Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-28

Supreme Court, and there will be nearly
forty guests.
| Baroness Hengelmuller. regal in a Paris
dress of light pink satin. with an elabo-
| rate garniture of gold net, tiara and
collar of diamonds and emeralds. was
| hostess last n ght at the second or the
Bachelors cotillons, danced by a large
and brilliant gathering Of resident and
official society at the New Willard. 1t
was yellow ball, all the flowers and all
the ribbon-tied favors being In that color.
The favors ran the gamut OF enViaoie
small possessions, as the COLLECTION IN
cluded cretonne fancy bags, lamp screens
and coat hangers for the fair sex, ana
stamp boxes, letter files and watch foos
for their partners, with corsage bouquets
and boutonnieres of tulips for all.
About 10 o'clock eight or ten very smart
dinner companies of the evening contrib
| uted their quota to the dancing strength
and at II the ball was in full swing. M
Gist Blair made the presentatlonS 10
Baroness Hengelmuller Mr.. William
Phillips and Mr.. Franklin Ellis led the
cotillon, in which 80 couples took part.
The French ambassador and Nine. JUS
Serand entertained at dinner last night In
compliment to Miss Roosevelt, their
McIlhenny. Miss Carol Newberry. Miss
Julia Rodgers, Miss Julia Meyer, Miss
Marion Oliver Miss Phillips. Miss Carrie
Louise Mum. Miss Shepard. Prince
koudacheff. Mr.. Charters, Mr.. Royaards,
Mr.. Martin, William Phillips. Willard
Straight. the naval attache of the en-
bassy and Nine de Blanpre and Capt. de
Chambrun.
Mrs Richard Townsend gave one OF the
largest dinners of last evening, when she
entertained the Russian ambassa dor, the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Bacon. the
ter, Senator and Mrs. WetmOre, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Boukre Cochran and
their house guests. Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Dana Gibson, Lieut. Col. and Mrs Charles
Cowles. MI. and Mrs J. II. Purdy, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs.
Laurence Townsend, Mrs. Frederick W.
Vanderbilt of New York. Miss Chaplin
Miss Katherine Cameron, Craig Wads-
worth and Capt. Sowerby of the British
embassy.
The Secretary. of the Interior and Mrs
Garfield were dinner hosts last night,
their guests including the British .amDaS-
sador and Mrs. James Bryce, Justice and
Mrs. Holmes. Senator and Mrs. Newlands,
Gen. and Mrs William +. Draper Mrs.
Rudolph Clark. Mrs. Stanley Matthews.
Mrs. William Belden Noble Mr.. Mitchell
lines, Mr.. c. c. Glover and Mr.. Herbert
Putnam.
Representative and Mrs. Huff were hosts
at dinner last evening in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Huff. Their guests We're
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mr.. and Mrs
Mrs. Wendell, Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Huff.
Mr.. and Mrs Murray Cobb. Miss More
head. Miss Carpenter, Count d'Adhemar
and Capt. Cheney.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Converse enter
tanned at dinner last evening Pay Inspec-
tor and Mrs Lawrence Heap. Miss .Jen-
nings. Miss Slater. Miss Matheson. Miss
Henrietta Fitch; Miss Olga Converse. Mr.
| Charles Howard. Lieut. Hart. Lieut.. FIRE.
| mont, Mr.. billiard Owen, Mr.. Rowland
and Mr. Hopkins.
The German amba ssador and Countess
Won Bernstorff celebrated the fftietE
birthday OF the kaiser last night by a
dinner party at the Shorehain, when the
members of the embassy staff and other
German visitors TO the capital were their
guests.
| The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop entertained
at dinner last night with the Austrian
ambassador and Baroness Iengelmuller
| as honor guests.
| Miss Anna Cockrell was hostess at "a
| large dinner last night at Rauschers.
when her guests We're the Greek minister
| Representative and Mrs. LongWorth Col
and Mrs. Bromwell. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
| Crowninshield, Mr.. and Mrs. Westcott
| Lieut.. and Mrs. Philip Hichborn. the Sec
| ond secretary of the British embassy and
Mrs. George Young. Viscount and Wis
countess de Martel of the French EN-
bassy, Mrs. Benedict, Miss Flora Wilson,
| Mrs. Clarence Edwards. Miss Foraker
Miss Constance Hoyt, Miss Jarvis, Miss
I II,,l All lice
Eleanor Terry, Miss Yvonne Townsend.
| Miss Ide, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Thomas
and Miss Thomas of Baltimore. Prince
| Windisch-GraetZ and Count Torok of the
| Stael of the Russian embassy, Mr.. Cora
of. the Italian embassy, Mr.. Henry du
Pont, Mr.. Preston Gibson. Mr.. Richardson
| Gibson. Mr.. 6. r. Simpkins. Mrs. Andrews
| of Boston, Mr.. Hayden of Boston. Mr.
| Cresson, Maj. Cosby and Capt: Gulick.
| DIR. and Mrs. William j. Pettus gave Il
dinner last night in honor of Mrs. Swan
son, who is visiting Judge and Mrs.
| Howry.
Nine. Alfred Thierry gave a pretty din
| ner last night at her apartment at the
| Portland. Her guests were the first sec
rotary of the Colombian legation and
the Siamese legation and Mrs. Lotus,
| Representative and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr.
and Nine. YaneS, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Smith. Miss Shaw, Lieut. Beck and Mr.
Moreno Lacalle.
Mrs. Myron NJ. Parker and Mrs. J.
|. Franklin Bell gave luncheons yesterday
The former was given in honor of Mrs
\. Bennett Gates, formerly Miss Lena
Hemenway. There were eighteen covers
Mrs. and Miss NeWUerry will attend the
Annapolis hop this week and will be the
guests of Rear Admiral and Mrs Badger.
They will go down early Saturday.
Mrs. William Manning Irwin. who is en-
tertaining SO frequently and handsomely
this winter for her debutante daughter.
Miss Anne Irwin. gave luncheon today.
Murray. Miss Frances Goldsborough, Miss
Edith Sutherland, Miss Julia Heyl. Miss
Dorothy Gatewood. Miss Valerie Padel-
ford, Miss Ruth Jones. Miss Buchanan.
Miss Lillian Baxter. Miss Hunt. Miss
Church, Miss Earlougher and the Baron
ess Marie Won Paumgartten. The table
was adorned with red carnations.
Mrs. Reid Rogers gave a luncheon to-
day, when her guests We're Mrs. Lamar
Mrs. Ridgely, Mrs. DOwney, Mrs. Ok
| nard, Miss Gillett. Mrs. Ackert, Mrs
Vrooman, Mrs. Harris, the Misses Boyd
and Miss Van Voorhis.
| Mrs. and Miss Baxter held the last of
| their Wednesday at homes yesterday
| Their apartment at the Ontario was
| thronged with callers. Assisting the host
ess were Mrs. Bradford and Mrs. Henley,
who presided at the refreshment table
and Mrs. Wells, Miss Duncan Miss