Evening star., 1908-12-20
! Miss Faith Simpkins is another debu-
| tante of the present week.

! Miss Faith Simpkins is another debu-
| tante of the present week.
| Miss Vera Downing gave a debutante
luncheon yesterday.
| Commander B. W. Hodges. U.S.N., gave
a theater party, followed by supper at the
New Willard. last night in honor of Miss
Lillian Duncan Baxter. one of the most
| feted of the seasons buds The others
| in the party. which was chaperoned by
! Mrs Baxter. were Miss Duncan. Miss
Fearn, Miss Ruth Bliss. Miss Alice Boyd
Miss Wyndham Rosser. Drs. TouIon.
| Wright, Mcdowell. Tuttle and Johnson
| and Mr.. Chester Clark
| The Attorney General and Mrs Bona
| partc will give dinner i'll honor of the
| President and Mrs. Roosevelt at RauSch- l.
| er's January -, and at the same place
| February II for the Supreme Court
! Mrs. Somers gave dinner last night OF
| a dozen covers in honor of the pastor of
| the Church of the Covenant and Mrs.
| Charles Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wallace also en-
tertained at dinner last night.
! The Secretary of State and Mrs. Root
will entertain the diplomatic corps at
breakfast at 1 O'Clock New Year. Their
! invitations were sent out yesterday.
There will be no reception at the home
of the Secretary of the Treasury, but it is
! expected the other cabinet houses will be
open to callers, as usual, as well as the
| Vice Presidents home Miss Cannon.
daughter of the Speaker, will also receive.
Mrs. George r. Tooker. daughter of
Rear Admiral and MRS. Willard II.
| Brownson. U.SN-. and Lieutenant Com
mander Charles Lincoln Hussey, U.S.N.
will be married tomorrow. Only small
party will be present at the ceremony.
which will be at the home of the bride S
parents.
Senator and Mrs. James 4. Hemenway
have sent out invitations for the marriage
of their daughter Lena May, to Mr.. \.
! Bennett Gates, Saturday. January 16, at
! l. o'clock, at the New Willard.
| Mrs. William Manning Irwin and Miss
| Annie Irwin went to Annapolis yesterday v
| and Mrs. Tompkins. The latter gave q
| tea yesterday for Miss Irwin. NJ. Harri-
/ son Irwin of Princeton and Miss Mary
! Irwin of the Sacred Heart Convent. near
| Albany, will be home for the holidays.
| The entire personnel of the Russian EN-
! bassy staff were in New York yesterday
/ to celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas. the
| patron saint of the ear. at the Russian
/ Church with their compatriotS in that
/ city Mr.. kroupenSky will remain over
/ till the I'D when he expects Baron Roseh.
/ the Russian ambassador, to arrive from
/ Europe
/ Mr.. George Young, second secretary OF
| the British embassy. and Mrs Young gave
a dinner last night in honor of Miss
| Martha Cameron and the Hon. Ronald
! Lindsay whose engagement was recently
announced.
| Mrs Il. Harrison Garrett and Nr- John
! w Garrett went to New York Thursday
/ to meet Miss Alice Warder, the fiancee
i of Mr.. Garrett who has arrived with her
! mother. Mrs. Benjamin Warder. from
Berlin The wedding of Miss Warder and
Mr.. Garrett will take place Christmas eve
at noon at the Warder residence, Rev.
/ Roland Cotton Smith rector of ST. John S
! Church. officiating.
! Mrs. Letter gave a dinner Of forty Gov
. ers last night when her guests Re nea =
I ~ all from diplomatic circles. Some Of
| those present were the Italian ambaSsa-
j dor and Baroness Mayor des Panches.
( the Austrian ambassador and Baroness
! HenG lnulleT. the French ambassador
and Nine Jusserand. the Brazilian am
';asssdor and Mime Nabuco and the
Bal oness Takalira
Mrs James Mcmillan entertained at
/ dinner last night III honor of her son-in-
/ !aw and daughter Sir John and Lady