The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-02
Jean Eliot'S News
Of Capital Society
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fornia, is to be the guest of honor
and will give a recital. Miss Steeb.
who has been soloist with the Phil
harmonic Orchestra in Los Angeles
on several occasions, is recognized
as one of the most brilliant young
pianists on the American concert
stage.
The Misses Margaret and Alice
Harding entertained a small COM
pany of young people at dinner
last evening.
Comdr and Mrs Forde Todd en-
tertained at dinner last evening.
Covers were laid for eighteen.
Mrs. HAIRY F.. Dimock has sent
out cards inviting her friends to
subscribe to a concert TO be given
at her residence on Monday eve
ming for the benefit of the Walter
Reed service stars in the proposed
Victory Memorial Building. AS
Ernest Schellin, pianist, is to be
the artist, the recital will be an
event of unusual interest musically,
as Well as socially.
DIR. LangdOn l.. Mitchell, the we'll
known poet and playwright, who is
irving a series of eight lectures in
Washington during Lent, spoke this
morning on Comedy" The lectures
are being given under the auspices
of George Washington University in
the auditorium of the Concordia
Church, Twentieth and G streets.
The next Of the series will be given
on March 9.
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The regular weekly sewing circle
which meets at the Russian embassy
every Friday morning from 10 to /
o'clock, under the Craftsmanship Of
Mrs. Robert Lansing, will have the
first view tomorrow of a film just
received from Constantinople show
ing the Crippled Soldiers Home and
the inmates with their shops and
activities. This was started by the.
Russian Red Cross and is being as
sisted by the American central com
mittee for Russian relief of which
Princess Cantacuzene is chairman OF
the board of directors.
The Washington branch OF this
committee sends all of its money and
the supply of garments made and
collected by them to the refugees
report of their years work is un-
usually fine. Membership has grown
! to 800, and the average attendance
at the weekly meetings. of which
there have been thirty-two, has been
over seventy. Business meetings
have been held once a month. with
some prominent speaker on the pro-
gram for each meeting. Among the
! speakers have been Rear Admiral
! Newton McCully, Princess Cantacu-
! Zene, Miss Noyes. of the American
! Red Cross; DIR. Livingston Farrard,
| Captain Fedoteff and Prof. Paul n.
Muliukoff.
( Mrs. J. J. Locher entertained Mrs.
/ Luther +. Gregory, wife of Rear Ad-
miral Gregory. recently detailed to
! Washington as chief of the Bureau
of Yards and Docks, at luncheon
yesterday in the club dining room in
! the League of American Pen
Women headquarters. Mrs. Greg
| DRY. who is a former newspaper
woman and composer, as well as an
/ accomplished musician, will join the
! league at the next business meet
! ing and 50 become affiliated with
! the District OF Columbia League.
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: Mrs. Basil NJ. Manly. president of
! the College Women's Club. and her
! mother, Mrs. Laura A. Bradley, will
be at home informally at their resi-
dence, 1853 Irving street, tomorrow
! afternoon from until o'clock
! This is the first of their Friday
afternoons at home during March.
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| The exhibition of paintings
/ Lewis Painter Clephane, at his stud.
| lll5 I street. is extended for Oh
week longer, at the earnest reque Z,
| of many people, both those who haI
seen the paintings and others VIII,
with to do so. 1t consists OF n great
variety Of subjects, landscapes, ma
rines old temples and palaces. scenes
| in America. Holland, Italy and
! Greece, souvenirs OF MIR. Clephanes
! travels. There are seventy.six com.
| positions in all-water color, Oil, ten.
pera and pastel.
An interesting feature IF The wei h
is that Mr.. Clephane was trained to
Il different profession-engineeri =
Mt Cornell, then followed the real es.
tate business. and during the war
| became a lieutenant commander in
tho United States navy, since which
time he has returned to his first love
-art-from which he had never been
entirely weaned.
The exhibition IL open on week
days from 10 TO $50 O'Clock and
Sundays from to o'clock. Or
Monday evening, March 6, It will oe
open from S'to II O'Clock, closing on
March Z.
Mrs. Ida Peters entertained n
party OF four writers visiting Wash
| ington from other cities yesterday,
| taking her guests to the regular
Pen Women's luncheon held in the
'Hoot o. the Owl" at the national
Headquarters of the League Of
American Pen Women. Her guests
included Mrs. Leverne Beale, Mrs.
Lane Lacey Of Norfolk, Va, and
Miaa Clarka ~ y q