The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-05

turned to New York Monday, and Mr.
Jewett, a Yale classmate of Mr.. Robert
Taft. is the only one OF their holiday
house party who is still at the White
House Miss Elizabeth Parsons, Of Co
lumbus, Ohio, left yesterday.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
have as their house guest Miss Mary
Baker. of Utica. y Y, who arrived yes
terday to attend the diplomatic reception
last night at the White House.
The Secretary OF State and Mrs Knox
have returned from Pittsburg and nave
Cancelled all their social engagements for
the present.
! The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs
Franklin MacVeagh have as their guests |
/ Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago; Mrs /
/ Writ Dexter. Of New York. and Mir. Amos |
! MacVeagh. son OF the Secretary. also of
! Chicago. who came on for the reception /
at the White House.
Count Gunther Won BernstOrff. son of
/
holidays at the embassy here sailed for
| Germany yesterday. 10 return TO mis-
studies in the Darmstadt University Mr.. !
Won Prittwitz ind Gaffron. Of the Ger
man Embassy stan. sailed with him on
the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Mrs. Letter entertained a dinner COM
pany OF twenty last night in her Dupont
circle mansion, followed by a dance for
/ which 200 other guests were asked. The
! guests included particularly the friends
Of Mrs. Letters son and daughter-In-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. who are
with her The dancing set of young mar
ried people as well as the debutantes
and the bachelors in official and diplo-
matte society, were included, many OF
them going from the White House recep-
ton TO the dance. Mrs. Letter has as
house guests Mr.. and Mrs. Eldridge w.
Gerry, Of Philadelphia.
The new justice on the Supreme Court
bench and Mrs. Lurton will take an
apartment in Washington for the remain
der Of this season.
Mr.. J. NJ. Dickinson. ST.. who has been
. spending the holidays with his parents.
the Secretary Of War and Mrs Dickin-
son. and entertaining a house party of
fellow-students at Yale, will return 20
college to-day.
Mrs Isham Hornsby entertained at
luncheon yesterday, asking her guests to
meet Mrs. Beach Grant and her sister,
Mrs. Wyeth They were Mrs, Stephen
3. EIkins, Mrs John ". Foster. Mrs.
Lyman Tiffany, Mrs. Peirce Crosby, Mrs.
A. c. Janin. Mrs John Lindsay Moore
, head, Mrs. Downing. Mrs. Shaler, Mrs.
Fremont-smith. and Miss Jane Riggs
| Commander Henry Harris BarrOn. L.
s. y. and Mrs BarroIl held a large re-
ception al Rauscher's yesterday after
noon from 4 TO o'clock. The decOra-
tons were elaborate and exceedingly
pretty, the tea table in the drawing room
, having a huge centerpiece OF pink roses
Mrs. BarroI wore a gown Of grayish
green brocade. trimmed with rose point
lace.
Mrs. Henry Harris Barroll, IT,, Of New
York. daughter-in-laW of the hostess. was
in white satin embroidered in pearls, her
, wedding gown Of a few months ago. Mrs.
> T. Granville Hoyt. OF Connecticut mother
\ / Of the hostess. was in gray panne velvet
Mrs. Harry Kimmel. wife OF Commander
} Kimmen, L. s. N: Mrs. Crosby P. Miller.
wife Of Brig. Gen Miller, L. 5. A, re-
tired; Mrs. Winthrop Spencer and Miss
de Kraft, presided at the tea table. The
others in the receiving line were Mrs.
E j. Hill. wife Of Representive Hill;
!, Mrs. r. r. Ingersoll, wife Of Rear Ad-
+ mlral Ingersoll, retired; Mr.. Phillip An
drews, wife OF Commander Andrews. u.
S. N; Mrs. G. w stiles, jr, Mrs, San
j. ders Worthington. Mrs Osterhaus, Mrs.
Thomas Washington. wife Of Commander
Washington, L. S. n; Miss Frances
Webster. Miss Katherine Patter Miss
Natalie briggs, Miss Louise White. Miss
Lena Hitchcock. Miss Winifred Davis,
and the Misses Bagley.
Mrs. Chermont, wife Of the second SEQ
: rotary Of the Brazilian Embassy. YVES
among those entertaining informally at
: luncheon yesterday.
d AIrs.N Joseph C. Thropp has sent out
invitations to a luncheon on January IS
Miss Elizabeth Howry. daughter Of
Judge and Mrs. Howry will entertain at
a dinner next Friday evening.
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, OF New
Il York and Washington, entertained al
= luncheon yesterday afternoon in honor OF
her mother Mrs. Henry Hudson, Of New
/ York, who is here on a visit. Those in,
vited to meet Mrs. Hudson were Mrs. Ter
Eyck Wendell, Mrs. Chatard, Mrs. Howry
i Mrs. Edward Pendelton, Mrs. Douglass
Mrs. Pilling. Mrs. Moran. Mrs. Hun, and
Mrs. Martin,
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
and the Speaker of the House and Miss
Cannon will be the guests in whose honor
the Congressional Club will entertain at
reception on the evening OF January 49,
Mr.. Herbert Spencer, the United state!
Minister to Norway. and Mr. John Var
A. MacMurray. Of the United States EN-
bassy at st. Petersburg, who have beer
in this country on their vacation, SAILED
I for Europe yesterday.
&c Representative and Mrs Fairchud, o.
New York, who recently returned from
q Europe. have taken apartments at tn,
o. New Willard for the remainder of tn,
. season.
Former United States Senator and Mrs
Faulkner, Of West Virginia. have arrived
? in washington for their usual midwinte
/, visit, and are registered at the Shoreham
Mrs William s. Knox, Miss Knox, anC