Evening star., 1924-03-28
Sir Esr,e Howard Guest at
tormer British Embassy.

me British ambassador. Sir Esme
Iip"ard, h. c. b. was the guest in
Wli1se W-iTN honor Maj. Frederic William
w w iie entertained a small company of
ashlnston newspaper men at lunch
eoh thursday at the Arts Club. on
t9e Arts Club premises l02 wears ago
the British legation in Washington
"; 40 Iocated. when Sir Stratford Can
nInS was Great Britains minister to
tne Cnlted states. Five years pre-
Elous the same building, 2ol7 7 street.
was the temporary White House. dur
ING the early months of James Mon
House was still undergoing repairs
necessitated by the burning Of the
Executive Mansion by the British
army in 1914. Invited TO meet Sir
Esme Howard were Mr.. Arthur Sears
Henning., Mr.. Mark Sullivan. MIR car
ter t1eld; Mr. David Lawrence, Mr..
Charles Nicholson. MIR. stephen Bon
SAL Mr.. l.. g. Probert. Mr. William
Hard, Mr.. William f. Brigham. Mr.. j.
Fred Essary, Mr.. j. p. Eornaday. Mr..
Robert Is. Armstrong, Mr.. Harold
Phelps Stokes, Mr.. R. y OuIahan and
Mr. George Rothwell Brown.
Rear Admiral Clarence s. Williams
came to Washington yesterday from
Newport, where he is superintendent
OF the Naval War College, to make
the acquaintance of the new Sccrc-
tary of the Navy, Mr.. Wilbur.
Because of the illness of Mr.. JUS
tice Mahlon Pitney, United States Su-
preme Court, retired, Mrs. Pitnsy is
not entertaining. Through 4 confu-
sion of information this column err
roneously announced a dinner at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Pitncy.
Mrs Leila. H. r. Smith entertained
large party at luncheon at Meridian
Mansions Wednesday, when the guests
Included Nine. Panaretoff, Nine. San
chez-Iatour. Nine. Alfaro. Nine
Tsamados Mrs. James Reed. Mrs. At
lee Pomerene, Mrs. Thomas Gore, Mrs.
Cuno Rudolph, Mrs. Parker West. Mrs.
White, Mrs. L. Hart Fem, Mrs. Z. \.
Hartman, Baroness Won Buelow. Mrs.
Thomas Taliaferro. Mrs. Theodore
Tiller, Mrs. James Morris. Mrs. James
Schley Nought, Mrs. Elbridge Moore,
who is Mrs. Smiths cousin, and Misses
Anna and Maud Richards
Representative and Mrs Homer P.
Snyder of New York have as guests
In their apartment, at the New Willard,
their two daughters. Mrs. Z. r. Teall OF
Little Falls, y. Y. and Mrs. L. K.
Thompson of Ponca City, Okla. who
expect to remain in Washington sew
eral weeks. Representative and
Mrs. Snyder will entertain tomorrow
evening in honor of their guests at
a large dinner which will be given
at the Chsvy Chase Club.
The charge d'afaires of Greece
and Nine Tsamados were hosts at an
informal costume dance at the lega-
ton last evening in compliment to
the debutantcs who have been in
charge of the tea house for the bene-
fit of the fatherlcsS children of
Greece.
At the tea she will give April .
for the members of the National
Womcns Press Club. Nine. Tsam-
aretoff. Nine Varela-, Mmc. Alfaro,
Nine. Prochnik and Nine. Leal.
Mrs. Clarence Crittenden Calhoun
was the guest of honor at dinner
Wednesday evening of Mrs. Frederick
S. Fish, who entertained at the Ever
glades Club at Palm Beach. Among
the other guests were Princess Ghika,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman y. Kendall of
Washington and Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
L. Mack of Buffalo.
Mrs. Calhoun shared honors last
evening with the Princess Ghika at
dinner. when Mr.. Francis Burial
Hoffman, jr.. of New York was host
TO n small company at La Chaumicre
at Palm Beach.
Mrs. J. w. Harrison. who arrived
in France on the President Harding
of the United States lines the middle
of March, left Cherbourg for A motor
trip to Biarritz and Pau with a num-
Der of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lybrand on
tertaIned at dinner at the Shoreham
last evening in compliment to Col.
and Mrs. KRONER
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, who is
stopping at the Shoreham, entertain
ed at luncheon there yesterday in
to the former Secretary
Of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels.
The Cornell Club will give a dance
thls evening at Meridian Mansions.
committees are complete for max
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