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and Michigan, was one Of the honor
guests at the luncheon following the
Executive Board meeting Of the Ma
tional League Of American Pen Wo-
men at the Willard Hotel yesterday.
Miss Fergus, composer, Is also an ac-
complished pianist and is in WASH
ington to arrange program by COM
poser members of the League Of Amer
lean Pen Women to be given during
the annual convention in Washington
April 81 to q at the Willard Hotel.
Mrs. William C. Harrison of Boston.
poet and lecturer, also was a guest at
the luncheon. Mrs. Clara Keck Hefle-
bower of Cincinnati, national presi-
dent L. A. P. w., presided at the Exc
cutive Board meeting and the lunch
con.
A joint Purim and birthday ami
versary party will take place in the
Hebrew Home for the Aged, at 1925
Spring road. tomorrow night at Z
o'clock. Mrs. N. Edelson will be hostess
for the evening and Mrs. Elias GEL
man. president Of the Ladies' Aux
iliary. will preside. Gifts will be given
to each inmate of the home. besides
the birthday gifts to those celebrating
their birthday anniversary for the
month Of February. There will be an
entertainment of professional talent,
in charge of Mrs. Ida Brown. Fol-
lowing the entertainment refresh
ments will be served to those In the
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. wager Of
Chicago are arriving in Washington
tomorrow evening from Palm Beach,
Fla, where they have been for sew
eral weeks. They will be at the Ward
man Park Hotel for few days before
going to their home in Chicago.
Mrs. William Bryan Of Staten
Island, N. Y, and Mrs. Edward S.
Rawson of Glens Falls. N. Y. have
arrived in Washington and are at the
Shoreham to spend a week or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Cushman of
New York are at the Dodge for a
short stay.
Mrs Dorothea Roulean has returned
after spending several months at Hot
Springs, Ark, and is at the Mar
Unique for an indefinite stay.
Lunch Tomorrow Planned
BY Thursday Morning Club.
The Thursday Morning Club Of the
Church of the Epiphany will give a
luncheon tomorrow in the parish hall,
on G. street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets. Mrs. Wistar Bal
derston, the president, will have as
sisting her, Mrs. Andrew Duvall, Mrs.
George James, Mrs. Paul Lum, Mrs.
William E. Pearson and Mrs Edgar
Snowden. The luncheons are open to
the public and a cordial invitation Is
extended to all who are interested.
The Ways and Means Committee of
the Young Democratic Club of South
ern Maryland has arranged a dance
in Watkins ball room at Seat Pleas
ant, Md, Friday.
Miss Virginia Beall. chairman, is
assisted by Mr.. Thomas E. Jones,
president of the club; Miss Mary
Breen, Mr. Bernard Ives, Mr.. J. Al
fred Wynn. Mr.. Gilbert Edgar and
Mr.. F. Ellsworth Thompson.
The art of the ballet as presented
by the famous European dancers Of
the Monte Carlo Ballet Russo will be
major attraction to countless social
leaders and their geusts Sunday after
noon and evening when, after bril-
liant successes in New York and Chi
cago, two performances will be given
here in the National Theater, with
distinguished members of the diplo-
matte corps and prominent Washing
tonlans as patrons and patronesses.
Reservations for the Ballet Russo
have been made by members of the
the Italian embassy, the Mexican en-
baSSy. the Polish embassy, the Egypt-
ian legation and the Bolivian legation.
Among those who will attend the per-
formances will be Representative and
Mrs. R. Ewing Thomason of Texas,
Mrs. c. c. Bates. Maj. and Mrs. B. G.
Chynoeth, Maj. C.. c. Childs, Mrs.
George M. Eckels, Mrs. Norman En-
gel, Signor Andrea Ferrero and Sig
nor Bartolomeo Migone of the Italian
embassy, Mrs. Guy Helvering, Mrs. e.
r. Henning. Mrs. Hennen Jennings,
Mr.. r. M. Makins of the British en-
bassy, Mrs. F. D. Merchant, Lieut..
Comdr. r. D. Micou, Mrs. M. Farmer
Murphy, Mrs. George Hewitt Myers.
Mrs. Armistead Peter, Sd; Mrs. M. 8.
Perkins and Mrs. Thomas H. c. Reed.
Large groups of students of the
dance and kindred arts will also at
tend the two presentations, recent ad-
dltlons to this number including Miss
Medelras School, National Park Semi
nary, and Miss Marian Venable's s
dance studio at the Shoreham Hotel.
Mrs. Thomas c. Hart heads the
various committees working for the
play to be given at the Naval Acad-
emy for the benefit of the Navy Re-
lief Society, Of which she is the presi-
dent. There will be three perform
ances-Saturoay, and Friday and
Saturday, March and 10.
Comdr. Oscar Badger, U. S. N, Is
director of the production and cast,
and Comdr. George A. Rood, U. S. NJ,
is chairman Of the Program and Ad-
PERMANENTS