Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-11
TIE WORLD OF SOCIETY
AN ORCHID DECORATION FOR
THE DIPLOMATIC DINNER.
Yesterdays Receptions and Other
Festive Afairs-Personal
Notes.

| winter last night, when the crescent-shap ped
| table in the state dining room was decked
| with orchids and lilies of the valley. Mrs.
! Roosevelt was gowned in black satin, en-
I broidered in steel.
| Those present were:
| The Italian amba ssador, the Austro-Hun-
| garian Ambassador and Baroness Hengel-
! muller, the French ambassador. the Ger
! man Ambassador and Baroness Won Stern
burg, the Russian Ambassador and Baron
ess Rosen, the japanese Ambassador and
| Viscountess Aoki, the Danish minister. the
Haitian Minister and Madame Leger, the
Costa Rican minister, the Nicaraguan min
ister the Cuban Minister and Madame de
| Quesada, the Netherlands Minister and
Madame de Marees van Swinderen. the
| Bolivian Minister and Madame de Calderon,
the minister of Panama and Madame de
| Obaldia, Swiss minister, Peruvian minister,
| the Swiss minister, the Peruvian minister,
| the Norwegian Minister and Madame
Hange, the Minister of Ecuador and Mad
and Madame de Cortes, the minister of
| Uruguay, the Turkish minister, the charge
| daffaires of Mexico, the charge dafaires
of Great Britain the Charge d'Affaires of
| Spain and Madame de Pastor, the charge
| d affaires of Chile, the charge d'affaires of
| Siam, the charge d'affaires of Guatemala,
| the charge d affaires of Sweden, the charge
| d'affaires of Venezuela, the charge d'affaires
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| State and Mrs. Root Senator Frye, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Cullom, Senator and Mrs.
| Lodge, Representative Cousins, Represen-
| tative Flood, Representative and Mrs. Nc
Nary Representative and Mrs. Longworth,
/ former Vice President Levi P. Morton, the
Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Bacon, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles,
| Major and Mrs. McCawley, Mrs. Hanna,
| Mrs. Townsend. Miss Mildred Carter, Miss
l.. Margaret Roosevelt, Miss Hagner, DIR.
W. S. Bige!ow and Captain Mccoy.
/ The Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
entertained at dinner last night Mr.. JUS
| tee Moody, Senator and Mrs. Gallinger,
| Senator and Mrs. Burkett Senator and
| Mrs. Nelson, Senator and Mrs. McCumber,
Senator and Mrs. Carter, Commissioner
| and Mrs Warner, Senator Perkins, Sem
ator Patterson, former Senator Davis, Rep
| resentative Mckinley, Mr. and Mrs Ellis
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Warren Fairbanks, Mr.. and Mrs. Tim
mons, Miss Thompson, Miss Lucy Kean
| and Miss Curtis.
| The President and Mrs Roosevelt will
| give a dinner tonight. A musicale will fol-
| low.
Mr.. Crosby S. Noyes entertained at dinner
| last evening at his home on New Hampshire
avenue in honor of Dr. Edward Everett
Hale. The other guests were Speaker Can
| non, DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, Senator
w. Murray Crane, Hon. VIM. E. Chandler
Mr. Charles J; Bell, Mr.. R. Ross Perry,
Gen. John M. Wilson, Mr.. Herbert Putnam
Commissioner mcfarland. Justice Nc
| Comas. Mr.. Frank A. Richardson, Mr. B.
| H. Warner, Mr.. John Joy Edison, M Geo.
Mr.. S. W. Woodward, Mr.. Richard Lee
Fearn, Mr.. Louis A. Coolidge. Col John
| M. Carson, Mr.. George w. Boyd, Mr.. Theo-
dore w. Noyes, Gen. George H. Harries and
Mr.. Thomas c. Noyes.
The entertainment an affair of quite
| unusual interest In recognition of DR..
HaleS passionate devotion to his country s
flag, and his great love for children and
flowers, the house was profusely decorated
with the national emblem and with beaut-
| full flowers. Mrs. Tom C. Noyes sang THE
Star Spangled Banner with fine effect, and
Frances Noyes, representing the grand
children of the host, presented to the
grand old man" an armful of magnificent
American Beauty roses
In the course of the evening Dr. Hale in
response to toasts and questions gave an
intensely interesting exhibition, considering
his advanced age of eighty-five years, of
his powers of graphic narrative enlivened
by delightful touches of kindly humor.
Mrs. Richard Townsends ball last. night
brought together a fashionable company,
when her spacious and beautiful home was
| further adorned with American beauty
roses, white lilacs other choice flowers.
| The guests, invited from diplomatic, Off
| cai and resident society, and most of
| whom were present, included the Italian
! ambassador, the Austrian ambassador and
| Baroness Hengelmuller the German am
! bassador and Baroness Won Sternburg, the
Russian ambassador and Baroness Rosen,
! the Japanese ambassador and Viscountess
| Aoki, Secretary and Mrs. Root, Miss Root
| Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf, the minister
| from Denmark, the minister from the Meth
erlands and Nine. Swinderen, the min
| lister from Switzerland, the minister from
Peru and Nine. Pardo, the minister from
| Norway and Nine. Hauge, the Portuguese
| minister, the charge daffaires for Spain
and Sonora Pastor Mr. ESma ard
| Capt and Mrs. F. E. C. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs
| H A. Grant Watson, Count Mani Mocenigo
| and Roberto Centaro Of the Italian en-
| bassy, Count Louis Szechenyi the coun-
| selor of the French embassy and Nine
| des Portes de la Fosse, Mile. des Portes
| de la Fosse, Capt. Fournier, Lieut. Com
de Chambrun, Capt. and Nine. Hebbing-
| haus, Mr.. Radowitz, Prince Zu Lynar,
| Lieut.. Kohler, M. Kroupensky, Prince Kou-
| dacheff, M. Won Siebert, Commander and
| Nine. Nebolsine, Craig Wadsworth of the
| American embassy in London, Count Hatz-
| feldt Representative and Mrs. Longworth
| Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Bacon, Mr..
| and Mrs. Hugh Legare, Miss Carter Mrs
| Mr. and Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Robert Patterson
Mr.. and Mrs. simpkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Slater, Miss Slater, Mrs Hope
Miss Kean, Miss Can, Mr.. and
Mrs George Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs Perry
Belmont, Miss Jennings Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Norman, Mr. ana MRS. J0nn b. henderson,
jr; Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Thoron, Assistant
Secretary and Mrs Newberry, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas F. Walsh, Miss Walsh, Miss Ell
kins, Mr.. Bonaparte Mr.. E. B. Mclean,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Timmons, Gen Crozier,
Representative Butler Ames, Representative
Gillett. the Misses Oliver and Col. and Mrs
BromWe1l.
Mrs ]. w. Pilling of 1901 Massachusetts
avenue, will not be at home tomorrow but
hopes to receive the two following Fridays
of the month
Mrs. B. H. Lee of New London, Conn.,. is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Mower, widow of
General Mower, at the Rockingham, Rhode
Island avenue.
Mrs. B. Heschenger will be at home Sum
day, January 10, at her residence, 614 M
street northwest, from to TO- in honor of
her seventy-fifth birthday anniversary.
Mrs. John H. Edwards, wife of the assist
ant secretary of the treasury, will be at
home Saturdays, January 10 and 20, at 1900
Belmont road.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. HeintZ of Alexandria, Va
announce the marriage of their daughter
Bertha, to Mr.. Eugene E. Behrend of Wash
ington, D. c., Tuesday, January 8, 1907
The Nonpareil Euchre Club was delight