The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Lady Lindsay
FeteS Lord
Mayor
Wife of British Ambassador
Gives Luncheon for Lord
Mayor of Liverpool and
the Lady MayoreSs

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The Lord Mayor of Liverpool,
Edwin Thompson, and the Lady
MayoreSS were the guests at
luncheon today of Lady Lindsay
at the British Embassy on Mas
SachuSettS Avenue.
Sharing honors with the dis
tinguished visitors was General
Edward j. Higgins. head of the
International Salvation Army,
who is in the United States on
a lecture tour. General Higgins
is to make an address at Con-
stitution Hall this evening and
the ambassador, Sir Ronald
Lindsay, is honorary vice chair
man of the committee on ar
rangementS. H. L. Rust, jr., is
chairman and John Hays Ham
mond, vice chairman.
His First Visit Here
General Higgins, who sue.
ceeded General Bramwell Booth
as the Army" chieftain, is max
ing his first visit to this coun-
try. The Secretary of State,
Henry l.. Stimson, is to intro
duce him this evening and the
Rt. Rev. James {. F.. Freeman,
Bishop of washington, will also
be a speaker.
Mrs. Higgins accompanied her
husband to washington and
was a guest at the luncheon at
the. embassy. Others present
were Commissioner and Mrs.
Alexander Damon, and CommiS-
sioner and Mrs. E. j. Parker,
both of the Salvation Army, Ma
jor and Mrs. j. Esher, Mrs. John
j. O'Connor, Mrs. Wilbur j.
Carr, Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold
NoyeS, H. L. Rust, jr., Isaac
Cans, Ronald Campbell and
Miss Irene Boyle. :
Lady Lindsay will entertain
at tea this afternoon for the
British delegates to the Interna-
tional Chamber of Commerce
Congress.
White House Reception
The President and Mrs.
Hoover will receive the dele.
gates to the international Law
Institute at 5 o'clock this after
noon.
Earlier in the afternoon Lady
Lindsay, wife OF. the British
ambassador, will call to present
to Mrs. Hoover Mrs. Edwin
Thompson, wife of the Lord
Mayor of Liverpool and Mrs.
Edward j. Higgins, wife of the
head of the international Sal
Vation Army.
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Hunt Ball Box Party,
The Assistant Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. David
ingalls, will entertain at a box
party at the Hunt Ball to be
staged at the Mayflower on
Wednesday evening, the open
ing day of the National Capital
Horse Show.
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Miss Washington Sails
Miss Anne Madison Wash.
ington, great-great-grand niece
of George Washington, is sail
ing today from New York on
the French liner France for
Paris. She is to act as the
official hostess at the Mount
Vernon exhibit at the Interna-
tional Colonial Exposition. Also
sailing on the France are Brig.
Gen. William E. Horton, Mrs.
Karl Klemm, Miss Susan
Frazier and Miss N. Mcintyre.
All are to be attached to the
United States Building at the
Paris exposition.
Miss Sherwfm Hostess
Miss Belle Sherwin, president
of the National League of
Women Voters, will entertain
at her home in Georgetown to-
morrow afternoon. Among her
guests will be the members of
the Women'S Joint Congress
sional Committe and women
prominent in the official life of
washington who knew Miss
Sherwin in her former resi-
dence on Seventeenth Street.
Sail for Bermuda
Miss Mary Bruce Mann and
Miss Hazel Schmid are sail
ing this weekend from New
York on the Pan America for
Bermuda. They will later re-
turn to their apartment at the
st. Mihiel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barton A. Bean,
jr., of Buffalo, N. Y, are stay
ing at Wardman Park Hotel
while in Washington.
Polish Envoy
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