The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24

tractfve IN gown OF pale PINK mar
quisette and a hat massed IA pink
roses. Mrs. Kahn. wife of Representa-
tive Kahn, after her usual custom.
wore black.
DON PRET-rIEsT FROCKs
The cabinet women with one accord
donned their prettiest frocks. MIRA
Root wore a costume OF black and
white lace and chiffon: Mrs. Taft had
a black~and white chiffon deliberately
inset with medallions over white and a
large hat laden with black and white
plumes. Mrs. Bonaparte appeared in
a gray silk gown and fascinating hat
of white erin trimmed with flowers;
Mrs. Garfield wore gray chiffon and a
picture hat trimmed with pink roses
and Mrs. Straus appeared in black
and white gauze with touches of gold
about the bodice and large black hat
trimmed with two immense black
plumes.
Mrs. Fairbanks looked attractive in
white chiffon powdered with pink roses
and worn~with rather large black hat,
and Mrs. Timmons was as pretty as
picture in her gown OF Natter blue
chiffon and her large black hat. Mrs.
''Bobbie" Goelet, who with Mr.. Goelet
are house guests of Representative and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. accompanied
Mr.. Longworth to the fete. Tall and
willowy. with a mien and air that
stamp her a woman of unusual dis
tinction. Mrs. Goelet looked positively
stunning in directoire gown of cling
ing gray voile. zbout the color of
CT ha OF nf
black serving admirably to bring out
the delicate tones of the material. The
frock was marked with touches of ex-
Quisite embroideries carried out In
black, and quite the proper finish TO the
costume was mandarin hat of white.
the high crown relieved by encircling
black willow plumes.
Mrs. Bourke Cochran in a blue and
white striped gauze with q modish hat
of blue chip trimmed in black plumes
was another striking figure
The dinner for men which the presi-
dent gave on Friday evening brought
the constant series OF entertainments
to conclusion. Guests at the White
House are Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Rich
ardson and Mr.. and Mrs. Emlen Roose-
welt of New York.
Mrs. Roosevelt, with the. ladies of
the household. displayed unusual inter
est in the several sessions the gov
ernors held in the east room. appearing
each morning and afternoon and re-
naming interested listeners until the
program was about completed, when
they quietly withdrew from their coign
of vantage at the center door of the
east room.
MANY ENGAGEMENTS
For the remainder OF the month we'd
dings will have a place of chief inter-
est in the social scheme of things,
while the announcement OF interesting
engagements follow one another in
bewildering rapidity.
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth at the
White House garden party conf1ded to
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt the
engagement OF her niece, Miss Lucretia
Blow lie Bourgeois, and Captain R. o.
Van Horn, Seventeenth United States
infantry. Captain Van Horn is at pres
ent on duty as military aid to the
president
The engagement of Miss Errol Cuth-
bert Brown Of this city to Lieutenant
Charles Russell Train, who arrived at
Washington during the week in Rear
Admiral Robley d. Evans suite, was
an announcement that caused no end
of pleasant gossip. Miss Brown, who
lie a debutante OF a few seasons back,
Is sparkling eyed brunette who when
she chose costume for the famous
Thomas r. Walsh bal masque last win
ter went as Mile. Modiste,'' carrying
off the role as cleverly as did eyer
FRITZ Scheff herself. The Train-Brown
wedding is set for June 15 at $50
o'clock in the afternoon.
Another engagement OF wide interest
is that OF Miss Lucretia wolcott Dodge,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Howell Dodge OF Georgetown, D. c.,
and Lieutenant Rodman Butler, Sixth
United States cavalry. Lieutenant But
ler is a son of General John g. Butler,
L. s. A (retired), and a brother to
Mrs Jay Johnson Morrow, wife of
Major Morrow, at present on duty as
engineer commissioner of the district
OF Columbia.
Miss Dodge, who spent the winter in
the Philippines as the guest of her
brother in law and sister, Captain and
Mrs. Heiberg. is pretty little woman
with big brown eyes and quantities Of
auburn hair. No date Is set for the
wedding.
cowLEs TO CLOSE HOUSE
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William Shef-
field Cowles, who are soon to close
their Washington house, had with them
recently as their house guest Ogden
Mills of New York and California
Commander and Mrs. Alexander
Sharp have left Washington for San
Francisco. where Commander Sharp
will assume command of the Z. S. S.
Virginia.
The naval attache Of the French
embassy and Madame de Blahpre have
closed their house here. Madame de
3lanpre having sailed for France, to
be Joined later in the season by Com
mander de Blanpre, who viii spend
the interim at San Francisco.
Lieutenant Commander de Aquino of
the Brazilian embassy. who has re-
turned from San Francisco, accom-
panied by HIS wife and small daughter,
will sail May 81 for Brazil. where they
will pass the summer. Major Rufus
H. Lane, L. s. NJ. c., and Mrs. Lane
have given up their home In this city
r,reoa raforv 70 brief visit on fhe AZ