Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-11
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS ROOSEVELT ATTENDED MRS.
AsToR'S BALL LAST NIGHT.
Other Well-Known Residents of the
Capital Enjoyed the Scene
Personal Notes.

pretty string of pearls, led the second CO.
tillion last night at Mrs. Astor's ball at
| Newport dancing with Mr. Harry Lehr.
Mrs. Orme Wilson, daughter Of the hostess.
and Mr.. Elisha Dyer started the first
! cotillion There were eight hundred guests
| invited and although not quite that many
| came. Mrs. Aston set precedent by raising
| the number several hundred more than
| have enjoyed her hospitality heretofore.
! The HOO Of McAllister's day seems now
only memory. "Beechwood'' was fra
grant with American beauty roses. the
| favorite flower Of it's mistress One vine of
| red roses covered the entire wall space of
| one end of the ball room. All the overflow
| of supper tables from the dining room
| were arranged in the sun parlor and on the
balconies. where the elaborate aoral .orna-
mentation was continued. The new ball
room which was added to the villa last
| season is decorated In white and gold and
| has old rose brOcade hangings. The favors
| were exceptionally pretty, being fans.
| chatelaines, tinsel bags. coral, pearl and
turquoise lorgnette chains, feat Their wand5
! and flower garlands for the women, and
| horses bits, bronze taper holders, dogs.
| head penwipers jeweled court orders and
! other. odd conceits for the men. Mrs. Astor
| was In gray, with silver embroideries and
| point lace, and wore her famous jewels.
Among those participating and known in
| this city We're: Mr.. and Mrs Oliver III. L.
| Belmont, Mrs. Payne Whitney. gowned IN
| pale pink satin; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
| Waterlow and the latter's parents Sir
| Frederick and Lady Pollok; Senator ara
| Mrs. Wetmore, the Misses Wetmore. Mr..
| and Mrs. Arnold Hague Mrs. Thomas
| Hitchcock and Mr.. George HELEN
| Mrs and Miss Root will go abroad with
Secretary Root when he sails the last of
| next week to take his place member
of the Alaskan boundary commission
| Mrs Payne wife of the Postmaster Cen
| eral. has gone to Milwaukee for little
| visit
to New York the last of this month and
| will take their children with them Except
| ing for a short trip or two during the early
summer Mrs. COrtelyou has remail:ed IN
| town awaiting any opportunity tho Secre-
| tary might have had to go away with her.
| That happy time Is as yet, however, IN
| perspective.
| Prof and Mrs. VIM. ]. Oates spending
| their vacation in Lincoln. Loudoun county,
| Va. and will remain until about Septem-
| Der II.
! Mrs Chas. F. Mallard of 1O2 eth street
| northeast has returned from six weeks
| trip to Binghamton and Norwich, N. Y.
| General Harrison Allen deputy auditor
| Post Office Department. and Mrs. Allen
| started for Warren. Pa. yesterday Their
| trip Will be quite a lengthy one, extending
to jamestown. Buffalo and Niagara. N. Y,
and thence to Duluth by way of the great
| lakes, returning via Chicago.
Mr.. Willis Moore chief of the weather
| bureau, gave a dinner last night in honor
| of Secretary Cotelyou, the others present
| including many of the leading delegates to
| the typos convention.
| Miss Lucie Meredith Seymour and her
| cousin Miss Hall of Brunswick county, Va.
| have returned home after most delightful
| Washington
| DR. and Mrs Geo H. La Fetra will leave
| the city Saturday to spend some weeks with
| their son. Dr. L. F.. La Fetra of New York,
| and his wife and little daughter Helen. who
| are occupying a cottage at North Asbury
| Park N. j.. for the summer
| Mrs L. c.. Mason and her daughters
| Misses Eva and Eugenia of independence,
| Kan. are spending few days in the city.
| Mr.. George A. Provost left early in the
| week for trip to Winnipeg and the north
west.
Mrs. Frank Loring is in Baltimore, where
her mother Mrs. Charlotte V. Latrobe
widow of John H. B. Latrobe whose father
was the architect of the Capitol. and
mother of ex-Mayor Latrobe. is thought to
! be dying. The venerable lady reached her
eighty eighth year lately, and her illness is
occasioned by the infirmities of old age.
Mrs. Latrobe was born in Mississippi, her
| father being Gen. Ferdinand Leigh Clai-
borne and her mother a daughter of Col.
Anthony Hutchns of the British army The
| wealthy southern families spent the sum-
| merS at White Sulphur Springs at that
| period. and in 1890 Miss Claiborne then at
| the springs with her parents, first met Mr..
! Latrobe of Baltimore. Their marriage took
| place in Mississippi shortly afterward, and
| the wedding. journey north to Baltimore
| was made by boat, stage and horseback
AS much of the trip was made through sec
| lions infested by Indians bitterly hostile to
| ha rfNxrer nratf hap-0
hension and alarm. Mrs. Latrobe made one
| trip back to her far southern home before
| railroads were in vogue-by sailboat to New
| Orleans and the rest of the journey up the
| Mississippi. Mrs. Loring has divided her
| time lately between this city and Baltimore,
| so as to be near her mother, and during the
past few days all the members of the fam
| lily have been summoned
| Master Will Hammett 2OO9 H street
northwest. entertained a number of his lit
! tie friends Monday evening in honor of his
| thirteenth birthday. Among the guests
were Edna Lockwood. Virginia Weldon,
| May Power. Agnes Whiting. Marie Parks
Clara Collins, Mary Golden, Josephine Gold
| en-, Theodore Brown, Walter Lockwood
| Frank Parks Paul Parks. Reese Murray,
| Earl Golden, Courteney Boucher Willis
| Brown, Stanford Brown. Rose Hunter
Charles Wetzel, VIII Bachschmid VIII
Hammett and Cogan Hammett
Mrs. H. c. Given, accompanied by her son
| Harry and her mother, Mrs NJ Patterson,
have gone on an extended visit to Colonial
Beach, Va. Pending the arrival of the Sat
urday night steamer Mrs. Given gave a
dinner at the hotel. The following were
| present: Mrs. Hay. Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs
Blair, Mrs. Randolph, Mrs Patterson, Mr.
and Mrs. Gillespie. Mr.. Fay. Mr. Scott Mr.
Flemming and Mr. Sherman. The dining
room was decorated with flowers and in a
bank of flowers orchestra from the CITY
provided music. Later they will go to At
!antlc city for an indefinite stay. where Mr.
H. c. Given will join them
Mrs. II. P. Springer and Miss Jennie p.
Wilkinson accompanied the G.. A. R. dele
cation to California. Upon the conclusion
or the encampment they will make a tour
of the Yellowstone Park and visit friends
| in Omaha and Chicago.
Mrs John L. Vogt and Mr. and Mrs c.
Martin Brand are at the Ruena Vista
Spring Hotel, Buena Vista, Pa.
MIR. b. l. Booraem, who has been seri-
ously Ill for several weeks with typhoid
fever. is now convalescent. He will leave
the city on Wednesday. accompanied by his
wife and daug liter, Miss Ella Rooraem for