Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-25
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
THE PRESIDENT AND FAMILY
AND THEIR PLANS.
Other Affairs of Last Night and
Today-Personal
Notes.

The President and Mrs Roosevelt gave
a large family lunch. with few intimate
friends today and they will dine with
Admiral aud Mrs. Cowles tonight.
The sixty-couple cotilon last night at
RauscherS great success Christ
mas bells and garlands adorned the ball
rooms and the favors were very pretty
and numerous. Long tin horns and fans
were the souvenirs. Mrs. Charles II.
Campbell. Mrs. Brooke and Miss Chase
received and Mr.. Campbell and Lieut..
Brooke led The company consisted of
Miss Hatch. Miss Boyd. Miss Bayard,
Miss Parker. Miss Irwin, Miss Stevens.
Miss Gatewood. Miss Crane. Miss Taylor,
Miss l.angftt Miss Kibb.y. Miss Jen
nings. Miss Clabaugh. Miss Iialford. Miss
Finley. Miss Prescott, Miss Polly Mason.
Miss Josephine Mason. Miss Blake. Miss
Goodwin. Miss Converse. Miss Stone.
Miss Porter Miss Downing, Miss Stoney.
Miss Is. D. Stoney. Miss Greedy. Miss {.
X. Portner. Miss Walsh, the Misses Slack,
Mrs. Andrew Bradley, the Misses Shep-
hard. Mrs. Head Mrs Deiderich Mrs {.
Brooke, Miss Hester Shepard and Miss
Caroline Shepard, Miss Heyl, Mr.. Stauf-
fer. MIR. H. Carpenter. Mr.. Head. Mr..
Johnson. Mr. j. Fremont, Mr.. Greedy. DR..
utlle, Lieut. DeltTlcn- MI w ffOTtoH,
Mr.. Powell Harrison, Mr.. Penfield. Mr..
G. w. yesterday, Mr.. p. g. Goode. Mr..
r. F'lournoy, Mr.. l.. Nicholson DR. Bris-
coe Mr.. w. w. Finley. Mr.. Dougherty,
Mr.. John Clapp, Mr.. r. kibbey, Mr.. Cav
anaugh. Mr.. Dabney, DR.. Frank Bescoe.
Lieut.. Bescoe, Mr.. IL. Crist. Lieut..
Semmcs Read. Mr. w. II. Emory. Mr. +.
Bloomer. Mr.. Appleby. DIR. McMindo. Mr..
Powell. Mr.. Joseph Kelton, Mr.. Charles
Harrison, Mr.. J. Taylor, Mr.. George
!
DR. X. b. Henry. Lieut.. Butler. DR.. De
Laney. Mr. Percival Water, Capt. Mason
Gulick Mr. Henry Parker. Mr.. Church,
Mr.. n. Dederich. Mr.. John Stauffer, Mr.
a, Clemens. Mr. Potts, Mr.. Whitley; Dr.
II. H. Kerr. Capt. Brooke, Mr.. T. NJ.
Owens Mr.. +. O. Richey, DR.. Bailey, Mr.
J. d. Gatewood, Mr. NJ. d. Allen, Mr.
Ecker Mr.. j. r. Dykes. Mr.. Britton
Brown. Mr.. Charles Rockwell Mr. Har-
ner, DR.. H. Sewers, Mr. T. *. Roberts,
Mr.. X. Stead and Mr. G. kibbey.
! Mrs. Darlington, wife of Brig Gen T..
a. darlington, T.S.A., and Miss CARING
ton will entertain at tea today from
| to O'Clock. complimentary to the West
Point cadets who are spending their holi-
days i'll the city.
The Christmas eve informal dance at
the CAIRO last night, at which the house
guests of the hotel and their friends were
the guests OF Mrs and Mrs. William Cato
was one Of the prettiest affairs of the
season. The beautiful parlors and ball
room were brilliantly lighted. and. to-
sether with the many beautiful gowns
worn. made up Il charming scene typical
Of the season.
One of the especially pleaslreable in
stances OF the evening was the presenta
jlOn of silver service to Mr. and Mrs
Cato by the house guests. Shortly be-
fore the opening of the dance and after
the guests had assembled Senator War
ner OF Missouri made the presentation
speech, in which he formally presented
the service and wished the host and
hostess the compliments of the yuletide
season Senator Teller of Colorado, Rep
! rcsentative Ronynge. Representative Mon
dell. DR. Kemp and Mr. T. F. Schneider
also delivered short addresses in which
they seconded the many happy returns
/ to the host and hostess which Senator
Warner had extended
The guest list included:
Senator and Mrs Warner Senator Tell
er, Representative Bonynge and Mrs. b.
nynse. Repre- sentative Mondell and Mrs
Mondell. Mrs. Walter Reed, Mr.. and Mrs.
Waller. Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley. Miss Jones,
Mrs. Snapp and Miss Snapp, Mr. and
Mrs. Tustan, Miss Tustan Mr. T. F.
Schneider, Mrs Schneider. Cen Matile,
Mrs. Matie Miss Matile. Miss Baurreill
of Charleston. S. c., Miss Abbott, Miss
Jeny of Charleston. s. c.: Mr.. PIempton,
Miss Phillips of Virginia. Mr. William NJ
Conrad. the Misses Nesbit of Nova SEQ
tia. Mr.. Virgil F. Bourne. Miss Billings
of Cleveland, Ohio: Miss Brown. Miss
-Adrans, Mr.. Billings OF Cleveland Ohio:
| Mr.. Howard +. Wright, Gen. Davis and
Mrs. Davis.
Gen. and Mrs. Franklin Bell gave a
Christmas eve dinner in honor of their
nephew. Cadet Darlington. who is home
from West Point for the holidays. The
others present were Miss Katherine Leech,
Miss Carolyn Murray Miss Darlington,
Miss jeanette Allen, Miss Knox Miss Ale
shire. Miss Niche Cadet Griswold, Cadet
Chase. Cadet Aleshire. Cadet Hughes. Ca
det Helmer and Cadet Raymond Smith
The table was decorated with a small
Christmas tree in the center. with smaller
ones at each place. The elders of the
family circles represented We're also pres
ent.
Miss Frances Mulvey and Miss Anne r.
GaskinS of 23th street northwest left yes
teriay for Woonsocket. r. L., where they
will spend the Christmas holidays at the
home of Miss Mulvey.
Miss Juanita Kaufman and Miss Rose
nau will be at home to their friends in
formally Sunday evening, December %.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bogdahn of this city
announce the engagement of their daugh-
ter Marie to Mr. Robert III. Stelzner of
Milwaukee, Wis.
Mrs. Richard Townsend will give ball
January ).
Mrs Frances Musgrave will give tea
January { to meet Mrs. Percy MuSgrave.
Invitations are out for a series of win
ter hops to be given by the officers and
ladies stationed at Fort Myer. Va. The
first dance will come on the Sth of Jan
uary. They will continue throughout
the season, on the second and fourth
Fridays of each month. The hops will
be given from $50 till II o'clock, in the
ballroom of the administration building.
Mrs Whitelaw Reid attended the opera
in New York last night with her father,
Mr.. d. o. Mills and wore a gown of
pale blue chiffon velvet combined with
Venetian point lace and silver embroid-
cry. also ornaments of pearls and dia-
mondS.
Mrs Hunt Slater and her house guest,
the Baroness Lekow, are spending today
in Laurel, Md
Among the passengers who arrived last
night in New York was the Earl of Ora
nard, whose engagement TO Miss Bea-
trice Ogden Mills was recently announced.
| He was met at the pier by his prospective
| father-in-aw, Ogden Mills. who WhiSked