The Washington times., 1906-03-19
WEEK PROMISES To
Be DULL SOCIALLY
Few Large Dinner Parties
on Calendar.
BENEFIT MID-WEEK BALL
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
Will Attend-Dinner at Sec
retsry Roots.

This will be a particularly dull week
socially, broken by but few large dinner
parties. The pleasure-loving world will
he left TO church, bridge, musicales, anc
the big midweek ball at the Arlington
Thursday night fo- the benefit OF the
Junior Republic.
Vice President Fairbanks has accepted
the Invitation of the woman's League 10
be present Al the ball Thursday night.
This fact lenjs another pleasant feature
TO it, as the will be a large number OF
strangers present who never met the
Vice President All OF the pstronesses
will be present, and Mrs Fairbanks,
With lolg line OF notable assistants
will receive Mrs. Merwin, who has
practically the entire management OF the
big ball. nov has everything well In
hand. and the event will be one OF the
most brilliant ever given al the Airing
ton.
All buying tickets are requested 10
write upon them the name of the s,ate
they wish their vote 20 be counted for.
The invitations or tickets will be used
as ballots after received at the door OF
the ballroom
The following is the ladies' floor COM
mittee:
Mrs. Arthur Ramsay. chairman; Mrs
william c. Andrews. Mrs Clifford l.
Bergman, Mrs. George II. Brown, Mrs.
John Dalzell. Mrs. Carl Droop. Mrs.
Thomas Fielder. Mrs. Theodore y. Nc
Laughlin. Mrs. Harry c. Mclean. Mrs
Thomas c. Noyes. Mrs. Charles NJ. Pep
per. Mrs Henry T. Rainey, Mrs John
Sharp Williams. Mrs. Walter Wells,
Miss Hudson. Miss lockwood. Miss
Pepper, Miss Ross.
Secretary OF State and Mrs. Root will
entertain the first of series OF dinner
parties tonight. They have for this sea-
son a residence at the corner OF Six
teenth and streets. quite admirably
ada pied to entertaining. but not cspac-
ious enough for the accommodation Of
very large entertainments.
Baroness Won sternburg has succeed
ed well in Tire sale OF tickets for Thy
musicale az the Ccncordia Church given
this afternoon al 4:30 by Miss Patience
Mori. TO assist her ia furthering her
own musical education. and there will
be a notable number of people present.
The young German singer will be as
sisted by Johannes Miersch. of Berlin.
late court violinist 20 the King OF
Greece.
Miss Kate Carey. Of LenOx. Mass will
arrive in Washington today and will
| be the guest for some time OF AiiS5
Josephine Duranc. al the British en-
| bassy-
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Denegre. who
went abroad last month. are now in
Paris. They will spend the summe.- at
their estate. Villa Crest. at Manchester
by-the-Sea
The Rt. Rev William Moatsome y
Brown. Bishop OF Arkansas. is in town
for a week. as the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Brock. at the Portner.
The greatest social event this week
in Washington will be the grand opera
which viii come 10 the National Thea
ter the last three DAYS OF tho week
Among the prominent persons who will
attend are the President and Mrs
Roosevelt. Representative and Mrs
Nicholas LOngwoTth. Secretary OF War
and Mrs. Taft. Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Root. Secretary Of Commerce ana
Labor and Mrs. Metcalf. and the other
members of the Cabinet: the Austrian
Ambassador and Baroness Hengelmul-
Ter. the German Ambassador and Baron
ess Won Sternburg, the French Ambas ssa-
dor and Mime. Jusserand. the Brazilian
Ambassador s:nd Mrs. Nabuco, the Mex
lean Ambassador and Nine. de Casasus.
the British Ambassador and Lady Du-
rand, the Russian Ambassador and
Baroness Rosen, the Minister from
Norway and Mrs Hauge. the Belgian
Minister and Baroness Moncheur. the
Cuban Minister and Nine. de Quesada.
and nearly all the members of the DipIo-
matte Corps. Among those in general
society who have engaged boxes and
stalls are w 3. Hibbs, Mrs. Townsend,
Mrs. Garret Hobart. Com. ]. G. Fre-
mont, DR. Fremont Smith. Senator and
Mrs Foraker. Senator Scott. Senator
Lodge. Senator Knox. Com. and Mrs.
Hodges, Mrs. Slater, A J. Parsons,
Raymond Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Harlow, MIR. and Mrs. Charles
Poor, Comptroller of the Currency and
Craps, George Howard. Mr.. and Mrs.
| James Pinchot. Major Strong, Mrs.
Gardner Williams, and others
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Coghlsn. L. s.
y. who have been guests IN the city OF
| Mr. and Mrs. George Jasper Harding,
| have left Washington
Mrs. George B. Mcclellan. sr-. is at
| the Grafton Hotel. She will sail in
May for Europe TO visit her daughter
and son-in-law-
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Chase entertained last
| evening in honor of several New York
| friends who are now in Washington, in
| cluding Col. and Mrs. Shaffield, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Spauiding, Mr. and Mrs A F.
Abel. Miss Demonet. Mrs. Moneypenny.
| p Draper, II. T. Snow. r. Wadsworth,
and T. Chase
Rear Admiral r. H. Delano T. S N,
and Mrs Delano. who have been visit
| ing Mrs. Pratt, have gone TO Whining
| ton, N c.
The following Washington people are
visiting IN New York today: c w.
| Sutton. s. Thompson. A. c Turner, A.
r. Woolley. F. Young, A. ] Dexter, t.
ID. Faust. T. Graves, A. f. Hayes, Miss
MacCartney. J. C. Malone, F. Pearne,
T. w. Power. NJ. v Richards, Mrs. G..
| III. ,Tolman w. ID. West, J. B Wilson,
F. ]. Bates. Miss Bickstein, ]. c; Cable.
E. o. Davis, c. W Draper, y. Foy,
son. E. Keen, l.. A. Caver. r. o. Mer-
chant, c. O. Moore. s NJ Newman.
E T. Parker. and Miss Rodman.
HOUSE PAINTER SWlN0LED
BY TAKING TITLE OF DUKE