Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
CABINET TONIGHT.
Debut Teas Today for Miss Brown
and Miss Carusi-Other
Events Notes.

The first Of the formal Inequalities of
the winter will be given tonight at the
White House, when the Vice President and
Mrs. Sherman and the cabinet will be en-
tertained at dinner Mrs. Taft and her sis
ter. Mrs. Laughlin. returned about 8
o clock last night from their brief visit
to New York, the latter being in time
to go on to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. J. Boardman for dinner
Mrs. Sherman received callers informal
ly yesterday. Miss Hester Singer of
Pittsburg is here on visit to her uncle
and aunt, Secretary and Mrs. Knox. Sec
rotary and Mrs. MacVeagh went to Bal
timore yesterday and attended the first
performance of "Traumeswirren,' with
an all-society cast, last night at the
Lyric Theater. Mr.. Walter Damrosch
led the New York orchestra. 1t was
given for the Junior Republic and was a
tremendous success, socially and other
wise. Mrs. MacVeagh's dress of light
blue satin had crystal trimmings. In the
box with the Secretary and his wife We're
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Andrews. well known
here, and Miss Elizabeth Hopkins Mrs.
Ballinger received yesterday afternoon
at the Shoreham and had assisting Mrs.
Oscar Lawlor. wife of the assistant at
torney general for the Department Of
the Interior.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won BernstOrff had ming with them last
night the Vice President and Mrs. Sher-
man, Mime. Nabuco, wife of the Brazilian
amba ssador: the Netherlands minister
and Nine. Loudon, the Portuguese min
lister, Mrs. Joseph HObson, Mrs. Norman
Williams, Countess Luise-Alexandra Won
Bernstorff, the German counselor and
cd io,,t Nrc
s. Grant, Sd; Baron Ambrozy. Austrian
counselor: Prince Koudacheff, Russian
first secretary. and John Barrett of the
bureau of American republics.
Miss Katherine Brown, granddaughter
of former Senator Henry G. Davis. will
be presented at large tea today at the
home of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Lee, with Mrs. ElkinS do
ing the honors of her sisters home in
the absence of the latter, whose health
demanded a sea voyage and cessation
of social duties for month or two. The
preparations for the tea today had all
been made previous to Mrs Lees de-
parture and were primarily that all the
old friends of the parents of this at
tractive young girl the late Commander
r. NJ. G. Brown and Mrs. Brown, should
be included in the Invitations as we'll
as those of the young lady herself and
her other relatives. Assisting Mrs. Elkins
today will be Mrs. William Emory. Mrs.
Richardson Glover and Mrs. Henry
Krogstand, Miss Alice Whiting.
Clover. Miss Laura Merriam, Miss
Gladys Hinckley, Miss Marguerite Bar
bour. Miss Ruth Pilling. Miss Elsie
Downing, Miss Natalie Switzerland. Miss
Brinkon Miss Mary Switzerland and
Miss Katherine Elkins.
Miss Marta Calvo, daughter of the
minister of Costa Rica and Nine. Calvo,
<ls-.
afternoon with Miss Hannah Willard Tay-
lor as hostess. Assisting will be Miss
Katherine Crane, Miss Mildred Fearn,
Miss Alice Boyd, Miss Natalie briggs.
Miss Louise White. with Nine. Calvo
and Mrs. Reid Hunt at the tea table.
Miss Marta Calvo. invitations to whose
coming-out party were sent out yester-
day. for December d, entertained at
luncheon today Mile. Ingeborg GUIDE. Mile.
Sigrid GUIDE. Miss Carlo, Miss Jessie
Krogstad. Miss Elsie Downing, Miss Alice
Boutell. Miss Marie Duryee. Miss Mar
thena Harrison. Miss Marie Fisher, Miss
Catharine Britton, Miss katherine Crane
and Miss Hannah Taylor.
Mrs Henry Kirke Porter entertained
at large luncheon today in honor of
Mrs. S. Weir MITCHELL and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie.
Mrs. John p Jackson entertained at a
luncheon today In compliment to Nine.
Lagercrantz, wife of the Swedish minis
ter To meet her there were present
Mrs Nicholas Anderson. Mrs Chatard.
Mrs. John w. Foster, Mrs. Norman Will
liams, Mrs. Morris Murray. Mrs. Ran
dolph Clark, Mrs. Schroeder and Miss
Woodruff.
Mrs. Russell Harrison, daughter-in-law
of former President Harrison, will enter
tain at a tea December % for young peo-
pie for her daughter, Miss Marthena
Harrison.
Mrs. Denny has invitations out for
luncheon in honor of Miss Helen Taft,
December 3.
Col. and Mrs. Thomas w. Symons en-
tertained at dinner last night Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Henry G. Sharpe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cleveland Perkins, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. James B. Aleshire. DIR. and Mrs.
Ralph Jenkins, Mrs. Nicoll Ludlow. Miss
Symons. Brig. Gen. Woodruff and Rear
Admiral ONeil.
Mrs. Mary Gale Davis will address the
members of the Congressional Club to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Mamie f. Sloan of Baltimore has
sent out invitations for a children's party,
to be given at her home, 6 West Madison
street. Saturday, January l, in honor of
her little nieces. the Misses Roberts, and
her nephew, James Chermont, son Of the
second secretary Of the Brazilian embassy
and Nine. Chermont.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster has returned to
the city from a four-nOnth tour of the
Pacific coast and the northwest She
will be at home to her friends with
Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce at the Portner
Friday afternoon Of this week.
The debut of Miss Stella Carusi takes
place this afternoon at a large tea to be
given at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene D. Carusi. Mrs. Will
liam B. Thompson, Mrs. Howard REFS
ingec Mrs. Emory Reisnger, Mrs Charles
F. Carusi. Mrs. Orondorf of Baltimore,