Jan. 7, 1916. 
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter will leave Washington 
_ this month for a cruise in Southern waters. They have 
ee ‘chartered a hottseboat, which they will board at New 
Orleans and will continue on their cruise until the Mardi 
 Gtas opens in New Orleans. ‘Their little sons will ac- 
z company them and they will entertain a number of guests, 
2 including Miss Francise Williams, sister of Mrs. Leiter, 
e< Mr, and Mrs. John Wilkins, Paymaster and Mrs. Jack 
' Merriam and Dr. and Mrs. James Mitchell. They will 
_ make stops at various southern ports, including the fash- 
_ ionable winter resorts of Florida, living on their boats 
AY curing their stop at each place and entertaining aboard, 
» as is the custom with the owners of the fleet of house- 
boats that cruise in southern waters during part of the 
= winter season. “Everglades,” owned by Col. and Mrs. 
E Robert M. Thompson of New York and Washington, 
; and “Roxana,” owned by Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, 
are two of the most noted of the houseboats which fre- 
Be quent southern waters. 
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Mrs, Ernest W. Roberts of the Rockport colony as- 
sisted at the reception last week which Senator and Mrs. 
- Thomas P. Gore gave for Mrs. Gore’s brother, Cameron 
MM. Kay, and his bride. 
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& Among those wno have taken boxes for the annual 
charity ball for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital at 
- the New Willard, Jan. 10, are Mr, andMrs. Larz Ander- 
» son, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, Mrs. Delos A. Blod- 
-~ gett and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter. Mrs. Leiter is on 
the reception committee also. 
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The charity ball at Rauscher’s for the benefit of the 
_ Children’s Country Home was the usual smart and suc- 
- cessful affair which benefits for that popular charity are. 
— ‘The hours were from 9 till 2, and at midnight the long 
we ‘mirrored ballroom, with its Christmas decorations, was 
= one of the most interesting places in Washington’s smart 
© world. Mrs. Joseph Leiter, president of the board of 
- management of the home, received the guests, Among 
ar. those who had boxes were Mrs. Hitt, Mrs. Preston Gib- 
Senator and Mrs. James 
: “Son and Mrs. Marshall Field. 
Oe gave a large dinner party preceding the 
Among their guests were Assistant Secretary of 
ta Treasury and Mrs. Peters, Assistant Secretary of 
: State and Mrs. Phillips and Paymaster and Mrs. Mer- 
ram. Mrs. Preston Gibson was also a dinner hostess, 
her guests including Col. and Mrs. Stephen Slocum, Mrs. 
- Louis Bacon of Boston ; Mrs. John Henderson and Oliver 
- Harriman. Miss Francise Williams and Miss Eleanora 
_ Morgan were among the dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. 
Breckinridge Bayne. 
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A holiday debut of wide interest took place at Wash- 
~~ ington when Miss Catherine Harlow, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Richard Harlow, was presented at a tea-dance 
at her home. Assisting were Miss Catherine McClin- 
ock, Miss Francise Williams, Cotton Smith, Stedman 
lanks, and many others. 
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Mrs. James McMillan entertained her son and daugh- 
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Philip McMillan of Detroit, 
_ Mich., over the holidays. Mrs. McMillan entertained at 
dinner last week for Secretary of State and Mrs. Lan- 
ee ing at her Vermont avenue home. 
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eens Mrs. Ernest W. Roberts entertained a_ party ‘os 
~ young people New Year’s eve at the Congressional club 
on honor of her aycbine and son, Miss Dean Roberts 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE i) 
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Peters entertained at din- 
ver last week in honor of the delegates to the pan-Amer- 
ican scientific congress. Beside the honor guests there 
were present Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. Andrew Jeet 
ers, Sr., Mrs. Wadsworth, Miss Sheridan, Miss Tone, 
Mrs. EC. Parsons, Gov. and Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, 
Mrs. Charles R. Crane, Arnold Robertson of the British 
embassy, Assistant Attorney Gen. Wallace and Assistant 
secretary of the Treasury W. P. Malburn. 
SOA POLO 
Mrs. Cleveland Perkins was among those receiving 
in Washington at the brilliant debut reception given by 
the Peruvian Minister and Mme. Pezet for their niece 
Miss Teresa Granda Y. Pezet, the first debutante of the 
season in the diplomatic corps. 
Miss Valerie Padelford entertained with a luncheon 
last week. Among the guests were Miss Gladys Safford. 
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Tea dances will take place each Friday in January 
at the Playhouse. Mrs. Wm. F. Draper, Mrs. Joseph 
Leiter, Mrs. Henry May and Mrs. James McMillan are 
among the patronesses. A children’s party was a plea- 
sant affair at the Playhouse last Lats Among the little 
folk were Tommy Laughlin wand Billie Laug hin. 
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Preston Gibson is a member of a house party Mr. 
and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Jr., of Washington are en- 
tertaining at their place at Palmetto Bluff, South Caro- 
lira. 
The best of all keys to knowledge—the open mind 
and the loving heart—James Stalker, 
PHILADELPHIA, or to be more accurate, its suburbs, 
will be favored during the 1916 activities in the realm 
of sport with the two most important trapshooting com- 
petitions in the east—the eastern trapshooting champion- 
ship, and the Pennsylvania state championship.  Phila- 
delphia and Pennsylvania are the leading trapshooting 
centers, There are more trapshooting clubs in and about 
Philadelphia than in any other city in the United States, 
and there are more gun clubs in Pennsylvania than any 
other state. There are forty gun clubs within a twenty- 
mile radius of Philadelphia, and there are nearly 500 
gun clubs in the state. 
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Debutante dances for Miss Sarah C. Neilson and 
Miss Charlotte E. Pepper, and a dinner-dance at the 
Ritz-Carlton for Miss Marianna W. Gowen by her sister, 
- Mrs. W. Frazier Harrison; a theatre party and supper- 
dance at the Ritz-Carlton by Mr. and Mrs. T. Henry Dix- 
on among whose guests were Miss Aimee Hutchinson and 
rviny of the debutantes; the Benedicks’ ball and Gustave 
A. Heckscher’s annual costume party made up about ail 
of the chief social functions last week. The last two 
were the only ones in which the debutantes didn’t mon- 
cpolize everything. Several large dinner parties were 
given before Mr. Heckscher’s party on New Year’s night 
and one breakfast Saturday morning was a gay affair at 
which the many guests assembled in their fancy costumes. 
Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Pancoast gave the breakfast. 
Large dinners were given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Crozer, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Rosengarten and Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles B. Hart. 
So par oe hoe 
The debutantes of the season and many of the young 
society girls will take part in “The Gambol of the Gods,” 
January 13, at the Bellevue-Stratford in aid of the School 
of Industrial Art. Many are known on the North Shore 
