Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-04
N THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A DINNER AND MUSICALE AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Other Notable Events and Coming
Ones-Travel Plans.
Notes.

3 IOtner NotaDIe Events ana coming
0nes-Travel Plans.
Notes.
!: The President and Mrs. Roosevelt en-
: tertained at dinner last night Senator
and Mrs. Beveridge. Mr. whitelaw Reid,
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Rockhill, Col.
: and Mrs. Goethals, Lieut. Commander
and Mrs. Vogelgesang, Lieut.. Com
!: mander Crank, Lieut.. and Mrs. Grant,
: Miss Carow, Miss Lucy Kean. Miss
Christine Roosevelt. Miss Meyer. Miss
/ Nabuco, Miss Newberry, Miss Mckee,
! Miss Noble, Miss Helen Church, Miss H.
. w. Fitch. Miss Francesca Butler, Miss
Hoyt Miss Wales. Miss Amy Bowles.
Mr.. Kermit Roosevelt, Capt. Leonard.
. Assistant Paymaster Adee, Mr.. Gardner,
Mr.. c. c. Glover, jr Mr.. William Phil
lips, Mr.. c. E. Hagner. jr.. Mr.. Mclean.
Mr.. Stockton, Mr.. Claude Peck, Capt.
Cheney and Lieut.. Holeomb
roses and white carnations. and Mrs.
Roosevelt's dress was white brocade
with garniture of lace.
At the musicale, which followed, the
Nv was Ta1ss In
Polonaise. OPP. SO. Chopin: The Lass
With the Delicate Air, Arne; Petits
; Oiseaux. Wekeriin; Kussen list keine
; Sund Ey1er; prelude, RachmaninOff:
Etude Fantastiaue. Joseph Holbrooke;
Rigaudon. Op p. No. 1. Arthur Hinton !;
Stolen. Wings Willoughby; Annie Lau-
RE. old Scotch song; Long Ago. Mac
. Richard Strauss; Rhapsody, No. 2. List.
, The artists were Miss Katharine Good
. son. pianist; Miss Franceska kaspar.
. soprano, and Mr.. Henry Xander at the
piano.
. Several hundred guests came in at 10
; o'clock for the music.
; The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
; have sent out invitations for dinner.
10.
The old year was given grand send-on
and the new year joyously ushered in by
a watch party given by the Misses Malone
, of 1907 list street northwest. Piaylne'
. singing and games were INDUCED In un-
. til a late hour, after which the guests re-
. paired to the dining room, where ooun-
tiful repast was Served. Among those
. present were the Misses Fahrmeyer. Sol
. iers, Lanigan. Long, Dowd and McCar-
; thy. and Messrs. William F. Malone.
; Charles F. and Walter A. Dowd, Payne,
Ter and Sugrue.
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe will receive, as
. usual. Monday afternoons throughout the
. season.
, Mrs. Francis Bradford Wheaton Of 24O6
. 18th street will be at home the first four
) Saturdays in February. Mrs. w. L.
Wheaton will be with her.
The Excelsior Literary Club has cards
: out for Twelfth Night" party Monday,
January 6. at the home Of Miss Culley,
OIL M street.
Mrs. Albert Evans will be at home first
and third Mondays.
The Skidoo Club % gave a delightful
! entertainment at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac r. Padgett, 525 9Th street
southwest, New Year eve. The house
! was tastefully decorated with Xmas
green's The evening was spent In j., music,
| dancing and games. About 1880 the
! guests repaired to the dining room, where
a repast was served. The table was deco
! rated with cut flowers and greens. The
I new year was given a cordial welcome
Among the guests present were the
Misses F. and H. Padgett, L. Weems A.
!, Loman, NJ. Holmes. A. Gallagher, H. Gal
lagher, NJ. Woods. M. Saunders. Messrs.
s.. De Vaughn. Hester, c. Rollins, L.
well, W. H. De Vaughn, E. Smallwood,
B. Raum, Mr.. and Mrs Emmett Saun-
ders. Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac r. Padgett, Mr..
| and Mrs. John Saunders and Mrs. Donald
| Clark.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c.
| Wise, 500 Sth street southeast. last Tues
day evening was scene of a merry
gathering to watch the old year out and
new year in. Music, dancing and games
were INDUCED in until midnight, when
all were served with bountiful refresh
ments. The table was beautifully deco
rated with holly. palms and cut flowers
| Among those present were Misses Lucy
and Addie Wathen, Mamie and Merfie
Hollis. Jennie and Martha Sweeney. Pau
line and Amelia Kite Of Culpeper, Va;
Loretta Harrison, Alice Thompson, Anna,
Clara and Laura Wise of Arlington, Va,
and Miss Violet Ruppel. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Joseph Ruppe Mr.. and Mrs. GLASGOW,
Messrs. William Wise, Joe Dunbar, Ford
| Wathen. Frank Ebaugh. Ivor Goldsbo-
rough. John Kenney. John Cole. Myron
Thornton, Cleveland Covington, Will
Groner and Charles Ruppel.
Mrs. Bankhead. wife of Senator John H.
Bankhead of Alabama, arrived at the
Riggs House Friday morning. The SEN
ator is now in Florida and will be here
early next week, in time for the reopen
" ing of the session of Congress.
y Misses Polkinhorn. 24S2 Pennsylvania
/. avenue northwest, will be at home Mon
IdayS in January.
Miss Kehoe of Stoneleigh court enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday in honor OF
Miss Bryan, daughter Of Mr.. William
jennings BfydH
Miss Lillian O'Connell. daughter of Gen.
\ and Mrs. O'Connell. United States army,
" is dangerously i'll with typhoid fever and
Il no change can be hoped for at present. .
II Miss Mary Perry Brown of Mintwood
II place. who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ar
II thur Fl. Lea Of Philadelphia, was the
1 guest of the latter at the Philadelphia as
|, sembly Friday evening.
II Saturday morning, December %. 1907.
II about $50 o'clock, Miss Bette Hughes
II Meredith and Mr.. Benjamin Warren Boil
Il niger of Boonsboro. Nd. were quietly
H married in Hagerstown, Md. The newly
Il married couple left on the early morning
II train for this city, where they were the
H guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Meredith.
4 uncle and aunt of the bride, 80 6ti,
II street southeast. Later in the day the
II couple left for their new home at Ports
n mouth, Va, where the groom Is employed
H as a clerk in the navy yard.
II Miss Frances Miller, daughter of Mr..
II and Mrs Ben de Mier Miller, is spending
\ the holidays in New York as a guest
\ of Mrs Mller's relatives. Mr.. and Mrs.
II Frank fainter. of Bernardsville, N. J.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Miller have recently moved
H from Georgetown to their new home, 1851
J P street northwest.