Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MRS. TAFT WILL SPEND SEW
ERAL DAYS IN NEW YORK.
Sunday Hospitalities and Some Com
ing Ones-Dinners-Per-
sonal Notes.
Occur.

| President Taft entertained Speaker
| Cannon and others at dinner last night.
Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Laughlin accom-
panied the President to New York this
| morning and will spend two days in
| shopping.
| Miss Helen Taft and Mr.. Hugh Knox
| were at the opera in Philadelphia Satur-
day night. Mr. and Mrs. James Francis
| Sullivan being their hosts. Gen. Morrell
and Miss Frances l.. Sullivan were also
| in the party.
| Miss Cannon intends to spend the
| Christmas holidays at her home. in Dan
VILE. H., but will be back here to re-
| ceive New Year day.
| The assistant secretary of state and
Mrs. Huntington Wilson gave a luncheon
yesterday in honor Of Mrs. Thomas X
Laughlin, sister of Mrs. Taft, who is a
guest at the White House.
| Mr. and Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh enter
tanned at a large dinner last night,
| when their guests We're the Italian am
| bassador and Baroness Mayor des
| Planches. the Austrian amba ssador, Bar
on Hengelmnller; the Postmaster Gen,
| eral the minister of Switzerland and
! Mime. Ritter, the Countess Luise-Alexan-
dra Won Bernstorff. daughter of the Ger
man ambassador: Miss Nabuco. daueh-
ter of the Brazilian ambassador;
the military attache of the French
embassy and - Countess de Cham
townsend TeS'1, 4' Mr.. and and Mrs George How
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. Legare, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Horace Wyle Mr.. and Ms. John Hays
| Hammond former Gov. Herrick of Ohio
and Mrs. Herrick. Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
| Hill and Miss Symes Of Denver Col;
Mrs. Huidekcper, Miss Bryce. Miss VIII
| liams, Miss Heath. Miss May, Miss Dra-
Italian embassy. DR.. Horstmann of the
German embassy, Mr.. de Thai of the
Russian embassy, Mr.. Skybak of the le-
| CATION of Norway. Mr.. Martin of the le-
cation of Switzerland and Mr.. Henry c.
May
Mrs Brown. wife of Mr.. Justice Brown,
retired. is entertaining at tea today.
when she will he assisted by Mrs. FIRE.
mont Smith. Mrs. Joseph Crawford and
Mrs Presley NJ. Rixey. who will be in
the dining room: Mrs. Maury. who will
serve punch. and Misses Fitch, Miss
Gladys Hnckley, the Misses Janin. Miss
Newberry and Miss Putnam
| Miss Margaret Daniels who is visiting
| Miss Pennebalker; gave luncheon OF
| eighteen covers today in the latter S
| honor.
Mr.. and Mrs John r. Mclean had an
other large party at luncheon yesterday
| at Friendship. The seventy guests in
| cludsd leading representatives of both
/ official and resident society.
| Former Amba ssador and Mrs. Charlie
! magne Tower will give costume party
| for their two young daughters, Miss
| Helen and Miss Gertrude Tower, January
3. at their home in Philadelphia street.
| There will be IL cotillon. and the affair
| will be particularly pretty amid such old
! world surroundings as the Newbold house,
| which the Towers have taken, provides.
DR. and Mrs. Buckner NJ, Randolph
| gave a small tea yesterday to meet rela-
| tives of the latter. Mr.. and Mrs. Rata-
| bone of San Francisco. Among the guests
| were the Swiss minister and Nine. Ritter,
| Mrs. Hunt Slater, the Misses Lee, MI
| and Mrs Arthur j. Parsons. Mr.. Will
| liam Bowie Clarke, Baron HardehDroucK
| and Mr.. de Thai.
Mr.. and Mrs Lyman Tiffany have re-
| turned to their home on Connecticut ave
nue.. and will have with them for the VIM
ter her young granddaughter, Miss Helen
| Parker. Miss Parker will make her
debut at an afternoon reception on jan
| uary >.
Miss Flora H. Eccard was hostess
| Thursday evening at a small musical at
\ her new home in Cleveland Park. Mr..
| Carl Klee. violinst, accompanied by
Mr. Ernest Benin at the piano, gave
several selections, the program consist
| ing Of Schubert's serenade. first number,
including the Hungarian Dance, w.
Huesche: mazurka, De Concert Divide
| Musin Huzawiak, Henri Wieniawski;
scherzo. by Daniel Van Goues. OPP Il,
| No =, etc. Mr.. Percy Sharp gave reci-
| tation.
4 buffet supper was served. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. P. Sim
/ MINIS Mr. and Mrs. f. j. Haske, Mrs. J..
M Eccard, Mrs. Charles Klee, Miss
| Madeline Haske. Mrs Eccard. Mr.. Percy
| Sharp Mr. Frederick Israel, Mr. William
| Dillon Mr.. Ernest Benin, Mr.. Carl klee
| and Mr. Thomas Hughes.
| The recent announcement OF the en-
| gagement of Miss Georgia Knox and
Mr.. Harry Smith Of Nashville, Tenn,