Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-29
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS TAFT WAS MISS ALE
SHIRE'S GUEST TODAY.
Recent and Coming Events in
Which the Young Set Fig
ure-Personal Notes.

| Miss Helen Taft, for whom Miss Board
man will give a dinner of forty covers
| tonight, to be followed by an informal
dance was entertained at a large lunch
| con today, when Miss Marjorie Aleshire,
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. .Aleshire. was
! her hostess. Miss Aleshire's company TO
meet Miss Taft included Miss Oliver Miss
| Cheatham, Miss Dorothy Williams, Miss
| Sadie Murray. Miss Carolyn Murray, Miss
Katherine Weeks, Miss Carol Newberry,
Miss Annie Irwin, Miss Rachel Ray
Shuttleworth, Miss Niche. Miss Eleanor
Ridgcley. Miss Pchon, Miss Howry, Miss
Maitland Marshall. Miss Frances Web
Ster, Miss Dorothy Langfitt. Miss Sibley
guest OF Miss Newherry: Miss Marguerite
| Barbour, Miss Edith Sutherland. Miss
Eugene Root and Miss Elizabeth Par
sons and Miss Eleanor Rocker of New
York, who guests al the White
House.
Miss Taft the guest Of honor last
night at q dinner given by Mr. and Mrs.
Merriam. whose daughter, Miss Laura
! Merriam. is enjoying her first winter i'll
/ society.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff entertained at dinner last
hight. when their guests were Miss Ma
buc0. the Misses Meyer, NJ Ss Iinckley,
Miss Glover. Miss Aldrich Miss Knen
! Countess Luise-Alexand.a Won Bernstorff.
Capt. Archibald Butt. Capt. Cheney Mr.
Ccntaro of the Italian embassy. Count
Felix Won BruSSelle- Schallhe, ,lx of the AUS
trian embassy, Mr.. de Thai Of the Russian
embassy. Mr. Horstmann, Mr.. Won Pritt-
witz of the German embassy and Count
| Guenther Won Bernsto. IT, the son of the
ambassador and countess who will re-
turn to Germany January 1.
Mrs. r. Randall Hoes will entertain at
tea today to meet two of the debu-
tantes of the winter. Mss Ruth Pillins
and Miss Katherine Brown. Miss Gouver-
neur, sister of the hostess. and Mrs. Good
loe will be at the tea table.
Mrs. James G. Plling will give a dinner
of twelve covers in honor of her debu-
night and cotillon of sixty coup.es will
follow at the Colonial Club 1918 Connec,-
t.cut avenue. Mr.. Charles H. Campbell
Will lead, assisted by Mr.. John Davidge.
eSS.
Mrs. Guidet Duryee will give a dinner
for twenty-eight young people tonight
of whom will go on later to the Pilling
cotillOn.
Commander and Mrs William Manning
-
dinner hosts. their guests going to the
dances which are replacing the White
House party which was intended for this
date They gave a dinner and a theater
party last night.
Mrs. James 3. Perkins, wife of Repre-
sentative Perkins, and the president of
the Congressional Club, has invited the
members of the club, their families ana
house guests Friday night to the club
when she will be their hostess at a re-
ception and informal dance. Onportuni-
ties for cards will also be handy and the
occasion is intended an informal re-
union on the eve of the new wear
The Congressional Club will give its
two first formal events Of 1910, recep-
tfons in honor of the Vice President and
Mrs. Sherman and of the Speaker and
Miss Cannon, next month.
Mr. and Mrs. John jay White, who
have recently taken possession of their
new home on \ street, gave a dinner
and Mrs. George B. Grinnel of New
York. their house guest; Miss Olga
Roosevelt, Miss Alice Whiting. Miss
Lieut.. Commander White. Mr. Roger
Hitchcock of New York. Mr.. John
Davidge. Mr.. kernochan Scott and Mr..
W. L. Clarke.
Mrs. Gardner Williams entertained for
young people at dinner last night for
her daughter. Miss Dorothy Gardner
Williams. In the party Were Miss
Miss Katherine Jennings. Miss Gladys
Parrish. Miss Dorothy Williams. Miss
Frances Noyes, Miss Amylita Talbot,
Miss Gertrude Williams. Mr.. Martin,
Swiss secretary: Commando" Jewell,
/ Lieut.. Osterhaus. John Hays Hammond,
jr.. Lieut. Long. Lieut.. Constien Mai
Horton. Frederick Faust. DR.. Sewers and
Mr.. Phillips.
Mrs. James +. Barbour had a party
of thirty-four dining at her home last
night for her young daughter, MISS Mar
admired and most feted debutantes this
season. Miss Barbour has the gentle
manners which go SO charmingly with
her delicate type of beauty, and traces
her ancestry back to the sturdy pioneers
of the Old Domin on, whose careers made
cation was gained In Washington and in
convent schools out of this city and
with private tutors. Last summer. chap
eroned by Mrs. David d. Porter, she ad
a delightful journey in Europe until, in
Paris, serious illness interrupted their
travels 4 large tea and a series of
entertainments were planned for Ter this
winter. but were not feasible on account
of her health. Fortunately, however, she
has missed but very few of the leading
events of the season thus far.
Mrs. Roscoe e. Bulwer chaperoned the
party at dinner and to the theater. At
dinner the company sat around four
tables, each prOfusely decorated.
Miss Howser, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry +. Howser will make her
debut at a large tea today at her par.
be Miss Nina Van Arsdale, Miss Penne-
baker. Miss Iauck. Miss Walsh MISS