The Washington times., 1923-06-09
WESTWARD Ho!" Is
Breakfast
Slogan
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BY JEAN ELIOT.
<HVNY EASTWARD HOT" a slogan
wv 1 (which b f 11ss os Dlsysa IT

part In the development
Of the United States, was the key
note today of the breakfast given
at Rauscher's, at which the his
toric trek, to the Pacific was COM
nemorated. ae 4. y.'
The breakfast was arranged to
swell the fund fCrFt the Thomas JET
ferson Memorial Foundation, which
proposes to make a national shrine
of Monticello, Jeffersorl's old home,
and the company was made UP
largely OF the overflow from the
successful Monticello breakfast
given several weeks ago.
Several hundred guests a.
sembled in the ballroom at
Rauscher's today to be seated at
small tables; named FOR the great
States of the West, and men and
women who were pioneers in the
development OF the country were
represented by their descendants.
The guests were greeted by Mrs.
Forrest Vrooman, chairman OF the
breakfast committee, assisted by
several Of the ladies' who had been
working with her for the success
Of the entertainment. A section OF
the Marine BAND played while the
company was assembled and dur
ing the luncheon gave a program
Of airs which were popular IN
pioneer days. /,
The breakfast opened with q
three-ininute pageant, The Spirit
OF the Pioneer, = devised by
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, chair
man az the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial Association. and
put on by Miss Estelle Went
worth and Albert Parr. OF the As
ISOLATION of Theater Arts. The
artists gave their services for the
benefit OF the Monticello fund.
Brief speeches were made by
Breckinradge Long. Samuel Her
rick, president OF the Sons Of the
Revolution; DIR. Howard L. HOdg-
hins and former Governor Robert
A. Cooper. Of the Federal Reserve
Board. II.
MRS. ANDREWS was hostess
- at the Z Johnny Appieseed
Table" COMMUNICATING q pic
tltresque character Of the early
day Of Ohio history to whom the
Buckeye State owes its famous
orchards. Among her guests were
Mrs. Loren johnson, Mrs. Dayen-
port White, Mrs. Thornton Bo-
land, Mrs. Thornton Poole Boland,
Miss Mary Maxwell, Miss Fannie
Wells, Miss Estelle Wentworth,
Mrs. GiIlett Fill and Mrs. George
T. Porter.
At the Empire State table Mrs.
Rose Gouveneur Hoes presided.
Other members Of her party were
Mrs. Thomas w. Sadwell, Mrs.
Va denburg, OF New York: Mrs.
John Speed Morris, a direct de-
scendant Of jefferson; Mrs. Isaac
Well, Miss Florence Butler, Miss
Agnes Miller and Miss Maud
GOuVeneN~Ask ~
Mrs William Howard Taft was
a guest h4 Eaeanor Hope table, for
which Mrs. George ID. Hope was
hostess. Mrs. w. w. King was.
hostess to Henry G. Wallace. Sec
rotary OF Agriculture; John r..
Adams, Mrs. John Walsh, Mrs.
Mary e. Waller, Mrs. William g.
Goodrich, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul De-
Laney and Mrs. James G. Davis.
A group Of descendants OF the
Washington and the Ban families
were assembled at the Gen.
George Washington table," over
which Mrs. Leland Stanford Con-
ness, who numbers Washingtons,
Lewises and Thorntons among her
forbears, was hostess. The table
decorations were sent from the
SNI6a 1nnvra.a ~ Afa vsxI ST3an yua -. i,1iu,
toms mother, In Fredericlxsburg
The guests included Or. Richard
washington. Rear Admiral Thomas
Washington, Miss Maud Wash
ington Patrick. Mrs. Katherine
Lewis Heth, Miss Champe Fitz-
hugh, Mrs, Evelyn. Fitzhugh
Shafter. Lewis Edgerton Sn1oOt,
Miss Lucy, Austin Thornton, Mrs
Ellie Dickinson Mccarthy, Mrs.
Sallie Conrad Fauntleroy johnson,
Mrs. Lewis Wood, and Mrs. Eu-
genia Washington Moncure Brown.
Many Of the patriotic societies
were represented. Mrs. Howard
Hodglsins presiding at the D. A.
r. table. Mrs. Frank Morrison at
the u. D. C.. table,. and Mr.. Her
rick at a Sons Of the Revolution
table.
Congressman and Mrs. Philip
Pitt Campbell had the Kansas
table. Mrs. Theodore Tiller was
hostess at the Georgia table, with
Mrs. Charles NJ, Galloway presid-
ing over table Of South Caro-
linans and Mrs. and Mrs. Brock
enridge Long hosts at the Mis-
souri, table. The Alamo was com.
memorated at a table for which
Mrs. Mary Wright Johnson was
hostess. Mrs. Jean L.. Bennett
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