Evening star., 1920-04-07

| HE Vice President and Mrs
| Marshall are leaving Scotts-
| willie. Ariz., today for Hot
Springs. Ark, where they
will remain until after the
middle of the month. They expect to
reach Washington April II or Is.
Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer went to AL
exandria today and was the guest o!
honor at a luncheon party entertained
by Mrs. Charles Creighton Carlin at
her home there. There were other
guests from the capital.
Many Dinner Parties Precede Batl.
Senator Walter E. Edge and Mrs.
Sarah Lee Phillips, his mother-tn-
law and hostess. will entertain at din
ner this evening. Mrs. Georgia Lee
Parker of Memphis. Tenn, sister of
Mrs Phillips. has arrived to be her
guest for sonre time.
Senator and Mrs Charles b. Hender>
son win entertain at dinner this even
ing at their residence on street.
Lieut. Gen. and Mrs S. B. NJ. Young
will entertain at dinner this evening
in honor Of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George
w. Read. who are their guests for
n week.
Mrs. Thomas ]. OBrien and Mrs
Henry Getty Chiffon are entertaining
at reception this afternoon. when
they will be assisted in receiving by
Mrs. Bayard. Miss Sedgley. Mrs. West
and the Hon. Mrs. A. F. N. Thorne.
Mrs. -OBrien and Mrs. Chiffon will be
at home again next Wednesday after
sail from New York en- route to Rio
de Janeiro. where she will join Mr.
Chiffon. who is counselor of the Brit
ish embassy there. Until recently he
was secretary of the British embassy
in this city.
Mrs. Robert Lansing will have a
small tea on Friday afternoon, and
has asked the friends Of Miss Kath-
crime Lansing, who arrived from
WATERFOWL. n. Y. yesterday. to be "a
house guest for a fortnight. Miss
Lansing spent much time in WASH
ingtpn before she, and her sister went
to France for work with the Army hos
pitals.
The Italian ambassador and Baron
esS Romano Avezzana were the
guests of honor at dinner last even
ing of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. who had
a company of thirty guests. including
Nine. Pezet, the minister from the
Netherlands and. Nine. Cremer, the
minister from Poland and Princess
Lubomirska, Gen. Pershing and the
Prince and Princess Cantacuzene.
Baroness AvezZana and Miss Avezzana,
wife and daughter of the Italian am
bassador, will be at home on Friday
afternoons, April 3, Is and 80, from
TO s, and will have with them the
ladies of the embassy circle. Baroness
Avezzana will make visit in her old
home. ST. Louis. this month. and will
ri hnr a home
Miss Lindsay Wood will entertain
at dinner this evening in compliment
TO her house guest. Miss ErneStine
Appleton of Philadelphia.
Mrs. John Edwards entertained at
luncheon today in compliment to Miss
Phoebe Elliott Walker, whose mar
riage to Commander Charles A. Dunn,
U. s. N. will take place Saturday.
The women's army and Navy
League ball at the New Willard to-
night will enlist the attendance of al
most the entire social world, Gen.
Pershing being present after dining
with Mrs. E. H. Liscum, president OF
the league, who will head the receiv-
ing line.
American flags will form the chief
feature of decoration for the ball
room, combined with the fags OF the
various branches of the service and
that of Gen. Pershing, and there Is
splendidly arranged program of
music for the dancing. including some
entirely new numbers.
Among those entertaining dinner
parties preceding the ball besides
S. Hight, and Mrs. William A. Hill.
Col. William Horton and Mrs. Cush-
ing have taken the last two boxes
for the ball.
The Governor of Texas. William
Pettus Hobby. and Mrs. Hobby are
spending several days at the Hotel
Washington. while the former at
tends the cotton conference. After
the return OF Gov. Hobby to Texas
Mrs. Hobby will be the guest for a
time of her brother-in-law and sister.
NJ. Jacoway, in their apartment in
Copley Courts. Miss Ellen Cotton of
Arkansas. who was the guest Of Rep
resentative and Mrs. Jacoway, has re-
turned to school at the Randolph
Macon Academy.
Women of society are finding time
out. of each busy day to join the
throng Of visitors and customers at
the rummage sale being conducted at
1410 H street for the benefit of the
Childrens Welfare Association.
nope SldteT IS III OL tHo
sale and was assisted yesterday by
Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Miss Lydia
Loring and others. Mrs. John F..
Rodgers. assisted by Mrs. william A.
Slater and others, presides at the tea
table every afternoon. The sale will
last throughout the week.
The dinner which Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins had planned last evening in
compliment to the former Secretary
of State and Mrs. Robert Lansing
was postponed because of the illness
Mrs Davenport White of the -Dres-
den will entertain at luncheon on
Thursday in honor Of Mrs. T. Dewitt
Talmage.
Mrs. Newton D. Baker Mrs Josephus
Daniels. Mrs. James Campbell Can.
trill and others were guests of Mrs
Young and her mother: Mrs. Ormdorf.
at tea at the New Willard yesterday
afternoon.
To Make Warrington Their Home.
Mr.. Robert Bliss. who was recently
attached to the State Department and
who is in California. at the home Of
his father. will arrive in Washington
the middle of this month to assume
his duties. Mr.. Bliss is the official
from the State Department designated
to meet the Prince of Wales on the
Pacific coast in his visit there. On
coming to Washington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bliss will occupy an apartment at
18th street and Massachusetts avenue,
in the same building in which the
Secretary Of Agriculture and Mrs.
Meredith have an apartment.
The United States minister to Swift
zerland and Mrs. Hampson Gary en-
tertained a small company at lunch