Evening star., 1927-11-07
SOCIETY
Sir Esme and Lady Isabella Howard
Hosts at Pre-Nuptial Dinner for
Secretary of Embassy.

Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital which
will be given In the bathrooms OF the
New Willard Thanksgiving eve,
November %. a custom for many
years. Among others who are box
holders are Representative and Mrs.
Louis A. rockingham, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hays Hammond. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank b. Noyes, Mrs. Edward j..
Stellwagen. Col. and Mrs. stephen
LII. Slocum, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A.
Drury. Mrs. Henry w. Fitch. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Willard III. Brown.
son. DIR. and Mrs. Charles B. Kefer.
stein. Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood.
Mrs. 0. B. Zantzinger. Mrs. Herbert
Slocum, Mrs. Wilbur Turner and Mr..
and Mrs. G.. Bryan Pitts.
The patronesses include Mrs. Rich.
ard s. Aldrich. Mrs. Willard H.
Brownson. Mrs. Herbert Slocum. Mrs.
Alfred Pembroke Thorn Mrs. Charles
Clasgett, Mrs. William Claiming
Johnson. Mrs. Isaac Cans. Mrs. Rich.
ard III. Wilmer. Mrs. o. r. Zantzinger.
Mrs. Charles ]. Bell. Mrs. Franklin
II. Ellis. Mrs. Thomas +. Bayard. Mrs.
Henry Cabot Lodge. Mrs. Alexander
Pope: Mrs. James r. Mann. Mrs. Will
bur Turner. Mrs. J. F. Siler. Mrs. w.
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Mrs. Walter Wells.
The United States Ambassador to
France, Mr.. Myron r. Herrick, had
guests dining informally with him
last evening at Hot Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Royster of
Norfolk. Va. are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. White on Twenty.fou
street.
Much interest Is being taken in the
card. party to be given by the WON.
ems board Of the National Homeo-
pathic Hospital the afternoon of No
vember IA. The evening card party
has been abandoned owing to the re-
ceptfon to be given by the National
Geographic Society in honor of Col
Charles Lindbergh.
Among the patronesses and mem
hers who have reserved tables are
Mrs. Ross Thompson. Mrs. Lyman E.
Swormstedt. the Misses Lileston.
Mrs. Ernest F. Sappington, Mrs. G.
G. Nirdsall. Mrs. Robert Lansing.
Mrs: Stephen B. Eikins. Mrs. T. De
Witt Talmage. Mrs. Thomas w.
Duff. Mrs. William Shuster. Miss
Kate Dean Owen, Mrs. Syndey An
drews, Mrs. Clarence Allen. Miss
Mary Perry Brown. Mrs. Paul Weir.
Mrs. Garden Warren. Mrs. John
Sharp. Mrs. Frank Cogswell and Mrs.
Mulch.
Mrs. Edmund Rheem is chairman
OF the executive committee. Mrs. J.
B. q. Custis has charge Of the sale
of tickets.
Miss Rita Dielman Of Wilson Col
lege. Chambersburg, Pa, has arrived
in Washington to spend the Winter,
and Is a guest at the Grace Dodge.
Mrs. David Dunlop Of Charlottes-
Vile. Va, also has taken a suite there
for the season.
Mr.. John e. Kehl, United States
consul at Stuttgart. Germany, has
arrived in Washington and is at the
Willard, where he plans to remain
several days.
The Shenandoah Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy, have
plans well under way for a dance to
be given Friday, December 9. at Mer.
idian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street
northwest.
Miss Linda v. Nance is the new
president of the chapter and has
named Mrs. N. F. Rabner, retiring
president, chairman of the dance
committee. with Mrs. Garnett Lee.
Miss Katherine Blount. Mrs. Alma B.
Donaldson and Miss Ayesha Straughan
as assistants.
Mrs. Coolidge heads the list Of
patronesses for the benefit card party
to be given by Victory Chapter,
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
tion. Of which Mrs. Frank E. Webner
is regent. Mrs. William II. Harper is
general chairman Of the party, which
is to be held at o'clock this evening
at the Chestnut Farms Auditorium,
Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty.sixth
street, to secure funds to be applied
to the CHAPTERS patriotic and educa.
tional work.
Among the other patronesses listed
are Mrs. John NJ. Beavers. vice presi-
dent general. N. S. d. A. r.; Mrs. Eli
A. Helmick. registrar general, and Mrs
James NJ. Wiley. State regent.