Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-21
m THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
WHITE HOUSE ENGAGES OF
FICIAL ATTENTION TONIGHT.
A Few of the Events in Which Old
and Young Took Part.
Notes.


Notes.
The second reception of the winter will
be held at the White House tonight, with
the judiciary as the honor body. The
stated arrangements are that carriages
will approach from the north to the east
entrance of the White House, opposite
the Treasury. Pedestrians will follow
the same route. After discharging pas
senSers carriages will be parked around
the ellipse in the White Lot.
The gates will not be open until 8
O'Clock. Two carria ges will drive under
the porte-cochere at the same time.
Coachmen will be provided with num-
bered checks, which must be preserved
by them in order to regain admittance
to the grounds. Guests will also be
provided with tickets of the same num-
berS as their carriages. These they should
carefully preserve in order to call their
carriages, which will depart from the
same entrance. 1t is requested that the
line of carriages be not delayed by pay
ing for the carriage service at the en-
trance. Carriages will be called by cleo
tric signal
After leaving cloaks in the cloakroom
guests are requested to fall in line in
'iie eoiohidue anu pass UP tIe Hldiil
staircase.
The southwest gate will be opened at
$50 pm. Guests holding special carria &c
cards will enter the grounds by that gate,
and the house by the door under the
south portico. Carriages will approach
this entrance by 18th street
Cardinal Gibbons was the guest of honor
at an elegant dinner given last night by
the former ambassador to Italy and Mrs.
Draper The guests were:
The Austrian ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmuller, Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Nc
kenna, Mr.. Justice White, Mr.. Justice
Moody. Senator and Mrs Elkins, Mgr.
OConnell. Gen. and Mrs. Corbin, Com
mander and Mrs. Reamy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthews, Mrs. Hinckley. Mrs. Hender-
son, Mrs. Reyburn, Miss Patten and Mr..
Schmidlap of Cincinnati.
The British an,ba ssador and Mrs. Bryce
had a large dinner company last night.
the Russian ambassador Baron Rosen,
the Speaker of the House and Miss Can
non. the Spanish minister. Mr.. Pima: the
Bolivian minister and Nine. de Calderon.
the Colombian minister and Mime. CorteZ,
Gen. and Mrs. Wotherspoon, Representa-
tive and Mrs. ]. Van Vechten Oloott. Mr..
and Mrs. Larz Anderson, DR.. and Mrs.
Woodward. Mr. and Mrs. James Il. Scott,
Commissioner and Mrs. Mcfarland. Mrs.
and Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins. Mr..
Charles B. Perkins of Boston. the Cana
dian minister of justice and Mrs. Ogles-
worth. Capt Sowerby. Mr. and Mrs.
Young and Mr.. Beresford-Hope. being in
the company.
Miss Helen Taft will share the honors
with Miss Frances Livingston Sullivan,
the debutante daughter of Mrs. James
Francis Sullivan. at large theater party
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in Philadelphia. Mrs. J. Dundas Lippin-
colt will chaperon the company.
The Argentine minister and Nine. de
Portela gave a dinner last night to the
newly appointed minister to the Argen-
tine Republic and Mrs. Huntington Will
son. The other guests were the assistant
secretary Of state and Mrs Bacon. the
Greek minister, the Cuban minister and
Nine Quesada, DIR. and Mrs. Fremont
Smith. Assistant Secretary Adee and Mr..
John Barrett. the Argentine first secre-
tary and Nine de GuZman, Hugo Mo-
winckel and the secretaries OF the Argen-
tine legation.
The Swedish minister and Nine. de
Iagercrantz were dinner hosts last night.
their guests including the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs Garfield, the Belgian min
lister and Baroness Moncheur. the Nor
wegian minister and Nine. Guide, the as
sistant secretary of war and Mrs. Oliver,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings. Miss Kib-
hey and Mr.. John B. Henderson, jr.
EX-Gov Idle and Miss Ide gave din
ner, followed by theater party. last
night. their party consisting of Secretary
and Mrs Wright, the assistant secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Beekman Win
throp. Senator Page OF Vermont, Maj.
Gen and Mrs. j. Franklin Bell. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Bourke Cochran and
Col. Halves of San Francisco.
Maj. Cen and Mrs. Gillespie had an
other Of the notable companies of .he
evening at dinner last night. their
guests being Senator and Mrs. DepeX.
Mrs Young. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Casey. Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps
Emo. Col. and Mrs. Symons, Rear Ad-
miral O'Neill and Representative and
Mrs. Dwight
dinner and a theater party last night
for Mrs. James Gray, Mrs. Morris
Evans Miss Margaret Gray. Miss Mar
tina Ross. Mr. James E. Watson and
Mr.. George Hemenway.
Mrs Andrew Dunlap, wife of Rear
Admiral Dunlap. gave luncheon yes
terday in compliment to Mrs. Felix
Agnus of Baltimore. The other guests
were Miss Elise Agnus and her cousin,
Miss Fulton: Mrs. Hunt, house guest of
Mrs. Dunlap and wife of Col. Hunt CT
Vermont; Mrs. Leutze. wife of the COM
ma ndant of the navy yard: Miss Marion
cutie and Mrs. Messenger.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert n HARPER gave a
pretty dance last night for the Misses
Wright, daughters of Justice and Mrs.
Wright The house was decorated with
American beauty roses and palms. The
hostess wore a Josephine gown of white
satin. with gold embroideries. A buffet
supper was served at midnight. The
guests included Miss Shepard. Miss Caro-
line Shepard, Miss Georgia Knox. Miss
Shuey Miss Thompson. Miss Laura Syl-
vester, Miss Wyndham Rosser. Miss
Fearn. Miss Wynne Miss Godoy, Miss
Perie Anderson. Miss Clabaugh. Miss
Head. Miss Francis Smith. Miss Marjorie
Smith, the Misses Heth. Miss Cassel
Miss Carlo. Miss Ruth Alexander. Miss
Shepard of New York Miss Lola Bokel
of Baltimore, and Mr.. Huyck. Mr.. Ken
yon, Mr.. Harper of Boston, Mr. Barna rd,
Mr.. Lincoln Mr.. Fleming Mr.. Kite, Mr.
Heth Mr.. Hendrick. Mr. Schneider Mr.
Smith, Mr. Foraker. Mr.. Schroeder, Mr.
Naylor. Mr.. Shepard, Mr.. Hillyer. Mr.
Waters. Messrs. Staples. Johnson Whit
man and Brown of Baltimore. Mr.. West.
Mr. Nicholson. Mr. Carlo. Mr.. Godoy,
Mr.. Lusk. Mr.. Crist. Mr.. Ravenal. Dr.
Bayne. DR.. Garrett, DR.. Franck Hyatt
Paymas ter Holt. Representative and Mrs
Bird Mcguire. Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller Mr.
and Mrs. Lisner. Mr.. and Mrs Donald
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