Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-05
SOCIETY
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Among. the guests were Senator and
Mrs. william j. Harris, Representative
Stephen @. Porter, Representative ano
Mrs. Bertrand H. Smell, the assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.. Ferry K
Health: the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Seymour Lowman
Surg. Gen. and Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming
Asst. Surg. Gen. and Mrs. Warren F
Draper, Asst. Surg. Gen. and Mrs. c. G
Pierce, Asst. Surg. Gen. and Mrs. A. M
Stimson, Surg. Carroll Fox, chief quar-
antine Office, port of New York, and
Mrs. Fox; Asst. Surg. Gen. and Mrs
F. C.. Smith, Gen. and Mrs. William
Snow, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hurd Hill
Judge and Mrs. Wilbur H. Turner, Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Turner, Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Savage, Mr.. and Mrs. E
Wagonhorst, Col. and Mrs. w. C.
Jarvis, Col. and Mrs. Merrill Spalding
Mrs. Ollie James, Miss Barbara Nell
Thomas, Miss Lowman, DR.. and Mrs
Francis Walker and Miss Walker
Comdr. and Mrs. Lucien Dunn, DR.. ano
Mrs. William Charles White, Mr.. Eber
Comins, Dr. and Mrs. Atherton Seidell
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Bates Maj. and
Mrs. G.. K. Fuller and Col. Rawson
Warren.
Mr.. John Storer was joined at the
wardman Park Hotel by his brother
and sister-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. NAL
colin Storer of Boston, who left yeSter-
day by motor for st. Simons Island,
Of the coast of Georgia.
Mrs. Nathan wyeth has left Wash
ington for LenoX, Mass, to see her son
who is in school there. She will be
away over the week end.
Mr.. F. A. Bailey of San Francisco
Calf, entertained a company of seven
at dinner last evening at the Carlton
where he is stopping while m Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Higknson. jr.
1nent at the Wardman Park Hotel,
where they will be for several months.
Lee Memorial Dinner
Both Large and Brilliant.
One of the largest dinners given IN
Washington in several years was that
at the Willard Hotel last evening by the
District of Columbia organization of the
Robert E. Lee Stratford Foundation, of
which Mrs. Joseph E. Washington is
District head.
Rare old Jewels and a wealth of time
yellowed lace and rich brocadeS were
brought out for the occasion by South
ern women, making the scene one of ex-
ceptional beauty and interest.
The 700 and more guests were seated
at tables of various shape and size best
adapted to the number of guests, each
one presenting enough historic interest
to fill a book.
At the Stratford table, fer which Mrs
Joseph E. Washington and Mrs. Law
renee Heap were joint hostesses, were
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin
Cheatham, Rear Admiral Joseph j.
Chatham and his daughter. Mrs. An
derson; Rev. G. Ernest Smith, Col. and
Mrs. Calvin B. Matthews and Capt. and
Mrs. Charles Henry Harlow.
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia
was the honor guest at the table of Mrs.
Jack Hayes. Representative w. B.
Oliver of Alabama was a guest at the
table of the Sons of the American Rev.
olution, for which Mr.. William Knowles
Cooper was host. Mr.. and Mrs Walter
r. Tucker1San entertained Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Harry Pickney Huse Mrs. Will
liam Caben Bruce and others.
Mrs. Lindsay Morehead and her
brother, Mr.. Brantley, entertained
company of 10. Virginia was repre-
Sented by very large group. with Mrs.
Henry st. George Tucker. wife of Rep
resentative Tucker of that State, as
hostess, and Representative and Mrs.
Andrew j. Montague of Virginia were
hosts.
Mrs. William Hunter de Butts and
Mrs. Hanson Ely, jr., granddaughter
OF Robert E. Lee, were at the table for
which Mrs. Henry S. Venn was hostess.
At the Georgia table Senator and
Mrs. William j. Harris of that State
were hosts and had with them Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hillyer. jr., Mrs James
Pilling and guest; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
s. Hight, Miss Jessie Dell, United
States civil service commissioner, and
Miss Sophie Pierce Casey.
Miss Maud Davidge and Mr.. Walter
ID. Davidge, both of whom are men,
bers of the executive committee of the
Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation of