Evening star., 1908-02-04
Y THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
OF MISS PANSY
, PERKINS Is ANNOUNCED.
Indiana Society Greets Vice Presi-
dent-Monday Dance.
Court Mourning.

| S0SASSy SASSsS sASS ASSA
dent-Monday Dance.
Court Mourning.
/ Senator Perkins and Mrs. Perkins of
California announce the engagement of
their daughter. Miss Pansy Perkins. to
Mr.. Cleveland II. Baker. formerly Of
Oakland. now district attorney 1T Tono-
pah. New. The date of the wedding has
not yet been fixed.
Announcement is made from Chris
tiania of the engagement of william
Max Muller formerly secretary of the
British embassy at Washing ton. and
now first secretary of the British lega-
ton at Chrstiania. to Miss Wonda Hell
berg of kovik. daughter of the late
Prof. Jacob Heiberg. Mr. Max Muller
is son of the late Prof. Max Muller.
the British scientist and writer.
An unusual gathering of foreign and
other notables at.the capital will add
special brillianck to the gay Ioings of
/ this week. The Count and Countess
! Dionys Szechenyi are lunched and Gined
| each day and night since they came.
| Tonight Mr.. and Mrs George W VAN
derbilt will be their hosts. and today
| the Austrian ambassador and fdroness
Hengelmuller had a large company to
meet them at luncheon.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. wife of the
| former minister to Belgium. and her
daughter. Miss Townsend. have arrived
| on a visit to Mrs. Richard Townsend,
| who is giving large dinner in their
honor tomorrow night to preccde her
| ball.
Mrs. Slater is entertaining Mrs Henry
| CleWS of New York, and will give a
dinner in her honor tomorrow, the
party going on later to the townsend
ball.
| The German ambassador and Baroness
Won Sternburg entertained at dinner Ia st
night in honor of the Vice President and
Mrs. Fairbanks The others present were
the Postmaster General and Mrs Meyer,
| Senator Crane. the minister from Spain.
| the minister from Greece, Representative
and Mrs. Longworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Corcoran Eustis, Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt. Mrs. Hobson. Miss Cameron Miss
Langham. Mr.. Charteris of the British
embassy. Count Won Iatzfeldt, counselor,
and c. Won Schubert, attache, of the en-
bassy staff.
i The charge daffaires of the japanese
embassy and Nine. Miyaoka had as dinner
guests last night Senator and Mrs. Ray
ner. Representative and Mrs. Loud. Miss
Hull Miss Foraker. Miss Marion Oliver.
Prince Koudacheff. first secretary of the
Commander Taniguchi. naval attache of
the Japanese embassy. The counselor and
4 Nine. Miyaoka will sail for Japan the
last of this month or the first of next, and
| whether or not they are to return to this
country is matter for the Japanese for
eisn office.
+, Senator Depew entertained at dinner
i1@ct Hf Nf f1axaS ssf hn
House Invited to meet him were Repre-
sentatives Payne. Olcott. Fassett. Vree-
land. Perkins. Dwight. Driscol Fairchild.
Southwick. Bradley. Bennett. Calder,
Littlefield and Foss. Representative
Littauer. Charles g. Bennett. secretary of
the Senate: c. II. Butler. John a. Sleicher
and Timothy l.. Woodruff of New York
and William Barnes. jr., of Albany.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Gillespie gave a
dinner last night. when the company in
cluded Brig. Gen. and Mrs. J. Franklin
/ Bell. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Clover. Mrs.
Randolph Clarke. Mrs. Julian James Mr..
and Mrs. Gardner Williams. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs Sanger. Senator Bacon Rear Ad-
miral O'Neil and Gen. and Mrs. Fitz-
hugh.
| Mr.. and Mrs George w. Vanderbilt.
Gen. and Mrs. John A. Johnston. Mrs.
| Don Cameron. Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon, Mr..
ana MIS-. NdnOoTSTllt. Representative dHu
| Mrs Lowden were among those who gave
dinners last night.
The Italian and Brazilian embassies are
in mourning for the death of King Carlos.
| and both ambassadors and their stans
| have withdrawn from social affairs for
| the period prescribed by the usual forms.
| King Carlos was the first cousin Of the
King of Italy. his mother being the sister
of the late King Humbert. The Brazilian
,hoc Nine NQhnco will take
no part in society until after the funeral
| of the murdered king.
Mrs. Joerissen will not be home tomor-
| row, February >.
| Mrs Odell S. Smith will receive tomor-
row from : to T, for the last time this sea-
| son.
Mrs. Thomas H. Young and the Misses
! Young. 1717 18th street. will not be at
home Wednesdays, February and l.,
but will keep the remaining Wednesdays
of the season.
will not receive again this winter.
| Miss Rathbone-Smit will he at home
| tomorrow and the remaining Wednesdays
| in February at HOO Vermont avenue.
| D.. Alice Burritt has gone to New
| York to join the Bible students cruise
| to Palestine and Egypt and expects to be
gone six months.
| Mrs. Edward Graves of Massachusetts,
avenue will be at home tomorrow after
4 noon.
Mrs w. Ignatius Dyer has cards out for
a tea February Is.
Mrs. Percy c. Adams and Mrs. Cha
F. Fuller will be at home at 1909 Della
field place February and ii.
| Herr Won Schubert of the German en-
| baSsy, Senior Montagna of the Italian
| embassy. Mr.. a. Robert Elmore, Miss
Marion Parker. Mr. Robert Daniels. Mr..
Sheldon Wardwell Mr.. Alberto Joachim
and Mr.. Arthur Peters, all of this
| city. attended the Bachelors cotillon
in Baltimore last night
| The ballroom of the Arlington nad it's
chandeliers festooned with green and
walls draped with "Old GlO-y' las.
| night at the reception of the Indiana
Society to meet Vice President Fair
banks. Senators Hemenway and Beyer-
idge. and the members of Congress
from the state and their wives.
Mr.. A. l.. Lawshe, third assistant post
master general and president Of the
ing line with Mrs. Lawshe. Near them
Was the Vice President. and next to
| the latter stood Senator and Mrs.
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