The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
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Boston mempers ana their guests
was present. Heading the deiegation
from Boston was Henry N. Sweet,
one Of Capt. Weeks business part
ners. and Capt. w. B. Edgar, U. s.
N. r. +. The committee In charge of
the dinner was Lieut.. james o. Por-
ter, u, 8. N. R. F., former secretary
OF the club; Col. X. II. c. Kelton,
U. s. A; Comdr. w. r. Furlong, u.
S. N: Lieut.. Comdr. w. B. Rogers,
u. s. N, and Lieut.. Comdr. John b.
Blood. U. 8. N. r. F.
Among the guests were the new
Secretary of the Navy, Edwin
DENLY. Harry M. Daugherty, the
new Attorney General; Admiral r.
E. Coontz, chief of the Bureau of
Operations; Maj. Gen. F. w. Coe,
chief of Coast Artillery, U. s. A.;
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, COM
mandant Marine Corps; Rear Ad-
miral r. II. jackson. U. s. N; Rear
Admiral B. C. Bryan. Rear Admiral
Gustav Kaemmerling. Col. Robert NJ.
Thompson. Rear Admiral Charles B.
McVay, chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance; Capt. Edward c. Kalbfus, u.
s. N: Capt. C. II Harlow, H. 8. N.
retired: Capt. W.. c. Cole, U. s. NJ;
Capt. E. w. Bonnafon Is. C.), u. s.
N; Comdr. A. B. Clements, U. s. N.
r. F.; the Hon. Louis A. Coolidge,
the Hon. Seward w. Jones, James
B. Reynolds, Charles Pierce, Ed
ward B. Mclean. Hon. W. w. Luf-
kin and others.
The rule Of the club is that there
are no set speeches and the pro-
ceedings were entirely informal,
The Wardroom Club Of Boston Is
a dining club whose members have
all been at some time naval on
GERS and have been entitled to the
privileges Of the wardroom dining
rcom) on board a United States
man-of-war during any war. 1t was
started after the Spanish American
war, when Mr.. Weeks, called by his
fellow club members, Capt. Weeks,
served with the naval brigade of
Massachusetts,.
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
HOST TO RUMANIANs.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Geddes gave q dinner at the en-
bassy last night, with a small dance
following. This was arranged in
honor of the Rumanian Minister,
Prince Antoine Bibesco. and his
wife, who Is the daughter of Henry
Asquith, sometime prime minister of
Great Britain, and Lady Margaret
Scott, who reached, town yesterday
and Is staying at the embassy. Lady
Rachel Cavendish. the daughter of
the governor general OF Canada. is
i'll and has had to postpone her
visit to the embassy.
In the party were Mr.. and Mrs.
r. L. Craigie, Maj. and Mrs. C. Z. d.
Bridge, Prince Eugene Lubomirski.
Mrs. John Cameron Hawkins, Mrs.
Grafton Minot, Frederick Bridler, of
the Swiss Legation staff: Miss Anna
Hamlin. Miss Margaret Harding,
Miss Alice Harding. Mrs. Frederick
Prince, Miss Adeline Oxnard, Mr..
and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr., Capt.
Dwight Partridge, Miss Beatrice
Seek, Chester Lockwood, Miss Kate
Colby, Miss Nina Gore, Miss Kath-
crime Mackay. Miss Tracy Lyon, A.
p. Graves. II. v. Tennant, C. J.
Henry. Capt. ]. +. Harker. Capt.
Geoffrey Blake. II. H. Sims, Arthur
Yencken, NJ. D. Peterson. McCor-
mick Goodhart. Count de Sails, Miss
Margaret Benson and Miss Mildred
Bromwell. A few guests, who had
been invited for dinner, but who
had previous engagements, came in
later for the dance.
This evening Maj. Gen. H. KEEP
pei Bethel, military attache of the
British Embassy. will entertain at
dinner for Lady Geddes and her
young guest. Tomorrow the AM
bassador and Lady Geddes will be
guests at the dinner and dance
which Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale
Mclean are giving, and they will
round out a full week by luncheon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lansing
on Saturday and dining with Mr
and Mrs. Larz Anderson.
Lady Geddes will not be at home
tomorrow afternoon.
The italian Ambassador. Rolandi
Ricci, who has been spending a few
days in New York, has returned to
his apartment at the Shoreham.
The Attorney General, A. Mitchell
Palmer. entertained at luncheon
yesterday at his residence. 2l32 r
street. when his guests included the
Solicitor General and the Assistant
Attorney General of the Department
of Justice.
Mrs. William T. Norris. sister of
Mrs. Palmer is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Palmer.
Secretary of War Newton D. Ba-
ker was the honor guest at a large
dinner party given last evening at
the Metropolitan Club by the mill
tary attaches Of all of the allied
countries. The guests included the
Assistant Secretary of War. Will