The Washington times., 1924-12-10

entertained at dinner last night and
took their guests to the Pan-Amcri-
can union. The guests were the
Minister Of Bulgaria and Madame
Panaretoff, the Minister Of Costa
RIGA, ]. r. Oreamuno; the charge
d'affaires Of Brazil, Samuel de
Sousa Oracle; Colonel and Mrs. e.
@. Bliss, Commander and Mrs. c.
c. Hartigan, Doctor and Mrs. Loren
Johnson, Miss Rosa Maye Kendrick
and Mrs. Robert r, Mackenzie.
MISS ANNE GORDON
SPRINGS SURPRISE.
Major General and Mrs. George
Barnett have announced the en-
gagement Of Mrs. Barnett's daugh-
ter, Miss Anne Hamilton Gordon,
to Henry Suydam, correspondent Of
the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The on
| nouncement was made at a tea
given yesterday afternoon in cele-
ration of General Barnett's birth
day.
This was already a double cele-
bration, yesterday being the first
anniversary of. General Barnett's
retirement from active service, and
the occasion was given triple in.
terest by the announcement, which
came as a surprise to most Of the
friends Of Miss Gordon and Mr..
Suydam. Among the guests assem-.
bled to offer General Barnett good
wishes on his birthday were John
w. Weeks, Secretary Of War, and
several others who had been class
mates Of the general at the Naval
Academy.
No date has been set for the
wedding Of Miss Gordon and Mr..
Suydam, but 1t viii probably take
place in the spring. Miss Gordon
Is the daughter Of the late Basil Cor
don, OF Baltimore, and has been an
acknowledged belle In Washington
since her debut.
Mr.. Suydam is the son Of the
late Frank w. Suydam and Mrs.
Suydam, Of New York. He is a
graduate Of Princeton University,
was attached to the American lega-
ton at The Hague in 1917 and 1918,
and was secretary to the American
delegation to the, conference on the
limitation Of ornaments, Washing.
ton, 1922.
Miss Gordon apparently has a
months ago she went to a ship at a
New York dock to- bid her sister
good-by. She suddenly decided to
go along to Europe and stayed ON
the ship.
Mrs. John q. Fowler will enter
tain at a reception tonight in her
home on Sixteenth street. In the
receiving line with Mrs. Fowler will
be. Mrs. Earl B. Mayfield, wife Of
Senator Mayfield, Mrs. Louis Nc.
F'adden, wife Of Congressman Nc
F'adden, and Mrs. Henry Churchill
Cook. Mrs. j. H. Wheat, wife Of
Major Wheat, will make the
presentations. Alternating at the
coffee urn win be Mrs. Nancy D.
North. Mrs. Ralph Hynes, Mrs,
Rufus Clark, Mrs. M. K. Male, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Fred. The table
decorations will be in red and white.
Among the guests who will be
present are the officers Of the d. A.
r. chapter Of which Mrs. Fowler
Is historian and the officers of the
District Federation of Women'S
Clubs.
Miss Corinne Stephens, daughter
Of Mrs. John F. Stephens, is enter
tanning at bridge this afternoon in
her apartment at the Westmoreland
in compliment to Miss Eleanor
Snyder, debutante daughter Of
Doctor and Mrs. Arthur Snyder.
Other guests are Miss Laura Bryn,
Miss Elizabeth Stiles, Miss Virginia
Hume, Miss Elizabeth Sutherland.
Miss Elizabeth Simms, Miss Ethel.
reda Seabury, Miss Hilda Ann Hin,
Miss Anne Devereux, Miss Beth
Werner, Miss Lilita Dawson, Miss
Mary Stitt, Mrs. Lucien Vandoren,
Miss Virginia Mckinney, Miss
Dorothy Mondell, Miss Esther Prae.
ger, Miss Virginia Seiden, Miss
Julia Gleaves, Miss Mary Carl
michael Miss Lee Hamilton, Miss
Helen Griffin, Mrs. xenophon,
Miss Virginia Edwards, Miss Diana
Cumming, Miss Katherine Wrenn,
Miss Helen Colbert, Mrs. Robert
Woods, Mrs. Richard Whitall, Miss
Mary Emily Hamilton, Mrs. Leonard
Block, Miss Norvel Mumford, and
Miss Elizabeth Parker.
Additional guests have been in
vited for tea. Mrs. w. o. Hume
and Mrs. Lewis huffman will pre-
SLUG AT LLl6 ISd LdOl0.
Miss Stephens Is leaving Wash.
ington December 20 for Tennessee,
where she Will be the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Leslie Buford, returning
here the latter part Of January.
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TO ENTERTAIN FOR
BALTIMORE BUD.
Mrs. G. w. Robertson has issued
invitations for a large luncheon
and bridge on, Tuesday, December
80, at the Cairo to meet Mrs. VIII.
liam Noting and her daughter, Miss
Noting, Of Baltimore.
Miss Noting was presented to
society in Baltimore at the first
Monday German on December /
and many OF the Washington de.
butantes are in the company of
200 whom Mrs. Robertson has ask.
ed to meet her guests. Mrs. Nolt.
ing and her daughter recently re-
turned from trip around the
world and before that Miss Noting