The Washington times., 1925-03-18
ELIOT'S GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
COUNTRY CLUB
SPONSORS
BOXING
Matches at Congressional
Prove Popular; Dane
ing First

There was reverse English" on
! the merry st. Patrick's Day party
| at the Congressional Country Club
last evening, for instead of begin
ming with a boxing match and
winding up with a ball, as had been
originally planned, the fight was de-
layed, and an hour or two OF
dancing opened the evenings festivi-
| ties.
Being something Of a novelty,
the boxing matches were by far
the greater attraction. and the big
lounge, where the orchestra played,
was deserted the moment the bell
rang for the boxing matches. Men
in dinner coats and women in the
smartest of spring evening gowns
pressed eagerly about the Squared
! circle" stamping and shouting
when blows were exchanged; and
it is evident prize fighting is likely
to be as much 1.-The thing" among
society folk in Washington as 1T
was in New York when Miss Anne
Morgan gave the cachet of her ap.
| prevail by arranging a series of
spectacular bouts for charity.
/ Two four-round bouts were pre-.
scented, with another which was de.
signed to go six but ended in a
| knockout. Commander Elmer Lang
worthy seemed to be master of
/ ceremonies and the referee was
Heinie Miller, sporting editor OF
the Washington Herald. There was
a change in the artists" of the
evening just before hostilities be-
gan, and the present scribe admits
/ to a certain unfamiliarity with the
1 6rD - he hi iV1f o
world and the technique of the
game which interferes with any
| properly detailed account of the
| matches.
| Following the boxing a delicious
buffet supper was served in the din.
| Ing room and dancing was resumed
were suggestive of st. Patrick s
Day, with green as the prevailing
tone, and the supper table with its
masses of green carnations, was
lighted by tall green tapers.
/ The Ladies of the Senate will
forego their usual Tuesday luncheon
con which Mrs. Joseph Irwin
France is giving at her home in
Baltimore. When her husband was
Senator from Maryland it WAS Mrs.
/ Frances custom to entertain her
| fellow members of this senatorial
| organization in her Baltimore home
each year and since the slogan Of
| the club is "once a member always
a member she retains her close
affiliation with the organization,
and she is repeating this pleasant
hospitality. Most of the guests will
motor to Baltimore.
Mrs. j. C. Merriam will enter
tain at luncheon on Wednesday
March rs.
! Miss Mabel Frances Knight. who
/ Is an adopted member Of the Omaha
Tribe of Indians. gave a delightful
entertainment at the headquarters
4 of the American Association of Uni
versity Women last evening under
the auspices of the Washington
Wellesley Club.
Miss Knight has made a thorough
and sympathetic study of the
Indians and most interestingly
| interpreted their history and
legends. concluding her program
with dances and songs.
The Reverend j. Liljencrants will
deliver the second of his series OF
lectures on "Psychoanalytic Study
of Childhood" at the Washington
Club, Seventeenth and K streets
tomorrow morning at Ill o'clock
The subject will be Early Child
hood"
Tickets Of admission for the
course or for single lectures may
be obtained each morning of lecture
or from Mrs. Lillian Spencer, 1121
Connecticut avenue.
Walter Trent. formerly of this
city, but now O. resident OF Ne"
York. Is spending some time at
Wardman Park Hotel.
About one hundred members OF
the Soroptomist Club will hold a
card party at the Mayflower on
Thursday evening. Bridge, five
hundred, and nah jongg will he
played, after which buffet
luncheon will be served. During the
evening Miss Marie Won Unschuld
will play several piano numbers.
Prizes for each of the tables in
play are being given by one Of the
members Of the club, Of which Mts.
Ethel K. Pollard is president. The
Soroptomist Club is an organiza-
ton of eighty business women, CON
sisting Of one representative OF
each kind Of business. Weekly
luncheons are held, with social
meetings every two months. The
committee having in charge the
card party at the Mayflower is com
posed Of Miss Helen Woods. Mrs.
Helen Fowler. Mrs. Marie Leary,
Mrs. Elspeth Gillespie. Mrs. Ida p.
Browning, Mrs. Anna Ball, Mrs.
Marie Pierce, Miss Katie Gum,
and Mrs. Mary Lawyer, chairman.
Mrs. Charles Meehan entertained
at ST. Patrick's Day luncheon and
bridge at her apartment in the
Woodward. Her guests included
Mrs. Joseph H. Kirby. of Sioux
Falls. S. D.: Mrs. Harry Lebherz,
of Frederick, Md. Judge Mary
O'Toole. Mrs. Robert j. O'Neill,
Mrs. Clyde 3. Ambrose. Mrs.
George c. Aukman. Miss Kather,
inc Currid, Mrs. Paul Holden, Mrs.
Martin D. McQuade, Mrs Oliver
and Mrs. Henry r. Walls.
Mrs. Charles r. Williams enter
tanned fourteen guests at tea in
the Palm Court of the MayfloWer,
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. *. Mcfarland
and Mrs. Henry w. Mcfarland,
both OF Concord, New Hampshire,
arrived yesterday at the New
Willard. where thav will remain