Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-01
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
CONGRESS IS EXPECTED AT THE
WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.
Dinner Parties Galore, Dances and
Observation-Disclosures
s0nal Notes.


! The President and Mrs. Taft will hold
| the third of the state receptions of the
winter tonight. when Congress will he the
| honored body.
| The arrangements as announced are as
follows:
| Carriages will approach from the north
to the east entrance of the White House,
| opposite the Treasury. Pedestrians will
follow the same route. After discharging
passengers carriages will be parked
around the ellipse in the White Lot.
The gates will not be open until .
O'Clock. Two carriages will drive under
the porte-cochere at the same time.
Coachmen will he provided with number
ed checks, which must be preserved by
them III order to regain admittancc to
the grounds. Guests will also be provided
With tickets of the same numbers their
tarriageS. These they should carefully
preserve. i'll order to call their carriages
which will depart from the same entrance
1t is requested that the line of carriages
be not DELAYED by paying for the carriage
service at the entrance Carriages will be
called by electric signal
After, leaving cioaks in the cloa kroom
guests are requested to fall in line in the
colonnade and pass UP the main staircase.
The southwest gate will be opened at 8
pm Carriages will approach this entrance
by 18th street.
| The Nide President and Mrs. Sherman
We're entertained at dinner last evening
by Mrs. Ludlow at her home on Lafayette
! square. Some of her other guests were
Justice and Mrs. Holmes, Senator and
Mrs. Elkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Glover. the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Randolph McI<im and
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, of Phila-
delphia.
The French ambassador and Nine
Jusserand entertained at a dinner last
night the British amba ssador and Mrs
Bryce. the japanese ambassador and
Baroness Uchida, the Attorney General
and Mrs. Wickersham the American
the American minister to Persia and
Mrs. Russell, Senator and Mrs. Flint.
Senator and Mrs. Newlands, Senator
and Mrs: Burrows. Mr.. and Mrs. James
counselor of the Japanese embassy,
bassy, Mr. Peretti dc la Rocca.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer entertained the following guests
at dinner last night: The naval attache
silieff; the first secretary of the Rus
! sian embassy, Prince koudacheff: the
| naval attache of the British embassy.
Capt. Sowerby; the naval attache of the
4
mann: the naval attache Of the Italian
embassy. Lieut.. Camperio; Surgeon and
Mrs. Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs Wallace, Mr..
and Mrs. Pearsall, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Will
! Miss HauShtOn. Miss Terry and Mrs.
| Patterson
! Secretary and Mrs. Meyer have as
| their house guests over today Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel rockingham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Ames and Miss HauShton. They
will give dinner in honor of Miss
Ethel Roosevelt Thursday night proceed
/! ing their reception.
| Former Secretary and Mrs Newberry
| gave a large dance last night ut Rausch-
er's, where both bathrooms were in use
and decorated with palms and American
! beauty roses. The hostess was beautifully
gowned in yellow and Miss Carol New
| berry in pink satin. Their guests included
| the younger members of number Of
/ official and resident families.
/ Among those who. gave dinners. the
guests going on later to this dance. We're
Mrs John Phillips, who entertained Miss
| Helen Taft, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Mrs.
/ Kennard. wife of the second secretary
| Of the British embassy; Miss Carlisle,
Miss Oliver, Miss Hagner. Miss Osborne.
/ Miss Phillips. Mr. Centaro of the 1tal-
ian embassy. Capt Cheney. Mr.. Rowcliff.
Mr.. Hobart Mr.. Weldon and Mr..
! Spencer.
| Associate Justice and Mrs. I.urton We're
the guests of honor at a dinner at the
| New Willard last night given by Miss
! Mary Temple of Nashville. There were
covers for twenty-five.
Speaker Cannon gave another large din
| ner party last night.
! Mr.. and Mrs Vandegrift and Mr. and
Mrs. James NJ. Johnston gave dinners
last night.
! The minister of Norway and Nine
| GUIDE entertained at dinner last night
! tie Swedish minister and Mime. de La
gercrantz, Mr.. de- Thai, secretary of tie
| Russian embassy: Maj. and Mime. Won
| Livonius, Baron Won Hardenbroek, Rus
TEN Bey, Mrs. Hunt Slater and DIR. and
| Mrs Fremont Smith.
| ley gave a dinner last night in honor of
| Miss Marjorie Critten, sister of the host
ess. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Me-
| Call of Massachusetts, Misses Katherine
| Helent Stewart, Capt. Archibald Butt
| Mr.. Lee McClung. Representative Edwin
DENLY and Dr. Sterling Ruffin.
| The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
| Franklin MacVeagh. was the guest of
honor at dinner given by Mr.. Theodore
| w Noyes last night. The other guests
| were the Postmaster General. Senator
Gdlllngef. Representative >. W. Smith,
Mr. Matsui. counselor of the japanese
! embassy; the Commissioners of the Dis
| trict. Mr.. Cuno II. Rudolph, Gen. John
ston and Maj. Judson: Chief Justice
| Clahaugh of the District Supreme Court
| Justice Stafford. Gen. Harries. Gen. John
/ NJ. Wilson. Mr.. Charles Henry Butler, Mr.
| John Joy Edison, Mr.. Gist Blair, Mr.
Frank B. Noyes and Mr. Thomas c.
! Noyes.
| Mrs John NJ Hawley, wife Of Rear Adj
miral Hawey, and daughter will be at
home tomorrow for the last time this
season. Assisting will be Mrs. Ingersoll,
| wife of Rear Admiral Ingersoll. and Mrs.
Bayard. wife of Capt. Bayard. L. S. n,
| and several of the younger set
| eral of the l.. a. r., was hostess yes
| terday at tea, probably the largest
| given at the capital this winter, and
| certainly one which gave pleasure to
| the greatest number of persons from
/ all branches of social life. Members
| of the u. A. r. were the special guests
| and several of the largest assembly
| rooms at the Arlington were in use.
/. Flags decorated the walls. and flowers
and vines were in appropriate places.
| 4 buffet table with the usual tea dam
| ties was attended by servants who car
| ried refreshments wherever guests were
! comfortably established. The hospital
ity was a handsome one and thoroughly
enjoyed.
Mrs Scott was richly gowned in
| white satin. and had receiving in the
line with her Mrs. Dickinson, wife of
the Secretary of War: Mrs. George w
Sternberg. vice president general of the
| District ID. \. r.. and Mrs. George T.
Small wood, state regent of the District