Evening star., 1920-02-06

IN ~ her secretary, yesterday d
IN" little note accepting box
i for the Tuesday afternoon
performance of "Hulio'
Washington" which is TO be given at
the Marine barracks for the benefit OF
the Children's Hospital.
Both Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Marshall
have lent their names as patronesses
for the Mardi Gras ball to be given
at the New willard the night of Fen
ruary Il. for the benefit of Neig moor
hood House.
NJ. .Iusserand. the ambassador OF
France. has gone to New York 10 at
tend banquet TO be given by the
French Alliance at the Hotel fla|d:
at which he will be the guest OF
honor Nine. Jusserand did not ac-
company him.
Nine. lie Breton. wife of the ambas-
sador of Argentina, and Nine. ba h II :
meteff. wife of the am moassador OF
noon at their respective embassy
homes.
Senator and Mrs. Frank b. Kellogg
vii. entertain at dinner tins evening
Secretary and Mrs. Lansing Guests
The Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Lansing will dine this evening with
Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell. who has IN
yited a distinguished company TO meet
them and the Italian ambassador ana
Baroness Romano.
The Secretary and Mrs. Lansing We're
the guests of honor at dinner party
entertained last evening by the minis-
ter of the Serbs, Croats and SioVenes'
whose house guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
George B. Mathews of Buffalo, shared
hOnors with them.
Others of the party were Senator
and Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, Col.
and Mrs William Cary Sanger. Mrs
Henry +. Dimock. Lady Campbell. Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins. Maj. Gen. Peyton {.
March. Brig. Gen. Collardet, military
attache of the French embassy: MI.
Jan Masaryk, counselor and charge
d'affaires for CzechOslovakia. and the
secretary of the Serbian legation anu
Mrs. Lazarevitch.
Nine Gouitch will observe her at
home this afternoon. and Mrs. Mathews
and Lady Campbell will receive with
her Tomorrow Mr.. and Mrs. Mathews,
who have spent several weeks IN
Washington as guests of the minister
and Nine. Gouitch. will return to their
home in Buffalo.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Baker will be the guests in whose
honor Gen. and Mrs. James w. Nc
Andrew will entertain at dinner this
evening at the dinner dance to be
given by the officers of the barracks s
at the Officers Club. A number of
large dinner parties will precede the
dance.
Tomorrow night the Secretary of
War and Mrs. Baker will occupy a
l. IA
New Willard by the War Department
welfare service. the event being to in
augurate the campaign of the COM
munity service. which lasts week.
The committee has completed all
arrangements for the decorating OF
the ballroom. Forty flags of the diff
ferent bureaus of the War Depart
ment and 139 American flags are the
principal decorations.
Mrs A. Mitchell Palmer wife of the
Attorney General. vas hostess yester-
day at a reception in honor of the ladies
of the judiciary circle. The guests in
preme Court. the wives Of members of
the judiciary committees OF the Senate
and the House. the wives of officials of
the Department of Justice and the wives
of number of prominent Washington
attorneys
w
the Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, received with Mrs.
Palmer. Mrs. Alexander Campbell
King. wife of the solicitor general.
and Mrs. Charles p. Ames. wife of the
assistant TO the Attorney General. pre-
sided at the tea table. Others who as
sisted were Mrs. Frederick A. Lever
irg. jr. sister of the hostess; her
niece. Miss Mary Dixon Norris. and
her guests. Mrs. l.. J. Brown and
Miss Raubenold of Pennsylvania. Mrs.
J. Burnet Easton and Miss Heebner
of Pennsylvania. who are spending
the winter at the Grafton: Miss Eliz-
abeth Ames and Mrs. George E. Ham
ilton were also in the receiving party.
The house was effectively decorat ted
in spring flowers. the teatable hav-
ing centerpiece of pastel-tinted
cooler which was gift to Mr.. Palmer
from his associates when he resigned
from the post of alien property Gus
todian to become Attorney General. Mrs.
Palmer wore a becoming afternoon gown
of gray chiffon beaded in the same COL
ors.
Mrs. Calder. wife of the senator from
New York. will leave today for her home
in Brooklyn and make visit to her
daughter. Mrs. Lee. and her grand
daughter and namesake, Katherine
y
Mrs. T. Septimus Austin and her
daughter. Miss Madeleine Austin. en-
tertained at a dance a Rauscher's last
evening. when their guests. numbering
about three hundred. included the debu-
tantes of the season, many of the
younger diplomats and others in society.
The bathrooms We're deliberately deco
rated with palms and cedar trees and
smilaX festooned the mirrored falls
The hostesses received in bower of
green.
Mrs. Austin wore an imported gown
of black sequins embroidered on flesh
color tulle over black charmeuse. with a
sash of coral velvet falling from the
shoulder. where it was held with a cora
ostrich plume Miss Austin was lovely
in IA gown of orchid chiffon taffeta bro
caded in silver, with a girdle of silver
CLOTH and she carried large bouquet
or orchids.
The daughters of Senator Phipps OF
Denver. the Misses Phipps, and Miss
Helen Cameron of New York were
among the many outpf-town guests
present. The Misses Clifford. the debu-
tante daughters of Mr.. and Mrs John
Parkinson Clifford of New York, who
were to have been present. were pre-
vented from coming on account of ILL
ness. Several large dinner parties pre-
Ceded the dance.
Col. and Mrs. Henry d. Todd. jr..
are entertaining a small dinner party
at Rauscher's tonight. in honor OF