Evening star., 1927-05-22
I 1smorial Luncheon.
At Mayflower Hotel
Draws Great Throne
Washington Society Turns
Cut in Force to Aid in
Paying Tribute to Heroes.

The large ballroom at the May
flower Hotel was filled yesterday with
guests attending the luncheon held in
the interest of the memorial to the
District of Columbia men who fought
in the World War. Flags hung from
III; balcony forming a frieze around
the room and huge clusters of peonies
adorned the tables.
Right Rev James +. Freeman,
: Bishop of Washington. gave an ad-
dress. which was prefaced by a briefer
one by Mr.. Newbold Noyes. They
were followed by a tactful and force
fu, talk by Miss Janet Richards, who
stressed the fact that while we were
cheering for the arrival of our Ameri-
can flyer in France, the sons of that
country. just as intrepid flyers, were
being mourned as lost.
Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode Andrews
was hostess at the speakers table
after serving as chairman for the
luncheon party, and acted as toast
mistress.
Her guests were Bishop and Mrs
Freeman, Col. William J. Donovan.
Assistant Attorney General; Mr.. and
Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mrs. Randolph
ii. Mckim, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Lockwood Mrs Stokeley Morgan,
mis-. al tIluE tilI eli, MISS JdIcl INIGi-
ards. Miss Kibbey, Miss Wade and
others.
The party of Mrs. Blodgett and Mrs.
Matthews; Mrs. Gouverneur Hoes,
Mrs. George Thorpe, Mrs. Edward
Parker. Mrs. James Huntington Tur-
naE, Mrs. Medorem Crawford, Mrs.
Albert Janin and Mrs. Thomas C.
Reed
Mrs. Victor Kauffmanns guests
We're Mrs. William Barret Ridgely,
Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Mrs. Jack Hays
and Mrs. Charles Colfax Long.
Among the guests of Mrs. James r.
Mann We're Mrs. Edward Clifford. Mrs.
Joseph Strauss, Mrs. Davenport White
and Mrs. Alvin Dodd. b.. ..,...
Mrs. George Sanderson- entertained
ut her table Mrs. William De Witt
Mitchell. wife of the Solicitor General;
Mrs. Chauncey G. Parker. Mrs. Will
liam Elliott and Mrs. Mamie Green
Jobe.
Mrs. Robert E. Lee entertained Mr..
and Mrs Thornton Boland. Miss Hell.
muth, DR.. Doellman and Mrs. Charles
De We're Drayton.
Mrs. Harry Moore Payne. whose
table was named for the Navy. had as
guests Mrs. Tracy Jeffords. Mrs.
James Pryor Tarvin. Mrs. Eugene
LIE Merle, Mrs. j. w. Philips and Miss
Blanche Hargrove. Miss Rosamond
Jones, Mrs. George Lafferty, Miss
Edna Kostmyer and Mrs. William
Wrightson. ] -
Additional hostesses for the lunch.
con We're: Mrs. Frank B.. Moves, Mrs.
Frederick Brooke, Mrs. Walter Tuck.
ernian Mrs. H. K. Prosser. Mrs. Theo.
Gore w. Noyes, Mrs. Warner Wood
Mrs. Francis NJ. Savage, Mrs. William
Belden Noble, Mrs. Paul Evarts John.
son, Miss Florence Butler. Mrs. Law
renee Heap, Mrs. Geneva Dunham,
Mrs. Aurelius Stands. Mrs. Gifmer
Brenizer and Mrs. William ]. Boothe.
Mrs. Carey H. Browns, committee
serving as mattresses for the luncheon
We're: Mrs. Richard Hall Jesches Mrs.
William n. Wood, Mrs. Leonard Bloch,
Miss Agnes Stands. Miss Mabel Caro-.
lyn Mead, Miss Sally Hewes Phillips.
Miss Alice Cults. Miss Francesca.
Stewart, Mrs. w. A. Johnson, Mrs.
Thomas Larkin, Mrs. w. E. r. Covell.
Mrs Humphrey Lyman, Mrs. Herbert
D. Vogel. Mrs. Thomas Kerns. Mrs.
Murray Hugh. Mrs. Frederick A. Hen
ney. Mrs. Howe Cochran. Mrs. S.
Philip Holt. Mrs. Fisher Harris, Mrs.
Robert Howell, Miss Alice Graham,
Miss Hester Baden. Miss LYDIA Meyer,
Miss Mary Humphries and Miss Anne
DeVereuX. t~t>'