The Washington times., 1921-05-21
MRS. ]. CRAIG KING

MRS. j. G
Formerly Miss Marie Hoffman
the important events of this weel
Mrs. Byron S. Adams.
mother. Mrs. 1. X. Seymour. and Miss
Mildred Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kendrick Glib
| son, son and daughter-in-law Of the
host. who live in Washington. will be
present, and also members of the fam
| Dy house party which General Gibson
rs entertaining. Among them are DR..
Horatio Gates Gibson. jr., of New
York; Capt. and Mrs. Walker Gibson
| White and little Miss Barbara Lewis
White, Of Governors Island; Mr.. and
Mrs. Nils Eric Wahlberg, of Wiscon-
SIN, and Col. B. w. Atkinson, of New
York.
General Gibson's house in N street
Is abloom with flowers which have
been sent home today and he has re-
ceived kilograms of congratulations
from all over the country. He is the
oldest living graduate of the Military
Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman
will entertain at tea this afternoon
in the garden of Airlie, their beauti-
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Park. Their son-in-law and daugh.
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Newton Muir
ray. of Dunkirk, N. Y, are staying
with them and Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ
Kaufman will also be with them to-
day.
MRS. McCOMBs wEDs.
Mrs. Dorothy Williams McCombs,
daughter Of Mrs. John r. Williams,
was married today at noon to Fred
erick A. Sterling, OF the American
diplomatic service. The ceremony
took place at Mrs. Williams home,
1929 Massachusetts, avenue, the Rev.
Father Edward l.. Buckley officiating.
and was followed by an informal re-
ception. The bride was unattended.
Mr.. Sterling had mis- brother, r. d.
Sterling. of New York, as best man.
Mr.. Sterling, who was until recently
counselor of the American embassy at
Paris, has been detailed to duty at our
embassy in Peru and will take his
bride there on the completion of their
wedding trip.
The marriage of Miss Marion Smith.
granddaughter of Mrs. Elizabeth S.
Bailey. of St. Louis, and Capt. John
Bennington Bennett, U. S. A. will be
solemnized today at 4 o'clock in Mrs.
Baileys apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel. 1t will be a small wedding
lthe Rev. Edward S. Dunlap, of st.
Johns Church, officiating. Miss
Smith will have her sister, Miss Fran
ces Smith. as her only attendant and
| Hiram w. Bennett. of New York,
brother Of the bridegroom. will be
best man.
Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp will b
hostess at a delightful tea this af-
ternoon and will have with her hel
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott Thropp and Douglas
lThropp, of Philadelphia another son
who is her guest.
A group of Mrs. Thropp's friends
will preside in turn at the tea table
which will be laid in the room open
ing on the terrace at the rear of the
house; and it is probable that the
spring sunshine will lure many OF
the guests out into the lovely gar
| den.
Mr.. Thorpe has just returned from
a visit in Atlantic City.
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Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Willard A. Hol
brook will entertain at dinner this
evening at wardman Park Hotel
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DR.. and Mrs. Davenport White will
be hosts at dinner this evening a,
Chevy Chase Club when they will en-
tertain a distinguished company OF
thirty-four guests in honor of COM
missioner and Mrs. Cuno Rudolph.
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Miss Helen Cannon, daughter OF
Congressman Joseph Cannon, WIS
host ess at dinner last night enter
tanning a company of thirty guests
in the Cabinet room OF the willard
in honor of Miss Katherine Lewis
Pink roses and snapdragons inter
mingled with ferns formed the deco
rations for the table.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Croffort
Looney, of Memphis, Tenn, and Wash
ington, announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Margaret Bruce
Looney, to Luther Cecil Jeffress, OF
| Richmond. Va. The wedding will take
place on Saturday, June IL, in St
Margaret's Church. Mr.. Jeffress and
his bride will live in Richmond.
Miss Anna Hamlin, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles S. Hamln. will
entertain at dinner tomorrow evening
In compliment to Miss Ailsa Mellon
Miss Katherine Van Ingen, who 1,
visiting Miss Mellon, will be among
the guests.
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, jr., has open
ed her home for an exhibit of the
three paintings completed in Wash.
| IN Arthur CahuI die