Evening star., 1921-05-21

| Academy. Those assisting in the hos
pitality this afternoon will include
! Mrs. Martha P. Domellan. Mrs; Julius
Conrad, jr.; Mrs. William Ennis. Mrs.
Franklin karns. Mrs. l. X. Seymour
and Miss Mildred Haines. Gen. Glib
sons daughters, Mrs. r. II. White
and Mrs. George w. Wallace. reside
family house party for the occasion.
! His guests include his son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ken
drick Gibson. who live in this city.
Other members of the family here for
the occasion are pr. Horatio Gates
Walker Gibson white. grandson of
Gen. Gibson; Mrs. White and their
baby daughter Barbara Lewis White.
from Governors Island; Mr.. and Mrs
Nils Eric Wahlberg of Wisconsin and
Col. b. w. Atkinson of New York
stepson of the general. Mrs. Wahl-
berg is Mrs. Whites daughter and a
granddaughter Of Gen. Gibson.
Mrs. L. s. Grant lent her draw
ing room yesterday afternoon for an
exhibition of portraits by the Amer
ican artist, Mr. Arthur Cahill of San
Francisco and New York. who has
been at work in Washington for sew
,, eral months. Among them were
those of Gen. Pershing. Mrs. U. S.
Mr.. Cahill will leave Washington
for California tomorrow evening, hav-
ing been called away by the serious
illness of his mother.
A wedding of wide social interest took
place today at noon at the residence
Of Mrs. John r. Williams, 1929 Massa-
chusetts avenue, when her daughter,
Mrs. Dorothy Williams McCombs, be-
came the bride of Mr.. Frederick Sterling.
nf % States
embassy in Paris. The ceremony. at
which only a small company Of rela-
tives and intimate friends was present,
was performed by Rev. Edward l.
Buckley. assistant rector OF st. Mat"
Mr.. r. D. Sterling of New York.
brother Of the bridegroom, acted as best
man.
An informal reception for the guests
present at the ceremony followed; MI.
Sterling and his bride left Immediately
for their wedding trip, and they viii!
later go to Peru. where the former will
assume his new post as counselor OF the
United States embassy in Lima.
Princess Cantacuzene arrived yester-
day to spend the week end with Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock. The United States
ambassador to Argentina and Mrs. Slim
son, who have been at the Powhatan
for short time. will be Mrs. Dimock's
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Mrs. Dimock will close her residence
on Dupont Circle about the 1st Of June,
when she will go to Canandaigua, N. Y,
to be the guest Of Mrs. Frederick
South America to visit her son-in-law
and daughter. the Italian minister to
Venezuela and Nine. Catalini.
Mrs. Huston Thompson
Entertains mt Luncheon.
Mrs. Huston Thompson entertained a
company at luncheon today at the
Beckham, wife Of former Senator ].
C. w. Beckham of Kentucky. Covers
were laid for fourteen.
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman was hos
tess at a dancing party last evening at
her residence. 2017 F street north
west.
Nine. NJ. Bruere, Miss Cornelia B.
Rose, Mrs. Robert G. Mead, Miss Cliff
ford Sellers. Miss Shirley Rutherford.
Miss Theodore Mead. DR.. and Mrs. Ed
ward H. Rogers, and Mr.. William
Brown Meloney. who came from New
York with Nine. Curie Of France, are
guests at the Powhatan Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. d. H. Montgomery of
New Orleans are at the Hotel Wash
ington for a sh9-t time. having come
from Atlantic CITY, Where Mr.. Mont =
gomery was in attendance at one of
the conventions meeting there recent
ly. They are here for the funeral of
the Chief Justice.
Maj. and Mrs. w. r. Weaver will en-
tertain sixteen guests at the tea dance
at the Cafe st. Marks this afternoon.
Miss Henrietta Elizabeth Berens,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
F., Berens, whose marriage to DR..
John Harper. U. S. n. will take
place Thursday evening. June 2, in the
| ballroom on the roof of the Hotel
Washington, will have rehearsal
! Wednesday evening, following which
| there will be supper.
Dr. and Mrs. Davenport White will
be hosts at dinner this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Toney Of Column
bia. s. c., are at the Hotel Washing
ton for few days en- route to Allen
town, Pa. to visit relatives. They
were married this week in Columbia,
which will be their future home.
Capt. and Mrs. Walter r. Gherardi