Evening star., 1922-04-21
Soc ie:tCY
Dinner Party at the White House Last
Night for French Visitors One
of Unusual Brilliancy

, Winslow. Representative Theodore r.
Burton. Mr. and Mrs. George Suther-
land, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs.
Mary Stewart. Mrs. Ezra L. Koon.
mother of the hostess; Miss Juliet F.
Heyl. of Philadelphia and the former
United States amba ador to Japan,
Mr.. Thomas J. O'Br4en.
Mrs. Carr has invited all of the
United States diplomatic and con-
sular officers and their wives who
are nows in Washington to tea to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock In her
apartment. at the Dresden. There
are many of these officers now on
duty in the State Department and
there are many others spending
few days here on leave.
The ambassador of Japan and
Baroness Shidehara were warmly
welcomed upon their arrival in Toxic
Wednesday. the ambassador having
gone to his home for a vacation of
several months.
, The United States ambassador. Mr..
Charles b. Warren. and number of
diplomats and foreign Office officials
were on hand to meet the ambassador
and Baroness Shidehara on their ar
rival
Mrs. Hoover, wife of the Secretary
of Commerce. is entertaining, at
tea this afternoon for a group OF l4l
Girl Scouts from the Oranges, in New
Jersey. who came to Washington yes
| terday on sightseeing trip The
girls are in charge of Mrs. w. NJ. Os-
borne, local director at East Orange.
and they will be received at the White
House tomorrow afternoon by Mrs.
Harding. Mrs. Hoover is national
,, president of the Girl Scout organiza-
tion,
An interesting ceremony will take
place this afternoon when the tiny
daughter of the attache of the British
| embassy and Mrs. S. c. Lawrence will
1 be christened in st. Thomas Church
| at 4:30 o'clock. Lady Geddes. wife of
the ambassador of Great Britain. and
Mrs. Tom Williams win be godmoth-
ers. and the attache of the embassy
| Air Commodore l.. F. 0. Charlton. will
| be godfather. Little Miss Lawrence
| viii be christened Elizabeth Melville
| and only a small company of about
| fifty have been invited.
. Marshal and Nine. Joffre will be the
guests in whose honor Mr. and Mrs
! Larz Anderson will entertain a com
| pany of twenty-eight at dinner this
evening in their residence on Massa-
chuSettS avenue.
| Mr.. and Mrs Henry j. Staley enter
/ tanned large theater party at the
| Shubert-Garrick last night. Among
| the company present were Senator and
Mrs. Miles Poindexter, Representative
and Mrs. Albert Johnson. Representa-
! tive and Mrs. Tom Williams
The charge d'affaires of the Japanese
embassy and Nine. Saburi entertained
company of twenty-four at a fare
well dinner last evening for Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Moore. who will sail
from San Francisco May IL for Japan.
where the former will assume his new
duties counselor for the Japanese
foreign office.
The secretary of the Smith sonian In
stitution and Mrs. Charles d. Walcott
will entertain at dinner this evening
in honor of the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hughes.
Mrs Harry Hill returfed yesterday
to her home in Cleveland. after visit
ing Miss Luella Chase. Mrs. Wade II.
Ellis. sister of Miss Chase, enter
tanned them at luncheon Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Camp gave
a dance last evening in their home at
1926 K street for their daughter. Miss
Lucille Camp. in honor of her cousin
and house guest. Miss Irene May Mof-
fat of Rutherford. N. J. The guests
included Miss Nina Mitchell, Miss
Helen Lee. Miss Mary Young. Miss
Willie James, Miss Christine Allen,
Miss Eilene Lalley, Miss Mary Brad
ley. Miss Alice Shepherd. Mr.. Aubert