The Washington times., 1926-01-15
NEWCOMERS TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS ARE WARMLY GREETED
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Mrs. Speel Hostess Today
Mrs. Cooks Dinner
Last Night

Festivities iii honor OF its mem
bers are giving a gala aspect 10
the annual January meeting Of the
executive board Of the General Fed
GRAFTON Of Won ems Clubs, now be.
ing held here, although much work
is being accompli shed
This afternoon Mrs. John ID. St1ef-
man, president Of the General Fed
GRAFTON, is sharing honors with Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook, president
general of the d. A. r., at re-
eeption to be given by Mrs. MIR
ginia White Speel, president Of the
District of Columbia Federation Of
Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Speel is receiving at her
asked the leading club women Of
washington to. meet Mrs. Speel and
Mrs. Cook.
I Mrs. Alice Annes Winter, former
president OF the General Federation,
will be in line with the hostess and
the guests or honor, as will Mrs.
Edward White and Miss Florence
Deibert,- vice presidents of the Or
ganization.
Az the tea table will be Mrs.
Edgar B. Merit, Mrs. Clyde
Aitcheson, Mrs. Edwin St. John
Greble and Mrs. Walter Mccoy. a
group OF prominent club women VIII
also assist the hostess.
The board members will also be
received today by DIR. Charles y.
Walcott, director OF the Smithsonian.
Institution, who will be at home
at the National Gallery.
Perhaps the most picturesque nos
.pitality Of the mission, however,
was the dinner given by Mrs. An
taony Wayne Cook, president gen.
-erl OF the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution last evening at
Memorial Continental Hall in honor
of Mrs Sherman and with the
General Federation directors AZ
guests. AS many OF the Federation
members are also Daughters, the
fact Of being entertained at Memo
rial Continental Hall contributed
considerably to their enjoyment.
There were nearly $50. guestz
present, members Of the nationst
board OF management Of the ID. A.
h assisting the hostess in dispciig.
ing hospitality Mrs. Cook received
in the board room and dinner was
served In the. banquet room al two
long tables, the hostess presiding
at one and prominent Daughters at
the other Continental blue. cam
dles-the exact, shade of the ~ alis
OF the charming nartment-ba
in tall silver candelabra and baskets
of pink carnations decksd out the
tables.
After the dinner and a few words
of welcome by Mrs. Cook to which
Mrs. Sherman responded, guests
were taken for a sight seeing tour
around Memorial continental HAL
With 80 many visitors from Other
cities among the guests it was I'm
possible to remember the names Of
many. but among the Washing
tonians present were mrs Archibald
Hopkins, Princess Cafltacuzene, Mrs
Frank Briggs, Mrs. Amos Fries
Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle, Mrs. yir
GINA White Speel and Mrs. Theo
dore Tiller.
Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton was
hostess at luncheon today in com.
pIinnent to her sister, Mrs. Wilfred
Geist Fronheiser, of Pottstown, Pa,
who is visiting Mrs. Milton for a
few weeks. Other guests at
luncheon were Nine. SEE, wife OF
the Chinese Minister; Nine. Seya,
wife ofAthe Minister Of Latvia, Nine.
Won Lewinsh, wife Of the German
Consul General in New York, Mrs.
Renicks Dunlap, wife Of the Assist
4nt Secretary of Agriculture, Nine.
SoyAz, Mrs. Edward Nelson Ding
Ieys Mrs Eugene LeMerle, and
Mrs. John MoclS