Evening star., 1922-05-08


Hotel La Fayette for several months.
have left for their home. in Johannes
burg, Pa.
The undersecretary Of state. Mr.. Will
liam Phillips. returned this morning
from New York, whore he went to meet
Mrs. Phillips and their children, who
arrived Saturday aboard the Rotterdam
from Tho Hague. Mrs. Phillips and their
children went at once to their summer
Phillips will Join them as frequently
as possible through the summer. They
will not take house In Washington
until the autumn
Con. and Mrs. Amos A. Fries will
entertain tonight Senator and Mrs. Miles
Poindexter, Mrs. Robert N. Stanfield.
Gen. and Mrs. Ell A. Helmick and the
Countess d'Audifret in their boz at
the play Mile. Modiste," given by ''The
Almas Temple Legion Of Honor at the
Shubert Belasco this week.
Mrs Sherman Mccallum win enter
tain company Of IS or 100 young
her daughter, Miss Cecilia Mccallum,
and her daughtcr-in-law, Mrs. John
Sherman McCallum.
Mrs. McCallum and Mrs. John Sher-
man McCallum will sail from New
York Saturday. May u. for France,
where they will spend the summer
and will be Joined there later in the
summer by Miss Cecilia McCallum.
Mrs. Charles J. Bell is having a few
Of her friends in for tea this after
Van volkenburg. whose recital on
Tuesday evening at the Playhouse Is
under tho direction of Mr.. Robert
Bell. It is expected that Miss Van
volkenburg. who in private life 10
the wife Of Maurice Browne: VII ssay s
Browne. who has recently made such
a successful production Of Candida"
at the Greenwich Village Theater,
New York. will come to Washington to
talk on the little theater movement
at the Woman's National Foundation.
Miss Rebecca Dial's one-act play.
"A Social Success" which was pre-
sented at q meeting Of the South
Carolina State Society on Friday
evening. will be repeated ed, ut tne ."d.x west 81
evening at tho Thomson School, 18th
and L streets.
Those taking part in the play are
Mrs. @. b. Newman, Mr.. William
Smith and Miss Dial.
Former Commissioner and Mrs. John
B. Wight. now Of Montolair. n. j.:
are spending the month OF May at
24o0 18th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randall Hegner WIN
entertain q small company informally
at dinner this evening.
Mrs. William wallace spaldins viii
leave Thursday for Louisville Ky, TO
attend the derby. Mrs: spaiding viii
be the guest Of Miss Madelle Lyons
while in Louisville.
Mrs. c. c. Calhoun entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor OF Miss
Ada Meade of Kentucky. who has
made such q histrionic success that
named for her. Miss Meade is mem
Der of Q notable company Of players
now at tho Shubert-Garrick for the
summer season and will have a role
in the play by Mrs. Calhoun, '"rhe
Marriageable Mother" to be given at
May. Capt. and Mrs. Calhoun will
both star on Monday night, as they
did last year, but the play has many
now features. dealing with intrigues
Of the social and political life Of
Washington. which will no doubt
Mr.. Lasker Host for
Important Dinner Party.
Tho chairman Of tho United States
Shipping Board, Mr.. A. D. Lasker.
was host at dinner last evening in
his homo on 18th street whom his
guests included tho Secretary Of War.
Daugherty: the Secretary Of Agricul-
ture, Mr.. Wallace: the Chief Justice.
Mr.. Taft: Senator Frederick Halo.
Senator Arthur Capper. Senator Will
liam b. Mckinley. Senator Irvine l.
Lenroot. Senator Charles B. Curtis.
Senator Wesley Z: Jones, Senator
Cormiok, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Senator George n. Moses, the Speaker
Of tho House Of Representatives, Mr..
Gillett;. the general OF the Army.
Gen. John ]. PerShtng; the solicitor
general. Mr.; Beck; the director Of ths
Dawes: Mr.. George B. Christian, IT,;
Mr.. Frank b. Noyes, Mr.. Frederic
William VILE and Mr.. William J.
Burns.
dinner followed by bridge last oven
ing when she entertained in honor
of Mrs. Stanley Rinehart. The other
guests included Senator Samuel D.
Nicholson, Representative c. Bas-
cum Slemp. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Pull
Mr.: and Mrs. Clarence Crittenden CAL
houn, Mrs. Walter Wells, Mrs. James
B. Reynolds. DR.. Sterling Rufin and
Capt. White.
Rsv. and Mrs. William J. seelye an.
nouncs the engagement Of their
daughter, Katharine d. Seslye, Of tho
School Of Music faculty Of Illinois
University, to DR.. Benjamin Bruce
W1llace Of this oity.- DR.. Wallace IN
q graduate Of Macalester College, st.
Paul, MINI, afterward as q Rhodes
scholar studying at Oxford, whore he
majored in history. He received his
Doctors degree in political science
from tho University OF Wisconsin and
taught for somo time in Northwest
ern University. He IL now head Of
the United States Tarin Commission,
foreign division.
DR. Wallace and Miss Seelye will
be married in June, and will spend
the summer abroad, DR.. Wallace,s du-
ties taking him to the leading capi-
tails Of Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel NJ Meek en-
tertained small company at dinner
Saturday evening In honor Of United
States Consul and Mrs. James Arthur
Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Littauer have
arrived in Paris, where they are maxi
ing a short visit at the France ct
Choisseul before going to Swftzer-
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