Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
Former Secretary of War
And Mrs. Baker to Sail
Will Leave for Europe Early in July-Specal
Notes of Interest Relating to Prom
inent Society Folk.

The former Secretary Of War anc
rs. Newton D. Baker, and their daugh
Eers, Mrs. John Phillips Mclean anc
Miss Peggy Baker, will close their home
in Cleveland and sail early in July fol
several months stay in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs Wade H. Ellis have re.
turned to their Massachusetts, avenue
residence from Tennessee, where Mr.
Ellis delivered the claSS-day address al
the Lincoln Memorial University
They had as house guests for several
days DR.. A. MonaelesSer of New York
and DR.. Ditmars, dean of the Zoolog-
ical Gardens in New York, both OF
whom received degrees from the univer-
sity. Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis are spending
the week end at their Virginia estate
Rippon Lodge.
Mrs. Albert Washburn and Mr.. Lin
coin Washburn, wife and son of former
United States Minister to Austria, who
have been guests of the commandant
of Fort Myer, and Mrs. Harry N. Cootes
will leave today for Springfield, Mass,
to visit.
Mr.. David Hunt Blair, with his two
sisters, Miss Ada Blair and Miss Emma
Blair, left Friday by motor for North
Carolina. Mrs. Blair will close their
apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel
Tuesday and will Join Mr.. Blair in the
South. They will return to their apart
ment at the hotel in a month or six
weeks.
Mrs Delos A. Blodgett and her sis
Ter, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, will not
receive tomorrow afternoon, as they will
start tomorrow morning by motor to
New York to see the formers son and
daughter-in-l Mr.. and Mrs. Delos A.
Blodgett, 3D. sail Thursday for Europe.
Mrs. Blodgett and Mrs. Matthews will
return to Washington at the end of the
week.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Bell White of
New York spent last week with Mrs.
Blodgett and Mrs. Matthews on their
way to their New York home from
their place at Cocoa, Fla. DR.. White,
who was entertained during his stay
here by former Senator Blair Lee Of
Maryland, will meet Mr.. Lee at Prince
ton this week for the flftieth anniver-
Sary of their class at Princeton Uni
versity. Mr.. Lee and DR.. White were
classmates Of the late former President
Woodrow Wilson, known in college so
years ago as Tommy Wilson.
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi-
dent general, N. S. D. A. r., will go to
be the guest of honor at a luncheon
given by Mrs. Bates Warren and at q
meeting of the Molly Pitcher Chapter.
Miss Emiscah Gale Davis is spending
the week end at Princeton and will also
attend the debut party Of Miss Zilph
Palmer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Ed
gar Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs Fielding Lewis Marshall
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recent visit to Maj. Frederick Matte
son and Mrs. Matteson at their country
home, Bulwick Park. Mrs. A. Reich
man and Miss Matteson of Easton, Pa,
were also on the house party.
Mr.. James Dickerson of 1927 Beecher
street northwest leaves shortly for an
extended stay in Alaska, where he is
being sent by the Geenra1 Land Once
on matters relating to the Interior De-
partment.
Miss Nancy Wells of Anchorage, KY,
is visiting Washington and staying at
the Dodge Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Boyd Kay, who
recently returned to the city after
spending the Winter in Florida. will
sail June IA on the S. S. Adriatic for
. Europe, where they will tour for several
months
while on this trip Mr.. Kay who has
been selected as a delegate by the
American Public Health Association,
will attend the International Hygiene
Exhibition and World Health Congress
10 be held In Dresden, Germany.
Miss Jean Elizabeth Prentiss has re-
turned to Washington to spend her va
cation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Noble Prentiss Miss Prentiss
graduated from Frank Parsons School
OF Fine and applied Arts, in New York
City, last week.
Mrs. A. M. Price, Mrs. David Fulton
and Mrs. j. c. Reeves have returned
from motor trip to Cumberland, Md.
where they attended the conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Samuel T. Cushing and Miss
Gushing have taken an apartment at
Woodley Park Towers.
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. TenEyck
left yesterday for Bethlehem, Pa, where
they will attend the graduation of their
son, Mr.. William c. TenEyck, jr, from
Lehigh University and will remain for
the festivities during the week.
Mr.. Alva Wright Dinwiddie will sail
Saturday, June IA, for England, where
he will spend a short time before tour
ing countries on the continent. He will
be absent for three months. Mrs. Wal
ter Dinwtddie will go to Charlottesville,
Va, to visit her other son, Mr.. Stanley
w. Dtnwiddie, at the University Of Vir-
ginia.
Miss Blanche Fulks left for New
York today TO meet her sister, Mrs.
Lloyd Berkner, who has been in New
Zealand for Is months, with her hus-
band who is assistant radio operator
on the Byrd expedition. Mrs. Berkner
will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Fulks Of Chevy Chase, Md, while
waiting the return of her husband with
the Byrd Antarctic expedition.
Mrs. A. Saks has returned to her
apartment in the Maycroft, after a
three-week visit in New York and As
bury Park.
Mrs. Mary A. Wolf, who has spent the
Winter and Spring at the Mayhower
Hotel, and Mrs. James Irwin Steele Of
the Burlington, left last week to spend
the Summer in Pennsylvania. Mrs
Wolf will go to Carlisle and Mrs. Steels
to her home in fredericksburg. Later
in the Summer Mrs. Steele Will enter
tain the District League of American
Pen Women at an all-day garden party
at fredericksburg.
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