The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

House this morning. and official gayeties
will be resumed, 10 continue probably un-
/ I'll June / to greater or less degree.
The event of this afternoon will be the
debut on the professional concert stage
Of Miss Flora Wilson, daughter OF the
/ Secretary OF Agriculture. who prefers a
professional to a social life Mrs Taft
and Mrs. Sherman head the list OF
patronesses for the occasion.
The Secretary of state and Mrs. Knox
were the guests for whom Rear Admiral
and Mrs. MacGowan entertained at din
ner last evening.
Mrs. Dickinson, wife Of the Secretary
of War. dined Informally last evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur r. Thompson.
! formerly Of Chicago. now OF this city.
who are ole friends Of the Secretary and
! Mrs. Dickinson. MIR and Mrs. Dickinson
VIII leave Washington Sunday night for
| Charleston. S. c., whence they will SAL
Tuesday for Panama
! Mrs. Sherman. wife Of the Vice Presi-
dent, was the guest for whom Mrs. NJ. N.
I Parker entertained az luncheon yester-
day. The others in the company were
Miss CanI on. Nine. Calderon, Mrs. Thom-
as II. Anderson. Mrs. Somers. Mrs.
Joseph Sibley. Mrs. Travers. Mrs. Donald
| Mclean, Mrs. Alexander Stewart. Mrs
Men. Mrs. Charles Henry Butler, Mrs.
Jules Guthridge. and Miss Maury.
Mrs. Elkins entertained at luncheon
yesterday in honor OF Mrs. James Robert
Mckee. daughter Of former President
Harrison. who is the guest OF Mrs. Arthur
Lee. Those asked 10 meet Mrs. Mckee
were Mrs. Dewey. wife of the Admiral
OF the United States navy: Mrs. Seaton
| Schroeder. Mrs. James WadsWOrth. Mrs.
Van Vechten Olcott Mrs Janin. Mrs
| John W. Foster, Mrs. Arthur Lee. Mrs.
/ George Downey. Mrs Hornsby, Mrs.
Hoes. Mrs. Mulligan. Mrs. Charles Camp
/ bell Mrs Robert Lansing. Mrs. Charles
| Wood, Mrs. Mcdonald. Mrs. Pilling. Mrs.
/ Stewart Hooker. Miss Ida Thompson.
Miss Bryan. Miss Gail Treat. Miss Alex
snder. and Miss Davis.
Representative and Mrs. Van vechten
OlSott were hosts az "a dance last even
mig in honor OF their niece. Miss Eleanor
| Hoffman Rosewald. OF Lakewood. y. J.
/ Their guests included a large house party
and The debutante circle IN Washington's
/ smart society In the house party are
Mrs. F. c. Dexter and Miss Dexter. OF
/ New York: Mr.. William Mcneil Rose
vgald. brother-in-law Of the hostess: Mr..
/ Henry Fairbanks. OF New York. cousin
/ Of the hostess; Mrs. Goode OF Portland,
Greg: Miss Marian Stoddard. Miss Car
RE Livingston and Miss Cheeseman. all
of New York. The guests numbered
about 30 and were asked for 70 O'Clock
buffet supper was served about mid
night. The house was handsomely dec
GRATED with palms and roses. Mrs. OIcou
was magnificent in a newly arrived Paris
gown of white satin with elaborate
trimmings of pearls. sapphires and rhine
stones. She wore a diamond dog collar
and an old-fashioned hair ornament Of
rare pearls, an heirloom in her family
Miss Rosewald wore a French gown Of
| pale blue Liberty satin embroidered in
silver.
Among the guests were Countess Alex
andra BernstOrf, daughter Of the Ger
I man Ambassador; the Misses Lager
crantz. daughters of the Swedish Minis
/ ter; Baroness Marguerite Moncheur.
Z daughter Of the Belgian Minister: Miss
/ Sippkins. Miss MUM. Miss Dorothy
l Gardiner Williams, the Misses Perkins.
/ Miss Talbot Miss Aleshire Miss Mary
I Mckee. Miss Marshall. Miss Shepard.
Miss Wood. Miss Elsie Aldrich. Miss
Katherine Jennings, Miss Katherine
/ Weeks. Miss Hatch. Miss Matilc. Miss
l Schroeder. Miss Slater. Miss Souther-
land. Miss Sutherland. Miss Sessions.
Miss Crawford, Miss Webster. Miss IT.
win, Capt Logan. Lieut. Osterhaus,
Capt. Harry Lay Lieut. Sherman Miles,
l Mr.. Gouverneur Hoes, Mr. Hit Lieut..
/ Defrees. Capt. Gulick. Mr. Bonaoarte.
M Beale BloOner, Mr.. Brewster Rea-
mey. Mr. Portela. Lieut.. Commander
Davis. Mr.. Gurnee Mum. Mr.. Nathaniel
Simpkins, jr. Mr. Cleveland Perkins,
Mr. Thomas W Symons. jr. Mr. Terry.
William Alden Smith, jr.. Mr.. Thomp-
son, Mr.. Harrison. B. Irwin. and Mr..
Glover.
Mrs c. A Mum entertained a large
dinner company OF young people her
guests going later to the Olcott ball
Miss Emily Tuckerman entertained
company at dinner last night.
Mrs. Henry Clifford Stuart. who is
spending the winter in the Connecticut
avenue home of her late aunt. Mrs VIII
lam Dorsheimer. entertained a small COM
pany of women friends at a card party
yesterday afternoon
Mrs. D. P. Mccartney was hostess at a
bridge party yesterday afternoon. She
had seven tables Of players. and tea was
| served later.
Mrs. Oxnard entertained a bridge party
yesterday afternoon, her guests being
the members of the Thursday Morning
Club.
Mr. and Mrs Isaac Cans entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lind. of New York.
at dinner at their home in the Iowa.
Wednesday night. Mr.. Lind is well
known in Washington, as this was his
home before he went into grand opera.
He is here for few days prior to joining
his company
Mrs. James Mcmillan. widow Of the
late Senator from Michigan. sailed for
Europe yesterday 10 join her daughter.
Lady Harrington. in the latter's home in
England. for a spring visit Mr.. and
Mrs Preston Gibson. the latter a grand
daughter Of Mrs. Mcmillan will spend
the spring season in the Mcmillan home
here and In their country place in Vir-
ginia, and win go later on TO Manches-
ter. and open the summer home of Mrs.
Mcmillan, Eagles Head" where Mrs.
Mcmillan viii join them late in the sum-
me-.
Mrs. Russell Harrison and her daugh-
ter. Miss Marthena Harrison. left yes
terday for West Point TO attend the
Easter hop there on Saturday night. and
TO spend a day or two in Newt York
They will return Monday.
Mr.. Orviiie H. Stewart returned yester-
day from three weeks stay in Green's