Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-04
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
LUNCHEON PARTIES TODAY FOR
VISITING GUESTS.
Mrs. Alger, Mrs. wilkins and Miss
>. Woodbury. Entertain - Repre-
sentative Davis Married.


con today, her guests being invited to meet
Mrs. Hobart. In the company were Mrs.
Payne, Mrs. White, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Cowles,
Mrs. Seth NJ Ackley, Mrs. Corbin, Mrs.
Ludlow. Mrs. Randolph McKim, Mrs. Jno
F. Rodgers, Mrs. John G. johnson Of Phila-
delphia. Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Sheldon,
daughters of the hostess.
Mrs. Beriah wilkins gave a luncheon Co
day in honor Of her niece, Miss Robinson,
who is spending the winter with her. The
decorations Of the table, set in the spacious
dining room of this paiatial home, were in
American beauty roses. The guests were
Miss Flora Wilson, Miss Calderon, Miss
Cotton. Miss Mattingly, Miss Bloomer, Miss
Gorham, Miss Halford, Miss Foraker, Miss
Wallach, Miss Sewers, Miss Clagett, Miss
Enrol Cuthbert Brown. Miss Mary Warner.
Miss Hemmick. Miss Archibald, Miss Met
calf. Miss Curtis Miss Day, Miss Gallaudet
and Miss Carroll.
Gen. and Mrs Corbin entertained a no,a-
bic company at dinner last evening in
honor of his emirence Cardinal Gibbons
Their guests were Mr.. Justice Brown, Mrs
Carrot A. Hobart, Mrs. Benjamin Warder,
Mrs. Hanna, Major General Young, Gen.
and Mrs. Grosvenor, Col. and Mrs. May,
Mr. Boardman, Miss Kean and Miss Pat
ten.
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Pa yne.
who are pleasantly reciprocating the many
social attentions paid them since their
coming to the capital, entertained at dli:-
ner last night the Russian Ambassador
the Japanese Minister and Nine. Takahira,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague Senator and
Mrs. Scott, Justice and Mrs. Brewer, Rep
resentative Dinsmore. Representative Bing-
ham, Miss Tuckerman, Representative and
Mrs. Mcclellan. Miss Lowering and Hiss
Jones.
The Italian Ambassador and Nine. Mayor
des Panches gave small dance last night
in honor of Miss Alice Roosevelt. The
hostess was regally gowned in pale blue
satin and pearls. About 100 guests from
the younger set in diplomatic and resident
society enjoyed the occasion. Supper vas
served in the Dutch dining room. In the
company were Nine. Perez, the British
Ambassador and Lady Herbert, the couE-
sellor of the French embassy and Nine. de
Margerie, the Belgian Minister and Baron
ess Moncheur, Baroness Won Palm. Baron
Covers, the Netherlands minister; Miss
Louise Jones' Miss Wilson. Miss Ward
Miss Glover. Miss. McKenna, Hiss Warder
Miss Anita Poor, Senior Oliviera. Mr.. Nor
gan, Lieut.. Robert Sterling Clark Miss
De Peyster, Miss Pestlethwaite. Miss
Switzerland, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Cromwell
Representative and Mrs Olmsted and all
the young secretaries and attaches of the
corps including Signor Montagna and
Count de Ia Gherardesca and Signor Bor-
Senator and Mrs. Foster. who are spend
ing the winter at the Arlington, entertained
there at dinner last night. when their
guests were Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks,
Senator and Mrs. Blackburn, Representa-
tive and Mrs. DalZell, Mr.. and Mrs Will
liam R. Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
McCauley. Mr.. and Mrs. William Haywood,
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thurston, Mrs. Har-
rison Foster of Chicago, Mrs. Maxfield Of
Kentucky. DR.. George A. Lung and Mr..
Charles Addison Foster.
took place at Bonnie View" the home of
the brides. mother at Hampstead, L. I.
Miss Alice Baltazzi, daughter of Mrs. q.
Baltazzi and of the former minister from
Mr. Dulaney Hunter of this city the BRIDE
groom. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Isaac Peck, rector of Trinity
Church, Roslyn. The music room, in which
the ceremony took place, was prettily deco
rated with ferns, flowers and laurel and
electric lights. After their honeymoon Mr..
and Mrs. Hunter will live -en Connecticut
avenue near the British embassy. A num-
Der of the Meadowbrook colony and also
several army and navy officers were pres
emit
Capt and Mrs. Cameron MGR Winslow's
dinner and dance last night was in honor
of the niece of the former Miss Wnsow,
who is spending the winter here. The
guests about the flower decked dinner table
were Miss Schroeder Miss Sargent, Miss
Mary Hopkins. Miss Daisy Wilson, Miss
Hitchcock, Miss Margaret Hitchcock. Miss
Van Reypen. Mr. Reginald Huidekoper, Mr.
]. Van Ness Philip. Mr. Jerome Bonaparte,
Lieutenant Cleland Davis. Lieutenant COM
mander Gibbons. Mr.. Rousseau, Mr.. Rich
ard Ely, Capt. Proctor and Mr.. Winslow
The dinner was followed by small dance
Representative Morren gave a dinner last
night when his QnpStS the British
bassador and Lady Herbert, Senator and
Mrs. Hale. Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Senator
and Mrs. Alger. Senator and Mrs. Depew,
Senator Kean. the Danish minister, the Bel
gian minister and Baroness Moncheur, Gen.
and Mrs. Draper. Representative Hit, MIR.
and Mrs. Gordon Cummings, Mr.. and Mrs
Delaney Kane Of New York. Mrs. Slater,
Miss Elizabeth kean. Miss Gwynn, Mrs
John G.. Johnson Of Philadelphia, MIS-
Hunt. Mr.. Riano Of the Spanish legation
Mr.. Robert Adams and Mr.. Waldo Story.
The marriage of Miss Ida Blanche Polk
inhorn. daughter of Mrs. Hannah M. Polk
inhorn to DR.. Lewis Junius Battle will take
place this afternoon at o'clock at the
First Presbyterian Church.
Representative Robert w. Davis of Flori-
da and Miss Helena L. Heating of this city
were quietly married this morning at half
past 10 o'clock In the parsonage of st. Ste
phen's Church. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Thomas p. Smyth. The
marriage was private and was attended
only by the relatives of the contracting
parties and a few friends Of the bride
Later Representative and Mrs. Davis took
the Congressional Limited for New York
On their return they will make their home
at the Oxford until the adjournment of Con-
gress. Mrs. Davis is a most charming
young woman and Is greatly beloved by a
large circle Of friends Representative Da-
Wis is serving his third term and was re-
elected for fourth term last November.
The ball to be given by the student Off
GERS Of the Army Medical School, at the
New Willard. Friday evening, promises to
be one Of the most brilliant events of the
season. 1t will be the first affair of the
kind to be given in the city since the
army-navy cotillons were abandoned several
years ago. All army and navy officers will
attend in military full dress, while the
presence of the attaches of the various le-
cations will lend variety to the scene.
Instead OF the usual cards to be presented
at the door unique and decidedly military
feature will be the presence of guard of
non-commissioned officers who will note the
presence of the invited guests upon regu-