Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-31
IN THE World OF SOCIETY
SOME OF THE EVENTS ENGAG.
ING ATTENTION TODAY.
Another Luncheon for Mrs. Balm
ger-Charity Ball-Per-
sonals.

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ingalls, of Cleve-
land, Ohio. arrived today and are guests
at the White House.
Miss Mary Spiers. who succeeds Miss
Alice Blech as secretary to Mrs. Taft,
took up her new duties today. Miss
Blech's resignation, as is well known. Is
due to her approaching marriage to Lieut..
Richard Wainwright, U. s. N.
Miss Spiers, who has many friends at
the capital, was selected by Mrs. Taft
because of her splendid record as a clerk
In the War Department. The appoint
ment was made several months ago.
The reception and dance which the Post
master General will give tonight at
the date. The bachelor host expects a
large company, including the President
and the White House party.
President Taft. escorting his sister-in-
law, Mrs. More. and his nieces, Miss
Louise Taft and Miss Harriet Anderson,
and accompanied by Capt. Butt, attended
the Navy Relief ball held last night at
the navy yard. He was received on his
| arrival by the Secretary OF the Navy, and
after greeting the ladies' in the receiving
line-Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Newberry, Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop, Mrs. Leutze. Mrs.
passed along to the platform to watch the
drill given by sailors from the Mayflower.
| Dolphin, etc When dancing was re-
| sumed the President took part. having as
| his partner Mrs. More. He and his party
| left soon after.
The ballroom was decorated with flags
and the Marine Band played the dancing
program. which continued until an early
| hour this morning. The officers in at
tendance were I'm uniform. and nearly all
| the women were either I'm fancy dress or
wore elaborate headdresses or powdered
| hair. The sight was unusual one for
a public event, ard was extremely success
full either from A financial or social as
pect, or picture maker for future
reference.
Mrs. Never wore her hair dressed high
and powdered and blue Sa tin dress. Mrs.
Glover was in blaze lace and on her pow
dered couture were ostrich tips and a
spray of flowers. Mrs. Newberry was
very handsome In yellow brocade. Mrs.
Winthrop wore vatican dress, Powered
white chiffon and hat trimmed With
purple flags, etc. Mrs. Leutze was in
violet satin.
Some others present were Mrs. Hunting
don Wilson, who had on a picture dress Of
mauve satin and red roses in her pow
dered hair: Mrs. Larz Anderson. who
wore black lace mantilla caught with
red roses and an embroidered shawl dress;
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, who wore a
Gainsborougl hat over her powdered Golf
fure and white satin dress, and Mrs.
Stokes, wife of the surgeon general of the
navy. who wore yellow satin draped with
a lace shawl and only one side of her
brown hair powdered.
The Misses Meyer wore white satin
dresses, the elder having on Mercury head
dress and the other having her hair tied
in prim little curls like doll baby. Miss
Annie Irwin. AS an 1910 girl. was a pic
ture. Her dress was of pink satin founced
with lace, and her hair was In ringlets.
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Yvonne Townsend wore cherry satin and
a black lace mantilla. Miss Glover was
| in white, and small wreaths of pink roses
adorned her high dressed powdered hair.
Mrs. Crowninshied's headdress was a
| large alsatian bow. Miss Katherine Brown
was Swiss peasant. Mrs. William Phelps
Emo was Vatican figure. Mrs. D. P.
Mccartney was In pink chiffon and had
pink roses in her powdered hair.
Others in attendance were Miss Helen
Cannon, Representative and Mrs. j. Van
Vechten Olcott. Miss Boardman, Miss
Leutze. Miss Gladys Hinckley. the COM
mandant at the navy yard and Mrs. Frank
Beatty, Miss Dorothy Williams, Miss Nc
Frances Noyes. Miss Fitch. Mrs. and Miss
Reside, Miss Hammond. Mr.. and Mrs.
Story. Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot, Viscount and
Viscountess Benoit day. Rear Admiral
merlin. Mrs. and the Misses Downing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. Miss
Yates, Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt, Mrs Ed
ward Carpenter. Mr.. and Mrs. Boutell.
Bliss. Miss Bliss. Representative Richard
Wayne Parker, Mr.. Hanihara of the Jap
anese embassy Col. and Mrs. Spencer
Cosby, Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings,
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs. F. b.
Moran Mrs. McConihe and Mrs. Hudgins,
Paymaster and Mrs. Lawrence Heap. the
Misses Switzerland and their guest, Miss
Anderson; Miss Ethel Robson, Miss Ell
eanor Wayne Parker. Miss Laura Mer-
RAM and Miss Colgate of New York.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
were entertained at dinner last night by
the assistant secretary of war and Mrs.
Robert Shaw Oliver. The other guests
were the British ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce, Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Van Vechten Olcott
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harlan and Mr. and
Mrs. Hennen Jennings.
| Secretary and Mrs. Meyers dinner guests
| last night were Mr.. and Mrs. Mccain
| mon. Miss Eleanor Terry. Miss Schroeder,
| Miss Mary Switzerland, Miss Glover, Miss
Margaret Cotton Smith. Miss Mclean.
| Miss Marion LeutZe, Miss Dorothy Card
| ner Williams, Miss Marie Won Stumm,
| Miss Gladys Parrish. Miss Catherine
Cameron, Miss Ruth Appleton. who is a
guest at the Meyer home. and Mr.. Samuel
Weldon, Mr.. Andrew Peters, Lieut.. Com
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| L. S. N: Lieut.. j. c. Fremont, jr., u. S.
N: Lieut.. Camperio of the Italian en-
| bassy; Lieut.. Commander Butler. L. S. A.
| Mr.. Spencer, Lieut.. Constein. Commander
| Cleland Davis, u. S. N; Mr.. Huffer of
Baltimore: Mr.. Washburn and the
Messrs. Won Stumm.
Senator and Mrs Elkins gave their an
nual dinner last night in honor of Cardi-
| nal Gibbons. The other guests were the
French ambassador and Nine. Jesserand,
| the Japanese amba ssador and Baroness
I-chida, the Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. MacNeagh, Senator and Mrs. AL
drich, the Rev. Dr. Russell. Mr.. and Mrs.
Truman II. Newherry, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Arthur Lee. Mrs. Mccormick. Miss Molly
| Elliot Seawel, and Miss Mabel Board
man.
| A younger contingent of less than a
| hundred guests will be entertained at q
dance at the home of Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Glover tonight in honor of their
younger daughter, Miss Beatrice Glover.
Another pretty but smaller dance to-
| night will be given by Mrs. Needham,
| wife of Representative Needham of Cali
| fornia. in honor of their schoolgirl daugh-
| ter, Miss Mildred Needham. Mrs. Need
| ham has her cousin, Miss Alma Myers of
! California, on visit at present