The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06

many interesting anu uibtiHBuibHcu
names.
Among those who will be In the
receiving line with Mrs. William r.
Dennis at the Southern Relief So
ciety ball this evening will be Mrs.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, Mrs.
George Maynard Minor. Mrs. Will
lam c. Rivers, Mrs. Breckenridge
Long and Mrs. Francois Berger
Moran.
The Minister Of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter entertained a few friends
Informally at dinner last evening.
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The Minister of Czechoslovakia,
DR.. Bedrick Stepanek and Miss
Stepanek. entertained at dinner last
night at the legation in honor Of
Miss Mary Mcdowell, Of Chicago.
Among the twenty guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Gompers, DR.. AL
bert II. Putney and Mrs. Putney.
Miss Leatherbee, Miss Wilton, Mr..
and Mrs. G. c. Calhoun. Miss Mary
Anderson, Miss Grace Abbott, Miss
Gertrude Macarthur and Miss Won
Vieman.
The inimitable Kreisler, appear
ing in recital at the National Thea
ter Yesterday, brought out an audi
ence which crowded the house to its
doors-a typical Kreisler audience,
too, spontaneously enthusiastic.
In one Of the stage boxes was Brig
Gen. Charles Gates Dawes, whose
charming Melody" was one OF the
loveliest bits on the program and
had to be repeated. With him were
Mrs. Dawes and Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
c. r. Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
and Jonkheer w. II. de Beaufort,
counselor Of the Netherlands lega-
ton, were among those in the next
box, and Congressman Nicholas
Longworth was a member OF a box
party over the way.
Others in the audience were the
Counselor OF the German Embassy
and Baroness Won Thermann. the
Third Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs.
Chauncey Hackett, Miss Helen Wal
colt, Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Mrs.
r. Bowman Matthews. and Miss
Resale Matthews:
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Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant enter
tanned informally at dinner last
evening.
The Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, Eliot Wordsworth, will de.
liver a lecture before the woman 8
division Of the National Civic Fed.
Grafton Wednesday.
Mrs. James F. Mitchell has re-
turned from Palm Beach, where she
has been spending the last three
weeks.
The marriage Of Miss Bryson Pet
tit and Lieut.. Paul Hendren took
place on Saturday at ! o'clock at
the home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Stimson Brown. 1904 Q street.
Owing to the illness Of Mrs. Brown
the ceremony. performed by the
Rev. c. Ernest Smith, was in the
presence Of a few relatives and in
innate friends.
The bride, who was unattended,
wore a smart travelling costume
with hat to match. Lieut.. Comdr.
II. A. Serller, y. 8. N, acted as
best man for Lieut.. Hendren. A
breakfast followed, and later the
bridal couple left for Quebec, where
they will spend part Of their honey
moon. They will be at home after
March /. at the Northumberland
The guests present at the cere'
mony included Mrj. Gen. and Mrs
Merritt Ireland. Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant, Princess Cantacuzene,
Mrs. Stephen r. Elkins, Mrs; Alex
ander Sharp, OF Annapolis: Comdr.
and Mrs. Carleton r. Kear, Havana,
Cuba; Mr.. and Mrs. James s; Petit
Atlantic City, and Mr.. F. Hennes.
sey and the Misses Hennessey' Oh
Greenwich, Conn.
The bride is the daughter OF the
late Col. James S. Petit, U. S. A,
at one time American governor al
Manzanilla, Cuba. One OF the i'm.
portant posts in the Philippines was
named for him. She was educated
in washington and last year spent
several months in Cuba, visiting