Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-12
Society


r PRS. WILSON entertained
NH luncheon party at the White
House today of unusual dig
nifty and Importance, the
event being the last meeting in the
White House of the ladies of the e2-
ecutive family of this administration.
Mrs. Alexander, wife of the Secretary
| of Commerce, did not attend on ac-
count of recent mourning.
| Mrs Wilson's guests included Mrs.
EMarshall. wife of the Vice President;
! Mrs. cambridge Colby, wife Of the
Secretary of State; Mrs. David Frank
| lin Houston. wife of the Secretary of
| the Treasury: Mrs. Newton d. Baker.
| wife of the Secretary OF War; Mrs A.
Mitchell Palmer. wife of the Attorney
General; Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson,
wife of the Postmaster General; MIS-
Josephus Daniels. wife of the Secre.
tary of the Navy; Mrs. Edwin L:
Meredith, wife of the Secretary Of
Agriculture, and Miss Agnes hart
Wilson. daughter of the Secretary OF
Agriculture. Other guests were Mrs 6;
Boiling, the mother OF Mrs. Wilson;
Mrs. Adelaide Worth Ragley. the
mother of Mrs. Daniels; Mrs. James
NJ Helm, Mrs. Clarence A. Ridley and
Miss Boiling, the sister OF Mrs. WILL
son.
Mrs. Wilson entertained at the
Philadelphia Symphony Concert yes
terday afternoon Mime. PeZet, MRS
Willis Van Devanter, Mrs. William
r. Williams, Mrs Wallace Radcliffe
and Mrs. Alexander Gait.
Ambassador Of Japan a Ho"f'
Invitations have been issued by the
Japanese ambassador and baroness
Shidehara, for a lecture on judo COM
monty known as jiu-jitsu, which is 10
be given at Rauschers Thursday even
ing, January 10.
judo is one of the most important
features of Japanese moral ana phSSi-
cal education and is taught practlcaIly
| in all schools throughout Japan.
The lecturer, DR.. kano. is the presi-
dent of the Physical Education society
of Japan and for many years presi-
dent of the Higher Normal School IN
| Toxic. He is widely known as the
| founder Of the modern judo. Last
year he went to Europe and IS no" on
his way to Japan.
| The Japanese ambassador arranged
the lecture in response TO the desire
expressed to him by some OF his
friends on the occasion OF Or. kan ,.?; 5
visit to this country. The lecture Will
! be illustrated by demonstrations.
/! The ambassador Of Great Britain and
Lady Geddes will be hosts at dinner
/ this evening when the Secretary of
| the Navy and Mrs. Daniels. the ann
bassador of Spain and Sonora Riano.
and the acting Secretary of State and
Mrs. Norman H. Davis Will be among
! their guests.
Mrs. Houston. wife of the Secretary
of the Treasury, will be at home in
formally this afternoon Tor the nrst
time, at the residence 1871 y street
/ northwest. of which she and the Sec
rotary have had possession for several
weeks. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Charles S. Hamlin and Miss Gwynn,
who will preside at the table.
Mrs. Palmer, wife of the Attorney
General, will receive from to this
afternoon. as will Mrs. Baker, wife of
the Secretary Of War. Mrs. Daniels.
| wife of the Secretary Of the Navy. and
Mrs. Meredith, wife Of the Secretary
Of Agriculture, will not be at nome
| this afternoon, but Mrs. Meredith Will
receive next Wednesday.
The ambassador Of Peru and Sonora
de Pezet were the guests OF honor at
dinner last evening of the Secretary
! The other guests included the son and
daughter-in-law Of the guests OF
honor, Mr.. and Mrs. A Washington
Pezet. and the son-in-law and daugh-
ter of the hosts, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Owen Bohen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bohen will go to Miami.
Fla, next week, where they will spend
! a month before returning to their
home in Des Moines.
The Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Meredith and their house guest,
Mrs. Walter McLallan Of Evanston,
ILL.,, will be the guests in whose hon.
or Judge and Mrs. c. G. McChord will
/ entertain at dinner this evening at
! the Chevy Chase Club.
| The French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand and the British ambassa-
dor and Lady Geddes. were the guests
| in whose honor Mrs. Marshall Field
entertained at a large dinner party
: followed by dance last evening at
her beautiful home on 18th street,
when one of the most notable gath
erings of the winter was assembled
| there. Several delightful feature
dances were given during the evening
by the Misses Braggiotti Of Boston.
The Minister Of Poland and Princess
lLubomirska entertained at dinner last
night, having as guests the ambassa-
the minister Of Norway and Nine.
IBryn, Senator; and Mrs. Frank B.
Kellogg. Senator and Mrs Joseph $.
IFreIinghuysen. Mr.. and Mrs. George
1T. Marye, Prof. Prince of Columbia
University and Mrs. John Dyneley
Prince, of New York, Mr.. and Mrs.
Summer WelIes. Maj. and Mrs. Gist
Blair, Mrs. T. T. Calf, Countess Giz-
ycka- Maj. Gen. II. X. Bethel, Brit
iis1 military attache; Prince and Prin-
icess Radziwi1l, Mr.. Hector Ayerza,
,attache of the embassy of Argentina;
Mr.. Louis Lecerque, attache of the
American embassy in London, and
Prince Eugene Lubomriski.
The charge d'affaires of the Italian
embassy and Signora Brambilla en-
tertained at luncheon today for Miss
Bertha Braggiotti and Miss Francesca
Braggiotti of Boston, who are their
house guests. The guests included
Mr.. A. Yencken of the British en-
bassy; Prince Eugene Lubomirski of
the Polish legation, Mr.. Johannes
Plum. attache of the Danish legation
and Mr.. 1sador Braggiotti.
Mr.. Braggiotti and the Misses Brag-
giotti will return to Boston this af-
ternoon. Last evening Signor and
Signora Brambilla were hosts at din
ner for the Misses Braggiotti, when
their guests were the charge d'affaires
of the Roumanian legation, Mr.. La
hovary; Commander and Mrs. Ray
mond Rodgers and Mr.. John c. White