The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-12
BENEFIT BALLS
ARE HARDY
ANIMALS
Navy Relief Thanksgiving
Night; Hospital Fete
Thanksgiving Eve

Society folk are looking forward
with pleasure to two hardy an
nuals among the benefit balls--the
THANKSGIVING Eve ball for the
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital and the Navy relief ball
on Thanksgiving Night. Both are
to. be held at the Willard.
Mrs. Coolidge heads the list Of
patrOnesses for the hospital ba
Miss Lalla Harrison Lynn an,
Miss Elizabeth Dunlop, as chair
men of the debutante committee,
are rapidly assembling large and
enthusiastic group Of aids. Comdr.
C. r. Jewell il head OF the floor
COMMITTEES.
Mrs. Faber stephenson, preai.
dent OF the ladies' board, has work
ing with her AIRS. Watson Freeman
Clark. Mrs. Morris Hacker, Mrs.
Walter Harrison, Mrs. Eli Helmick.
Mrs. Louis Mackan and Mrs. David
Meade Lea.
PatrOnesses
Besides Mrs. Coolidge, the pa.
tfoness group includes Mrs. VIII
liam Howard Taft. Mrs. Wilbur
Mrs. Louis Brandeis, Mrs. Willard
H. Brownson, Mrs. Proctor Dough
erty, Mrs. Charles G. Glover, Mrs
Hamilton Fish. Mrs. Tracy Dows.
Mrs. Herbert SIocum, Mrs. G. B.
Keferstein, Mrs. Joseph S. Wall.
Mrs. Henry Fitch. Mrs. Charles
q. Matthews, Mrs. Marshall Field.
Mrs. Al. Geary johnson, Mrs
AdoIph G. Miller. Mrs. John A.
Lejeune, Mrs. Henry G.. Ferguson,
Mrs y. 8. Kennedy, Mrs. Regi-
Maid Huidekoper, Mrs. Frederick
G, Hicks, Mrs. John s. Carpenter,
Mrs. Thomas r. Bayard, Mrs. CIar.
ence c. Williams, Mrs. Marcus
Benjamin, Mrs. Arthur Foraker,
Mrs. Stanley Rinehart, Mrs. VIII.
liam G. Riyes, Mrs. John w.
Morse.
Also Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, Mrs. Hayne Ellis, Mrs.
Thomas Armat, Mrs. Paul Il.
Johnson, Mrs. Edward j. Stell-
wagon, Mrs. g. n. Cecil. Mrs.
Joseph Strauss. Mrs. Wilbur
Turner, Mrs. Theodore Douglas
Robinson. and Mrs. Charles r.
Eummerall.
Navy Ball
New patronesses for the Navy
Relief bali are: Mrs. Charles q.
Dawes. Mrs. Dwight Davis, Mrs.
James J Davis, Mrs. Theodore
Douglass Robinson, Miss Elizabeth
Warner. Miss Mabel Boardman,
Mrs. William Ritter, Mrs. Delos
Blodgett, Mrs. Houston Thompson.
Mrs. Frank G. Detts, Mrs. Edward
Alexander, Mrs. Stokes Halkett,
Mrs. Henry M. Strong, Mrs Jo-
seph T.. Davies, Mrs. George G..
Thrope, Mrs. Keith Merrill. Mrs.
David Reed, Mrs. Walter Tucker
man. Miss Belle Gurnee. Mrs.
Benjamin R. Holcombe, Mrs. /. II.
Mann, Mrs. Medili Mccormick,
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
Mrs. Edward EbeIle, Mrs. John Al.
Lejeune. Mrs. Richard II. Leigh,
Mrs. Edward III. Campbell. Mrs.
Edward r.. Stitt, Mrs. John ID.
Beuret, Mrs. Luther p. Gregory.
Mrs. Charles Morris, Mrs. William
ID. Leahy. and Mrs. Harry r.
Yarnell.
Engaged
Announcement Of the engage
ment of Miss Jane olmstead,
daughter OF Mrs. Vance McCor.
mick. of Harrisburg, Pa, TO Ar
thur a.. Houghton, .jr.,/ nephew
of Alanson B. Houghton, United
States ambassador to the Court
OF st. James, is of much interest
in Washington, where Mr.. Hough-
ton lived for several years with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Amory Houghton, of Corning, n.
Y.
Mrs. Karl klemm entertained
at luncheon today at the MAY.
flower in compliment to Miss Eliz.
abeth Powell Dunlop, debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Laird Dunlop. On Saturday Miss
Dunlop was entertained at the
tea dance at the Mayflower with
her cousins, Miss Frances Dunlop
and Miss Norfleet Dunlop as
hostesses.
Miss Dorothy Rods entertained
last evening in compliment to her
brother, DIR. Isadore Rods, who
has just returned to Washington
for a short visit after an absence
OF several months in PHILADELPHIA,
where he Is an inferno at the Jew.
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