The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
EIIOT'S NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIAL EVENTS

receiving line. Secretary DENLY,
who Is In Panama, was repre-
scented by Mrs. DENLY, who took
her place for q time In the re-
ceiving line with Mrs. Emerson
III. Liscum, president OF the So
ciety,, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Mrs. Dwight Davis. Mrs. John
III. Dayton and other potables.
Presentations were made by Mai
Gen. John l.. Hines, Rear Ad-
miral John II. Dayton and Brig.
Gen. Wendell c. Neville.
Mrs. DENLY was becomingly
gowned in rose chiffon embroidered
in crystal beads in long straight
lines, and wore q band Of silver
cloth about her brow. Mrs. R0ose-
velt's costume was OF lowered
taffeta, flounced to the waist in
picture fashion, and she looked
for all the world as though she
snight have stepped from an old
fashioned picture. Mrs. Liscum
wore purple georgette and tulle.
Supper was served before mid
night, most Of the guests deserving
the supper room for this event and
gathering In chumny groups In
the boxes round the ballroom.
Admiral and Mrs. Robert g.
Coontz were among the box hold.
ers and had q group Of guests, In
Guiding their son and daughter.
with them.
MRS. LISCUM entertained In
her box Rev. DIR. and Mrs.
James Freeman, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Lansing Beach and Surgeon
General and Mrs. Merritt w. Ire
land. With Captain and Mrs.
Kautz were Capt. and Mrs. AL.
fred Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Pelenyi, Mrs. Arthur Macarthur
and Major Sherburne Whipple.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
had as guests in her box her
nephew and niece, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hokan Steffanson, of New York;
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles B.
Drake, Col. and Mrs. Matthew Al.
Delaney, Col. and Mrs. Charles
III. Patterson, and Miss Mary Nor
gan. With Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
George Walker were Mrs. Au-
gusta Stanley, q cousin Of Mr..
Walker, and Mrs. Seth Carter, of
Maine. who are spending some
weeks at Wardman Park Hotel;
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
and Mrs. Frederick Cox and Mr..
and Mrs. Merchant Mahoney, OF
the British embassy.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John A.
Johnstone presented their box to
a group OF wounded officers from
the Walter Reed Hospital,
MAJ. Gen. and Mrs. Taslker
Bliss box was occupied by their
son and daughter-in-law, Major
and Mrs. =, Goring Bliss, who
had guests with them.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas
Washington, who shared q box
with Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Joseph Strauss. had as their
guests Lieut.. and Mrs. T.. Il.
Thibaut. Miss Ruth McEneny, OF
New York, and Lieutenant aCarr.
who had dined with them. With.
Admiral and Mrs. Strauss were
Miss Helen Strauss. her guest,
Miss Jacqueline Winston OF New
York; Midshipman Elliott Strauss
and Lieut.. Beresford Waller.
Miss Emily Nourse was pre-
vented from attending, hut had
as her guests Major ana Mrs.
LaGarde. Mrs. Louis Kingsley.
Miss LamTnerton, Mrs, Howard
Clark and Mrs. Allan Kirk. With
Admiral and Mrs. Stitt were
Miss Emma and Miss Mary stitt.
Capt. Edward Rhodes and Capt.
John Wood. With Admiral and
Mrs. Robertson were Capt. and
Mrs. Sinclair Cannon. Capt. and
Mrs. DUNCAN, Connhr. and Mrs.
Stephen Robinson and Col. and
Mrs. Andrew Moses.
Captain and Mrs. Land enter
tanned Comdr. and Mrs. James o.
Gawne and Mrs. Wright Chester.
General and Mrs. Allen enter
tanned Mrs. w. J. Waken, OF
Chicago, and Capt. William An
drews. Colonel and Mrs. Field
had with them Major and Mrs.
Jonathan Wainwright. After
leaving the receiving line, Mrs.
DENLY joined Admiral and Mrs.
Julian Latimer in their box. Cor
don Ramsey was also their guest.
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