The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-06
JEAN ELIOT GOSSIP on SOCIETY
association Plans
Celebration for
February ~.

The Wakefield Memorial Associa-
ton, of which Mrs. Harry Lee Rust
ST., Is chairman, will give an enter.
tainment on the evening OF Febru.
airy % at $3.50 o'clock at Memorial
Continental Hall in celebration OF
Washington's birthday.
There will be music by q section
of the Marine Band and number
of prominent statesmen Will make
addresses. Among those on the pro-
gram will be Chief Justice william
Howard Taft, Senator Simeon u:
Tess, Senator Claude Swanson ana
william Tyler Page. Judge Jonn
Barton Payne will preside and Con.
gresham Clifton A. Woodrtim Oh
Virginia will sing a group OF songs:
The Wakefield National Memorial
Association has been organised TO re.
store "Wakefield," the birthplace OF
George Washington, in Westmore-
land county, Va. The tombs of the
WashinRtons are inclosed and pro-
tected by land already belonging TO
the association and in 1889 the Gov
eminent purchased the site Of the
house in which Washington was
born and erected a monument on the
spot. The association has acquired
some seventy acres adjoining the
aforementioned land and ulti'
mately 1t hopes to acquire all the
property, when they plan to restore
the Washington home and to pre-
serve the Wakefield estate as q
memorial and historical monument
of the Washington family.
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SchOlGrships Maintained
By Bryn M0tOr Club.
Among those who have taken
tickets for the lecture-recital by
Prof. Horace M. Alwyne, for the
benefit of the scholarship fund OF
Washington Bryn Mawr Club Fri
day afternoon at Rauscher's, are
Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs.
Henry C. Wallace, Mrs. Herbert G.
Hoover, Countess Szechenyi, Mime.
de Graeff, Mrs. Henry Getty Chill
ton, Justice Pierce Butler, Mrs. VII"
liam Phillips, Mrs. Theodore Roose.
welt, Mrs. John Joyce Frederick.
Mrs. r. r. Gown. Mrs. Frank 8.
Moves, Mrs. William ]. Boardman,
Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Mrs. John
s. McLennan, Mrs. Ralph Jenkins,
Mrs. Edward B. Meigs, Mrs. Wylie,
Mrs. Browne Miller, Mrs. Mont.
gomery Blair, Mrs. Gordon Cum.
| ming, MrB. WAldTu OuuASONAJ' ~AN
Mrs. B. H. Warder.
The recital Is being given under
the auspices Of the Bryn Mawr
Club of Washington to raise funds
for a $500 scholarship for Bryn
Mawr, which will be open to any
Washington girl who has been pre-.
pared for college at school in the
| District Of Columbia. The club al
ready maintains two scholarships,
one held by Miss Beatr1ct Pitney,
daughter Of former Justice Mahlon
Pitney. Of the Supreme Court, and
Miss Ernestine Jennette, daughter
of Mrs. William Jennette.
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| Because Of the mourning for the
late President Wilson the tea which
was to have been given today at
the headquarters Of the American
Association of University Women
in honor of Miss Helen Frazer, Of
| London, has been cancelled.
Charming Program
Presented at Music0le.
| Albert w. Harmed was host last
evening at a musicale and reception
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. II. F.
Cary in his studio at 1921 K street.
Miss Jessie Masters, contralto, gave
a program that delighted her audi
ence.
Among the guests were the
Assistant Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. E. j. Henning, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Claiming Johnson, Senator
and Mrs. Duncan u. Fletcher, Miss
Bessie Kibbey, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Dennis Nolan, Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Karger, Congressman and Mrs. c.
A. Woodrum, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
John A. Lejeune, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
c. Roper. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend, DR.. and Mrs. William
Gerry Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce
Horne, Senator and Mrs. J. w. Har-
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