The Washington times., 1905-01-31
RECEPTION At THE
BRITISH EllBASSSII
Sir Mortimer Host at q
Brilliant Function. :,
DIPLOMATIC CORPS PRESENT
Monday Night Dinner-Danee Given by
Barcn Mayor des Planches, the
Italian Ambassador

There were three important events in
the social life OF The Diplomatic Corps
yesterday The British Ambassador and
Lady Durand gave the first large rscep-,
I tion OF the season at the embassy last
night. receiving their guests at 10 O'Clock
in the drawing room, and being assisted
only by Mss DuraRd ana Members OF
| the staff. Several hundred people rom
Washington society We're joined there by
i number OF prominent society people
from New York and othcr cities.
1t seemed that all the hospitality Of
King Edwards representative since his
appointment had been reserved for this
| one event, for IN point OF elegance ard
I statelineSS it has not in years been sur
passed in Washington. The ballroom, in
which Schroeder s Orchestra was station
| ed. and where the greatest number Of
guests collected, has been newly dec
GRATED since the coming of Sir 3Iorti-
ner and Lady Durand. and the once
serlber drawing room has been done
over in white and gold, and IS q show
place Of good pictures, bric-a-brac, and
tapestries.
The list of those present included
, the Diplomatic Corps entire and the
creme de Ia creme OF society official and
private, among them being:
Some of the Guests,
The Russian Ambassador ana Countess
Cassini. the Mexican Ambassador Nine.
Perez, and Miss Azpiroz. the charge
d affaires of Austria-Hungary, the
French Ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand japanese Minister and staff
Baron Won Bussche, charge d'affaires
of Germany; the Minister from Den
mark, the Spanish Minister, the Nis-
count and Fiscountcss de Faramond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilenk!n. Baron and
Baroness van TuyIl. the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, the Secretary
OF the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock, the
Misses Hitchcock, the Secretary Of War
and Mrs. Taft. Justice and MIS-. Holmes.
Senator and Mrs. Depew, Justice and
Mrs. crown, Justice and Mrs W hite.
Senator ana airs; AIger. Mrs Bailey,
Mr. and Mrs. George Becker, Mrs
Bates. Mrs. Barnes, Gist Blair. Lieuten-
ant Bulmer, Mr.. and Mrs Lathrop
Bradley, Lieutenant Bristol, Jerome
Bonaparte. Miss Enrol Cuthbert Brown.
Cuthh@rt Brown, MIR. and MrS. Gordon
Cumming. MIR. ana Mrs. Curtis, Miss
Curtis, Mrs Crosby and the Misses
Crosby, Murray Cobb Mr.. and Mrs.
! c H Campbell, Ir. Cotton and the
Misses Cotton. General Crozie-, the
ViscoGnt de Chambrun. Alfredo Calder
on, Representative Bourke Cochran,
Miss Clagett. Mr.. and Mrs. Chopper,
Mrs Converse and Miss Converse, Cen
eral and Mrs Draper, Senator ard Mrs
Foraker Miss Foraker Nr ana Mrs
John W. Foster, Lieutenant FortesQue
Representative George q. FoSs, Mr.. and
Mrs; Glover, Miss Ggynq, Ar, and Mrs
eraI and Mrs. GiiNspie. Capt. J. c
Gilmore, jr., Miss Hagner. Commander
. and Nine. Hebbinghaus, Mrs. Hobson
Mr.. and Mrs William Haywood, Solicit
5 ter General and Mrs HoyC Mis-.
: Hoyt. Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague
AR s>nd Mrs Hartman. Miss Hartman
| Miss Hageman, Commander and Mrs
Hodges, Matthew Hale. Mr.. Han.
SEN Mrs. Stewart Hooker Mr. and Mrs
Henderson, Mrs Julian James, Mis-
jackson, Mr. and Mrs Frederick \
Keep, Senator Lodge. Dr. and Mrs
Lorirg. Miss Jean Loring. Mr.. and Mrs
Alec Legare, Mr.. and Mrs. LOOMS Mr.
and Mrs. W. 3. Lamar, Lieut. Harry
2 Lay, Miss Lowering MIR and Mrs Ne
/ CIintock Mr. and Mrs George Nolan.
ahan, Rear Admiral and Mrs AcCiowan
Miss MclIowatrl, the Misses Mckenna
Miss May, the Misses Miller, Lieut. Dan
G Moore Mrs. Merrill, Miss Mott. Mis-
= Norris. General and Mrs. Oliver, Mgr
. O'ConneH the Misses Patten, Mir. 3r(
/ Mrs. Poor, Miss Anita Poor, RepreSen
| tative and Mrs. Henry Kirk Porter
Representative and Mrs way ne Parker
= Miss Parker. Mr.. and Mrs. PIERCE. Mrs
= Pinchot Miss Morgan, Mrs RobesOl
and Miss Robson, MIR and MS Rev
Il burn Mrs John r. Rodgers, Nit. ant
Mrs. RockhiH Miss Ridgely, Captain ant
Mrs Rush Miss Rush. Captain ana AIRS
=. Schroeder. the Misses Schroeder, Doc
, tor and Mrs Shepard, Colonel and Mrs
= Sharp, Mrs. Sargent and Miss Sargent
e General and Mrs. Story. MISS Sheriff.
1Ir. Siebcrt, Miss Sieber5. Colonel an
Mrs Symons, Mrs Slater. Mrs. SheEi
: Dan and Miss Sheridan, tn
II Misses Switzerland, Clinton Stuart
DIR. Charles Swisher. Mrs Towns
end and Miss, Townsend, M an
o. Mrs coTcoran Thorn. M-. and Mrs
. George Vanderbilt. the Misses Wetmort
Miss Wilson. Charles Wauters, IN
Misses Williams, Lieutenant Comma nde
IS Wheeler, Miss Walker, Senator Warner
Y and Mr.. Walls.