The Washington times., 1920-04-13
A RS WOODROW WILSON has

fashion show de luxe and exhibition
OF army ordnance silks. generally
known as cartridge silks which are
being held at the New willard with q
view to disposing OF the IL .00O. 900
yards OF this material for the Govern
ment. special Invitations for this
afternoon have been sent TO Cabinet
members and their families and mem
bers OF the Diplomatic Corps and q
large and brilliant attendance IL ex-
peeted.
The Secretary OF Agriculture and
Mrs. Meredith will give a dinner to-
night. their guests being asked to
meet the Secretary OF the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels.
The Hon. Ronald Lindsay, charge
d'araires or Great Britain, and the
members OF the embassy stan will
be hosts at a reception and dance at
the embassy this evening, their
guests including leaders in official.
diplomatic, and resident society.
Henry White will entertain at din
ner tonight Last night he also was
host at dinner. the Italian Ambassa-
dor and Baroness Romano Avezzana
being among the guests. Miss Bell
Mr.. Whites home for . few days.
blair. to Eatertain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Blair will give a
dinner tonight. with the Italian AM
bassador and Baroness Romano
Avezzana as the ranking guests. Mr..
and Mrs. Blair will sail on the Lap
land. on May s. to spend the summer
In France and England.
Gen. John J. Pershing will Be the
guest OF honor at reception and
hall which the Nebraska State Asso-
citation will give tonight at the Wash
inston Hotel.
Miss Gladys Hinckiey will be host
ess at a dinner tonight
Miss Kate Cary. who has been visit
ing the Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier de Marchienne
returned yesterday to New York. She
Is a sister-in-law Of Baroness de Car
tier.
Miss Georgina Hicks. school girl
daughter OF Congressman Frederick
C. Hicks OF New York, will be the
brides only attendant at the mar
riage of Mr.. Hicks and Miss Marie
Christie Stevens. daughter of Mrs.
Pierre Christie Stevens, on Saturday.
The wedding will take place at noon
in the Bethlehem Chapel. Cathedral of
SIS. Peter and Paul. and will be mark
ed by great simplicity. Mr.. Hicks
will have several Of his colleagues In
his group of ushers which will in
clude Congressman John Jacob Rog-
ers. Congressman Richard Olney.
De-
Fairbanks. william c. Biddle. of New
York, and Dean Mason.
The wedding will bring q number
of interesting persons from out of
own, including William Cocks Hicks,
of New York, the brother Of Con-
gresham Hicks, and their sister, Mrs.
George Thayer, also of New York,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Van Vechten Olcott,
and Mrs. George Wickersham and
Mrs. Hunt Slater. of Boston. are
among others who will arrive for the
ceremony.
Daniels Honor Guests.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels were the honor guests
at the dinner, which Mrs. Cromwell
Brooks gave last night. In the COM
pany asked to meet them were Miss
Margaret Wilson, Senator and Mrs. J.
c. w. Beckham, Gen. and Mrs. Tasker
Bliss, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Bar
nett, Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Blair, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Randall Hagner. Mrs. Henry f.
Dimock, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood,
Mrs. John Hemphill, Mrs. William A.
Burton, Senator Kenneth Mcclellan,
Maj. Gen. Clarence Williams, the Rev.
DR.. c. Ernest Smith. Col. William
Horton. William A. Slater. jr., and
James Pershing.
Mrs. Brooks will have another din
ner on Thursday evening when the
Secretary of War and Mrs Baker
will be the honor guests.
Mrs. John B. Henderson Is at the
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park, d. c.. recuperating from a slight
indisposition. Mrs. Henderson has in
vitations out for a dinner on Thurs
day evening, April %, in compliment
to the Minister Of the Netherlands
and Nine. Cremer.
Miss Edith Benham, who is Mrs
Wilson's social secretary, is confined
to her home at 91S Eighteenth street
by illness.
Miss Sara Spencer. daughter OF
Judge o. M. Spencer, of Chicago, is
visiting Mrs Alfred p. Thorn at her
residence in r street.
Miss Katharine Beach will go on
Friday to Dayton, Ohio, to make a
short visit to Mrs. Charles Green
Grimes, who was before her marriage
Miss Lucy Burleson.
Mrs. woodrow Wilson. wife of the
President, has accepted the invitation
Of the League of American Penwomen
to attend their book fair to be held
at the residence of Mrs. Francois Ber-
ger Moran, 2315 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., " ednesday afternoon. She will
drop in during the afternoon to hear
the musical program which has been
arranged and which will include such
famous artists as Lenora Sparks and
Mrs. George Peabody Eustis, who will
appear in joint recital.
Mrs. wilson's acceptance is re-