Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-06

Prof. and Mrs Drander Matthews and
Prof. I. r. Lounsbury are guests at the
White House.
Mrs. Robert Portner, whose young
daughter. Miss Anna Portner. will make
her debut next Monday at a tea at the
family residence on Vermont avenue, gave
beautiful luncheon today in honor of
Miss Carol Newberry, the daughter of the
assistant secretary of the navy. In the
company about the table, which had
centerpiece of American beauty roses and
corsage bouquet of the same flowers at
the covers, were Miss Constance Hoyt.
Miss Henrietta Fitch. Miss Ruth Noyes.
Miss Eleanor Granger, Miss Marian
Leutze. Miss Katherine Clabaugh. Miss
Winifred Davis. Miss Won Paumgartten,
Miss Frances Goldsborough, Miss Helen
Wilson, Miss Louise Cole. Miss Marga-
retta Morse and the Misses Portner
The Mexican ambassador and Nine.
acknowledgements II, at 10 o'clock, for
which the cards have been issued.
The Mexican ambassador entertained at
dinner last night in honor of the delegates
to the Central American peace conference.
Ills SueStS were MI JOllu v" L OStVi, MI .
William I. Buchanan United States rep
resentative to the conference: Mr.. Alvey
A. Adee. second assistant secretary of
state: Mr.. Huntington Wilson, third as
sistant secretary of state; Senior Luis An
derson minister for foreign affairs of
Costa Rica and president of the confer
ence; Senior Joaquin Bernardo Calvo. min
lister plenipotentiary of Costa Rica and
dele gate to the conference; Senior Luis
Felipe Corea, minister plenfpotentiary of
Nicaragua and delegate to the confer ence;
Senior Jose Madriz, delegate of Nicaragua
and secretary of the conference; Senior
Antonio Batres-Jauregui, delegate of
Guatemala to the conference; Senor Victor
SancheZ-Ocana. delegate of Guatemala TO
the conference: Mr.. James Brown Scott
solicitor of the State Department; Senior
Federico Meiia minister plenpotentiary
of Salvador and delegate to the confer
ence: Senior Salvador Rodriguez. delegate
of Salvador and secretary of the confer
ence: Senior Salvador GallegOs, delegate of
Salvador to the conference. Senior Poll
carpo Bonila, delegate Of Honduras to tn
conference: Senior Constantine Fiallos.
minister of foreign affairs of Honduras
and delegate to the conference; Senior
Angel Ugarte, minister plenipotentiary of
Honduras and delegate to the conference;
Mr.. John Barrett. director of the inter-
national bureau of the American repub-
lies: Senior Jose F. Godoy. Mexican min
lister to Cuba; Senior V. Salado Alvarez.
second secretary of the Mexican embassy.
The Secretary of State will be the next
host for the peace conference. his dinner
being set for Monday. December 8, at the
New Willard.
Several hundred guests enjoyed the hos
pitality last night of the Secretary o.
Commerce and Labor and Mrs. Straus, at
the elegant reception given in honor or
the members of the Chamber of COM
"a ladies ACCOMMODATING them,
Assisting Mrs. Straus were Mrs. Cortel-
you, Mrs. Chauncey Depew, Mrs. Her
bert Parsons and Mrs. Hockstadter,
daughter of the host and hostess of New
York, who is here for few days with
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Downing's third
daughter. Miss Vera Downing, was pre-
scented to society yesterday at large tea,
when their spacious home was abloom
with the flowers sent the debutante, who
looked unusually attractive in white chlf-
fon satin and lace. Mrs. Downing wore
a rich toilette of wine colored velvet, MISS
Downing wore pink and Miss Helen
borough and Mrs. Ffoulke were in the
dining room and the pleasure of the guests
was further looked after by Miss Esther
Denny. Miss Constance Hoyt. Miss Mar
garetta Morse. Miss .leanor Cullom
rietta Fitch. Miss Joanna Schroeder. Miss
Mary Scott, Miss Katherine Clabaugh,
Miss Frances Goldsborough, Miss Caryl
Newberry, Miss Lille Finley, Miss Ma
talie Lincoln, Miss Alice Shepard and
Miss Barbara Kaufman will give
young peoples tea today for her house
que st, Miss Esther Porter of Montclair,
n. j.
Thomas E Drake and Miss Alice
Drake are in New York where Mr.. Drake
will attend meeting of presidents of life
insu ~ance companies and commissioners
of insurance. which has been called by
;ormer President Grover Cleveland.
Mrs John P. Jackson entertained at
large luncheon yesterday in honor of
Mrs Briggs, wife of the senator from
New Jersey. In the company were Mrs.
Forake-. Mrs. Willard H: Brownson,
Mrs William F. Draper, Mrs. Fahne-
stock of New York, Mrs. Randolph Clark,
Mrs Perkins. Mrs. John w. Foster, Mrs.
Mulligan, Mrs. Spaulding and Mrs.
Hinckley.
Miss Louise White, a debutante of
Wednesday, was the guest of honor yes
to-day at a luncheon given by Mrs. Ben
jamin c. Bryan.
Miss Frances Dodge was the debutante
yesterday to whom Georgetown society
paid most charming complme nts. She
was presented by her mother. Mrs. For
rest Dodge. at the home of her grand
mother Mrs. John Marbury, at one of the
prettiest teas which have marked the sea-
son. The house, wherein the hospitality
OF many years has been so graciously ex-
tended, was decorated with flowers, many
offerings of this kind having been sent to
the debutante. Assisting the house party
were Miss Helen Williams. Miss Camille
Dubois Miss Catherine Dubois, Miss Mary
de Lashmutt, Miss Phyllis Snyder, Miss
Ruth kirkus. Miss Virginia Wallis, Miss
Julia Heyl. Miss Josephine Mason. Miss
Margaret Worthngton. Mrs w. Booth
Bowie, Miss Mary Riley, Mrs. Louisa
Riley. Miss Laura FitZhugh. Miss Jane
Beali, Mrs. Robert Beale and Mrs. Walter
G. Peter.
Thursday evening Miss Cornelia Mudd-
man was delightfully."- surprised by a party
of young people who called at her home,
1888 18th street northwest. to celebrate the
anniversary Of her birthday. Games and
refreshments were enjoyed throughout
Mrs. c. A. Muddiman, Mrs. S. H. Hines.
Mrs. Hattie Ruppart, Misses Cornelia and
Anna Muddiman, Miss Anna Alling, Miss
Virginia Collins. Miss Bessie Gochenour.
Miss Eva Compton. Misses Annie and Ell
sic Muddiman. Misses Marion and Louise
Hines. Miss Florence Thomson and Miss
Lucy Homer. Mr.. Howard Homer, Mr..
Howard Phillips, Mr.. George Alling, Mr..
Wesley Muddiman, Mr.. Ward Sturgis, Mr..
Edwin Maschmeyer, Mr.. Allan Muddi-
man, Mr.. Edwin Colonna, Mr. Myron