The Washington herald., 1921-01-14
SerUes Tea
In Red Room
Small Company Is Enter.
tanned at White House
By Mrs. Wilson.
By EVELYN c. HUNT.


Mrs. Woodrow Wilson entertained
small company at tea at the
White House yesterday afternoon.
Tea was served in the Red Room
and the list of guests included,
among others, Mrs. Newton D. Ba-
ker, wife of the Secretary of War.
Mrs. cambridge Colby, wife Of
the Secretary of State, was the
guest of honor at luncheon yester-
day of Mrs. Hope Slater. who en-
tertained a distinguished company
of guests in her honor.
Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, wife of
the Secretary Of Agriculture, will
be the guest of honor at luncheon
| today of Mrs. John Allan Daugh-
erty. Mrs. Daugherty is entertain
ing at the Shoreham and will have
twenty-six guests to meet Mrs.
Meredith.
The Ambassador of France and
Nine. Jusserand were hosts at din
ner last evening in compliment to
the Vice President and Mrs. Thomas
r. Marshall. Their guests includ-
ed the Ambassador of Peru and
Nine. Pezet, the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. David F. Hous-
ton, the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, JUS
tice James c. McReynolds, Senator
and Mrs. Frank Kellogg, Senator
and Mrs. Arthur Capper, Admiral
and Mrs. William S. Benson, Admi-
raj and Mrs. W. L. Capps, Mrs. John
B. Henderson, Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, Prince de Bearn, Comdr.
Jean Rigal and John B. Hender-
son, jr.
Princess Lubomirska, wife of the
Minister Of Poland, will be at home
this afternoon.
Mrs. James A. Reed, wife of-the
senior Senator from Missouri, and
Mrs. Selden Spencer, wife of the
junior Senator, were at home yes
terday afternoon at the residence
Of the former.
They were assisted by the wives
Of practically the entire State dele
cation in Congress from Missouri
and by a number of prominent Mis-
souri, women now in Washington.
Included in the list were Mrs. Jo-
seph Folk. Mrs. Philip Moore, Mrs.
James Lloyd, Mrs. Edwin Fuller,
Mrs. James Beatty and Mrs. Arthur
Black.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry T. oxnard
and their debutante daughter, Miss
Adeline Oxnard, will entertain at
a small dance on Saturday, Janu-
ary %.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard Hume and
William Reyburn were joint hosts
at small dance last evening at the
residence OF DR.. and Mrs. Hume,
1880 Jefferson place northwest
Mr.. Reyburn entertained forty Of
his guests at dinner at the Shore
ham before the dance.
Mrs. T. Edward Hambleton and
Mrs. Edmund D. Talcoto will be at
home informally next Thursday,
January 20, and the following
Thursday. January q.
Representative and Mrs. Freder-
ick c. Hicks are receiving congrat-
ulations upon the birth of a son,
Frederick Stevens, on January s.
Mrs. Hicks was formerly Miss Ma
rie Stevens, daughter of Mrs. Pierre
c. Stevens, Of this city.
Comdr. John P. Jackson and Mrs.
Jackson are in New York. from
where they will sail shortly for
Rio JaneirO. Comdr. Jackson's new
post.
The marriage of Miss Dorothy E.
Crisp. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas B. Crisp, to Curtis S.
Haight will take place on January
% at the home of the brides par
ents.
Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman will be
hostess at luncheon on Tuesday,
January IS, at Airlie.
FORMER CONGREssMAN,s WIFE
HAS VISITOR FROM SEATTLE:
Mrs. William f. Humphrey wife
OF former Representative Humphrey
| mas as her guest at her apartment
at 24O0 Sixteenth street Miss Ger
trude Horton, of Seattle, Wash.
mrs. Humphrey was hostess at
Iuhcheon yesterday afternoon in
compliment to Mrs. John Burke.
wife Of the former Treasurer of the
United States, who, with her hus-
oand' Will leave Washington shortly
TO make her home in New York
The three most prominent women
in public service in Washington are
to speak at the Congressional club
tea this afternoon; Mrs. An
| nette Abbott Adams, Assistant At
torney General; Miss Mabel T. Board
man, Commissioner of the District
OF Columbia; and Judge Katherine
Sellers, of the Juvenile Court. There
will be a dance at the clubhouse
this evening.
Mrs. Cabot Stevens. honorary di-
rector of the Near East Relief. re-
turned from the conference at At
lantic City to attend the American
ization ball at the Hadleigh Tues
day night. She was one of the
honored guests in the receiving line.
Plans will now be perfected for the
Drama League benefit and ball, jan
uary 25, at the Washington Hotel.
Mrs. c. c. Calhoun and Mrs. John
Hervey Young are in charge, and
Mrs. Huntington johnson is coach
ing the plays in which Mrs. John
w. Thompson and Nancy Gordon
Jones are to star.
Cards have been issued for a mass
meeting at Masonic Temple January
Is at 8 o'clock, at which an H.
lustrated lecture will be delivered
| by Dr.. Wilfred T. Grenfeu. He
will speak of his work in Labrador
and Newfoundland