Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
N the WORLD OF SOCIETY
SOCIAL EVENTS FOR INLAND
WATER WAYS COMMISSION.
Some Of the omcial Entertaining in
Its Honor-other Happenings.
Personals.

President Roosevelt will give dinner of
over sixty covers Tuesday night next in
| honor of the governors of states and ter
| ritories and members of the inland wa
| terways commission. who will be furt her
| entertained by a reception at the home of
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot on the evening of the
14th and White House garden party on
| the 18th.
The garden party to which Mrs. and
Miss Kaufman have issued invitations
for Saturday. May ., at their country
home. Airlie, Military road. has been post
poned because of continued wet weather
until Saturday, May IL.
| Mrs. Meyer and the Misses Meyer. wife
and daughters of the Postmaster General
Nine. de Blanpre, Baron AmbrozyS Nine
were among those best known here sail
Ing from New York for various European
ports yesterday.
The Secretary of State and Mrs Root
entertained at dinner last night and will
again be hosts tonight. Their daughter,
Mrs. L. 8. Grant, jr., is with them on q
| visit.
| Miss Gladys ingalls,, after visiting Mrs.
| Longworth and Miss Jarvis, has returned
TO her home in Cincinnati, and was ac-
companied there by Mis- Constance Hoyt
who will be her guest
| Mrs Gillespie gave luncheon yester-
day for Mrs. Hughes Oliphant. who has
returned to Washington after several
years absence, and taken a house at
| Chevy Chase for the summer.
| Mrs. Chatard entertained at a beautiful
| luncheon today.
| Miss Mabel Linton entertained at a
pretty luncheon yesterday. which was fol-
| lowed by musical in honor of Miss
Mamie Wiley of Richmond. The other
| Hancock. Md; Miss Rennoe of DOncas-
ter. Md, and Miss Hattie Hoover of this
city.
terrain at lunch tomorrow in honor of
| Mrs. William Ruff1n Cox of Richmond
national president of the Colonial Danes
OF America. The officers of the national
| society and the presidents of all the state
societies of Colonial Danes are invited
to meet Mrs. Cox.
The fifth birthday of the twin daugh-
| tefs OF Col. and Mrs. Benjamin Reeves
Russell. Irene Hancock Russell and Emil
~ Reeves Russell. was delightfully."- cele-
nrated yesterday by gathering of thirty
little people who found the house decked
|
prettily dressed in white null and lace
frocks over pink to receive them An
| orchestra played for the dancing and
Mrs Russell was assisted by her daugh-
ters. The Misses Sessions and Miss Cook
In looking after their pleasure. Among
the guests were GonzalO Quesada Rod
rick Lotus. the two children of the
Siamese minister. Mr.. Ratanayapti. MIL
dred and Scott Cromwell. Jack Hudgins
Moran McCarty. Leroy Cough jr., Pau
| line kindleberger. Charles Hyle Ade;ine
and Nadine Oxnard. Mildred and Ida Ad-
ans. Anita Bulmer. Charles Lee and
| Catherine and Myron Burdette
Columbia Chapter. d. A. r.. held it's
| final at home of the season Tuesday even
| ing in the red parlor of the Ebbitt House
the regent. Mrs. s. ]. 8. Croissant, pre-
| siding. Flags and spring blossoms ar
! ranged In dainty prOfusion lent the touch
| OF color that blended SO happily with the
toilets Of the ladies. The guests in
visiting D. A. r., regents. Daughters of
1872 and the officers of the PocahOntas
Society After singing America" Mrs.
Mabel Godfrey SwOrmstedt, treasurer
member of Columbia Chapter, gave an
original paper. her subject being The
Education of Women She told in an
interesting and sometimes amusing way
| how woman was hampered in colonial
| times when there were no advantages
| for education and woman's intellect was
considered inferior to mans, and how
the gentler sex by means Of persever-
ance and keen understanding had man.
aged to reach and keep abreast with
man. not only as student, but as in
structor.
Mr.. A. j. Green followed with an his
| torical address. his remarks covering a
period dating from the Pilgrims until the
present time. and dealt largely with the
interesting history of jamestown. Miss
Bertha Frances Wolfe then gave a reci-
tation. entitled Knee Deep in June, and
for an encore. Little Boy Blue" Miss
number. when she gave a piano solo,
THE Water Nymph,' by Thome, and for
a second number Grieg's Spring Song"
The meeting then adjourned. when re-
Mrs. William R. Bailey. were served and
| t he usual sociability followed.
The musical yesterday at the home Of
ing Boys Home was great success.
both In the program and the audience
present to enjoy it. Miss Eccles of New
York. Mrs. Williston Hou&h and Mr.. Os-
car Gareissen were the artists, the lat
| ter giving an extra number, by request.
at the close of the program. In the COM
pany were Mrs Garfield. Mrs. Stephen B.
E.kins. Miss, Katherine --lkins. Mrs. For
aker and Miss Foraker. Mrs. Murray
Crane. Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Mrs.
Briggs, Mrs. Chauncey Depew Mrs. Rob
ert Bacon. Mrs. Truman H. Newberry.
Miss kean. Mrs. Charles J. Bell. Mrs.
Hennen Jennings. Miss Jennings. Mrs.
Henry Cleveland Perkins. Miss Perkins,
Mrs. Eustis. Mrs. FremOnt-Smith, Mrs.
Kerr. Mrs. Lowndes, Mrs. Harlan, Miss
Harlan, Mrs. Duncan McKim, Mrs Hunt
Slater, Mrs. Wells. Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mrs.
Musgrave. Mrs. Lee Phillips and Mrs.
William Barrett Ridgely.
Senator and Mrs. Buckley and Com
mander and Mrs. Wnslow will give din
ners tonight.
Miss Leila Stickell, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. Stickell of Brentwood, Md, gave
spider party at her home Monday even
| ing. After the spider web was down and
the guests had received their prizes. re-
| freshments were served. Those present
| were Miss Abbie Casey, Miss Fannie
Casey Miss Christ Smith. Miss Louise
Beamer. Miss Elma Tefean, Miss Leila
Stickell. Mr.. Harry Long. Mr.. Robert
Casey, Mr.. Melvin Leakin. Mr.. Walker
Branson. Mr.. More and Mr.. Fred Lite.
The dining room was decorated in pink
and green.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Harryman Rapley en-
tertained at dinner last evening at their
home on p street. in honor of Senator
| and Mrs. Taylor of Tennessee. Among
those invited to meet the guests of honor
were Commander and Mrs. BarrOll, Rep
| resentative- Keliher of Massachusetts,.
Mrs. knight of New York and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bergman.