Evening star., 1909-05-19
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
SECRETARY AND MRS. KNOX
WILL GIVE A LARGE DINNER.
Other Hospitalities Of a Pleasing
Kind-Timely Personals.
Notes.

Secretary and Mrs. Knox will entertain
large party of diplomats and others at
dinner tonight at Rauscher's.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
went to Mount Vernon yesterday and
took luncheon with the regent and vice
regents now in council there. Mrs. Knox
and Mrs. Burrows were other members
of the party enjoying the perfect day at
the home of Washington.
The British ambassador and Mrs
Bryce entertained at dinner last night
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Holmes, the French
ambassador and Nine. Jusserand, Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Wickersham, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Elihu Root, Senator du Pont,
Mrs. John Phillips. Miss Durand, daugh-
ter of the late British ambassador, and
Mr. Mitchell Inness, counsel of the
British embassy.
Oberlieutenant and Nine Teuber of
Vienna, who are visiting the mother of
the latter. Mrs. Brinton Coke of Phila-
delphia, will spend the first week of June
in this city, Oberlieutenant Teuber going
from here to West Point Military Acad-
emy to spend a few days inspecting the
military system.
A very large gathering of persons in
terested in the Home for Incurables met
there yesterday afternoon for the annual
tea. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, president of
the board, received and was assisted by
other members and Mrs. Duncan Mckim,
Mrs. Louis NJ Clark and Miss Chew. AS
sociated with Mrs. Archibald Hopkins on
the board are Mrs Herbert Wadsworth,
Mrs Huntington Wilson. Miss Mary Ran
dclph. Mr.. B. B. Mimmack, Mr.. r. Ross
Perry, jr., Mr.. Thomas Hyde, Mr.. Charles
j. Bell. Mrs. Bayard, Miss Kibbey. Mrs.
Clarke Mrs. Charles S. Hill, Mrs. E.
Snowden Bell, Mrs. Hodge. Mrs. Mat
thews, Mrs. William w. Finlay, Mrs.
Frank Moss. Mrs. Fremont-Smith. Mrs.
Belden Noble, Mrs. F. B. Noyes and Mrs.
Thomas w. Symons.
Mrs NJ A. Bremerman and daughter
Matte Of Philadelphia are visiting Mrs.
P. H. Christman, 1897 Corcoran street.
Mrs. G. w. Cissel. Lieut. Morend, u. s..
A., and Mrs. Morend, L. c. Hines and f..
D. Shaw are registered at the Breslin
Hotel, New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin c. Burleigh, who
are on their way to Maine for the sum-
mer are at the Hotel Wolcott, New York,
where they entertained at dinner last
evening. Mrs. u IL. EInnOnS anu MISS
Emmons are also there, and Miss Bessie
Hickey who sails for Europe in a few
DAYS with Mrs. ]. 7. Mann, has joined
her chaperon at the Wolcott.
Mrs. Louis p Shoemaker will receive
tomorrow until Z.
Former Representative Henry krike
Porter, Mrs. Porter and Miss Hegeman
will close their Washington house Thurs
Nav 20 going to their p1ttShIrT
home. Oak Manor, for June, and later to
Southampton, l.. L., for the rest of the
season.
Assistant Secretary and Mrs Beekman
Winthrop have leased the Corbin place,
Highwood, for the summer. while Gen.
and Mrs. Corbin are travelling abroad.
pie on launch trip yesterday.
The Swedish minister and Mime. Lager
crar,tz and the Belgian minister and Bar
oness Moncheur were among those enter
tanning informally at dinner last night
Mr. and Mrs. John j. Duff of the Con-
necticut sail Saturday on the Baltic for
an extended trip through Europe.
Mrs. James r. Mann, wife of Repre-
sentative Mann, is in Chicago at the Hyde
Park Hotel.
Mrs. Abram Simon of University place
returned today from a two-week visit
to Cincinnati.