Evening star., 1909-03-02
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND WIFE DINE
WITH SECRETARY BACON.
Gifts Made to Both Yesterday by
Personal Friends.
Personals.

| President and Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Roosevelt were guests last night at the
nome OF the Secretary of State and Mrs.
| Bacon. Other guests were Senator-elect
| Root, Justice Moody, Senator and Mrs
Lodge. the assistant secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Winthrop. Mr.. and
Mrs. Appleton, Miss Townsend. Mrs.
Cameron. Mr.. Adams, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Stimson and Mr.. Clifford Pinchot.
magnificent bronze in the form OF
crouching cougar was given to the Presi-
| dent by his tennis cabinet" the presen-
tation address being made by Henry L..
Stimson The bronze is by Alexander p.
Proctor, the animal sculptor whose works
adorn the public parks in New York and
Denver, the geological gardens in New
York and Pittsburg. and who made the
colossal lions of the Mckinley monument
at Buffalo. The President was greatly
! pleased with the gift.
| string of thirty-five diamonds and an
| illuminated and embossed friendship book
were presented last night to Mrs. Theo-
| dore Roosevelt a token of the esteem
of thirty-eight Of her friends prominent
| society women of Washington.
| The two gifts were taken to the White
| House by Miss May Williams and Mrs.
| Robert Hit, wife of the late Representa-
| tive Hit of Pennsylvania, members of
| the committee which purchased them.
| They were not presented to Mrs. Roose-
| welt in person. but were handed to an at
| tendant at the door The names of the
other donors have not been made public.
| While the cost of the string of diamonds
| is unknown, some estimate of its value
| may be secured from the knowledge that
| the contributions were from so to 500
| from each of the thirty-eight donors. The
center gem weighs two caratS. and the
| other thirtyfour are graduated down to
quarter carats diamonds at either side of
| the small clasp. The luminosity of the
| necklace is heightened by platinum rim.
The friendship book. measuring eight
| by ten inches. is bound in cream-colored
| calfskin highly embossed and lined with
! moire silk. In the center of the cover
| Mrs. RooSevelt's monogram. ''F.. X. r..
appears in gold. The six pages are of
vellum and on the first page a quotation
| from Anthony and Cleopatra is traced
| in gold-''Whose virture and whose gen
| eral graces speak that which none else
| can utter On the books pages are in
| scribed the names of the donors of the
two gifts.
| President and Mrs. Roosevelt will dine
! tonight with Secretary and Mrs. Straus,
| completing the series of cabinet dinners
| for this administra ton The Governor of
New York and Mrs. Hughes will be of the
party.
| Yesterday afternoon at 8 O'Clock at the
! home of the bride, at the kenesaw, 18th
| and Irving streets. Miss Elbertine Robert
| son and Mr.. Frank Hamilton. both of this
! city. were married by the Rev. Charles
| Wood, pastor of the Church of the Cove
| nant. assisted by the Rev. Charles L..
| Neibel. pastor of the Eastern Presbyte-
| rian Church. The bridesmaids were Miss
! Georgia Robertson. a sister of the bride.
| of Washington and Miss Bertha Suther-
| land. a cousin of the bride, from New
York city. Mr.. r. III. Hamilton. a brother
| of the bridegroom, of Louisville. Ky,
was the best man. The bridal party en-
| tered the parlors to the strains OF the
wedding march from ''Lohengrn,' play
| ed on the piano by Mrs. Charles l.. Neibel
Immediately after the marriage ceremony
a wedding supper was served. March q
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will sal! for Ma
pies. Later they will go to Egypt and
make an extensive tour of the Holy Land
visiting also Constantinople. Corinth and
Athens. The summer will be spent in
Italy. The wedding tour will then lead
over the Alps and down the Rhine to
Bayreuth Germany. a brief visit Will
be paid also to Paris and points in Eng
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton will re-
turn to the United States about Septem-
ber I. They will make their future home
in New York city.