The Washington herald., 1922-10-25
By EVELYN c. HUNT.

Gertrude Yung Kwai. Miss Marie
Spurgeon. Mrs. Archibald Oracle,
Mrs. Conness and q number of 9TH
ers
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman
will entertain at dinner on Novem-
ber Q in compliment to DR.. and Mrs.
Grouitch.
Maj. and Mrs. Parker West will
be hosts at dinner on November II.
Sidney Clark will go to New York
tomorrow to remain until the first
of next week. He will be accom-
panied by Alfred Morton.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Gown will come
to Washington about December
to spend the winter here.
WILL COMPLETE PLANS FOR
ART BALL FEATURES.
Mrs. Julian s. Carter of Baiti-
more will be the luncheon guest of
Mrs. Edouard Albion today at which
time plans will be completed for the
special features of the Art Ball,
which will be given at the New
willard on Monday evening, No
vember &C, for the benefit If the
producing fund of the Washington
Opera Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Briggs,
who are residing at 1916 s street
have leased an apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel for the winter and
will take possession November 1.
Mr.. Briggs Is marshal of the United
States Court of Customs Appeals.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Harding, of New
York. who are stopping at the
Shoreham, entertained a company
of six at luncheon there yesterday.
WILL ATTEND DEDICATION
OF COPLEY MEMORIAL.
Among those who will leave here
this morning by motor for st. Marys
City, Md, to attend the dedication
of q memorial to Lionel Copley, first
royal governor of Maryland. are:
Bishop Harding, Mr.. and Mrs. will
lam Sothron Powell, Mrs. ]. Albert
Hill, president of the South Carolina
Society of Colonial Danes; Mrs.
Everard Robinson Todd, Mrs. Monte
Griffith, DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Rush
Logic, Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harvey Wattles,
Miss Pauline Wilcox, DR.. and Mrs.
Aurelius r. Stands, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Hardy Taliaferro. Mrs. J. Bradley
Davidson. the Misses worthington.
Miss May Morris Amber, DR.. and
Mrs. Marcus Benjamin, and DR.. and
Mrs. William Bowie.
The memorial is a beautifully
carved door marking the entrance to
the vault containing the bodies of
the first royal governor ana his
lady, who died during an epidemic
soon after their arrival from Eng
land. and whose bodies were en-
balmed and kept at the Great
House." the governors mansion. for
about ten months awaiting trans
portation to England for interment
there. For some reason. not en-
tirely clear. they were never taken
to the mother country and So were
finally inferred at st. Marys. Evil
mark clearly the final resting place
of Lionel Copley and his wife, and
So during the years that have In
tervened. knowledge Of them be-
came less and less assured and
doubts more and more pronounced.
To remove this obscurity the Mary
land Society of Colonial Danes be-
gan an investigation, which result
ed last spring in definite informa-
tion, supported by historical rec
ords. that makes conclusive that
the place being marked today is the
tomb of Lionel Copley.
Bishop Murray, of Maryland. and
Bishop Harding will officiate at the
dedication ceremonies today. pre-
ceding which a luncheon will be
served to those present. The ex-
ercises are under the direction of
the Maryland Society of Colonial
Danes.