The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
SOCIETY
Continued from page two.


they are practically the same
group, who arranged the Russian
hall last season. one OF tne most
brilliant, functions OF the sort ever
given here and which netted more
money probably than any cnarity
hali ever given here. For one tnins
every cent taken In was clear pront
AZ those in charge met all OF the
expenses. Countess Gizycka, Mrs.
Patterson,s daughter, is goingeto be
Ieadfng lady In the play and they
cav she Is n wonderfully clever
amateur actress. One society woman
oven went so far as to say sne
would have been as great as Bern
hardt III she had gone on the stage!
several prominent llusstan cancers
are to be brought down from New
York to be part OF the evening
entertainment, the other detalis OF
which have not yet been decided,
The same group Of society leaders
are making the arrangements now also
for a big Russian bah to be held
Easter Monday for the same worthy
cause. Where II is to be held nas not
yet been determined But they have
determined that IL Is to be Just as
great a success as the Russian oali
was last year. So don't make an en-
gagehnent for Easter Monday evening.
An interesting entertainment for next
Monday evening-tomorrow evenlns-
will be the concert which, Sasha Nou-
chenko, the noted Russian musician
and composer. will give at the WIZARD
At SIS O'Clock. 1t was postponed from
last evening. NJ. votichenko will play
on that Charming old instrument. the
4, lrh he o. We
delightful concert several weeks ago
at. the residence Of Col. and Mrs. Rob
lert NJ. Thompson. The music on that
occasion was lovely but the place was
not suitable. The audience was too
near to the musicians, for one thing.
and then there was so much croWoed'
into that one afternoon that every
one seemed to be on a nervous strain
and people were slipping out to go 10
other parties all during the program.
II must have annoyed the artist ex-
tremely. But. there will be nothing of
the sort tomorrow evening and there
Is to be a brilliant company present
The Russian Ambassador will enter
tain a box party and others OF social
prominence will be there. either in
boxes or on the floor. As before, M.
Votichenko will be accompanied by
Baroness Alexandra de 'Markoh,
very eminent pianist who. like NJ.
Votichenko. has played before many
european courts.
w0MEN's PRESS
CLUB PARTY.
One of the most interesting par
ties I've attended in some time was
q tea given by the Women's Press
Club in compliment to Lowell
Thomas. the young American lee
turer. who lectured on The Last OF
the Crusaders" in Washington last
week and the week before. He
talked to the club over his cup or
tea, of the marvellous and mysterious
Col. Thomas Lawrence. the 26-year-
old British archaeologist. who was
literally the uncrowned king of
Arabia. Mrs. Lawrence, who was in
Washington with him, was unable
to attend the tea because of other
engagements. Later / discovered
that Mr.. Thomas, who never men
toned himself while talking, is
quite a person worth knowing him.
self; has accomplished all sorts OF
worth while things, especially re-
markable in one so young.
The Press Club is a delightful lit
meets once a week. always infor-
mally. for luncheon, usually sharing
the meal with at least one lion"
who tells the members something
they finI intensely interesting. Last
Thursday at luncheon they had with
them a charming lady past middle
life, a Mrs. Cole. of Canada, who
was editor of the first-and at that
time only-woman's publication in
Canada She told us all a little OF
her work. Miss Ethel Smith, of
suffrage fame. who had just re-
turned from the inspiring conven-
tion OF League of Women Voters in
Chicago, talked to us informally
of that convention and it's pur-
pose and accomplishments. 1t did
me good to hear of large bodies of
prominent men going to that cor
Vention to lobby" and to win their
favor. Things are quite reversed;
IL hasn't been so long since women
did all the pleading and often
weren't even given a hearing by the
men. Times have changed.
RUTH ANDERSON
NOW MRS. WELLS.
Though I knew. Of the tengagement
which was announced last fall, the
marriage OF Miss Ruth Anderson,
youngest daughter of Mrs. Florence
Allison Anderson and the late Gen.
II. r. Anderson, to Harold Sherman
Wells, of Scranton, Pa. which took
place Thursday, was quite a surprise
to me. The ceremony was performed
at noon in All Saints Church. Chevy
Chase. by Canon Austin. in the pres
ence of a small company Of relatives
and close friends. A breakfast follow
ed at Rauscher's. Meta Anderson. old
er sister of the bride. was the maid of
honor. and the best man was T. L.
Dodge. of New York, who was a class
mate OF the bridegroom at Yale The
ushers were Maj. d. C. Anderson, of
Camp Dix. brother of the bride, and
II. N Woolsey. of New York. The
bride. who was given in marriage by
her brother. w. A. Anderson. of Tren-
ton, N j.. wore a gown of white satin
made with a jacket of rare chantilIy
lace, q family heirloom. with q veil OF
point lace. also an heirloom in the
brides family. and she carried white
lilacs and roses. The maid Of honor
was In white crepe de chine, embroid-
cred IN white, with a black tulle hat.
She carried orchids. Later in the day
Mr.. and Mrs. Wells left for a short
wedding trip and will sail from New
York March Il for Geneva, Swftzer-
land, where Mr.. Wells is connected
with the International Red .Cr6ss.
Among the out-of-town., guests were
Col. and Mrs. r.. F. Ames, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Smith, OF Oyster Bay,
Miss Thelma A. Tiley, Miss Lulu o.
smith. Miss Margaret E. Taylor, Miss
Katherine c. Miller of Southampton,
England; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Wells. parents of the bridegroom and