Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENT MEETS GUESTS AT
THE MEYER HOME.
Mrs. Lamar's Party in Honor of Mrs
Swanson-Dinners and Lunch
eons-Personals.

The Postmaster General and Mrs. Meyer
entertained the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt at dinner last night, and had i'll the
company to meet them Senator and Mrs.
Lodge Senator and Mrs. Crane. the assist
ant secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Wood. Mrs. Frederick w. Vanderbilt, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson Mrs. Har-
riet Blaine Beae. Miss Meyer, Miss Alice
Meyer. Mr.. Whitney Warren Mr.. Will
liam Whitehouse, Mr.. George Marvin and
Mr.. Willard Straight.
Mrs. Lamar entertained at beautiful
luncheon at Rauscher's today in honor OF
Mrs. Swanson. wife of Gov. Swanson of
Virginia The square table was profusely
decorated with pink carnations The
guests included Mrs. Harlan, Mrs How
ry, Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs.
Rayner. Mrs. Milton. Mrs James Sher-
man, Mrs. Wayne Parker. Mrs. Lowden.
Mrs. Weeks. Mrs. Sladen. Mrs. Beall, Mrs.
Ansberry. Mrs. Hamlin. Mrs. John F. Dry
den, Nine. Chermont. Mrs. Burton-Harri-
son. Mrs. John w. Foster. Mrs. De Witt
Talmage. Mrs. James Harlan. Mrs. cha
tard. Mrs. Sewers, Mrs. Reid Rogers, MRS.
Harris. Mrs. Hatch. Mrs. Oxnard. Mrs.
Morehead, Mrs. Kuser. Mrs. Robert =.
Fleming. Mrs. Victor Kaufman. Mrs j.
l.. Loose, Mrs Ross Thompson. Mrs. Bar
bour Walker, Mrs. Frederick Harris. Mrs.
F. b. Moran Mrs. Butler. Mrs. Arthur
Dunn. Mrs. Lansing, Mrs. Morris Evans,
Mrs. Munford. Mrs. Wilcox, Miss Eliza
beth Howry. Miss Maths and Miss ca
max, guests of Representative Mcklnle
of Illinois.
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks gave
a dinner of thirtyfour covers last night
in compliment to the next vice president
and Mrs Sherman
The British amba ssador and Mrs. Bryce
entertained at dinner last night IN honor
of the German ambassador and countess
Bernstorff The other guests were the
Turkish ambassador the Greek minister.
Senator and Mrs. Newlands. Senator ana
Mrs CulIom, Earl and Lady Granard,
Representative and Mrs. James Breck
Perkins, Representative Theodore r. bur-
ton the assistant secretary of state ana
Mrs Bacon the assistant secretary of the
navy and Mrs. Satterlee. DR.. and Mrs.
Fremont Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Charles ID.
Walcott. Mrs Wharton Mrs. Hope Slater,
Countess Alexandra Bernstorf. Miss
Maud Wetmore Miss Martha Cameron.
Miss Elizabeth Hoyt. Sir George Young,
Mr. Aylesworth minister of justice for
Canada: Mr.. Kent, minister of justice for
Newfoundland and Alfred Mitchell lnnes
and Mr. Ovey of the embassy staff.
Secretary and Mrs Straus gave large
dinner last night with the japanese am
bassador and Baroness Takahra as honor
guests. There were also present the
| Danish minister and Countess Moltke. the
| Netherlands minister and Nine. Loudon,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles. Maj. Gen
land Mrs. Gillespie Representative and
Mrs. William a. Rodenberg, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Herbert Parsons. John r.
Carlisle. Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Curtis,
Mr. and Mrs Sheftel OF New York, house
guests of the hosts: Mrs. John Tlmmons,
Baroness Marguerite Moncheur, MISS
| Dorothy Gardner Williams. Mr. Martin
and Maj. Squer.
| Secretary and Mrs Garfield were
dinner hosts last night. the company
| entertained consisting of the French
amba ssador and Nine. Jusserand, Secre-
tary and Mrs. Newberry, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cum
| mings. DR.. and Mrs. Wilmer. DR.. and
Mrs. Randolph, Miss Kibbey and Capt.
| Sowerby.
Commander and Mrs. William Man
ming Irwin entertained young people at
dinner last night. their party including
Miss Newberry. Miss Joanna Schroeder,
Miss Murray. Miss Carolyn Murray. Miss
Alice Downing, Miss Irwin. Lieut.. Semmes
Read U.S.N.; Lieut.. Rowcliff. us. N;
Lieut.. Gilmer, U.sN; DR.. Dykes. US.N;
Lieut. Doherty, U.S.N.: Capt. Dean TIL
ford, U.S.A., and Mr.. Mems.
Baron de Stael and Mr.. de Strive of the
Russian embassy and Mr.. Cora of the
Italian embassy were hosts last night at
a dinner at Rauscher's, when Miss Ethel
Roosevelt was the guest of honor. The
other guests were Viscount and ViscOunt-
ess de Martel of the French embassy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Legare, Miss Bacon,
Miss Simpkins. Miss Slater, Miss White,
Miss Mum, Miss Phillips, Miss Jarvis,
Miss Constance Hoyt. Prince koudacheff
of the Russian embassy. Mr.. Won Stumm
and Mr.. Won Prittwitz of the German en-
bassy, Prince Windisch-GraetZ and Count
Torok of the Austrian embassy and the
third assistant secretary of state, Mr..
William Phillips.
Mrs. E. Gray Pendleton entertained at a
luncheon of fourteen covers today in
honor of Mrs. William Painter and Mrs.
Hood of Baltimore Her guests, who aft
| erward engaged in bridge, were Mrs. X.
X. Henry, Mrs. s. L. Hardin. Mrs. Archi-
bald Oracle. Miss Doyle. Mrs. Robert
Frazer Mrs. Thorn Mrs. Theodore Shuey,
Mrs. c. p. Stone, Mrs. r. d. Jackson.
Mrs. Lewis Smith and Mrs. J. J. Morrow.
Miss Vera Downing and Miss Ellen Nc
Ilvaine of this city were in Baltimore last
night to attend the junior cotilon. Miss
McIlvaine was the guest of honor at Q
| dinner given by DR. and Mrs. John Nc
| Farland Bergland.
| Mrs. Dixon wife of Senator Dixon of
| Montana will receive tomorrow at 1915
10Th street, and will have her sister, Mrs.
Sterling of Montana, with her.
Miss Marie McMilin Brown, daughter
| of Mrs. Neill S. Brown. gave a luncheon
| today in her apartment at the Dupont in
honor of Miss Martha Cameron, who's
engagement to the Hon Ronald Lindsay
son of the Earl of Crawford was recently
announced. The other guests were Miss
| Grace McMillin Jarvis Miss Louise White
| Miss Evelyn Chew. Miss Katherine Cla-
baugh. Miss Alice Boyd and Mrs Murray
Cobb. The table was daintily decorated
| with a centerpece of Killarney roses and
| the tapers were shaded in pink
| Mrs. Martin B. Madden and Miss Mad
den OF the Highlands are taking a short
| trip to Philadelphia Miss Madden will
| attend the annual meeting of the Nassar
alumnae. They have not received or paid
| calls this season on account of Mrs. Mad
| dens health, but expect to receive in Feb
| ruary
| Mrs. c. w. Russell and Miss Russell
| will receive tomorrow from to 8 O'Clock
| at the Burlington.
/ Mr. and Mrs. James r. Ford of Balti-
| more have issued announcements of the
| marriage of their daughter. Alice Marsh,
| to Mr. Edward Mullowney of BROOKLYN
n. Y. Tuesday, January 70 at Balti-
more. Mr. Ford. father of the bride
| is IA brother of II. Clay Ford and the
late John r. Ford proprietors of the