Evening star., 1921-03-18

counselor, Mr.. S. saburi the secretary
;; and Maj. T. Hara. the assistant military
attache, of the embassy.
Mrs. Lamar R. Leahy. wife of Com
mander Leahy, L. S. N, entertained a,
a small informal luncheon today at the
Connecticut in honor of Lady Geddes
wife of the ambassador of Great Britain
Mrs. John H. Winder. wife of Gen
Winder of Chicago. who is spending
the greater part of the season at the
New Willard. entertained at luncheon
today in honor of her sister. Mrs. S
G Roland of Baltimore. Asked tc
meet her were Mrs. Sawyer. wife OF
Mai. Gen. Sawyer. physician to the
President of the United States: Miss
Mary Temple of Knoxville. Tenn.
Mrs. Joseph l. France. wife of the
senator from Maryland. and Mrs. Nc
Chord, wife of the interstate com
merce commissioner. Judge Charles
c. McChord
Lieut.. Commander E. n. L. King OF
the British embassy staff and Mrs
King entertained eight guests at
luncheon at the Cafe ST. Marks yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Merritt w Ireland will be at
home tomorrow afternoon from to 6
o'clock.
Lord and Lady Granard are in Wash
ington for few days and are staying at
the Shoreham Hotel.
Benefit Rail-
To BE Big Event.
The annual ball for the benefit of
- -'--'scopoi Home for Children. to
be held at the New Willard on the
....., L. Monday, April II. promises
to be an unprecedented success. as near
of he a
Only a few remain and these may be
procured from Mrs. Walter r. Tucker
man, who is chairman Of the box COM
mittee for the ball Miss May Gown,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rafael r.
Gown. and one OF the most feted OF
the chairmanship of the young ladies'
committee. which will include debu-
tantes of this and last season.
Mr. Arthur Bradley Campbell will
be the chairman of the mems floor
committee, and Mr.. Charles J. Bell,
also the vice president Of the board OF
governors Of the home. Mrs. David
Meade Lea, who was recently re-
e,scted president of the board of lady
managers Of the home, is taking her
usual active interest in making the
arrangements for the ball.
Commander and Mrs. Robert Hen
derson have taken an apartment al
the Brighton.
Mrs. Frank Z. Biggs of Oakland.
Calf niece of President Harding. is
visiting Mrs. J. NJ. Williams at the
Powhatan.
Society to Attend
Pretty Romantic Play.
The play. in song story and dance
nf nj ~ n a
Charlie and Flora Macdonald, which
will be given this evening in the
ballroom of the New willard. is at
tracing much interest. Nearly all
of the boxes have been sold and a
large number of dinner parties will
holders are Mrs. George D. Hope, Mr..
and Mrs. Rafael r. Gown. Col. and
Mrs. William Cary Sanger. Mr.. and
"rs Clarence Crfttenden Calhoun, Mrs.
Stephen B: Elkins, Mrs; Charles
Boughton Wood. Mrs. Thomas F.
William Phelps Emo.
Mrs Calhoun and Mr.. John Hem
derson Geddes of Waterbury, Conn,
come to attend the performance and
Mrs. Hope has written an ode to Mrs.
Warren G. Harding, which will be
sung.
Mrs. James NJ. Sprague of Cincin-
natl is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H
Ellis in their home. at 1440 Massa
chusetts avenue, which they have
opened for the spring season. Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis closed their house for
the midwinter and had an apart.
ment at the Shoreham for some
weeks.
The Catholic University gave a tea