The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Gen. Drake
Baker Host
War Secretary and Wife
Guests at Theater
And Dinner.
By EVELYN c. HUNT.

The Secretary of war and Mrs.
Newton d. Baker Will be the honor
guests at a dinner and theater
party to be given this evening by
Gen. and Mrs. Charles B. Drake.
The British Ambassador and
Lady Geddes will entertain at
dance this evening in honor Of the
assistant military attache, Col. A +.
\. ". Thornc, and the Hon. Mrs.
Thorne, who are sailing Thursday
for England A number OF dinners
viii precede the dance, among those
entertaining being Col. John Queke-
meyer. Col and the Hon. Mrs.
Thorne were hosts at a luncheon
yesterday.
Senior Carlos Aramayo, confiden-
tial agent of the Bolivian govern
ment in the United States, left last
week for Europe on personal busi-
ness. lie was accompanied by his
wife. and expects to remain abroad
for several months. 1t Is rumorcl
that. should the United States rec
ogniEe the present Bolivian govern
ment within the near future, Mr..
Aramayo will return to Washing
ton as its minister.
Hello Lobo. Brazilian consul gen.
cral in New York, who was guest
at the embassy last week, has re-
turned to New York. He is widely
recognized expert on South Ameri-
can affairs and is one of Brazifs
Forty Immortals," a member Of
the Academy of Letters.
Mr.. and Mrs. sumner welles en-
dinner
DIR. and Mrs. Tom Williams will
entertain at dinner this evening in
compliment to CASTOR Riou. a prom
inent French writer.
Mrs. James r. Mann will be the
honor guest at a luncheon which
Mrs. Frank Smith will give today.
The Ambassador of Peru and
Madame Pezet will be guests of
honor at a dinner which will be
given them by Col. William Eric
Fowler and John Barret, former Di-
rector General of the Pan American
Union, in the apartments of Col.
Fowler at 1712 H street tomorrow
evening. Mrs. James B. Haggin is
coming from New York to attend
the dinner and will be the guest of
Ambassador and Madame Pezet for
luncheon at the Shoreham on
Wednesday.
Mrs. George Thorne gave>a UuI-
fet supper last evening for forty
guests. mostly from the younger
set. Among those present were
the naval. residential and Congress
rional circles, asked to meet Miss
Nnne wicks Craven and Mrs.
Thorne's two guests, Miss Fay
Doyen. whose engagement to En-
sign Felix johnson, u. 5. ", has
lust been announced, and her neice,
Miss Cora Marche, who is spend
ing the holidays in Washington.
Mrs. George Barnett has taken
possession OF her new home 1882
Bancroft place where she will be
at home for the first time today.
No cards have been issued for this
occasion.
Mmc. Laurinda Marehette of Eu-
rope. is spending the winter with
Nine. CoQuelct at her residence 1903
v street.
Christmas shoppers should take a
visit to the Gentlewomen's League,
for there can be found all sorts OF
beautiful things. fancy work of all
sorts, everything imaginable, in
fact, besides the best of pastries,
pies, candies and such things. The
shop, which is at So6 Seventeenth
street, exists that gentlewomen may
support themselves by making ar
ticles at home and sell them through
the shop: particularly women who
need to increase their incomes but
vet can't be away from their homes.
II fills a great need and should be
patroniZed, and a purchaser there
always gets full moneys worth and
is sure to return. The league only
asks a small percentage, just barely
enough to run the shop. 1t is an old
organization: some twenty-five years
or so. and has many prominent
women as members. Mrs. Charles
Marbury is president. Mrs. Ryan
Devereux. first vice president.
Col. and Mrs. W. r. Doores and
their children came to Washington
Yesterday to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mrs. Doores' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Glover.
Col. Doores is commandant at Ft.
Totten, n. Y. Mrs. Glover has just
returned after spending three
months with Col and Mrs Doores at
Ft. Totten.
The Misses Hamilton entertained
at a small informal tea yesterday
afternoon for their guest, Miss
Mildred Carter, OF Philadelphia, who
came here to attend the Barbour
Beach wedding Saturday afternoon
Miss Mary Emily Hamilton, who
is home from school for the holi-
days, will be tho hostess at a
luncheon Thursday. December 80.
when her guests will include a
number of the. debutsntes of this
and neYt season.
Mrs. Charles BouGhton Wood will
have with her for the holidays her
niece. Miss Antoinette Graves. who
is arriving from Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mesta en-
tertained a dinner party at the New
willard Saturday evening, which
later filled their two boxes at Polls
for the opera Their guests were
Senator Kenneth Mcclellan, of Ten
nessee, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert John
Adams, OF New Haven. Conn: Mrs
Edith Adams Cleaner, of New York:
Miss Rainie Ward, of New York.
Miss Helen Mesta, Miss Mclean,
Charles Neeland, of New York,
George Oakley Totten and Mr.. Van
Devanter.