Evening star., 1927-05-12
SOCIETY
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Mr.. Chester /. Long of Wichita, Kans..
(past presidenO; Mr.. J. Weston Allen
of Boston, Mr.. Frank Pace of Little
Rock, Ark: accompanied by Mrs.
Pace: Mr.. John Fl. Voorhees, of Sioux
Falls, S. Oak: Mr.. William III. Har-
gest of Harrisburg, Pa: Mr.. Jesse
A. Miller of Des Moines, Mr.. Amasa
G. Paul of Minneapolis, Mr.. Henry
Epson Sims of Birmingham, Maj.
Edgar Is. Tolman of Chicago. Mr..
William G. kinkead of Cheyenne.
Wyo.. and Mr. James f. Ailshie of
Occur d'Aleue, Idaho. accompanied by
Mrs. .Ailshie. Their other guests were
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt AS
s.stant Attorney General of the United
States: Mrs. Mason NJ. Patrick wife
OF Maj Gen. Patrick. chief of the
Air Corps; Mrs. Morris Sheppard, wife
Of Senator Sheppard of Texas: Mrs.
Simeon r. Lewis, Mrs. Dean Swift,
Miss Laura Harlan. Mrs. Alvin Dodd.
Miss Greenwood and Mrs Olive G.
Kicker.
Mr.. MacCrackan is secretary of the
American Bar Association.
The former Ambassador of Peru,
Don Federico Pezet. and Nine. Pezet
were hosts at luncheon at the Carlton
Hotel yesterday. when their guests
were DR.. and Mrs. Mccormick, the
first secretary of the Peruvian en-
bassy and Nine. Prada. the secretary
Of the embassy. DR.. Santiago +
Bedoya; the military attache. Cole
Jose Urdanivia, and Senor Jorge Cor
bacho and Senior ]. j. Bravo, who
came to attend the Pan-American
Commercial Conference held last
week.
Lieut.. and Mrs. F. C. Holbrook of
Fort Bragg, y. c.. are passing a few
days in Washington at The Mayfiower.
Miss Frances Mckee. daughter of
Mrs. Frederick II. Brooke, has re-
turned to Washington from a short
visit with her brother, MIR. Bates Nc
kee, in Europe.
Mrs. A. NJ. Blair is among the pas.
sengers sailing today aboard the Giu-
seppi Verdi for Italy. where she will
open her villa on Lake Como for the
Summer Her elder son, MIR. Percy
Blair, who is second secretary of the
United States embassy in London,
will join his mother for the Summer.
Mrs. Blair spent the Winter in Bos-
ton with her younger son, Mr.. Fran.
els Blair, and was In Washington for
week before sailing. Mrs. Blair, who
was formerly Miss Appoline NJ. Alex
ander Of Washington, is the widow
OF Mr.. James l.. Blair of st.
Louis. She was the first conductor
Of the Rubinstein Club Of Washing
ton and made it one of the important
organizations of the Capital.
Mrs. Seth Barton French has sold
her Virginia Hot Springs. Va, home,
Barton Lodge, TO Mr.. Joseph Brown
Whitehead of New York, son of Mrs.
Arthur Kelly Evans of Casa Eleli.
Barton Lodges. of f1awless Georgian
architecture. and superbly placed on
Little Mountain above the Homestead,
Hot Springs. is one of the most at.
tractive country houses in America.
II has fine collection of early Ameri
can furniture and some very fine
Grinling Gibbons carvings. Mrs.
French is expected shortly from Eu-
rope, where she now makes her home,
and will take back with her family
portraits and other possessions not in
the sale.
Mrs. Eric Greenleaf left today for
Louisville, KY, where she will be the
guest of her aunt. Mrs. C. u. Ed
monds, for the kentucky Derby.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Howard Ives
of Meriden, Conn. are guests at the
New Willard. Yesterday afternoon
they entertained at tea, having as
guests Mr.. and Mrs. William Andrews
Kelsey. Mrs. Flora b. Bunnel. Miss
Theodore Bunnel, all of Washington, ,
and Mrs. Alma B. Porter of Balti- |
more.
The Golden Rod Club held very
attractive luncheon IN the alcove of |
the restaurant at the Grace Dodge
Hotel yesterday.
In addition to the members of the
club Mrs. John Schnell of Chevy
Chase, Md, was guest. Following
the luncheon tables for bridge were
placed in the lounge Mrs. s. P. Joy.
ner acted as hostess att the luncheon
Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Lamar
Guests of Colonial Danes.
Mrs. Joseph Rucker Lamar. presi-
dent. and Mrs. William Howard Taft,
honorary vice president. of the Ma
tional Society of the Colonial Danes of
America, were among the guests at
tn, luncheon given yesterday II. the
palm court of the Mayfiower by the
Washington committee of the National
Society of the Colonial D.mes of
Annerica in the State of Nirot,aia Tho