The Washington herald., 1907-02-20

The long series of dinner parties in
honor OF the President and Mrs Roose-
welt, inaugurated by the Vice President
and Mrs. Fairbanks on December 10, came
to a close last evening, when the Score
tary OF Commerce and Labor and Mrs
Straus assumed for the first time the role
of hosts to the Executive.
The floral decoration of the drawing
rooms and dining-room was in red roses.
used with great profusion. To meet the
guests Of honor there were present: Mr.
Justice Brewer and Mrs Brewer, Judge
George Gray. of Delaware and Mrs.
Gray, Rev. DR.. Van Dyke, of New York
Hon. Lawrence o. Murray. Assistant
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor; Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob II. Schiff, of New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. George Foster Peabody. of
| Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Car
field Mr.. and Mrs. William Loeb. jr..
| Mrs. Charles II. Keep, Mrs. Hochstadter,
and Mrs. Schafer.
| The Minister from Peru and Nine. Par
do entertained at dinner last evening,
when their guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
| Grant Watson, of the British Embassy;
Miss Harlan, Miss Switzerland, Miss Rod
gers, Miss Enrol Cuthbert Brown, the
charge d'aflaires of Sweden Mr. Eken-
gren; Mr.. Skybak, of the Legation Of
| Norway Mr.. Walls of the Spanish Lee
cation, and Mr.. Frank Poe.
Miss Laura DENLY and Dr. William
Mackall Wheeler. L. S. n. whose mar
/ riage takes place on Thursday at St
Marks Church, were last evening en-
tertained at a delightful dinner party by
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hooker, al the
home of the hosts, on Jefferson place. The
additional young people included the mem
bers Of the brial party.
Col NJ. NJ. Parker entertained at din
ner last evening at his home on Vermont
avenue. in honor Of the newly arrived
| Ambassador from Mexico. To meet the
latter were present: The Minister
/ from Bolivia. Speaker Cannon. Sena-
+ tor Hemenway. Representative Sib-
/ ley of Pennsylvania; Representative
Blackburn, Of North Carolina; Hon. VII
| liam B. Ridgely. Comptroller of the Cur
rency; Justice Thomas II. Anderson, Mr..
Thomas s. Cole Of Duluth; Mr.. McManus.
/ of the City of Mexico, and Mr.. +. G. c.
Neale, of this city.
Miss Eleanor Granger entertained At
1 luncheon yesterday, complimentary 10
Miss India Bell Fleming, whose marriage
to the Minister from Nicaragua will take
/ place next week. The guests included
/ Miss Firm. Gbgu- Fou1bfsr Of tho Csovo
| tary Of the Treasury; Miss Kearny Miss
Gertrude Fry, Miss Edith Fry, Miss Dove,
Miss Hanna Willard Taylor. the Misses
| Prison, Miss briggs, the Misses Cassei.
and Miss Mccartney. Miss Granger had
for her decoration yellow jonQuils and
lilies Of the valley. the color scheme Of
the luncheon being yellow
Mrs Charles Clement Voc. of Chicago,
who is spending the winter at the Connec-
ticut. entertained at luncheon yesterday
in honor of her niece, Miss zoe. also OF
Chicago. The other guests were Mrs
Mum, Mrs Ridgely, Mrs. Peter, Mrs
/ Seward Mrs. Greene. Mrs. Snyder. Mrs.
Hassan, Miss BealI, Miss Peter, Miss
! Ridgely, Miss Beale, and Miss Dodge
The decorations and souvenir bouquets
were Of violets and jonquiis.
Mrs. Arthur Ramsay and the young
/ ladies Of Fairmont Seminary will celebrate
Washington's Birthday in the usual Gus
tom Of that institution. and consequently
viii be at home Friday afternoon from 4
/ 20 O'Clock. The pupils. all OF whom vel
/ come their friends on this occasion. will re-
| ceive in groups according to their several
States. while Mrs. Ramsay will be assisted
! by Mrs. Thomas H Anderson, Mrs. VIII
/ liam Reynolds Vance. Mrs. Milton J.
/ ROsenau, all of Washington; Mrs. Henry
/ T. Rainey. Of Illinois; Mrs. James Hughes.
/ OF West Virginia, and Mrs. J. T. Robert
/ son, Of Arkansas,
| The engagement is announced of Miss
/ Florence Lee Hoffman, daughter of Mir.
and Mrs. William F. Hoffman, and Mr..
/ Thomas r. Weymouth. Of Oil City Pa.
/ Miss Hoffman. who has been long iden-
titled with the best musical circles of
Washington, is now pursuing her studies
/ in Paris, where she viii remain until May
/ The wedding will take place some time in
June.
The marriage of Miss Gladys Frost,
| daughter Of Mrs. Harry Frost, of New
York, to Mr.. Herbert Gouverneur. jr., of
| this city, viii take place Immediately
/ after Easter in St. Thomas Church, Fifth
| avenue and Fifty-third street
Mr.. and Mrs. s. T. Fox, of this city.
are late arrivals at the Alcazar, St.
! Augustine, Fla.
| Miss Benny Barry, daughter Of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. David S. Barry. of this city is visit
| ing Miss Helen Wall, of Providence,
r. /, and being very charmingly enter
/ tanned by a large circle Of friends, made
/ during her former residence in that city.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Adams. of Bos-
ton, viii arrive the last of the week to
pass the remainder Of the Lenten season
in Washington.
Mrs Grace Dyer Knight has invitations
out for a musicale this afternoon, al
which her friends will hear a programme
/ Of songs Of the youngest American
woman composer. Miss Gertrude San
Souci which viii be sung by Frank Crox-
ton, of New York. The fair young CON-
poser will also be present and play her
songs, which have been sung in concert
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