Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-17
party that accompanied the interstate
commerce committee to Panama on its
recent trim.

party that accompanied the interstate
commerce committee to Panama on its
recent trip.
The Washington Society of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology will hold
its annual dinner at Rauschers tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock. The POSTMASTER will be
Mr.. Marshall o. Leighton. and the speak
elect. NJ. l. r: Rev. Joseph Htmmel
president Georgetown University: DR..
Robert s. Woodward, president Carnegie
Institute: DIR. 8. n. D. North. director
bureau of the census; DIR. Charles w
Needham president George Washington
University: Mr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown.
commissioner of education: Mr.. Tulio Lar
rinaga. resident commissioner from Porto
Rico: Mr.. I. w. Ltchf1eld, editor Tech
nology Review, Boston.
Rear Admiral and Mrs Converse will
entertain at dinner tonight the bridal
party attending Miss Shelby Converse and
Mr.. Huntington Wolcott Jackson AT their
wedding tomorrow afternoon at St. John 3
Church. The out-of-town relatives here
for the wedding will also be present. The
brides attendants are to be Miss Maud
Converse. maid Of honor: Miss Audrey
Townsend Sackett and Miss Joanna Adele
Morgan of New York. Miss Grace Bell and
Miss Olga Converse. as bridesmaids Mr.
Paul Townsend Jones of New York will
be best man. The ushers will be Mr.
Charlton Henry and Mr.. ]. Forsyth Meigs
Of Philadelphia, Mr.. Edmund Fairfax OF
New York. Mr. Thomas Riggs, jr, Mr..
William T. Bingham and Mr.. Walter
Tuckerman Of this city.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Miss Helen
Taft are expected to attend the Philadel-
phia assembly Friday night. Miss Roose-
welt Will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert L. Montgomery and Miss Helen
b. Tyler during her stay in Philadelphia.
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dinner of thirty covers in her honor at
the Bellevue-S tratford, where the dance
will be held.
Some Of the gossip about the Philadel-
phia assembly balls is to the effect that
as only ones lifelong acuuaintances
among the families of proper social line
age may ever expect to be invited there
are always new people to whom admit
lance may be denied 1t takes THE entire
iist OF managers to arrange an election of
hate to wait. All sorts of rival entertain
ments have been planned for the nights
OF the assembly meetings. but for the
first time a ball will be given in the same
motel in an adjoining ballroom Friday
night to which number Of the smartest
people have accepted invitations The
ball will be given by Mrs. William L. Ell
klnS for her granddaughter, Miss Louise
b. Elklns. debutante of the present
season. for whom all society has already
Mrs. Sidney A. billiard will not be at
home Saturdays. February 20 and o.
DIR. and Mrs. Fremont Smith, whose
guests of honor were the ATTORNEY Cen
eral and Mrs. Bonaparte, Mr.. and Mrs
Hennen Jennings. Mrs. Julian James,
Mrs Mcmillan. who began the week of
roasting for her granddaughter. Miss
Jarvis. and Mr. Preston Gibson. Mr. and
Mrs Larz Anderson and Senator du Pont
were among the large dinner givers last
night.
Inc British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
Will give a dinner tonight. when the
wee PreSIdent-elect and Mrs Sherman
and the following Canadians. the Hon.
sydney Fisher, the Hon. clifford Sifton,
Mr. H. B. Deland and Mr.. r. E. Young.
members of the conservation commission,
will be present. There will be thirty
four guests.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Mrs.
Wood are here on visit. They will dine
tonight at the British embassy and will
attend the army and navy reception at
the White House tomorrow night.
Some of the largest of the 4th of March
events will be the luncheons which Mr..
and Mrs. John r. Mclean will give for
Pont for the West Pointers. and the re-
ception at Senator Kean's house for other
visitors here on that date
Mrs. J. c. Scofield, Mrs T. s. Clark
and Miss Scofield, 1914 P street, will be at
home informally tomorrow afternoon for
the last time this season.