The Washington herald., 1907-04-20

Invitations have been issued by Mrs.
Roosevelt for a musicale on Tuesday even
ing, April q. at $3.50 o'clock.
/ Miss Katherine Ridgely, daughter OF
Mr. William Barrett Ridgely. Comptroller
/ of the Currency. WAS hostess at merry
party at the Portland yesterday after
noon. Her guests were the actors in the
/ little society musical comedy, We Are in
Society" and all who assisted her in the
management of the amateur play pre-
scented at the Belasco two weeks ago for
charity
About 100 guests met to talk over the
success of their theatrical venture, and
the suite Of drawing rooms in Mr.. and
Mrs. Ridgelys apartment was filled with
[ jolly company, who finally gravitated
to the tea table in the last of the series
of rooms. where Mrs Ridgely and some
Of the matT0ns in the party took turns
/ in presiding. The guests included.
Mrs. Piquette Mitchell, Mrs Thomas Noyes Mrs.
James +. Mitchell: Misses Shelby and Olga Con
verse, daughters Of Rear Admiral Converse; DR..
Alfred Hopkins Mr.. lie Roy Gough Mr. Phelps
BftHHt 1tf1 James e. hH1e bliss gittA casfuA4ls
Mr. and Ans Andrew Bradley Mr. George OCun-
nor Miss Bayard Miss katherine Clabaugh Miss
Jean Crosby, Misses Lucretis and Mollie Dodge,
Miss Polly Mason Miss Florence WoTthingJon. Miss
Marguerite Le Breton. Aiiss Esther Denng Misses
Elizabeth and Stephanie Prescott Or. Frank Bis
c0c Lieut.. Roger Black, L. 5. A.. Mr.. Beale
B0omer. Mr. Francis Poe. Alr. John Seibcrt Capt.
Frank Wilcox, Lieut. Charles Rockwell, Mr. Chatn-
cey Haeket, Mr. Philip Sclatling Miss Anne Bay
ard. Miss Mary Brewster. Miss Gertrude Brown,
D Ifafnr ffN=lAnH ufu
Helen Downing AlisF Olivia Howard Mrs. VA
liam Litteheld, Miss Isabel Maguder Miss Pauline
AasT7ldtg Miss Belle McGiu, Miss Sadie Mur-
ray 9iss Sessions. Miss Elizabeth Sessions. Miss
Alice Shepard Miss Hester Shepard Miss Dor0-
| thy sibley, Miss Addie Slack, Mis- Nay
Slack Miss Marian Stevens, Miss Lillian Stone,
Miss Laura Wells Miss Helen Wilson, Mr. GeoTge
F. Appleby, Mr.. Hamilton Baxter. Mr. Charles
Bradley, Mr. John v. DaTidge Mr Argentine
Derby, Mr. O. &. T. Dodge. Mr.. Franklin Ellls,
Mr.. William Kendall Evans Mr. Frederick de G.
Faust Mr. Henry H. Goaer Mr Charles harris,
Air. Edward Head Mr., Chester Kerr, Air. John
kingman. Lieut.. William l. LItteheid, Mir.
Halsev Malone MIR Chester Neal Mr. J. A. e..
Palmer Mr. Carl RicAter. Mr.. Manuel salines. Mr.
MaVen Thompson M. Henry Williams. and Mr..
Charles Wilson.
The orchestra at the Willard Hotel
played the music for several nights after
the production Of the play. and il proved
very catchy and pretty, even without the
words. Even those who We're strangers
in town. patrons OF the hotel who there
fore knew nothing OF the play and its
players. were seen keeping time 10 the
lit OF the pretuest pieces, as the orchestra
played them for the theater crowd, which
wandered in for midnight suppers.
Blr. and Mrs Ridgely were hosts at q
supper one night after the last perform
ance of the charity play. and AIr. Brown.
f...ga
and many OF those who had taken part
as principals or chorus were scattered
round the palm room, making a very Jolly
crowd while the music they had just sung
before the foothghts was played from the
musicians balcony.
Maj. Wilcox, L. S A, and Mrs. VII
cox entertained a dinner company at their
charming home. in Twenty-hrst street.
last night. Their guests were Brig, Gen.
William p. DuvaIl, L. 5. A. and Mrs
Duval, the military attache of the Ger
man Embassy and Nine K0rner. Mrs.
Ernest Darlington, wife of Gen. CARING
ton, and Capt John C. Gilmore, l. = A.
Major and Mrs. Wilcox viii have as
their guests later Col. ". A. Simpson.
who viii arrive the end of the week.
Some time next week Mai. and Mrs VIII
cox viii go to Fort Monroe, and viii at
tend the opening of the jamestown Ex-
position.
Mrs. Trueman II. Newberry. wife of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was
hostess yesterday afternoon at a reception
given complimentary to the Michigan
delegation to the Congress of the D. A r.
Mrs, NeWberry is from Detroit Mich
and was, therefore. naturally interested in
the women from her own State who are
visiting the Capital. She received alone.
Mrs DaIzell. wife of Representative
Dalzell, of Pittsburg, was another hostess
who opened her hospitable home to the
Daughters yesterday. The Pittsburg dele
cation to the ID. a. r. Congress We're her
especial guests Assisting Mrs. DaIzeI
i'm the courtesies of the afternoon was
her house guest, Mrs Charles c. Carter.
OF Pittsburg. who leaves to-day for
Atlantic City. en- route to her home.
Mrs. Albert Key, wife of Lieut. Com
mander Key, naval aid to the President
was hostess at delightful bridge whist
party yesterday afternoon al her home in
1 street
The British Ambassador and Mrs.
James Bryce, who are spending few
days in Philadelphia, We're entertained at
luncheon yesterday by the Bishop and
Mrs. Mackay-Smith. formerly of Wash
ington, Bishop Mackay- Smith being rector
at that time of St. Johns Church. DR.
and Mrs. S. Weir Mitchell were hosts at
an afternoon reception yesterday in honor
of the same distinguished visitors.
The Minister from Bolivia, Senior Calde-