The Washington herald., 1908-03-10
In The SOCIAL WORLD
Brazilian Ambassador Host
of Supreme Court.
ELABORATE DINNER GIVEN
Eighty Guests Include NotabIes of
Official and Diplomatic Washing
ton-SenntOr and Mrs. Depew En-
tertain-Mrs- HOsIey's Millinery
Venture Well PatrOnized.

The guardianship of the constitutional
lily of laws by the national judiciary was
the greatest contribution OF America 20
the science Of politics.
The maintenance Of the prestige OF the
supreme Court shows the growth of the
judicial spirit over that of arbitrary force.
-Elihu Root.
The above thought was the contribution
Of the Secretary OF State on the occasion
Of the elaborate dinner given by the Am
bassador from Brazil last night 10 the
personnel OF the Supreme Court.
In the absence of all formal speeches
the Ambassador asked the Secretary Of
State for an expression Of some thought
on this occasion, and the above sentiment
was accordingly printed on the menu
cards at the dinner.
This dinner. given at the embassy TO
eighty guests. was one Of if not the most
elaborate dinner of the season. The ball
room Of the handsome mansion was con-
verted into tropical forest Of palms and
ferns. Amid the green CLEANED, like
SO many frefies, myriad tiny white
lights.
There were eight small tables. at each Of
which were seated ten guests. Each table
bore the name Of some former Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court. such as the John
Jay table. the RutIedge. Ellsworth Mar
shall, fancy, Chase, Waite. and Fuller
tables. the latter in complement TO the
present head Of that distinguished body.
The tables were decorated with mounds
of carnations. roses. and spring flowers.
Each had a distinctive flower Of its own.
The decorations were by J. H. Small
Presiding at the different tables were
Mr.. Chief Justice Fuller. the Secretary
Of State. Mr.. Root; the Italian Ambassa-
der. Baron Mayor des Pianches: the
| French Ambassador. NJ Jusserand; the
| British Ambassador, Mr.. Bryce; the
japanese Ambassador Baron Takahira:
the Brazilian Ambassador and Nine.
Nabuco
/ The eighty guests also included Justice
and Mrs. Harlan. Justice and Mrs.
/ Brewer Justice and Mrs White, Justice
and Mrs. Holmes. Justice Brown. retired.
and Mrs. Brown; Justice Day Justice
Moody. Mrs. Root. Baroness Mayor. Nine.
/ =.
! Elkins. Senator and Mrs Buckley. Sena-
tor and Mrs Wetmore. Assistant Secre-
tary OF State and Mrs. Bacon. Mrs. Fish.
| Senator Warren. Mrs Charles Marshall.
/ OF New York: Miss Marshall, the Hal
tian Minister and Nine. Leger, the Costa
/ Rican Minister and Nine. Calvo. the
| Nicaraguan Minister and Nine. COrea. the
Cuban Minister and Nine. Quesada. the
Argentine Minister and Nine. Portela the
| Peruvian Minister and Nine Pardo. the
Ecuadorian Minister and Mime. Carlo,
the Colombian Minister and Nine. Cortes,
the UruEuayan Minister and Nine La
finur the Panama. Minister, NJ. arrange;
the Minister from Honduras, NJ. Ugarte;
the Chilean Minister and Nine Cruz. the
Charge d'Affaires OF Mexico and Nine.
| GodOy, Minister from Dominican Republic,
NJ Joubert. the Minister from Salvador,
M. Mejia, Col Richard shannon, Of New
York; former Secretary and Mrs. Foster,
Miss Boardman. Miss Wetmore Miss
Carow. Miss GOdoy, Rear Admiral CowIes.
Mr. and Mrs James Harlan. Mrs. Janin
Mr.. burlington. Of New York; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Butler. Mrs. ]. c OLaUgh-
lin, Mr. John Barrett Nine. de Aquino
wife Of the naval attache Of the Brazilian
Embassy; Mile Nabuca, NJ do Amaral.
counselor Of the embassy; NJ. Wanna
Kelsch. second secretary. and NJ. Maurice
NabucO, son OF the Ambassador.
Senator and Mrs. Depew last night
entertained at dinner the Belgian Minis
ter Baron Moneheur; the Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Metcalf. Senator AID
rich, Senator Bacon. Senator Du Pont,
Representative and Mrs. Bourke Cochran,
the Assistant Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Robert Shaw Oliver. Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Clarence Edwards. Col. and Mrs. Charles
Bromwen, Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Ellis. Mrs. Man
ming, Mrs Hanna. Mrs Van Rensselaer,
Cruger Miss H. Patten, Miss Ide, and
MIR Charles Pauldng
The Naval Attache Of the German EN-
bassy and Nine Hebbinghaus entertained
a party Of young people at dinner last
evening.
In spite OF threatening skies and an
unpleasant drizzle yesterday the millinery
opening Of Mrs Hosley. widow of Com
mander HosIey, was well attended. Many
Of sOciety's best known women called at
her home in Nineteenth street to inspect
and TO buy
They came. they saw. and they were
charmed by the smart array OF hats, i'm
ported foreign creations, and domestic
limitations and original models. Mrs. Hos
ley had no reason to feel discouraged at
her first days business.
The feature OF this particular hat shop
Is the fact that there is not hat marked
over S25. In this day. when SO is not an
unusual price for the dame OF fashion 10
pay for her headgear this bids fair to
make this particular millinery parlor the