Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
FAVORED FOLKS COULD SELECT
A PARTY LAST NIGHT.
Hospitalities in Several Delightful
Homes-Luneheons.
Notes.

Homes-Luneheons.
Notes.
Socially. ways diverged last night Most
of those who went out at all had several
destinations. The students ball, the re-
ception at Senator Depews, the dinner
dance at Senator du Points and the dance
at the Turkish embassy made up the al
Turing program. The President went to
the theater and to the Depew home. The
Vice President and Mrs. Sherman. after
dining with Senator and Mrs. Burrows,
stayed awhile also at the Depews' and
also looked in on the dancing at the
Turkish embassy.
Senator and Mrs. Depew entertained
several hundred guests at their recep-
ton. which was in honor of the visiting
Republican Editorial Association of New
York. President Taft arrived about IL
O'Clock and danced few turns, first with
Miss Paulding, niece of Senator Depew.
Mrs. Depew made a handsome hostess
and wore her most becoming color pale
| blue, and had on her diamonds and tur-
quoises. Miss Paulding was in cream net
and pale blue satin, and Miss Macarthur
of New York, one of the special guests,
who had also the pleasure of a waltz
with the President. was dressed in white
crepe A buffet supper of seaSonable
delicacies was served throughout the
evening. All official and social Washing
ton was represented in the throng of
guests.
The same lavish hospitality was in evil
dence at the Turkish embassy. where
Rustem Bey. charge daffaires. was the
official host for the sultan. and delight
full one. Baroness Mayor des Planches
o-f,, mi
ties for dancing. cards. the enjoyment of
a delicious supper or conversation with
the notables of public and private life.
Miss Helen Taft and Miss Frances Sui
livan will be the honor guests tonight
at a dinner TO be given at the Anchorage,
Philadelphia, by MIR. Walter Wheeler. The
Other guests will include Mr.. and Mrs.
James Francis Sullivan, Capt. and Mrs.
Edward Carpenter of Washington, who
went on last night for the assembly: MIR.
and Mrs Andrew Wheeler, jr.. Misses
Dorothy Wilbur, Frances Mears, Virginia
Sophie w. Wheeler, Irene Catlin of ST.
Louis, Elizabeth Samuel, Reba Samuel;
Messrs. Carroll Tyson. jr., Livingston Sui
van, William D. Whelen, NJ. w. Pope,
Gilpn. 3D. Arthur L. Wheeler, James
Spear. jr. Philemon Dickinson. Martin
Bergen, Hugh Knox and John X. Mohr.
General, gave a luncheon today for the
Misses Anderson, nieces of Mrs. Taft,
who are at the White House. In the
company were Mrs. Gherardi. Mrs. II. B.
Spencer, Miss Miriam Crosby of Warren
ton, Va; Miss Mary Carlisle, Miss Mary
Hopkins, Miss Oliver, Miss Olga Roose-
welt, Miss Marion Wise Miss Schroeder,
Miss Sophy Johnston and Miss Phillips.
Senator and Mrs. Burrows were din
ner hosts last night for the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Sherman, having in the
company to meet them Mrs Garret A.
Hobart, Mrs NJ. A. Hanna, the Siamese
minister, Representative and Mrs. Weeks,
Maj Gen. and Mrs. Gillespie and Brig.
Gen. John NJ. Wilson.
du Points dinner dance last night. About
sixty guests were at the dinner.
Mr. and Mrs John Hays Hammond
entertained at dinner last night the Sec
rotary of the Treasury and Mrs. Mac
Veash, the Postmaster General, the Brit
ish ambassador and Mrs. Bryce, Justice
and Mrs. Lurton, Senator and Mrs. New
lands, Senator and Mrs Hale, Senator
and Mrs. Root, A. Rustem Bey, the Turk
ish charge daffaires; Representative and
Mrs. Longworth. ex-Arhbassador and
Mrs Henry White, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Wainwright. Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Wadsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Page, Mr.
and Mrs Lewis B. Stiliwell of New York
Mrs. Thomas IT. Bayard. Miss Edith Jen-
ninss, Mrs. Charles Hoyle, Miss Ham
mond. ex-Gov. Magoon and Lieut.. Gen.
Nelson a. Miles.
Brig. Cen and Mrs. William L. Mar
| shall gave a dinner last night, with the
Secretary of War and Mrs. Dickinson as
the guests of honor. Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Foster, Senator and Mrs. Taylor, Gen.
ard Mrs. John A. Johnston, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Russell Harr1-
son and Judge Hatch We're the other
| guests.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley have as
their house guests William de Berg
| Whyte of England. Emile Fuchs, Miss
| Fuchs. Andre Webber Schonberger and
Mrs. Herbert Shipman of New York.
These, with the Swiss minister and Nine.
| Ritter, the Austrian naval attache and
| Baroness Preuschen Won und Zu Lieben-
stein, Mrs. Hunt Slater, Mrs. Roscoe c.
| Bulmer, Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps
Emo, DIR. and Mrs. Fremont Smith, Baron
| TIardenbroek, German attache, and Jonk
heer w. II. de Beaufort, Netherlands at
tache, were their dinner guests last night.
luncheon in honor of her house guest.
| Miss Gilbert of New York yesterday aft
ernoon. To meet Miss Gilbert were Miss
Helen Jennings. Miss Adelaide Head.
Philadelphia, Miss Newbold and Miss
Spaulding.
Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Steel will not re-
ceive this Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Fl. Steel gave dinner
| last night to Miss Ford of Baltimore.
| Among the guests were Miss Stewart,
Miss Goodwin, Miss Warner, Mr. Clapp,
Mr.. Ackland, Mr.. Harper and Mr.. Pear
| son.
Mrs. Arthur n Tasker, wife of DR..
Tasker,rs Medical Corps, United States
Army. has just returned from resi-
dence of about year and a half in the
Philippine Islands. She will visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. Bernard Berry
during the next few months. while DR..
Taskcr is serving tour of duty as sur
geon of the army transport Sheridan,
plying between San Francisco and Ma
Mia.
Mrs. Woodbury. PulSifer will be at
home Wednesday, the 10th of February
at the Brunswick, from to 6.
Miss India j. Wright left Sunday night
for her home in Norfolk. Va. after a de-
lightful visit with Mr.. and Mrs. r. Otis
Howard at their apartment in the
Olympia.
| Mrs. W. III. Sholes will be at home
Monday, February Z. from 3 until g. as
sisted hy Mrs Wendell PhillfnS Cta ford