Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
NOTABLE DINNER COMPANIES
MEET VISITORS.
Recent Entertainments and Coming
Ones-Timely Personals
Notes.

The Speaker and Miss Cannon at dinner
| last night entertained Representative and
| Mrs Dwight, Representative and Mrs.
| Mann, Representative and Mrs. Mondell,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Fairbanks, Mrs.
| Timmons, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Patter-
| son, Mr.. and Mrs. Busby, Representative
! Bates and their house party, which includes
Mr.. and Mrs. LIE Seure,' Mrs. Glidden and
Mr.. King, all of Danville H.; Mr. and Mrs.
J. l.. Loose of Chicago.
| The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
| Shaw entertained at dinner last evening
| Representative and Mrs. Boutell, Mr.. and
| Mrs. T. B. Shontz of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs.
| LeVerne Noyes, also of Chicago; Mr.. and
| Mrs. Willis Moore, the assistant secretary
| of the treasury and Mrs. Robert B. Arm
| strong, Mr.. Eugene Gulick, Mr.. Charles l..
| Voss and Mr.. Chauncey st. John and Mrs.
| Spear of San Francisco.
Colonel and Mrs. Cromwell entertained at
| dinner last evening in honor of the Secre-
tary of War and Mrs. Taft. The other
| guests were Senator and Mrs. Dryden,
| Colonel and Mrs Symons, Mrs Cowles, Mr.
and Mrs. Padelford, Mr.. and Mrs George
| Lathrop Bradley Mr.. and Mrs. William
Phelps Emo, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Spencer,
| Major Won Etzel of the German embassy,
and Mrs. Hugh De Lacy Vincent of New
Orleans, now the guest of Mrs. BrOmwell
Mrs Shaw, 1850 Massachusetts avenue,
wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, will
be at home tomorrow (Friday), from to 9.
Miss Martha Decker of Annapolis, Md,
! will be one of the guests at the Goddard
| home, 31st street and Dumbarton avenue,
| Georgetown, for the inauguration
Mrs. I. E. Schwarz, 312 r street north
| west, has with her for the Inauguration
| week a party of friends from New York,
| namely: Her sister, Miss Rose Lewis; Mrs.
| Liebermuth and her brother, Mr.. NJ.
| Magner.
| Mrs. F. T. F. Johnson has as her guest
| at the Woodley for ten days Miss Taylor of
Sprin gfield, Mass.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee left yesterday
for fortnights trip to Florida.
| Mrs. Charles H. Darling, 1925 Q street,
will receive tomorrow.
Mrs. C. r. Davis of Minnesota. after the
| adjournment of Congress, will join her sis
ter, Mrs Emory Cobb, at Jacksonville, Fla.
| The Primrose Euchre Club held meet
| ing Wednesday evening, February %. After
| euchre dancing was INDUCED in until mid
| night. Those present were Mrs sehuldt'
Mrs. Ruckert, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Martin,
| Misses G. Hamilton, B. Jones NJ. Dough-
| erty, Mrs f. Hayden, Miss Estelle Hay
| den, Misses G. Stewart, B. Hardin, A.
| Grosskurth, M. Hayden, D. Costello. v.
art. Messrs. NJ. Cleeves, r. Hudgins, M.
| Hayden, ]. Riley, R. Ennis, J. Scott w.
| Grosskurth H. Dasher, w. Frazier, G. Har-
| bin, c. Miller and j. Helmuth.
| Mr.. Huntington Wolcott Jackson will be
with his mother over the inauguration.
| Mrs. Jackson is also entertaining Mrs. Her
| bert Savory, wife of Captain Savory of the
British navy. Miss Laura Jackson has left
| town for Santa Barbara to visit her sister,
Mrs. Dening Jarves.
Miss Lorena Miller of Geneva, Ind. is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Miller and
| family of 4O6 Albany street, lexington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Herrick of Bolivar.
| N. Y, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
| NJ. Bolton, 100 10th street.
| Mrs W. T. Cowles' house guests for the
| Inauguration will be Miss Eleanor Roose-
welt, Miss Corinne Robinson and Mr..
Franklin Roosevelt of New York.
| Miss Pauline Magruder. daughter of DR..
| and Mrs. G. Lloyd Magruder has returned
after a months visit in Memphis.
| A pretty wedding took place Wednesday
afternoon at the home of the Rev. DR.. Wal
! lace Radcliffe, when Miss Cora Drake be-
came the bride of Mr.. Daniel Mountjoy
both parties being from Isle of Wight, Va
| The bride was becomingly gowned in a tan
| broadcloth travelling suit with hat to match
and was attended by Mrs. Walter Mount
joy matron of honor, the latter wearing
brown broadcloth with hat to match The
groom attended by his brother, Mr.
Walter Mountjoy, as best man. After the
ceremony reception was held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mountjoy, only the
| relatives and immediate friends being pres
ent
| Mrs Arnold Hague will entertain Miss
Eleanor Hague this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Amory of Boston
will be guests of Mr. Justice and Mrs. White
this week.
| Last evening Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas C.
| Barr held reception in honor of their
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin w. Barr, the
occasion being the fftieth anniversary of
the wedding of the latter. The rooms were
prOfusely and tastefu1ly decorated with
| golden orchids, tulips and palms, and Mr..
| and Mrs. Barr, ST., received the large num-
| Der of friends who called to extend their
congratulations standing within a bower of
yellow spring flowers 1t great pleas
ure for those who were present to note that
| the passing years had dealt most kindly
with both husband and wife, and 1t Is in
deed seldom that a couple who have lived to
| celebrate the semi-centennial of their we'd
| ding appear in such health and vigor. Many
handsome and appropriate presents were re-
ceived by the happy pair, and the bride of
| fifty years carried a bridal bouquet of fifty
| golden tulips. Many Kentucky friends were
| present to offer their Fluctuations. and in
| some cases three generations were repre-
sented of those who were present at the
marriage.
Mr.. Barr was for twenty years after the
civil war the southern representative of the
| New York Associated Press.
Mrs. Barr was a Miss Cornelius, and at
the time Of her marriage was one of the
beauties of Louisville. Those present who
| remembered her in those days observed that
she had carried into her later life many Of
| the charms of her earlier years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barr were assisted in re-
ceiving the friends who called by Mrs.
Glover, Miss Whitwell, Miss Sandidge, Miss
Glover, Miss Collins and Miss Barr.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Nolan gave a de-
lightful musicale at their home. 1923 w