Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
THE SOCIAL WORLD
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German Singing Societies at
the White Rouse.
A DINNER PRECEDES
AMBASSADOR AND LADY HER
BERT WELCOME GUESTS.
Hospitalities That Marked Shrove
Tuesday-The Lenten Pro-
gram.

effect is the uppermost thought today of
those who are not too tired to indulge in
unnecessary reflection or who are also SO
well informed by reason of invitations on
hand that the season Is not over by any
means, but only passing through a species
of Transformation. out OF which more rest
and a greater degree Of personal pleasure
may be safely counted upon. The hegira
south or to other interesting points will be
more marked after Congress adjourns than
in the interval. Local society will soon
begin to bother itself with its charities its
fads or its intellectual freshening up while
the coming of spring. even with March
ordeal to be gone through with, will slim
ulate renewed energy along every line. The
religfously inclined-those who keep Lent
for worthy considerakions-were in evidence
by the hundreds at the various churches
this morning, and this effort rarely relaxes
until the seven weeks are over. The dates
now to bear in mind since ash Wednesday
Is nearly over, is Easter Sunday, April r.
and mi-careme, March 10, which latter pro-
in the rigors Of the Lenten season, as well
as an excuse for any marked relaxation,
The date. and in fact the week, is always
pre-empted by those interested in charita-
unusually well supplied with opportunities
of this kind.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt enter
tanned at dinner last night, their guests be-
ing the ambassador of Austria and Nine
Hengelmuller, the ambassador Of France
and Nine. Jusserand, Associate Justice and
Mrs. Holmes, Senator and Mrs. o. H. Plat
Senator and Mrs Aldrich, Senator Hale.
Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Senator and Mrs
Hanna, Senator and Miss Lucy Kean. Repre-
sentative and Miss Cannon, Representative
and Mrs. II. A. Cooper, Representative and
Mrs. Chester 1. Long. Mr.. and Mrs R. W.
Patterson. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Mont
gomery and Miss MacVeagh.
After dinner Mrs. Roosevelt welcomed to
the east room one of the largest of similar
companies of the winter, when the most
elaborate musicale program of the entire
series was presented and greatly enioved
The German Leiderkranz and Arion Singing
societies of New York were in charge of the
program, with Nine. 'Schumann-Heinck
contralto solOist and Mrct Richard Bur
meister, pianist.
The following numbers wareAgiven:
sehafers Sonnatgslied. !. Z = C. Kreutzer
German Lederkranx and Arion, conducted BY
~, Mr.. Arthur Claassen.
Pr u RsSe1t ss ssnnSsTs
p,o,. Nine; schumann- Heinsk. -'A'
PompeJanisches Trinklied. Nv. Riscbbi e
GnGidental bsrytone solo NE Julias J. scheuch1
Oer ha1er una die Blume. 1. W. H. Veft
r Arion Julius Lorenz. conductor.
Fantasy e IN uosssm;n;o,..'.'.l..k:.....Cho Chopin
.o,.. No.. Mr.: Richard Burmeister : oD''''
meme iMutteTsprache .....,.... e. g. Engelsberg
E. isl gnes UNI Elm Dirndl C. Attsnhofer
Weisst du Noch. ............... ...F Bruschweiler
German Lederkr aa1i. M, Arthur claassen.
Wlegenhed. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. johannes Brahms
s. Nine schumann; Ieinss .anS Schubert
Arion and Iisde,iran1 conducted ); p NJ.
, The entire list of those invited were the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay, the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury and Mrs Shaw. the
Misses Shaw, Mr.. Earl B. Shaw the Attor-
Mr.. Reed Knox, Mr.. Hugh 8. KNOX. the
Postmaster General and Mrs Payne, Miss
Louise v. Jones, Mrs. w. 8. Cameron, the
Secretary of the Navy, the. Misses Hitch
Wilson. Mr.. Jasper Wilson, the Secretary of
commerce and Labor and Mrs. Cortelyou,
Mrs. II. j. Hayden, Miss Kinds, the Secre-
tary to the President and Mrs. Loeb, Colonel
ana mrs. y. A. Bingham, Captain and Mrs.
CoWles, Assistant Secretary to the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Barnes, Miss Hagner, Sur
geon general and Mrs. Rixey, Dr. George
A. Lung, DR.. John F. Urie Major Charles
L; McCawiey. Captain John R. Proctor, jr.,
Lieutenant John H. Poole, Lieutenant
Frank r. Mccoy.
The ambassador Of Russia and Countess
Sassln1, the ambassador OF Mexico and
sonora de Azpiroz, the ambassador Of Italy
and Signora Maylor des Planches, the am
bassador OF Great Britain and Lady Her
bert, the ambassador of Austria Hungary
and Nine Hengelmuller, the ambassador of
france and Nine. Jusserand, the minister Of
Sweden and Norway, the minister of Qua
temala, the minister of Denmark, the min
ister OF Haiti and Nine. Leger, the minister
OF Brazl and Nine. de Assis-Brasil, the
minister OF Costa Rica and Sonora dc Calvo,
the minister Of Nicaragua. the Netherlands
minister, the minister Of Japan and Nine
TAXA hira, the minister of Peru and Nine
ae Alvarez Caideron. the minister Of b.
livla, the minister Of Persia, the minister
of Corea, the Argentine minister and Sc
nora de Garcia Merou the minister of Bel
GUM and Baroness Moncheur, the minister
OF Siam, the minister of Chile and Sonora
De Waiker-M Martinez, the minister Of Por-
tugal, the minister Of Cuba and Sonora de
Quesada, the minister Of Spain, the minister
OF Salvador and Nine Lopez, the minister
OF Ecuador, the minister of Turkey the
minister Of the Dominican republic, the
German minister and Baroness Won Stern
burg.
Senator and Mrs. Aldrich. Representative
and Mrs. Alexander. Mr.. William Alton.
Senator Beveridge. Senator and Mrs.
Mrs. Bartholdt, Miss Niedner, Representa-
tive and Mrs Bristow, Representative
Burke. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Beck, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Beneche. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward NJ. Burghard, Mr.. Herman BALI, Can't.
and Mrs. Seth Bullock, Miss Brice, Gen. and
Mrs. Bates Miss Bates, Mrs. Blaine, Mrs.
H. B. Beale. Mr.. Elon R. Brown.
Senator William A Clark. Representative
Cannon, Miss Cannon, Representative and
Mrs. Henry A. Cooper. Representative and
Mrs. Crumpacker, Representative Creamer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert ellis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Classen. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A.
Coolidge. Gov. and. Mrs. Al. 3. Cummins,
Mr.. and Mrs. M Dwight Collier, Represen-
tative and Mrs. James p. Conner.
Senator Dietrich. Miss DietEich, Senator
and Mrs. Depew, Representative and Mrs.
Dayton, Representative and Mrs. Draper,
Representative Dinsmore. Mr.. George H.
Diehl. jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. William Ditzel, Mr..
Henry Duys. jr, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley WI De4ter, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. F. DroOp, the Misses Droop, Mr..
p. H. Droop. Mr.. Carl A.-proop, Mr.. Ar
thur Leverkus. Gen. and NrR William F.
Draper, Mr.. and Mrs. James-4Dietrick, Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland H Dodge, Miss Rose L.
Dexter. -s.>s
Mr. George Ehret, MiA Ef3fet, Mr.. and
Mrs. David L. Einstein. MI. Lewis Einstein,
Mr.. William c. Eustis,
Senator William P. B14. feenator and
Mrs. Foraker, Senator MafpAy j. Foster,
Miss Foster, Representative and Mrs.
Flynn. Mr.. Charles Forster Mr.. Percy 8.
Foster. ssa :'fs
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Garfield. Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob German, Mr. Charles j. Gun
Their. Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Cumming.
Senator and Mrs. Hanna, Miss Hanna,
Miss Phelps. Senator Hale Representative
and Mrs. Hepburn, Miss Hepburn, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. R. r. Hit. Mr.. Justice
and Mrs Holmes Mrs John M Horton