Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-15
I'M THE. WORLD OF SOCIETY
A NAVY PARTY AT THE HOME
OF MR.. AND MRS. NEWBERRY.
Last Nights Dinners and Mrs
Kathleen Ryan's Coming Out.
Other Debuts.

| other DebutS.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Newberry are giving large reception this
afternoon to make the acquaintance of
| the officers of the navy on the active and
retired lists who live in this city and
| neighborhood and the ladies of their faml-
| lies.
The Vice President and Mrs Fairbank
| gave dinner last night when among
their guests were Senator and Mrs. Cul-
berson. Senator and Mrs. Scott. Senator
and Mrs. Smoot. Mr.. and Mrs. X. J..
Wynne. Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Curtis, Sena-
tor Bacon. Mr.. and Mrs. Oulahan Mr..
and Mrs Lansing. Miss Foraker and Mrs.
Moore.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
| Meyer entertained at dinner last evening
| In honor of Miss Roosevelt. Their other
| guests were the Danish minister and
Countess Moltke. Mr.. and Mrs. Kennard,
| Mr.. and Mrs. F.. o. Beach. Mrs. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Miss Mum. Miss Simpklns,
Miss Bacon. Miss Julia Meyer. Miss Alice
| Meyer, Baron Haymerle, MIR. Won Stumm.
| NJ. Ovey, Prince Windisch-Graetz, MIR.
Won Prittwitz, Mr.. Straight, Mr.. Martin
and MI. Miles.
The Austrian ambassador and Baroness
| Hengelmuller entertained at dinner last
| evening in compliment to Capt. William
Austin Wadsworth of New York. The
other guests were the Secretary Of Com
merce and Labor and Mrs. Straus. the
Swedish minister and Nine. de Lager
| crantz, the Netherlands minister and
Nine. Louden, Representative and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. Lieut. Commander
and Nine. de Blanpre, MT and Mrs. Lau-
! MyS L.
buco, Miss Pulitzer of New York, Miss
Carey of Baltimore, Mr.. Kroupensky, Mr..
Chandler and Count Torok.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson
Clover entertained at dinner last night In
| honor of the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Newberry. The other guests were
| Representative and Mrs. Dwight, Assist
| ant Secretary Satterlee, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Leutze, Mrs. Merritt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r.
| Walsh, Miss May Williams, Capt. and
Mrs. Mulligan and Chief Constructor
Caps, U.S.N.
Miss Barbara Smith, the third daughter
of the rector of ST. Thomas Church and
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, will be presented
| at tea today at the family residence.
Mrs. Smith, besides her house guests
Miss Sophia Sadtler and Miss BogGs OF
Baltimore and Miss Elizabeth Cryer OF
Philadelphia-will have in the entertaining
| party MISS Josephine Mason, MISS hd1ic
Aldrich. Miss Lillian Duncan Baxter, Miss
Dorothy Williams. Miss Julia Heyl. Miss
| Frances Webster, Miss Marcella Smith
and Miss Monica Smith, her daughters.
Mrs. Thropp. Mrs. Munroe Hopkins and
Mrs. Abbott will preside in the dining
room.
| Pay Director John n. Speel. U.S.N.. and
Mrs. Speel are entertaining at large
| reception this afternoon to present the
| daughter of the latter, Miss Lena Hitch
| cock. Among those who will assist the
| hostess and the young debutante are Mrs.
Carl Vogul Gesans. Mrs Cheatham. Mrs.
| E. II. Tillman, Mrs. Joseph NJ. Hemp
hill. Mrs. A. P. White of New Jersey.
Miss Ratl1bun of Brooklyn. Miss Lillian
Chew, Miss Alice Boyd, Miss Helen Blu
chanan, Miss Mildreth Gatewood Miss
Florence Gheen. Miss Caroline Nash. Miss
May Powers, Miss Margaret Scott and
Miss Casey.
Mrs. William Schofield Hoge has cards
out for Monday afternoon December d.
4 to Z. at HOP 18th street, when Miss Mar
| garet Lloyd Hoge will make her debut.
Mrs. Ashton G. Clapham was hostess
| at charming luncheon today in honor of
Maj. John T. Knight. U.S.A.. and Mrs.
| Knight The decorations were pink roses
and smilax. Invited to meet Miss knight
were the following ,4; d Iat, Miss
~
Miss Dorothy Gatewood, Miss Ethel Hick-
ey, Miss Ruth Beard. the house guest of
Mrs. Isaac r. Mann; Miss Josephine Ma
son. Miss Kathleen Ryan and Miss Bes-
/ sic Johnson.
| Miss Marion Oliver daughter of the as
| sistant secretary of war, entertained at a
luncheon yesterday, Mrs. Roscoe c. Bull
LeutZe. Miss Darlington. Miss Denny,
Miss Carolyn Murray. Miss Marjorie Ale
shire, Miss Niche, Miss Elizabeth Par
ker. Miss Joanna Schroeder and Miss
Yulee Noble.
Mrs. F. Greenapple announces the en-
gagement of her daughter Selma to Mr..
George S. Cohen of Galveston, Tex. The
wedding will take place in New York
some time In January.
Miss Leavitt will not he at home this
evening. but will see her friends on sue
ceeding Tuesday evenings as usual at
14O1 H street northwest.
A surprise party was given to celebrate
the eighteenth birthday Of Miss Mabel
Hamann at her residence. PIG 5th street
northeast, last week the affair being
planned and successfully carried out by
the members of the Ex-Ve-Ie Pleasure
Club. Mss Hamann was presented with
gift from the club. Games. musical Sc
lections and refreshments followed. The
following were present: Misses Edna
Boyd. Mabel Hamann. Irene Frick Kath-
crime Thompson, Marie Wade. Elbarta
Thorn and Messrs. Aloysius Stormont
Joseph Dawson. jr.. Frederick Lake, Will
liam Boyd. Arthur Frick Rae Barrick.
Victor Jaeger, John Lesch and Charles
Hamann.
! Mrs. Arthur b. Ryan presented her
handsome young daughter. Miss kath'een
| Ryan, yesterday al large tea at which
| several hundred guests enjoyed a most de-
1ightful occasion The pleasant home on
Sunderland place was profuselv decorated
! with palms and ferns and holiday gar
lands, the masses Of green on the man
| tells. piano top. etc. making back
| ground for the scores of bouquets sent
this attractive addition to the ranks of
| the debutantes. Mrs Ryan wore black
lace dress and her daughter was i'm soft
| white lace, made over clinging white
satin. She carried an armful Of roses
and violets. Assisting in the hospitality
were Mrs. William Ryan. grandmother Of
the debutante; Mrs Frances Nash and
Miss Carolyn Nash of Annapolis aunt
and cousin of the debutante: Mrs Charles
Richardson. Miss Alice Boyd Miss Lena
Hitchcock. Miss Rathbone. Miss Cate
wood Miss Wyndham Rosser Miss 10
sephne Mason. Miss Lillian Duncan Bax-
ter, Miss Elliott. Miss Gibbs. Mrs. Alan
O. Clephane. sister of the debutante. and
the Misses Ryan.
Mrs j. Davis Broadhead and Miss
Broadhead have sent out cards for mu-
steal Saturday afternoon January . The
artists will be Nine DyaS StapdiSb CO