Evening star., 1908-01-22
\ THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND MRS. RoOSE.
WELT AT coRTELYoU HOME.
Other Pleasing Happenings of Past
and Some Of the Future.
Personals.


Roosevelt. Their cozy home on Ban
croft place was as fragant as A June
garden with a wreath of roses The
hallway had punches of white roses amid
palms and trailing vines, the drawing
room was decked with La France roses
and on the dining room mantel long
| stemmed American beauties lived out
few brief hours of loveliness. The dinner
table, around which covers for thirty
were laid, had a patriotic suggestion in
its color scheme. carried out in the red
and white Of Richmond and bride roses
and the almost blue of the violet These
blossoms formed a large center piece and
| two end placuues. The space between
was sprayed over with smilaX and loose
rose buds. Mrs. Roosevelt's place was
| marked by a large cluster of violets and
| the other corsage bouquets round the
| table were of lilies of the valley and
| violets. Boutonnieres of gardenas were
at the mems places. Mrs. Cortelyou was
very becomingly gowned in white satin
| and point lace.
To meet the President and Mrs. Roose
welt there were present Representative
and Mrs. Fowler. Judge and Mrs.
Clements. Judge and Mrs. Booth. AS
sistant Secretary REYNOLDS. Assistant Sec
| retary Edwards. Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. Winthrop. Hon. and Mrs. Charles
| Earl, Gen. and Mrs. George B. Williams.
Hon. and Mrs. John ]. Hemphill. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles f. Pray of New York. Mr..
| and Mrs. Thomas PresSer OF New York.
Miss Carow. Miss Mary Williams, Miss
Gertrude Brown of I.ockport. n. Y: Miss
Kinds. Mr.. Henry p. Blair and Mr.. II.
| o. Weaver.
Mrs Louis A. Pradt will he at home
Thursdays in February at the Cordova.
Mrs Henry Olive Cooper and Mrs. I'll
mer A. Morse will receive tomorrow with
/ Mrs La Toilette. wife of Senator La
| Toilette of Wisconsin.
Mrs F. Madara of Camden, n. j., is
home Thursdays in February.
Mrs l.. Madara of Camden. n. J.. is
| the guest of MIR. and Mrs Charles
Young, at Is Rhode Island avenue.
| Mrs Henry A. Seymour. 1897 Connecti-
| cut avenue, will not be at home tomor-
| row.
| Mrs Flint will not receive tomorrow. on
| account of the Illness of her daughter.
Mrs Charles Henry Butler. 1885 |
street. will receive tomorrow and again
| next Thursday.
| Mrs Frank Herbert Briggs. daughter
| of Senator William p. Frye, will receive
| tomorrow at the Hamilton.
| Mrs William Burton Green will be at
| home informally tomorrow.
Miss Irma Stern has as her guest her
| cousin, Miss Flora Gusdorff of baltimore.
They will be at home to their friends TO-
morrow evening
Mrs. and Miss Smoot. wife and daugh-
ter of Senator Smoot. will not receive TO-
morrow. but will be at home the loilo"lhg
Thursday, January 30
! Miss Helen Monmonier of Baltimore
will receive with Mrs. James Dudley Nor
gan Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Alice Sowden. widow of ex-
Representative and William II. Sowden
of allentown. Pa, Is in the city, the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. James l.. Pugh.
34Oo Mount Pleasant street northwest,
where she expects, to spend the winter.
Mrs Victor II. Wallace will be at home
for the last time this season saturday.
January 3D. from until T. 9 clock. at
the Marlborough. .5=.
Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer will be at home
the second and fourth Tuesdays in Feb
! ruary.
Miss Mary Herley of $40 Fairmont ave-
nue. East End. Pittsburg. Pa. is the guest
of Mrs. Mary c. Hood of Muirkirk. Md.
and will receive her friends until Feb
ruary /, 1908.
Mrs. ]. Eakin Gadsby will receive to-
morrow and will have her house guest,
Miss Elizabeth Bradford of Maryland,
| with her.
| Mrs. William Alden Smith. wife of Sen
ato~ Smith, will receive tomorrow at her
residence 1919 10Th street.
| Another of Technical High Schools
| dances was given last Friday evening at
the Arlington by its new cadet COM
pany, l.. The ballroom was thronged
! with young people. During the intermis-
| sion refreshments were served. Miss F.
| Sanders a teacher at Tech. was the
chaperon. Among those dancing were
Capt. Pelzman of Company l., Lieut.. B.
| McKernan and Miss Mollie Ewing. ex-
Capt. r. Hart and Miss Jessie Mason,
Mr.. McPhee and Miss Claire Collins Mr..
Griesbauer and Miss d. Henderson, Mr..
| David Brewster. captain of Tech foot
Mr.. Frank West and Miss c. Grandfield.
Mr. Klinger and Miss Ware. Mr.. Warren
| Spencer and Miss Pratt. Mr.. r. Mattern
and Miss Reiplinger. Mr.. Couche and
| Miss l. Ellis. Mr. Bouse. Mr. Hearst. Mr..
King and Mr. Ezdorf and Miss H. Burch.
| Mrs. II. r. Taggart and her daughters
will be at home informally Tuesdays in
| February at their home in Georgetown.
| Mrs. Teller. at the Cairo, viii not be
| at home tomorrow.
| Rear Admiral and Mrs Leutze gave a
| large dinner last night in honor of Secre-
tary and Mrs. Metcalf.
Secretary and Mrs. Root gave dinner
| last night.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Elliott We're hosts
at dinner at the marine barracks last
night. Their guests were Senator Gal
| linger. Senator and Mrs. Briggs. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Foss. Representative
| and Mrs. Weeks. Maj and Mrs. McCaw-
ley. Capt. and Mrs. Hooker, Brig IGen
Allen and Mr.. and Mrs. George T.
Marye. jr.
Owing to an attack OF grip. Miss Mat
| tingly is not able to go out this week
The Misses Shaw, who are staying with
Mrs f.. s. Moore and Miss Moore, were
| the guests of honor at a breakfast yes
| terday with Mr. Charles Howe as host
Mrs Moore and Miss Moore were also in
! the party. Last night Mr.. Arosemena
charge d'affaires of Panama. gave
| theater party for the Misses Shaw. This
afternoon Capt. Wigmore will be their
| host at a tea at the Washington bar
racks. and tonight Mrs Reside will give
| dance in their honor.
| Miss Perie Anderson has out invitations
| for a luncheon on Saturday in honor of
the Misses Shaw and for Miss Cassidy of
4 yrho wil t1pp ha hac