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SOCIETY
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rounced the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Horner, to Mr.. Thomas
Turner Foster of Chenille. The Plains,
Va. The marriage will take place in
Warrenton in October Mr.. Foster is
son of the late Mr. James Robert
Foster and Mrs. Foster. and grandson
of the late Capt. and Mrs. Edward
Carter of Carter Hall. in Warrenton
Miss Robins has many relatives in War;
She is graduate of Sweet Brier Col
lege. and has recently returned from a
six-month visit in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs George Benoit, who
have been passing some time at the
Wardman Park Hotel, have returned to
their home, Snowden, near Fredericks-
burg, Va.
Miss Laura Tardif Of London, Eng
land, Is at the Grace Dodge Hotel for
o weeks visit to Washington.
Mrs Charles Spangler Cooper, assisted
by her daughter, Miss Mildred Cooper
of Herndon, gave shower Saturday
evening in honor of Mrs Clayton Legge,
formerly Miss Thelma Hawley, and Mrs.
Claude Thompson, formerly Miss Doro-
thy Rinker who were married recently
in Washington.
Miss Evelyn Wink, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Wink of Detroit, Mich,
a student at Fairmont Seminary, Wash
ington, has gone to New York for the
Alpha Delta house party at Columbia,
and while in that city is the guest OF
Mrs. G. A. Messier.
Mrs Joseph A. Settle of Washington
entertained at luncheon Sunday in the
La Fayette Hotel, washington, in honor
of Mrs. E. j. Larkin of San Antonio,
Tex. and Lieut.. William Settle. U. S. N,
and Mrs Settle. Other guests were Mrs.
Edwin H. Mooney, Miss Alleen Orrison.
Mrs. Charles Whitehead Rider and Miss
Letitia Rider, Mrs. Louis Tyler Jones
and Miss Margaret Jones, all of Hern-
don, Va, and Mrs Sallie Gresham
Jones of Washington. The table was
decorated with yellow tulips, with place
cards to match.
Baroness Korff. Mrs Marie Moore
Forrest. Miss Sybil Baker, Mrs John
Otto johnson, DR.. and Mrs. Philip Sgd
ned Smith and Dr. and Mrs. De Witt c.
Croissant are sponsoring the lecture on
THE Modern Theater" to be given by
Miss Theresa Helburn Friday, March
%. in the auditorium of the Young
Women's Christian Association.
The lecture, which is one of series
on THE Renaissance of Art" is under
the auspices of the American Associa-
ton of University Women.
Mrs. Bowerman to Speak
Tomorrow at Woman'S Alliance.
Mrs. George F. Bowerman will ad- !
dress the Womans Alliance of All |
Souls Unitarian Church in Pierce Hall |
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock Mrs /!
Bowerman will speak on the Books of |
the Year"
Luncheon will be served at o'clock |
with Mrs. F. E. Staebner as hostess.
Miss Anna Southland Larner. daughter |
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Larner, will |
serve as chairman of the committee on |
usherS for the Mount Holyoke- Vassar |
scholarship funds benefit, to be held In |
Polls Theater Friday evening, March |
Is, and Saturday afternoon, March 16, |
when the New York Theater Guild |
will be seen in two of the outstanding |
plays offered here for their Spring sea- |
son. beginning Monday.
Miss Larner, herself a Vassar grad |
uate, will be assisted by groups Of |
former VasSar and Mount Holyoke girls, |
well known in the Capital City. In the |
Vassar group will be Mrs. Leonard |
Block, Mrs. Donald Bartlett, Mrs. Cole
man Fishback, Mrs. Ernest j. Swift,
Miss Elmeda Ansell, Miss Elizabeth
Bailey, Miss Caroline Baker. Miss Ann
Covington, Miss katharine Dunlop, Miss
Ellen Fay Miss Sally IdIrton Miss Mar |