Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-23

many out of town guests will be present.
Commander and Mrs. Gill will make a
brief visit to New York and return here
before going to Vallejo. Cal. where the
former commands the Pacific torpedo
fleet.
Mrs. William III. Taft and Miss Taft
tasted Philadelphia hospitality yesterday.
They were the guests of Mrs S. Weir
Mitchell In the afternoon they took
luncheon at the home of Mrs. c. S. Har-
rison. In the evening Mrs. Reyburn. wife
of the mayor. gave a splendid dinner In
Mrs. Taft's honor with twenty women
present and no men. For the day exer-
cises Mrs. Taft wore a heliotrope satin
gown, with long empire coat of the
same color. Her hat was combination
of amethyst and gold trimming. with
white aigrette in the center Tonight at
the opera Mrs. Taft will be the guest of
Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,.
Chief Justice Fuller had as dinner guests
last night the Italian ambassador anf
Baroness Mayor des PlancheS. the Bel
gian minister and Baroness Moncheur.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Brewer. Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. Mckenna, senator and Mrs.
Knox, solicitor general and Mrs. Hoyt.
Mrs. Audenried. Mrs. Hobson. Mrs. Har-
riet Blaine Beale Judge Lambert Tree of
Chicago the Rev Roland Cotton Smith
and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh c. Wallace
Mr. and Mrs Thomas F. Walsh had
as their guests at dinner last evening the
Austrian ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmuller. Mrs. Justice and Mrs. Har-
Ian, Mrs: Moody, Senator and
Mrs. Aldrich. Gen. Woodruff, Mrs
cock. Mrs. Patterson, Col. and Mrs
McCawley. Mr.. and Mrs. Larz
Anderson. Gen. Agnus of Baltimore. Miss
Bryan. ex-senator and Mrs Dryden. Miss
Wetmore. Mr.. Gist Blair. Mrs: Stanley
Matthews. Lieut.. Gen. Miles. Miss Sher
rill. Mrs Doliver. Mrs. Jaffery. Nh.
and Mrs. Fleming Tuckerman, Dr. Swish
er and Capt. Richardson.
The minister Of Chile and Nine Cruz
gave d dinner la night. when the French
amba ssador and Nine. Jusserand. the
Brazilian ambassador and Nine Nabuco.
Senator and Mrs. Flint, Senator Elkins,
the Argentine minister and Nine. Portela,
the Swedish minister and Nine. de Lager
crantZ, the Portuguese minister. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c. Perkins, Mr.. Albert Joakum
and Mr. Salinas.
Niscount and Viscountess de Martel gave
a theater party and supper last night.
Their guests included Miss de Lager
crantz. Miss Slater. Miss White. Miss
Hull. Miss Cary of Baltimore Prince zu
Windisch-GraetZ of the Austrian en-
bassy. Mr. Cora of the Italian embassy.
DR.. PrittwitZ of the German embassy and
Count a Adhemar.
Mr.. AID Mrs NJ c. Weaver announce
the engagement of their daughter Flor
ence and Mr. Philip NJ. Garnett. The
wedding will take place the middle of
April. but owing to the illness of their
youngest daughter only the members of
the two families will be present
Miss Rosale Hirshbers of Newark. y.
j.. who IS visiting her aunt. Mrs. Harry
Franc, I"6 9TH street, will be at home to-
morrow evening, $50 to II.
Miss Dorothy Knapp of Massachusetts
avenue entertained a party of friends yes
terday afternoon, the occasion being the
celebration OF her tenth birthday. Games
were INDUCED in. and the following pro-
gram woS rendered: Piano selection Miss
Beatrice Hahn: recitation, When Teddy
Goes Out and William Comes IN David
Mulquin: fancy dancing. Miss Ruth Hill
yard. comic song, Good Evening. Caro-
line, Miss Dorothy Knapp; fancy dane
ing, Miss Adriene Shreve. To the strains
of The Stars and Stripes the party
marched to the beautifully decorated
dining room and partook of a bounteous
spread of sweets. the favors being Wash
ingtOn's birthday souvenirs. Those pres
ent were Miss Anita Offterdinger Miss
Beatrice Hahn, Miss Louise GARRISON
Miss Ruth Hilyard. Miss Ethel Bogman.
Miss Adriene Sfreve, Miss Alice Martin
Miss Mildred Werntz Miss Ruth Grosner
John Schofeld. Ralph Ricketts, Thomas
Moore. Edward Alcott. Fred Mann How
ard Draper. Arthur Fitz Gibbon James
and David Mulquin.
Mrs. Frances Cordiner who has been
visiting her parents. Capt. and Mrs Lee
NJ. Lipscomb. Columbia Heights, left YES
terday for Old Point to meet her hus-
band, Mdshipman ID. G. Cordiner, on
the C.S.S. Mississippi and will remain
at Old Point until March 10 at winch
time the Mississippi is scheduled to sail
Mrs. Mortimer n. Acheson will be at
home informally Thursday. February %
Assisting will be Mrs. Charles Dates. Mrs
William Mahoney. Mrs O. r. Varnell. Mrs
Edward Eynon. Mrs. Fred Parks. Mrs.
+. Il. Sanner
Commander and Mrs. William Manning
Irwin gave d double box party. followed
by a supper. last night. Their party con-
sisted of Miss Annie Irwin Miss Aleshire
Iita Talbot. Miss Jane Sands. DR.. Davis.
U.S.A.; Mr.. r. c. Kibbey, Mr.. W. c. Wal
colt Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Ecol. Mr..
Stead and Mr.. Jesse Browne.
Messrs Warfield and John Raines cele-
brated their thirteenth birthday yester-
day at luncheon and matinee party
Their guests We're MeSsrs. Thomas Pey-
ton. Curtis Walker. Myron Jones. Maurice
Crowley Royal Hocombe. Harry Wood
ard. Charles Whittlesey. Harry Walford
Augustus Bennett. Ernest HOlcombe
George Cooper Thomas Whittlesey. Ed
mond Amatio Guy Jennemann and Court
ney Young.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Campbell and Miss
Campbell of Harvard street will receive