The Washington times., 1921-04-13

vantage. The centerpicce for the.
table was basket Of roses and white
lilacs The soft glow of many can
dies furnished the only illuminatioa
| for the house.
Mrs Siddons wore a gown Of fawn-
colored lace over blue taneta.
Mrs. Chaplain Carson. of Roanoke,
Va. sister of Mrs. Siddons, assisAsS
| in the entertaining. She wore black
| satin and lace, trimmed in blue.
After the reception Mr.. and Mrs
Lasher left for the Berkshires where
they will spend a short time before
going to Ann Arbor, Mich, to make
their home. Mr.. Lssher being q men,
Der OF the faculty OF the University
MRS. KEYEs TO ENTERTAIN.
Woman writer's from all parts OF
the United States were welcomed to-
day by the League Of American Pen
Women, and in addition to the
| writer's. women physicians. and won-
! en- members of all the learned pro-
fessions registered for the convention
| and Book Fair, which will be center
OF interest for the remainder OF ths
| week. Hundreds of blue and white
badges were distributed at the club
reception all morning. Mrs. William
Atherton DuPuy. the national presi-
dent Of the organization, who acted
as hostess, was assisted by the other
officers of the league.
The first social event on the pro-
gram is the reception in honor OF tho
visitors and the local members Of the
league. which will be given at the
Congressional Club this afternoon by
Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes. wife Of the
Senator from New Hampshire. and
| Mrs. Homer Hoch, wife Of the Con-
gresham from Kansas. Mrs. Irvine
Lenroot. president of the Congress
| sional Club: Mrs. william Atherton
DuPuy. national president of the
league: and Mrs. Harry A. Coleman.
| second vice president, will receive
with Mrs. keyes and Mrs. Hoch. The
Marine Band will play.
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Mrs. Davenport White was hostess
at luncheon today.
| g
The marriage is announced of Miss
Emma Virginia Alsip and X. S. Bow
man, of Edinburgh, Va. The mar
riage took place last Thursday At the
| home of the brides cousin, Mrs. Rob-
ert Vowel, Rev. J. S. Montgomery
| who made her home with Mrs. Yowell
| is a graduate of Eastern High School.
Mrs. stephen b. Elkins and Mrs
Eliphalet Fraser Andrews are send
ing out invitations for a private view
of portraits by Miss Juliet Thompson
| in Mrs. Andrews studio, 1880 Six
teenth street, Wednesday. Thursday,
and Friday afternoons of next week
from > to o'clock. Miss Thompson,
| who was formerly resident Of Wash
ington, is now living in New York.
She was pupil of Mrs. Andrews hus-
band, the late Eliphalet Fraser An
drews, afterward studied abroad, and
has made u name for herself as =
painter OF portraits in oils and pastelA
Her work has recently been show
| in New York
Mrs. Il. s. Bailey and her grand
| daughters, the Misses Smith, have
gone to New York. They will be at
the Hotel Commodore for two or three
weeks and will return to Washington
the first week in May.
-
| Signora olivia Rossetti AgrestL
| who has come to Washington to rep
resent the president of the Interna-
tional Institute of Agriculture at the
unveiling OF the statue of David
Lubin, will deliver her only public
! lecture tomorrow evening at the Ma
| tional Museum. Signora Agresti will
| talk on the economic relations Of
Italy and this country and will de-
| scribe industrial conditions abroad.
She is a brilliant and convincing
| speaker, who holds her audiences BY
the spell of her wit and her per-
personality. As she was reared and
educated in London, she speaks Eng
lish fuently. The public II invited
| TO this letcure.
Since her arrival last Sunday. Sig
nora Agresti, who is officially the
guest of the Italian embassy, has
| been much entertained. One of the
most interesting dinners took place
| last evening when the women spe-
cialists who have administrative po-
sitions under the Government gave
dinner in honor Of Signora Agresti
at the Garden Tea House. Covers
were laid for sixty-nve. Among the
special guests were Mrs. Henry c.
Wallace, wife OF the Secretary of
Agriculture; Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
wife OF the Secretary OF Commerce:
Miss Alice Robertson. Representative
| In Congress from Oklahoma; Mrs.
Avery Coonley. Mrs. Charlotte Lee
| Ware, of Boston, and Mrs. krugel. OF
San Francisco.
Miss Florence Ward. OF the States
relation service OF the United states
Department OF Agriculture, presided.
HThe hostesses included Mrs. Annette
A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General;
Miss Julia Lathrop, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau: Mrs. Helen Gardener.
civil Service Commissioner; and Mrs
Clara Sears Taylor, District Rent
| Commissioner.
| =
After the brilliant Russian ball last
evening the tsblesux vivant. the next
event on the weeks program for the
| relief OF the Russian refugees IL
doubly alluring, for certainly the Bal
de Tete set y standard for successful
| nch hievement.
| These will hc shown tomorrow even
I ing at $3.50 O'Clock at the Russian en-
bassN