Evening star., 1920-11-18
Society

tertain at dinner Tuesday
/ evening AZ the embassy in
honor OF Vice Admiral Sir William
! iSh North American and West Indian
station. who viii arrive in Washing
ton Monday with the members Of his
! staff
The Secretary of the Navy. MIR. Dan
! ieis. will be host at dinner. November
n. to meet the distinguished British
/ visitor.
! The ball TO be given at the British
embassy Friday viii be one of the
| most notable events of the social sea :
son in the capital. when over 700
guests viii be present. II is rnmor-
ed that it Will he Il program dance.
according to the British custom.
| which will be somewhat ot an in
! novation here. for tiurin. the past few
years programs have been almost en-
| tirely done away with at dances for
one reason or another. and it is Il
convenient custom to revive.
| One Of the largest dinners TO pre-
oede the ball will be the one for
which Gen. Bethel. military attache
J, OF the embassy: Air Commodore Charl-
| ton and the naval attache. Capt. Blake.
! will act as hosts at Rauschcr's. Gen.
and Mrs. Charles B. Drake will have
a party dining with them before the
dance and Miss Mildred Bromwell will
give large buffet dinner party be-
| fore the ball. the guests going on
| later to the embassy.
| An Important Luncheon Today.
Miss Barrine Drake. daughter OF
Gen. and Mrs. Charles B. Drake. was
hostess at one of the smartest lunch
cons given thus far this season today Y
i at the ShOTah4n whom her guests
| We're Miss Colby. Miss Yolanda Ro-
lnano Ayezzana. Miss Adeline Oxnard
Miss Ann Wickes Craven. Miss Mar
garet Treadwell. Miss Anne Hight.
Miss Virginia Mckenney. Miss Mary
| Louise Johnson. Miss Mona BlOdgett.
! Miss Maisie Gown. Miss Edith Bacon.
Miss katherine Marriott. Miss Nina
Gore and Miss Myra Morgan.
| Miss Frances Murray Is entertain
| ing at a bridge party of three tables
this afternoon in compliment to Miss
Mary Sue Donaldson. bride elect of
December Is. who returned to Wash
| ihgton last evening from New York.
where she went for brief visit. Ad-
| ditional guests have been invited for
tea later In the afternoon. when Mrs.
| Pryor will preside a the tea table.
The director Of the Chinese educa-
| tional mission. DR.. Sze. with Nine. SIZE
and their three children, are sailing
| today from San Francisco for China,
where they will remain for four or
| five months.
At the yuletide fete on December
| =. at the New Willard. Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh will be honorary chairman Of
| the December booth, where two huge
Christmas trees will be laden with
| Christmas gifts for old and young.
kal n ahor <,f lad 1ia1
OF the diplomatic corps and resident
society will preside at the booth
! where Santa Claus and his assistants
| may be seen working in their toy
! shop. Christmas shopping will be ir-
!, resistible after seeing the December
I booth.
The fourth annual rummage sale
| for the benefit of the Child's Welfare
Society will open Saturday, November
! 20, at 10 o'clock, at 1411 II street,
| when many beautiful things suitable
| including jewelry, bric-a-brac and
antiques, and a prominent feature will
! be Mrs. Slater's sale of gowns hats
and laces. The sale will continue
! throughout the week of November %,
| lasting from 10 to s each day, and the
| public is invited to cooperate. The
! ladies in charge of the tables will in
| clude Mrs. f. H. G. Slater. Mrs. Cleve-
land Perkins. Mrs. Henry Leonard,
| Mrs. Charles H. Woodruff. Mrs. Wal
; ter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. Elliot Good
win. Mrs. McCagg and Mrs. Lansdale.
and they will be assisted by mem
bers of the board and others interest
| ed in this worthy work for the babies.
Mrs. r. w. Stubblefield is entertain
| ing in a fairy-like setting Of autumn
flowers this afternoon about thirty
. g.. l.. AtT
ter Parthenia. who Is celebrating her
third birthday Anniversary. Little
Trixie Snead, dressed as fairy. will
lead the children into the room where
| the dance Of the fairies will take
| place and games will be played.
Mrs. Marshall Field will entertain
a dinner party tonight at her home
| on 18th street.
| Miss Florence Bartlett of Chicago
is with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hertle
Hertie recently came up from Gun
ston Hall. their Virginia estate. and
have an apartment at the ho:sl.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown Scott
! have closed their summer home at
| Wardour, near Annapolis. Md. and
have opened their city house. at 1901
| 18th street northwest.
| Tho minister of Poland and Prin-
| cess I4nbomirska were hosts at lunch
| con today at the legation in honor Of
| the noted Polish painter OF battle
scenes. Mr.. w. kossak Of New York.
| The guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
PARTIAL de Weydenthal. DR.. Joseph
Suikowski. secretary of the legation.
and Prince Eugene Lubomirski.
Last evening the Minister and
Princess Lubomirska entertained at
! dinner for the commander of the
| X Kosciuszko squadron of Poland. Col.
Cedric Fountleroy. formerly Of Chi
cago and a famous aeronaut. Their
guests were the Secretary Of War and
Mrs Baker. Baroness Romano Avez-
! Zana, wife of the Italian ambassador;
| Miss Romano AyeZZana; the charge
! d'affaires of the French embassy,
| Prince de Bearn: Mr.. and Mrs. Shell
| don Whitehouse. Mrs Hope Slater,
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. Miss Pat
| ten Miss Mary Gwynn. Mr.. John c.
| White. Dr. Vernon Kellogg. Mr.. w.
| Kossak. the counselor of the lega-
| tion and Nine Kwapiszewski: the
! vice minister of finance of Poland,
| Mr.. r. Rybarski: the commercial
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