Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-28

Admiral and Mrs. Dewey entertained at a
large dinner last evening, being now COM
fortably established in their X street home
Covers We're laid for nearly thirty guests.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. whittemore are
leaving shortly for New York. and expect
to sail the early part of July for Europe.
Mrs. Albert Halstead their daughter, and
children will. join them for the summer at
kissingen. Mr.. Halstead is now the Amer
lean consul at Birmingham, and If he takes
vacation at all the coming summer it will
be short trip home to see his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Murat Halstead. Mr..
and Mrs. Whittemore have had their
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Dwight VIII
cox at the Arlington with them for several
days. She route for Cincinnati,
where she is making visit to her parents
prior to sailing for Europe with Mr.. Wilsox,
who will come up from their Cuban planta-
ton home shortly. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox
have been in Cuba for eighteen months,
and finl their life there a most novel and
enjoyable experience.
A dance given last Friday evening by
Messrs. Charles and Reginald Collins at
their beautiful home, 1870 Newton street,
was thoroughly en- Oyed by many of their
young friends. The lawn was artistically
lighted by thirty japanese lanterns, while
the entire first floor of the house and the
spacious porch We're used for dancing. De-
llghtful refreshments were served after the
tenth dance Those present We're: Misses
Marion True, Ethel Trowbrdge Mary Dy-
son, Cathrene PEBBLES, Jean Wilkie. Ina
Singleson, Gertrude Robson, Ruby Nevins,
Rosalne Wilson. Anne Meyers, Ruth Hen
dersoA, Helen Leary, Dorothy Schaan, Mary
Farrar, Hilda Kohr. Rebecca Moon. Helen
Appler. Elolse Pratt, Marjorie Buckingham,
Dorothy buckingham, Elizabeth Armes and
Jessie Armes, and Messrs. Charles Ba ger,
Royal Baker, Warren Baker. John Hern-
don, Neal Herndon, Harold Keats Edward
Glass. John Meyers. Robert Frazier Burton
Leary. Ogie Singleton, Earl Henderson,
George Howard. Lester Atkins. Alexander
Robson, Jack Eager. Dan Borden, Ayres
Borden. Howard Eager. Elmer Stewart
henry Holcombe, Charles Collins and Reg
The Colonial Danes in the District of
Columbia will award prize tomorrow
morning at II 30 o'clock at the Buchanan
School, e street between 18th and l4th
streets southeast, to the winner of the best
essay on the settlement of jamestown.
Miss Kobe of 1851 Q street left last even
ing for Minneapolis, Mimi, to spend the
summer with friends.
Mrs. James Mulloy of 1901 sth street
northwest, born May "a 1919, celebrated
her eighty-eighth birthday on Friday of
last week surrounded by her children, grand
children and great grandchildren, number
ing thirty-two in all. Some of the grand
children and great grandchildren came
from Richmond and Philadelphia to greet
her.
Miss Grace Griffin will leave town on
Wednesday for Boston to attend the ex-
ercises at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, from which her brother, George
Appleton Griffin, will graduate.
Miss Nellie Robey of Washington is visit
ing her cousin, Mrs. c. NJ. Walker, at
Floris, Va.
Mr. and Mrs Wayne MacVeagh and Miss
MacVeagh, who spent the winter in south
ern Europe arrived yesterday in New York.
Mrs. Charles w. Shaffer Of 1905 F street
southwest, with her young son John, left
yesterday for visit of a week to relatives
in Baltimore.
Miss Ida Thompson of this city registered
at the Paris office of the New York Herald
yesterday.