Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-13
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
THE PROGRAM FOR TODAY HAS
VARIED INTEREST.
President and Wife Dined at the
Wright Home-Other Events.
Personal Notes.

| meet them there were present Justice
Moody, Gen. and Mrs. j. Franklin Bell,
Gen. and Mrs. Sharpe, Gen. Allen. AS
| sistant Secretary and Mrs. Bacon. As
| sistant Secretary and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop, Assistant Secretary and Mrs.
Oliver and Mr. and Mrs. John III. Wat
| kinS
| The Attorney General and Mrs. Bona
parte will be the next cabinet hosts. for
the President and Mrs Roosevelt. Their
dinner will be given at Rauscher's Janu-
airy 49,
| The Swedish legation will be en- fete this
| afternoon from 4:3O to $50. when the min
lister and Nine. de Lagercrantz will receive
formally for the first time in their new
home. Assisting the hostess and her two
young daughters. Miss Eva de Lager
crantz tand Miss Mary de Lagercrantz.
Will be Mrs. Fremont Smith, Miss Mary
Patten. Miss Jennings. Miss Perkins and
Miss Nabuco. Miss Laura w. Jackson
will be most interesting member of the
receiving party also. as her engagement
to Mr.. A. Ekengren, secretary of the
Swedish legation and charge d'affaires
during the interval before the arrival of
the present minister, is announced today.
Miss jackson Is the daughter of Mrs.
John P. Jackson and enjoys a charming
acquaintance in society here and abroad,
where she and her mother have travelled
| extensively. Mr.. Ekengren has been here
for two years.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt was the honor
| guest last night at the British embassy,
when the am baSsador and Mrs. Bryce well
coined large company at a cotillon,
which the Presidents young daughter
danced with the leader, Mr.. Ovey, of the
embassy staff. A dinner, which preceded
the ball. was given by the second secre-
tary and Mrs George Young. who had
Miss Roosevelt dining with them. Their
other guests were the Hon. Maud Paunce-
| fote, Miss Mum. Miss Martha Phillips,
Mr. William Phillips. Mr.. Straight, Mr..
| Ovey and Sir George Young. the hosts
| father
Another dinner was given by the mill
| tary attache of the embassy and the Hon.
| Mrs. James, whose guests were Miss Ma
| buco. Miss Lagercrantz. Miss Hoyt, Miss
| Aleshire,' Prince Windisch-Graetz of the
| Austro-Hungarian embassy; Capt. Cheney,
J Us A: Mr. Henry du Pont and Mr. Beres-
I ford Hope.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Kennard also entertained.
| having with them Miss Cameron. Mrs.
| Lodge. Miss Hopkins, Count Torok, Mr..
Won Stumm, Capt. Sowerby and Mr. Basil
Miles.
These companies reinforced by several
| hundred other guests, met at the EN- bassy
| at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Bryce wore black
velvet and point lace. There were four
| figures danced. for which there were
sashes and red wands. fans and bouton-
nieres and notebooks and jewel boxes,
making up the pretty trif1es distributed.
Supper was a pleasing incident of the
evening The dancers were debutantes of
| this and last season. and young men
| from diplomatic and resident circles. A
few married couples were also present.
A. J. Halford will be the hostess of
very pretty tea this afternoon for that
| greatly feted bride-elect. Miss Lena
| Hemenway. She will have in her receiv
| ing party, Mrs. A. T. Hert Of Louisville,
Miss Eleanor Woodward of New York.
Miss Ross. Miss Josephine Mason, Miss
| Dorothy Gatewood. Miss Ridgely and
Miss Curtin Of Philadelphia.
| Lieut. Commander and Mrs. Downs L.
Wilson gave card party last night in
honor of Miss Lillian Duncan Baxter. The
guests were a number of other debutantes
of the season, and officers here at the
Navy Medical School.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Clarence r. Ed
! wards gave dinner last night. when their
guests were the French ambassador and
| Nine. Jusserand. the Danish minister and
| Countess Moltke. the assistant secretary
| of the Navy and Mrs Satterlee, Lieut..
| Gen. and Mrs. Corbin, Sir John and Lady
| Harrington of England. Mr.. and Mrs.
LarZ Anderson, Col. and Mrs. Montgomery
| Macomb. Mrs Porter and Mr.. c. c. Glover
| Mrs Frederick Vanderbilt of New York
| will give a luncheon on Friday next for
| the Misses Meyer, daughters of the Post
| master General.
Mrs. Hanna, who has recently returned
| to her apartment on 18th street, received
there yesterday for the first time, and
was assisted by Mrs. Robert Patterson and
Miss Phelps and Mrs Harry Parsons Of
Cleveland, formerly Miss Mabel Hanna.
|
Mrs Eugene A. Byrnes, 1898 r street,
will not be at home tomorrow, owing to
| her absence in New York.
Mrs. Dolliver. wife of Senator Dolliver.
will receive tomorrow from ) to 6.
Mrs. William Alden Smith, wife of the
junior senator from Michigan will re-
| ceive informally tomorrow at her home.
| 100 18th street.
Representative and Mrs. Champ Clark
| have taken an apartment at the Toronto.
where the latter will receive the Tuesdays
of this month and February.
DR.. and Mrs. John A. O'Donoghue have
returned home from their wedding trip.
which embraced several southern cities
and extended to st. Augustine. Fla. The
wedding of DIR. O'Donoghue and Miss
| Florence c. Johnson took place Tuesday,
| December -. at ST. Pauls Catholic
| Church in the presence of the immediate
| idmlileS OIL the contracting parties. The
| ceremony was performed by Rev Mar
| tin O'Donoghue, brother of the groom
assisted by Mgr. James F. Mackin, rec
| tor of st. Paufs. The bride was attend
ed by her sister. Miss Helen Johnson
who acted ss maid of honor. and the
grOom's brother-in-law Mr.. J. w Stohl-
man, was best man. The bride wore her
! travelling suit of london smoke broad
| cloth with large black hat trimmed in
white willow plumes She wore a corsage
! bouquet of violets and lilies of the valley
] The maid of honor was handsomely
| gowned in silk and carried an enormous
bunch of cardinal roses. After the cere-
mOny a reception was held at the home
| of the brides father on 18th street where
a buffet luncheon was served.
| Mr.. Warren NJ. York and Mr. John Hill
| lers were hosts last night at an enjoyable
| dance to fifty of their young friends at
P. 0. Hall, Mount Pleasant. Mrs. Edward
S. York and Mrs. William King were the
! chaperons. Among the guests were the
Misses HaZen, Maddox, Jewell Sterner
Phillips. Oyster. May kanaga, Eliason
Leary, Ward and Watkins: Messrs. King
| Middleton. Craig, McLachen, Small, Jan
nus, Ward. Mcclellan, Murray. yesterday
| and Horner. Supper was served at mid
night. The dance was given as farewell
| to Mr.. York. who sails from New York
| Saturday for Havana and the Isle of
| Pines. where he expectsvto remain an in
definite time.
The marriage of Miss Minnie E. Comp
| ION of This CITY and MFR Charles IT SQUIRE