Evening star., 1927-04-29
Mrs. Durham to Entertain
Actors Daughter-iu-T.aW.

Mrs. Geneva Durham, who has
| just returned from a trip of two
months to New York, White Sulphur
| Springs and other points of interest,
will have as her guest next week Mrs.
Thomas Jefferson of Caldwell, n. j.;
daughter-in-law of the noted actor,
| Joseph Jefferson. Mrs. Jefferson is
president of the Montclair Literary
| Club, one of the oldest literary clubs
in the country, and is the author of
a well known book of recollections of
| her distinguished father-in-law. She
| is coming to Washington to attend
| the sessions of the World Welfare
| Conference next week and on Friday
afternoon, May 6, will address the con-
| ference on Women in Different
| Ages"
| Mrs. Dunham, who is a member of
the executive committee Of the Wom-
ems UNIVERSAL Alliance, under whose
| auspices the conference is being held,
| is chairman of the entertainment COM
| mittee for the conference.
Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle of Chi
cago, recording secretary general of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton, was the guest in whose honor
Mrs. Charles II. Shippey of Chicago
entertained a company of 16 at din
ner last evening in the presidential
dining room of the Mayflower. Miss
Alice Noble Dixon, daughter Of Mr..
| and Mrs. Thomas F. Dixon of Oak
Park, ILL.,, who acted as page to Mrs.
| Earle during the convention, is re-
turning to her home today, and Mrs.
James II. Stansf1eld, who was Mrs.
| Earle's guest at the Mayfiower for the
past 10 days, is also leaving for her
home in Baltimore today. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Aldrich of De.
troit are at the Willard, where they
plan to remain several days. They ar
rived there today.
Mrs. Patrick Gallagher, director of
! the Women's City Club dramatic sec
ton, announces the final program for
the season will include two one-act
plays entitled, Irene Obliges," with
Mary 3. Linkins and Helen Oriani
| playing the parts and directed by
| Miss Gertrude Walter, and when
| the Whirlwind Blows" with Edith
Sears, Edith Oriani and Nadine Lano
Gallagher as principals, with Yvonne
Levy directing. Miss Adelaide Court
ney Flanagan. will give group of
| dances and Evelyn Scott violin se-
lections with Miss Walter at the
piano.
| Miss Grace r. Osgood, member of
| the League of American Pen Women,
Women's City Club and the National
Woman's Party, will be hostess and
Will have groups from each organiza-
| ton with her in the receiving line at
| the tea to which cards have been is.
sued for Sunday afternoon, from 4
| to o'clock, at 1909 II street.
Receiving with Miss Osgood will be
Mrs. William Wolf Smith. Mrs.
| Emile Berliner, Mrs. James Garfield
Riley. Miss Jessie Dell, Mrs Harvey
w. Wiley, Miss Nannette B. Paul,
Judge Mary O'Toole, Miss Laura
Berrien, Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. Ana
Hendley and Mrs. Wymond Bradbury.
Among those invited are Mrs. David
| Hunt Blair, Princess Cantacuzene,
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, DIR. A.
| Frances Foye, DR.. Grace Hurd, Mrs.
w. j. Patterson, Miss Mary Dean
Powell, Judge Katherine Sellers, Miss
Miriam Birdseye, Miss Ethel Bagley,
Mrs. Marguerite Denicke, Mrs. Pat
rick Gallagher, Miss Adela Heaven
Miss Alice Heaven, Mrs. Grattan
Kerans. Miss Mary E. Lazenby, Mrs.
Anna H. b. Kinney, Miss Marie