Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24

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entertained informally at luncheon
| today in compliment to Mr.. Henry
| Sheffield. The other guests were the
| counselor of the Hungarian legation
| and Nine. Pelenyi, Cmdr- and Mrs.
Lofquist and Miss Elizabeth Nosle of
New York, who is visiting Miss
Andrews.
Mrs. Fred bennett gave bridge
| luncheon today of II covers at the
Washington Club in compliment to
| her daughter, Mrs. Patton Wise
Slemp, and Mrs. Hannis Taylor.
Mrs. bennett also entertained q
| breakfast-bridge party for Mrs.
! Slemp, who, with her husband, MIR.
| Patton Wise Slemp, motored up from
Florida, and after a brief visit here
has gone on to Cincinnati. Mrs.
Slenip will remain with her parents
at the Cairo for a month
Gen. Bob Travis of Savannah, Ga.
will entertain a dinner party at the
Mayflower Sunday in honor of Senator
and Mrs. Walter +. George of Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grosvenor Hyde
Backus have issued invitations for the
marriage of the latter's daughter,
Miss Louise Crosby SeWall, to Mr..
Godfrey Harrington Thompson, sec
ond secretary of the British embassy,
March 49, at 2:30 O'Clock, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Backus, 24l6 Tracy
place. Only the families and a few
close friends will witness the cere-
mony, which will be Immediately fol
lowed by a reception. DR.. John n.
Lewis of ST. Johns Parish, Water
bury, Conn, and chaplain at West
over School, will officiate.
Miss Sewall will have one attendant,
Mrs. Ward Cheney of New York, as
matron of honor, and Group Capt. NJ.
G. Christie, air attache of the British
embassy, will be the best man.
Mr.. Thompson and his bride will
make their home in Washington I'M
til Autumn, when they will go to Lon
don
Mrs. E. Lester Jones will not receive
tomorrow afternoon because of illness,
but she will be at home Thursday
March 4, for the last time this sea
son.
Miss Cecil Lester Jones is the guest
of Mrs. Thomas Summerville on her
plantation in Georgia.
Mrs. Henry D. Flood. who spent Il
week or ten days in New York, has
returned to Washington.
Mrs. Goring Bliss will be at home to-
the last time this season.
Maj. and Mrs. Parker w. West
will entertain a company of IA at
dinner this evening.
Miss Nan barton. whose marriage
TO Mr.. William Kerlin will take place
in the late Spring, entertained her
bridesmaids at luncheon yesterday in
the apartment of her parents at Hotel
Chatham.
Mrs. Gillett-Hill will be at home in
formally Saturday afternoon from +
10 6 o'clock when she will have with
her Mrs. Richard Latham of Lin
coin, Ill.
Mrs Charles Gates Dawes and the
Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Isabella Howard have Joined
the ranks of patrons for the first con-
cert given in Washington by Abra-
ham Haitowitch, the blind Russian
violinist, at the Maytiower Hotel
Thursday afternoon, March 4. Other
patrons include the Undersecre
tary of State and Mrs. Joseph c.
Grew. Mrs. Arthur Foraker, Mrs.
Nicholas Luquer, Mrs. Henry p. Err
win. Mrs. Louis Lehr. Mrs. Winthrop
Cowdin. Mrs. Edmund Leavenworth
Beach, Miss Alice j. Clapp, Mrs. Bu-
chanan Merryman. Mrs. Charles A
Lumrnis, Miss Abbie B. McCammon,
Mrs. George Angus Garrett, Mrs.
James Parmelee, Mrs. George A. San
derson, Mrs c. S. Thomas, Miss Anne
Squire, Mrs. Thomas w. Lockwood,
Mrs. Frederick De c. Faust, Mrs.
George E. Hamilton, jr.; Mrs. Harry
NJ. Clabaugh, Mrs. Lawrence Phipps,
Mrs. Hughes Oliphant, Mr.. Benjamin
w. Guy. Mrs. Edward H. Everett, Mrs.
J. de Sieyes, Mrs. Augustus c. Macomb.
Mrs. Alex Blair Thaw, Mrs. Fulton
Lewis. Mrs. Thomas Armat, Mr.. w.
3. Hibbs. Mrs. A. Geary Johnson,
Mrs. Edmund h. Goldsborough, Mrs.
John Ryan Devereux. Mrs. Joseph
Worthington, Mrs. Camp Stanley,
Mrs. John Winthrop Wadleigh, Mrs.
j. D. Adams, Mrs. Charles A. Nc
kenney, Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, Mrs.
Helen Ray Hagner, Mrs. Walter
Reed, Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips, Mrs.
Julien J. Mason, Mrs. Ross Perry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Davidson. Mr..
William A. Quigley. Mrs. Charles
Wardel Stiles, Mrs. c. H. Stockton,
Mrs. w. E. Wilder. Mrs. w. yelling
ton Tyler. Mrs. Perry Heath, Mr. and
Mrs. John A KratZ, Capt. and Mrs.
John F. Hines, Mrs. o. H. P. John
son, Mrs. r. H. Chapman, Mrs.