Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENT DIMES WITH MR..
AND MRS. BALLINGER.
Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
With the Guggenheims-Other
Dinners-Notes.

President Taft was entertained at din
ner last night by Secretary and Mrs. Bal
linger, their guests being seated at a
large table arranged in the large ball
room at Rauscher's. 1t was beautifully
decorated with jonquils, arranged in oval
and round plaques, with scrolls of smi-
lax dotted with jonquils connecting them.
The adjoining ballroom. set with the
usual furnishings of drawing room, had
quantities of palms and foliage plants at
appropriate points and tall bouquets of
poinsettas and white liiacs. To meet the
President Secretary aud Mrs. Ealli1ger
had the following guests: Mrs Thoma s
*. Laughlin of Pittsburg. Mr.. Justice
White and Mrs. White. Mr.. Justice Nc
kenna and Mrs. Mckenna, Senator and
Mrs. Elkins, Senator and Mrs. Piles. SEN
ator Burton. Gen. and Mrs Clarence ed
wards, Mr.. and Mrs Charles Pack OF
Hudson, n. y: Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
Holmes Of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ed
ward <~Chilberg Of Seattle, Mrs. Letter,
MjSs Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays
hammond, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wallace,
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and
Capt Butt.
Mrs. Ballinger was again hostess today,
having party of twenty at luncheon
also given at Rauschers 1t was in COM
pliment to her friends from Seattle. Chi
cago, etc, now here. There were present
Mrs. Dickinson. wife of the Secretary Of
War; Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. Nine.
Green. Mrs. Joshua Green. Sea tile; Mrs.
Mrs: Battle, Mrs. Chilberg and Mrs.
Shallenberger of Seattle, Mrs. Frank
Pierce. Mrs. Oscar Lawler, Mrs. Albert
Gleaves. Mrs. Crawford. Mrs. Webster,
Mrs. Hoppin. Mrs. Richard Butler. Mrs
Fremont Smith. Mrs. John JOY Edison
and Mrs. Berryhill
The Vice President and Mrs Sherman
were dinner guests last night at the home
of Senator and Mrs. Guggenheinl.
and Baroness Hengemuller.
Senator and Mrs. Aldrich. Mr.. and Mrs.
Weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Lowden, Mr.. and
Mrs. William f. Curtis, Mrs. Henry
Cleveland Perkins. Mrs. Burrows, Mrs.
Isaac tntermyer, Senator Dillingham;.
and Mr.. Moreton Frewen.
The Secretary of War and Mrs Dick
inson entertained at a dinner OF twenty
Joshua Green of Oregon. Among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs Gordon Payne
of Baltimore.
The solicitor general and Mrs. Lloyd
W. Bowers had as dinner guests last
Meyer. Senator du Pont, the assistant
secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Nor
ton. the assistant secretary OF the navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Corcoran Hill and Mrs.
Rodgers.
Former Senator and Mrs. John Dryden
entertained at dinner last evening, when
their guests We're Baroness Rosen, Sena-
tor Gallinger, Senator and Mrs. Scott.
\. Hanna, Admiral O'Neil, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Richardson Glover. Gen. and
Mrs Sharpe,> Mr.. and Mrs. James Harlan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bradley Of New
bart. jr.: DIR. and Mrs. Wilmer and Col.
and Mrs. Kuser.
. DR.. and Mrs. Chatard at dinner last
night entertained Commander and Nine.
Vassilieff, Lieut.. Commander and Wis
countess Benoisf day, Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Belmont. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock,
Mrs. Hunt Slater. Mr.. Henri Martin and
Mr.. w. Bowie Clarke.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. William l.. Mar
shall, who will start on trip to Panama
next week. had dining with them last
night Brig. Gen. and Mrs Murray. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Mason, Commander and
Mrs. Irwin. Capt and Mrs. Mclean. Mrs.
Russell Harrison. Mrs. Samuel Spencer
and Gen. Black.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Henderson gave
large party last night for the members
Of the Congressional Club, their husbands
dances was adhered to, although the
orchestra also played waltzes. etc. The
entertainment was given in a recently
completed house owned by the host and
hostess, which is specially we'll adapted
to large gatherings
Nine GUIDE received a number of in
vited guests yesterday at pretty tea
at the legation of Norway. Assisting her.
in addition to the minister and the two
young daughters of the house, were Nine.
de Lagercrantz, wife of the minister
from Sweden, and MrS Fremont-Smith.
In compliment to the japanese am
bassador and Baroness Uchida. the Jap
anese Society of New York will give a
dinner this evening at the Hotel Aston.
On the committee of arrangements are:
Jacob H. Schiff. Isaac \. Selisman, DIR.
John II. Finley. Eugene c. Worden. Wal
ter H. Page. Alexander Tison. E. S. A.
de Lima. Hamilton Holt. Henry Clews.
Robert G. Morris. William IL. Stayton.
Emil L. Boas. Melville F.. Stone, William
Skinner. August Belmont. Or. Jokichi
Takamine. Lindsay Russell. W. J. Imani-
u.
and *. Seko.
Nine Chang received callers at the
Chinese legation yesterday, when her
daughter-in-law, Nine. Wu-Chang. as
sisted by the young daughters of the
minister. Miss Lilly Chang and Miss
Alice Chang, served tea in oriental fash
ion. while Miss Emily Tang and Miss
Isabel Tang, who are spending the win
ter here. were in the drawing room with
the wife Of the minister.
Mrs Lawrence Townsend entertained
at tea yesterday complimentary to Mrs.
Roger Wolcott of Boston. Mrs. Frank
Evans poured tea and Miss Eleanor
Terry served chocolate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth en-
tertained a large company at a musical
last night, at which Nine. Liza Lehman
and some of her company gave the pro-
gram. They will give another musical
the oath. and dance on the Mi-careme.
March 3.
Following the drill at Fort Myer this
afternoon. given under the auspices of the
Army Relief Society, Mrs. Sternberg,