Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-13
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
ATTORNEY GENERAL KNOX has
THE PRESIDENT TO DINNER.
A Russian New Year Ball at Rausch-
er's Tonight-Days at Home
Personal Notes.

The President and Mrs. Roosevelt took
| dinner last night at the home of the At
torney General and Mrs. Knox. In the
company with them there were present
Secretary and Mrs. Hay, Secretary and
Mrs. Root, Postmaster General and Mrs.
Payne. Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock,
Secretary Moody, the Secretary OF Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Commerce and
| Mrs. Cortelyou, Mrs. Spooner and Miss
Knox. The table was beautifully decorated
| in mauve orchids. The Attorney General
and Mrs Knox will entertain at dinner
January % in honor of the Chief Justice
and Mrs. Fuller.
Representative and Mrs. Dalzell gave a
dinner last night in honor of the Speaker
and Miss Cannon. The other guests were Mr..
Justice and Mrs. White, Representative and
Mrs. Kirke Porter. Representative and Mrs.
George Shiras, Repr esentative and Mrs. j.
w. Brown, Representative and Mrs Gros-
venor, Representative and Mrs Payne,
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Huff, Mrs Dunn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick /. Allen, Mr.. David
r. Mckee, Capt. Reiter and Miss Schroyer
of Pittsburg.
Mr.. Gutowski of the Russian embassy
will celebrate the Russian new year by
small dance and supper at Rauscher's to-
night.
Senator and Mrs Kearns entertained at
dinner last night, when their guests were
Senator Frye Senator and Mrs. Scott, Sem
ator and Mrs. Martin, Senator and Mrs.
Hansbrough. Mr.. and Mrs Henderson, Mr..
and Mrs Walsh, the Secretary to the Pres
ident and Mrs. Loeb, the secretary of the
Senate and Mrs. Bennett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Heath, Mrs. Moore Richardson and Miss
Day.
Robert E. Lee Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy gave a reception and dance
last night at Rauschers, which was we'll
attended. Mrs John M. Hickey, Mrs Clar-
endon Smith, Mrs. John T. Callaghan Mrs.
William Oscar Roome, Mrs. George S. Cow
ington. Mrs. Orville ]. Moat, Mrs. Jennie L.
Munroe. Miss Mary Desha, Mrs j. Somer-
vile Harris and Mrs. Archibald Young, Off
GERS of the chapter, received the guests Mr..
John Goode, chairman of the committee on
reception, making the fntroductions. Fifty
young women. under the chaperonage of
Mrs. Horace Chandlee, Miss Heth and Mrs.
Rosalie II. Bocock, formed an additional
Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Staples, Mrs.
Juliet Miller, Miss Edna Sims Miss
Tom Sims Mrs. Isabel Smith. Miss Wash
lngton Miss Faulkner Miss Susan Hapal,
Miss Daisy Turner, Miss Ballenger Miss
Calfee. Mrs. Gudger, Miss Latimer, Miss
Tillman Mrs. Higley. Miss Edith Watkins,
Miss Elizabeth Gould, Miss Browning, Miss
Strayer, Miss Bowdle, Miss Bell, Mrs War
K,
Brooks. Miss Ella Smith, Miss Julia Smith,
Miss Wrenn Miss Littlepage. Miss Welsh
Miss yesterday, Misses Langley, Miss
saunders; Mrs Male, Miss Julia Baird,
Miss Dolly Young Mrs. Brooks. Mrs Ell
more Miss Sharp, Miss Hendrick. Miss
Dell, Miss Ridgley Miss Wishart and Mrs
Cockrell.
The floor committee was under the COM.
mand OF Thomas Raleigh Raines of An
selin F. McLaurin Camp United Sons Of
Confederate Veterans. After an hours
social meeting dancing commenced, and
was Continued until a late hour with an
intermission for a delicious supper err
Among those present, in addition to those
m were A M. Leonard, B. Baker,
Smith. Dolly Young, Alice Calfee, H. L.
Love L. Bolts, X. Burke, E. D. Gould. B.
Ward, Mrs G. 1. Ebaugh, Miss Corinne
Tunstall. B. J. Conner, Mrs C. I. Smms,
Mrs B. G.. Cockrell A B. Stopper, Miss
Jessie Bell, Miss Grace Wishart, Miss
Alice Ross, Lieutenant and Mrs A. c.
Latimer, Miss Mamie Latimer, Mrs Perie
Anderson. VIM. Hendrick, Edith Watkins
Rich, Mrs. Hendricks, Mrs. Hickey, Mrs. A.
B. Hoe. Marian Ballenger. Mrs Covington,
Miss Rasotie H. Bocock, Mrs. D. w. Tim
laghan. Ada Carroll Bowdle. Edna B. Saun-
der, Mrs. Cory Male, Miss Sadie Nalle
Miss Y. O. Cartina, Jenneth Higley, Mrs
Bowie, Miss E. F. Welsh, NJ. Micou. J. v.
Miller, R. N. Ridgley, Mrs. w H. Sanders,
Mrs J. II. Saunders, Mr.. H. C. yesterday,
Mrs E. Rollins, Mrs. E w. Zea, Mrs. A. s.
Carter, Miss E. Zea, Miss M. Talliaferro,
Miss J. M Wrenn, Miss Sue Wheeler. Miss
Julia Smith, Dr. Thos. S. Rust, Mrs Thorn
ton, Mrs. j. w. Wrenn, Mrs. ]. w. Moff1tt,
Miss Carolyn Littlepage, Mr.. and Mrs H
W. Silsby, Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Morgan, Mrs.
ris, Major Robt. NJ. Hunter, Colonel Hilary
Herbert, J. A. Bailey, j. A. Seats, Captain
j. M. Hickey, w. c. Lampkin, ]. T. Gala
CHAN, R. ]. Kirkpatrick, Jno. T. Fenwick,
DR.. A. B. Hoe. DR.. Kirkpatrick, Jno. Bal
LANCER, Percy Edmunds. DR.. Samuel T.
Lewis, John Sharpe Williams, Captain D.
r Raines' W. J. zea, DR.. Dove, L. P.
Tharin, Miss Tharin, T. P. Randolph, r. B.
Randolph, VIM. Saunders, Mr.. Bouri, o. M
Wood, Henry Hour, S. Dagne, T. s. Cham
bin, 7: D. Grove, Judge Mott, Paul Free
man, DR.. F. bon Briesen, DR.. ]. Thilman
Hendricks, DR.. F. G. Abeken, U. S. N; F.
w. S. Dean, 7. H. Atkinson.
Bishop and Mrs. Mackay-Smith of PhiIa-
delphia, Pa, are at the Willard.
Mrs. Beverley R. Mason and the Misses
Mason will not be at home tomorrow, but
Will receive the remaining THURSDAYS dur
ing the season at 1401 Massachusetts ave-
nue.. Mrs. O'Reilly of New Orleans who is
spending the winter in Washington, will re-
ceive with Mrs Mason.
Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Paul, "Oak Lawn"
will not be at home until Thursdays in Feb
ruary.
Mrs. Oswell and Miss Richardson will be
at home Thursday, February and IL.
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth gave lunch
con yesterday for Miss Gayley Of New
York.
The Belgian minister and Baroness Mon
cheur gave dinner last night as fare
well to the Persian minister, who has been
changed to a European post.
The Siamese minister entertained at din
ner last evening in honor of Francis B.
Loomis, assistant secretary Of state. The
additional guests were the Japanese min
lister, the Peruvian minister, the Chinese
minister and Mr.. Edward LOTUS.
Mrs. Mable Hoover will not be at home
tomorrow.
Mrs. Samuel Gassenheimer Hotel Law
renee will be at home Friday.
Mrs. Thomas G. Alvord, 1856 Mintwood
place. will be at home Thursdays, January
FL and 3d.
Mrs. Hearst, wife OF Representative
Hearst, received callers yesterday in her