The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-12
DINEAT WHITE House
Function Is Given in Honor
of Diplomatic Corps.
MRS. TAFT'S SISTER HOSTESS
Mrs. Charles Anderson, of Cincln-
natl. Sits Beside the President.
COmpaBy-State Dining Room Dec
Grated with CattIeyn Orchids.

The President and Mrs Taft had the
second Of the state dinners in this ad
mjnisuation last night in the White
House. This was in honor Of the diplo-
matte corps
Mrs. Taft was not equal 10 assuming
the duties Of hostess. and her sister. Mrs.
Charles Anderson, Of Cincinnati. acted
in her place, and sat opposite the Presi-
dent at the table
The decorations used were Cattleya
orchids and Farleyense ferns. The house
guests, in addition to Mrs. Anderson, are
Mr.. and Mrs Charles p. Taft and Miss
Louise Taft. Of Cincinnati There were
many familiar faces missing in the COM
pany. The first on the list was the
Brazilian Ambassador, who with Nine.
NabucO, was unable to attend.
Another was the Russian Ambassador,
Baron Rosen, who is not yet sufficiently
we'll To 20 out al night.
Turkish Ambassador Absent.
The Turkish Ambassadqy is absent
abroad. and was represented by the
charge d'affaires, r. Rustem Bey,
Nine. Calvo. wife Of the Costa Rican
Minister. was absent through illness.
The Minister from Peru and Nine. Pardo
are both out Of the country. and the
former was represented by the charge
danaires. Mr.. Sautander-
Nine Carlo. wife Of the Minister from
Ecuador; Nine. Ladnur, wife Of the Min
lister from Uruguay; Mr.. Guide. the Min
lister from Norway; the Minister from
Honduras. Or. LazO, ana Countess de
Buisseret, wife of the Belgian Minister,
were all absent either by indisposition
or because Of being out Of the country
Mrs Knox, being ia deep mourning for
her brother. did not accompany the Sec
rotary Of State ....
The list Of guests:
Mrs. Charles Anderson.
The Ambassador Of Italy and Baroness
Mayor dies Planches.
The Ambassador o. Hungary
and Baroness HengelmUller.
The Ambassador Of the French re-
public and Nine. Jusserand.
The Baroness Rosen.
The Ambassador Of Great Britain and
Mrs. Bryce.
The imperial German Ambassador and
Countess Won BernstOrf .-..-a
The Ambassador OF Mexico.
The japanese Ambassador and Baron
ess Uchida.
The Minister Of Costa RIGA,
The siamese Minister
The Minister OF Portugal
The Minister Of Bolivia
The Minister Of the Argentine Republic
and Madame de PorteIa.
The Minister Of Ecuador.
The Minister OF Uruguay r-a-.
The Minister OF Guatemala and Madame
de Toledo Herrarte.
The Minister OF Salvador and Madame
De Meila-
The Minister Of Sweden and Madame
de LagerCrantz.
The Minister Of Chile and Madame de
Cruz.
Madame GUIDE.
The Minister Of the Netherlands and
Madame LOudon.
The Minister OF Denmark and Countess
Moltke.
The Minister Of Panama.
The Minister Of Haiti and Madame
Sannon-
The Minister Of Cuba and Madame de
Garcia Velez.
The Minister Of Venezuela.
The Minister OF Switzerland and
Madame Ritter.
The Minister Of Greece.
The Minister Of Spain.
The Belgian Minister
The Minister OF the Dominican Republic
and Madame de J0uoert
The Chinese Minister and Nine Chang.
The Director Of the International Bur-
eau Of American Republics.
The charge dafaires Of Turkey.
The charge d'afaires Of Peru.
The Secretary Of State.
Senator Frye
Senator Bacon.
Senator Kean.
Senator and Mrs. Carter
Representative and Mrs. J. B. Perkins.
Representative and Mrs D. ]. Foster.
Representative Henry D. Flood.
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
LOngworth.
Representative and AIRS J Sloat Fassett.
Hon. and Mrs. Charles ?. Taft
Miss Louise Taft
Capt Archibald W Butt.