The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-21

time in the old historic Executive Man
sion, and it was a grand good time she
land her friends had the other night She
and her classmates. gave "a dinner 10 the
senior class, the bevy Of bright young girls
Injecting round a table abloom with pink
roses and daisies and cleaning with silver
eandelabTa. capped with pink shades the
coiors haTmonizing beautifully with the
soft brown Of the golden oak wainscOting.
After the dinner an equal number of boys
appeared upon the scene, and the young
people betook themselves TO the East
Room, where they danced away the hours.
or course there was "A chaperon, but the
party was Miss Ethels very own, and she
was hostess, the President ana Mrs.
Roosevelt going TO dine informally with
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles.
Those who know Miss Ethel we'll say
she is consciously or unconsciously as
Stunning the same tricks of manner and
little Municipalities of her elder sister
And we'll she may for Mrs. Longworth
has a style and chic OF her own that are
very attractive. Those who saw her when
she first came TO the White House de-
mure. shy. uniformed school girl, can
/ hardly believe her TO be the same, who
has developed into such self-possessed,
well-poised woman. Washington has lost
/ sight of Mrs. Longworth and her attrac-
I tive husband. Representative Nick Long
worth, for a long time for they are now
/ in their Cincinnati home prior to going 10
Alaska Mrs. LOngwOrth, true 10 her old
1 love for the races. was almost a constant
attendant at the spring meeting at Ben
ming this year. The Saturday preceding
the Monday she left home she and Mr..
I Longworth was there, and she looked eX-
tremely well. She wore a smart slut of
black cloth with a short Elton jacket
braided with black braid. Her hat was
brown, of course, as was that of almost
every other woman there. group Of
large pink roses near the front OF her hat
was very becoming.
Herdiy q woman seen at the races but
had some touch Of brown about her cos
tune II was either a hat. the most com
mon adjunct Of the toilette in this popular
color, or else il was a boa OF veil, or
touch OF the color about the trimmings of
the gown.
The most interesting event of the
coming week viii, of course. be the
opening of the jamestown Exposition
which VIII pretty nearly deplete the
social ranks of Washington. so many
are going down
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
viii make the trip in one Of the gov
eminent yachts. aud will take a party
with them. Among their guests viii
be Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. who
are leaving the Capital May / for their
country place at Tuxedo. \. Y.
Then all the diplomatic corps are to
go TO the opening. They viii make the
trip in the Newport News and viii
make the boat their headquarters while
there. Rauscher has been engaged 10
look after the cuisine Of the boat. so
they viii have plenty 10 eat and drink
and the merriest kind of a party among
themselves
Omcers Of the navy and army viii, !
of course. go down for the naval man
euvers and, on the whole. pretty nearly
all the smart world Of the Capital viii
be transported 10 Norfolk.
Baron Monchcur, the Belgian Min
lister. expects to-day at the legation
Col Lefebvre and Commandant Michel. /
two Belgian officers. who are coming (
for the exposition. The genial baron !
is keeping bachelor hail. chaperoned /
as ir were. by his mother-in-law Mrs. |
Powell Clayton. wife of the former /
American Minister to Mexico The /
charming Baroness Moncheur IS in Raj [
timore at the Johns Hopkins. taking the /
rest cure.
Mai Gen. and Mrs. Gillespie entertained /
a dinner company at their home. in New !
Hampshire avenue. last night Their /
guests were Bishop and Mrs. SatterIee. /
Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs /
NeWberry. Rear Admiral and Mrs Ne !
Gowan. Justice and Mrs. Anderson, Cen
and Mrs. Fitzhugh. Mr. and Mrs Larz 4
Anderson, and Gen. and Mrs. Watts /
KeaTny.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Watson. Of the /
British Embassy, We're other dinner hosts /
of the evening. entertaining at their
home, in Twenty-sec0nd street.
Nine. Godoy, wife of the Mexican Min
lister 10 Cuba, now attached . the Next
can Embassy here on special mission.
was hostess at an at-home yesterday
afternoon at her home. in Seventeenth
street. The Minister and Nine Godoy,
enough, are now occupying the
same house they had years ago. when the
Minister served as first secretary under
Ambassador Azpiroz.
Last year the house was the Bolivian
Legation. being occupied by The Bolivian