Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

l Christmas at the White House
/ will be shared by their immedi-
~ ate family-Miss Helen Taft, Mr..
/ Robert Taft and Charles Taft,
all Of whom will be home In a day or
two for the holiday season. The death
OF the Presidents sister-in-law has
changed the social program considerably.
4 as the Invitations to the dance which
| was to have been the great event of the
week were recalled Friday night and it is
| thought that Miss Helen Taft will not
take part in any of the occasions which
| had been arranged in her honor during
| her visit. No change, however is likely
In any phase of the official entertaining
arranged for the winter. 1t will all go
on planned.
| The Vice President and Mrs Sherman
| Will be at their Utica home for the holi-
days. The President will be their guest
at dinner tomorrow night, and Tues
day Mrs. Sherman will go to New
York. The Vice President will join her
in time for their family reunion at
Christmas.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox
will have their family party here with
them.
| The Secretary of the Treasury and
| MIS- MACY cdSn are also intending to
spend Christmas here. as will the Sec
rotary of War and Mrs. Dickinson, whose
home is at 1910 Connecticut avenue. The
Attorney General and Mrs. Wickersham
and the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer, with their respective family
circles. are likely to be here also. Sec
rotary and Mrs. Ballnger will have their
young son, Edward Ball. niger. home from
his Massachusetts school.
| The Secretary of Agriculture and the
/ POSfmaS W a hQ
| The continued illness of Mrs. Nagel's
siste, may keep the former from return
ing here. in which case Miss Hildegarde
Nagel, the eldest daughter of the house,
will preside over the first Christmas din
ner of the household in this city. Miss
| Nagel has three younger sisters. Doro-
thea. just started to school, Mary and
Nagel, jr.
The Speaker and Miss Cannon will
spend the holidays at their home in Dan
vile, ILL.,, with Mr.. and Mrs. LIE Seure
and their daughters. Miss Helen LIE Seure,
4 who is pupil this year at the National
Cathedral School. will go and come with
her aunt, who. will return here in time to
receive New Year day.
Mrs. Barney's play tomorrow night, with
| an all-society cast; two army weddings.
| another in congressional circles, a debut
j ball and a host of dinners, the Vice
Presidents hospitality to President Taft
| beginning the number tomorrow night
! luncheons and innumerable teas are
| events Of this week. Miss Diapers debut
/ dance Thursday night is an event of i'm
/ portance, every detail of which has been
1 antic pated with delight in the debutante
| circle. Mrs. Diapers juvenile balls for
\ her daughter are links of the years So
| cial history. The next one marks an
epoch in the life of her young daughter
| to whom SO many pleasures have already
been offered. The Chr. stmas eve dance
will be at the home of Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Richardson Glover and is for the as
| sociates of their younger daughter Bea-
trice, who Will be home from school for
| the holidays.
| Mrs. Glover is also giving dinner
dance the 9th and cotillon at Rausch-
er's the 18th or January.
| The Austrian ambassador returned from
a short visit to New York yesterday.
| =
| The Russian ambassador and all the
| member Of his staff have gone to New
| York to celebrate the birthday anniver-
4 sary of the cZar at the Greek Church
| today. Baroness Rosen and Baroness
Elizabeth Rosen did not go, however.
| The Mexican ambassador is expected
shortly from Europe. and the embassy
| has been placed in readiness for his
| occupancy.
! Mrs. Calderon Carlisle Will give a
/ theater party, followed by supper and
| a dance. at Rauschers, January 6.
Mrs. William Haywood will give a