
iomats and others prominent In Of
fieial life are among the guests asked
to meet Senior Ibsnez. The company
will include the French Ambassador
and Nine. Jusscrand, the spanish Am
bsssador and Sonora de Riano, the
Chilean Ambassador and Sonora de
Matthew, the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Burleson and many other no
tables.
Senior Ibanez. who has come to
Washington TO receive IA degree from
George Washington University is
staying at the New willard. lie Will
be continuously entertained during
his stay in Washington. Tomorrow
evening the Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Riano VIII have a brilliant
reception in his honor. and on Tues
day he will be entertained at lunch
con at the embassy. On Tuesday
night John Hays Hammond will give
a dinner for the famous novelist. The
degree will be presented at George
Washington University's midwinter
convocation at General High School
on Monday afternoon, and on Monday
night Senior Ibanez will be one of the
honor guests at the university's an
nual alumni banquet.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall. who went to New York last
night to remain until Tuesday, are
staying at the Astor Hotel. Mrs.
Thomas +. Walsh. who Is in New
York for several weeks. will give a
dinner for Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall dur
ing their stay in New York. The Vice
President will attend the annual Pill
grim Society banquet.
ian ambassador, and her daughter.
Miss Yolando Romano. left town to-
day for New York. The ambassador
will join them there on Monday, and
they will attend the ball to be given
on Tuesday by the Italy American
Society for the benefit of the free
milk fund.
Gino Butt. second secretary of the
embassy, will accompany Baron Ro-
mano to New York, and others Of the
embassy who will go over for the
ball are the military attachc, Col the
Marquis de Bernezzo: the naval at
tache, Capt. Pletro Civalleri, and the
air attache, Lieut.. Col. Allessandro
Guidoni.
Bakers Have Box.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
which Emmy Destin Is to give tomor-
row afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at Polls
Theater. This is one Of the popular
series of concerts diplomatiques in
which Mrs. Baker is especially in
terested.
Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer. wife Of the
Attorney General. was the guest of
honor at luncheon given yesterday
at the Shoreham by Mrs. W. b. Eas-
ton. of Philadelphia, who is at the
Grafton for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer have as guests
her brother and sister-in-low, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Dixon, who expect to re-
main through next week. On Thurs
day evening Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon
gave a dinner at the Washington
Hotel, followed by theater party,
for Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer.
Daniels Give Dinner.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels gave a dinner last evening
in honor OF Mrs. William Graves
Sharp, wife of the former American
ambassador to France. The othrr
guests were the Secretary OF Agr;-
culture and Mrs. Meredith. Senator
and Mrs. Atlee Pomerene. the Acting
Secretary OF State and Mrs. Frank l..
Polk, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Robert
Griffin. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ralph
Earle. Rear Admiral Andrew Theo-
dore Long. Rear Admiral Samuel Nc
Gowan. Miss Margaret Sharp and
Mrs. Beagle. who have been spending
ten days in Washington with Mrs.
Sharp, Mr.. and Mrs Angus w. Nc
Lean, DR.. l.. S. Rowe, and Comma ndcr
and Mrs. Percy Foote.
Mrs. Daniels entertained small
company at tea yesterday afternoon,
her guests including Mrs. Edwin G.
Gregory. of North Carolina. who is
visiting her parents. Senator and Mrs.
Overman. and her house guest Miss
Adelaide Pearson Caldwell. Of RAJ
leigh, N. c.: Mr.. and Mrs. Georga
Pinckard, of London, and Mrs. r.
Septimus Austin, who Mr.. and Mrs.
Pinckard are visiting.
The Secretary OF Agriculture and
Mrs. Meredith will leave Washington
today for Des Moines. Iowa, to closs
tn cir home there. They will be gona
about ten days. and will spend two
or three days in Chicago en- route
West. Mr.. and Mrs. Meredith now
have the apartment in 1885 MassI-
chusstts avenue. which was formerly
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. William II.
Bliss and later by Mrs. Henry r. Req.
CockrelI-Lewis Wedding.
The marriage of Miss Susan Lewis,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton
Lewis, to Capt. James Knox Cockrel1,
u. S. A., will be solemnized this after
noon In the Bethlehem Chapel, Cathe-
dral of SIS. Peter and Paul.
The wedding. WHICH was planned
for June, was advanced, owing to the
bridegroom being ordered to Panama.
The ceremony will be performed at 9
o'clock by the Rt. Rev. Alfred Hard
ing, Bishop of Washington, and will
be followed by n reception at the
Washington Club.
The bride, who will be given in
marriage by her father, will wear her
mothers wedding gown, which has
been remodeled on modern lines. The
gown is of ivory colored satin. the
skirt made slightly bouffant, and the