The Washington herald., 1908-01-07

Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Draper enter
tained at dinner last evening" having as
their guests the Italian Ambassador and
the Baroness Mayor des Planehes the
British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce. Sen
ator and Mrs Stephen B. Elkins. Senator
and Mrs. julius c. Burrows, Justice and
Mrs. Holmes, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
William Sheffield COwles. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock. Mr. and Mrs. c. c.
Glover. Mr and Mrs. William COreOran
Hill, Mrs. Townsend. Mrs. Hinckley, and
Signor Montagna and Signor Centaro, of
the Italian Embassy.
The Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs Straus gave a dinner last night
at their home. in Sixteenth street enter
tanning the Brazilian Ambassador and
Nine. Nabuco, the Mexican Ambassador
and Nine. Creel. Justice and Mrs. Har-
Ian. Justice and Mrs. Brown. Gen. and
Mrs. Bell, Gen. and Mrs. Gillespie. Rep
resentative and Mrs. J. W. Dwight. Rep
.resentattve and Mrs Herbert Parsons.
Col James, military attache of the Brit
ish Embassy. and Mrs. James. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hochstadter. of New York. son-in-
law and daughter of Secretary and Mrs
Straus, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kohns Dr.
Sternberger, of New York, and Miss Gil
more.
At the home Of the Counselor Of the
French Embassy and Mime. des Portes. a
merry little dinner party was given last
night, by Mile. Guilmette des Portes. who
celebrated her twenty-hrst birthday by
giving a dinner complimentary to the
Duke de Chaulnes, of Paris. who came
over from New York for the occasion
The other guests We're the Vicomte and
Vicomtesse de Martel. of the French EN-
bassy; Miss Theodore Shonts. the fancee
of the Duke de Chaulnes; Miss Nellie
Patten, Miss Robson. Miss Morgan,
Baron Haymerle and NJ. Szent-Ivany. of
the Austro-H Hungarian Embassy. Herr
Won Schubert, of the German Embassy
and SignOr Cora of the Italian Embassy
The Eaval Attache Of the Russian EN-
bassy and Nine Nebolsine entertained
their chief the Russian Ambassador,
Baron Rosen. at dinner last night. in
viung as their other guests the Secretary
Of the Interior and Mrs. Garfield, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Gheen, Capt, Raymond
2. Rodgers, L. 5. n, and Mrs. Rodgers.
the Naval AttacEe OF the British En-
bassy, Capt the Hon. Horace Hood; the
Hon Nina Kay ShuttlewoTth. sister of
Mrs James. of the British Embassy. the
Second Secretary Of the Brazilian EN-
bassy and Mime. Chcrmont, Capt Grote
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and Mrs. Evans. wife OF Lieut.. Evans.
Chief Justice Fuller was host last night
at a stag dinner nj his home in + street.
Mrs Woodbury. Blair was hostess at her
first at home yesterday afternoon, in the
Blair homestead in Pennsylvania avenue
Mrs. Blair was Miss Emily Wallach, and
her marriage TO Mr.. Blair occurred last
June.
Representative Frank Lowden. Of Iui-
nois, entertained at dinner last night all
the members OF the Illinois delegation in
Congress.
Mr.. and Mrs Gardiner Williams were
dinner hosts Of last evening.
Miss Cannon gave a luncheon yester-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Launt Palmer are
guests at the White House.
The first Of the Monday evening dances
which were gotten up under the manage
ment Of Miss Grace Bell Miss Shelby
Converse. Miss Constance Hoyt, and
Miss Caryl Crawford, took place at
Rauscher's last night and was pre-
ceded by a number of informal din
ners. The guests were received by Mrs
Newberry, Mrs Hoyt, Mrs. Crawford
Mrs. Cromwell Mrs. Converse. and Mrs
Leech. The ballroom was prettily deco
rated with palms, and a string orchestra
supplied a fine programme of dance music
A buffet supper was served late in the
evening. among the guests were Lieut.
Commander de Blanpre, naval attache of
the French Embassy, and Mime. de
Blanpre. the first secretary of the Spanish
Legation and Nine. Pastor, the third sec
retary of the French Embassy and the
Viscomptess de AIartel. Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas Longwortn, Mr.. and
Mrs Murray a. Cobb, Mr.. and Mrs. FIem-
ing Newbold Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hich-
born, Lieut. r c. Bulmer, T. S. n, and
Mrs Bulmer, Mr.. and Mrs Walter Tuck
erman, Mr.. and Mrs. Walcott Tuckerman,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'D. Lee. MIR. and
Mrs. W. s. Andrews, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
LegaTe. Col Charles BromweII and Mrs.
BromweI, Capt. and Mrs. Summerlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Harlow. Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Westcott. DR.. and Mrs.
Alexander Magruder. Representative and
Mrs, Bourke Cochran, DT. and MIS-. Lang
horne, Prince ~ Lynar, Mr.. Won Schu-
bert, Count Won Hatzfeldt. and Lieut.. Won
Bruning, of the German Embassy; Signor
Montagna, Signor Centaro, and Signor
Cora, of the Italian Embassy; Baron Hay
merle, Baron Ambrosy, of the Austrian
Embassy: Maj. FOurnier, and Viscognt
de Chambrun, of the French Embassy:
Prince KOUdacheff and Mr.. de Thai, of
the Russian Embassy; Mr. Brun. the
Minister from Denmark; Mr.. A Eken-
gren. of the Swedish legation Count
d dAdhemer, Count Bernstein Miss Brew
ster, Miss Elkins, Mile. des Portes, Miss
Jennings, Miss Gertrude Williams Miss
Katherine Williams, Miss Newberry Miss
Hoyt, Miss Crawford, Miss Mckee. Miss
Darlington, Miss Leech. the Misses Butler
Miss Brownson. Miss Eleanor Parker, the
Misses Trescott Miss FerOline Perkins, Miss
LOTing. Miss Chew. Miss Ridgely, Miss