Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23


daughters and grandchildren of the house
hold Will be assisted by Mrs. \. H. Snow,
Mrs Hegeman. Miss Eleanor IIoyt. Miss
Florence Conrad, ISIS Eloise Sargent, Miss
Marcia Butler, Miss Edith Miller and Miss
Alice Miller, and Mrs. Bromwell will preside
at the tea table.
Miss Merriam gave a dinner last night
when her guests were Miss Morton, Miss
Calf, Miss Elkins, Mr.. Horstman, Mr..
Lounsberry, Mr. w. H. Merriam and Baron
Won Tuyll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh are in
New York to meet their, daughter Miss
Evelyn Walsh. who is returning from Paris
for a holiday visit with her parents
The Italian ambassador and Baroness
Mayor des Planches gave a dinner last
night, when the guests were the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Morton, the assistant
secretary of state and Mrs. LoomiS, the
counsellor of the French embassy and Mme
DIES Portes de la Fosse. the Misses Lobel,
house guests at the embassy; Miss Mar
garet Sands, Captain Fourier of the French
embassy and Signor Montagna and Signor
Cutaro of the Italian embassy.
Three or four hundred guests enjoyed the
hospitality of the engineer officers at the
Washington barracks last night when the
new hop room was used for the first time
and given a most delightful christening.
The decorations were of the national colors
and Christmas garlands. The hosteSses for
the officers were Mrs. Burr, wife of Colonel
Burr; Mrs. Sewel, wife of Captain Sewell:
Mrs. Walker, wife of Captain Walker. and
Mrs. Borden, wife of Major W. c. Borden.
Mr. c. Hauge secretary of the Swedish
and Norwegian legation, and Mrs. Hauge
have gone to spend Christmas with Mrs.
Hauge's mother, Mrs. Todd, at Louisville,
KY. They will sail for Europe January 8
and will be away until the middle of March.
Mrs. Marcellus Coke of Philadelphia, and
one of the leaders of the social set in that
city. is in Washington for few days visit
ing friends. She is accompanied by her
young son, Travis, and both were presented
to the President by Representative Roden-
berg of Illinois. The young man was so
pleasantly received by the President that he
said he felt a good deal bigger than he ever
had before in his life. While at the White
House they were given an opportunity of
looking around the historic mansion, q
pleasure which they deeply appreciated.
Mrs. Coke is the wife of an official of the
Pennsylvania railroad and a daughter of
the late David w. Sellers one of the lead
ing lawyers of Philadelphia and for many
years counsel for the Pennsylvania railroad.
Miss Corinne Douglas Robinson, the de-
butante daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, and niece of President Roosevelt,
was given a dinner and dance last night at
the Hotel st. Regis. New York. when
few over a hundred guests were present,
nearly all unmarried. The hostess was
beautifully gowned in pale blue chiffon vel
vet, the debutante was in white dotted net
over silver, and Miss Alice Gordon Parker
of this city, in white silk, received with her
hostess. The dinner was served at three
tables, the debutante heading with Miss
Alice Roosevelt at her right, Mrs. w. 8.
Cowles being at the table with Mr.. and
Mrs Robinson. the only sister Of the host,
Mrs Wolrythe Whitmore of England being
also present A cotllion was danced at II
and ended at ], when supper was served.
Miss Robinson will be the guest of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt the week Of
January IL.
Speaker Cannon and Miss Cannon left
this morning to spend Christmas at their
home in Danville. ILL.,. and will not be back
until late in the coming week. Mrs. j. L.
Loose of Chicago will be here New Year
eve to spend the winter with Miss Cannon,
who expects also to have her sister, Mrs.
LIE Seure, with her for the next two
months.
Mrs Henry Rutherford Elliott of New
York city is visiting her sister, Miss Johns
ton, for the holiday week at the N street
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scott Howell of New
York city will spend the holidays with the
mother of Mrs. Howell, Mrs. L. r. Ander-
son, at her home 1913 East Capitol street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh ". Campbell are now
at 1919 18th street Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Camp
bell has just returned from Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs Charles S. Willis announce
the approaching marriage of their daughter
Pearl to Mr.. william e. Richardson OF
Hyattsville, Md. The ceremony. which will
be private, will be performed by the Rev.
Samuel H. Greene. D. D., of Cavalry Bap-