Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-27
MORE THAN $500 ATTEND
President Taft, Mr.. Carnegie and
Diplomats in Receiving Line.
BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES SEEN
Concluding Feature Of Dedication.
Peace Dominant Feature Of Ad-
dresses Of Notables.

temple Of peace, the new building Of the
| international bureau of American rebuff
les. gift Of Andrew Carnegie TO the cause
OF humanity. was completed last night
| with a brilliant reception In the hand
some structure. President Taft stood at
the head OF the receiving line and well
coined the guests, and near him stood Aar.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. the guests OF
honor. There, too, were the diplomatic
| representatives OF the twenty sister
American republics Of the United States.
participating in the most significant event
| which has taken place in the western
hemisphere in years.
| 1t was a brilliant throng that swept UP
the marble steps Of the new building to
| do honor to this physical token of the
peace pact between the twenty-one Ameri-
can republics and to the man whose
munificence has made possible the reali-
cation Of a capitol of all the republics Of
the west, placed within the capital Of the
| greatest of them al. About $500 guests
were present at the reception, including
the most distinguished persons in official
and residential life in Washington. The
handsome gowns Of the women. the court
costumes or the diplomats and the gold
| lace or the army and navy officers added
TO the color Of the scene. which rarely has
The new building, beautiful in its
| architectural conception and execution,
with its broad stairways and quaint
patio, telling OF the Latin-Americans
who hold so much of the western hemi-
| sphere, with trickling fountain and rare
southern plants, made fitting back
ground to the picture.
Music by Marine Band.
| The Marine Band in the gallery of the
patio played the airs of the Americas
The President arrived at ESQ o'clock, ac-
| companied by his military aid. Capt.
| Archibald Butt, who made the presenta-
tons to him. The reception line formed
| in the magnificent hall of the republics,
| the President taking his stand just with
| in the entrance. In the receiving line
We're the Secretary of State, Mr.. and
Mrs Andrew Carnegie. the Mexican am
| bassador, the Costa Rican minister and
Nine. Calvo, the minister of the Do
minican Republic. the Chilean minister
| and Nine. Cruz, the charge d'affaires of
Brazil and Nine. de Lima Silva and
John Barrett. director OF the bureau of
American republics. Other members of
the governing board of the bureau, with
the members of their families. stood
behind the line.
| floor a buffet supper was served. The
! library overlooks the beautiful marble
terrace on the west end of the building
| The room was decorated with palms,
dogwOOd and American beauty roses.
Mrs Andrew Carnegie, who stood next
| her husband. shared popular interest with
| him. She was gowned in very light blue
brocaded satin, the lOw-necked bodice
trimmed with lace and blue tulle, on
which her corsage ornament, diamond
! bOwkHOt with ribbon pendants, in which
many beautiful solitaires cleaned, showed
| TO perfection. Her necklace was a string
wore a light blue chiffon scarf around
/ her shoulders.
J Nine. Calvo, wife of the Costa Rican
minist6, wore black jetted lace and dia-
! monds. Nine. Cruz, wife of the Chilean
minister. wore white satin with dia-
mond and pearl collar and diamonds in
| her hair. Nine. de Lima. who also
i in the front line with her husband, the
/ dressed in blue chiffon, with crystal
/ beaded insertion on the bodice and dia-
mOnd ornaments.
Some Attractive Costumes.
Mrs. Meyer wore electric blue brocaded
velvet and the Misses Meyer worn black
| lace with beaded trimmings: Mrs. Bal
/ linger was In black Spanish lace and Miss
Helen Cannon wore black satin with jet
| ted trimmings.
Bishop Harding escorted his sister, Miss
Douglas, who wore a black lace dress.
Some others present In pretty dresses
were Mrs. Thomas Anderson, blue MORE
and gold lace. Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell,
| cerise satin with rhinestone trimmings;
! Mrs. HinckIey. blue satin and point; Miss
Hinckley. cream satin; Miss Eudora Clover.
| white tulle and satin; Nine Won Stumm, the
| bride OF the diplomatic circle. rose-colored
| satin Mrs. Chatard, corn color MORE and
| point lace; Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes, orchid
satin and point lace; Mrs. George w.
Boyd of Philadelphia, black lace, with
! pearl ornaments; Mrs. T. c. Noyes, rose
velvet: Mrs. Champ Clark, white lace;
Miss Marion West yellow satin; Mrs.
John ]. Walsh. old blue satin and gold
appliques; Mrs. Krogstad. white lace;
Miss Krogstad, blue satin; Mrs. Arthur
Lee white lace: Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
venetian lace, with touches of turquoise
! satin Mrs. William Haywood, white lace
over yellow satin; Miss Strong. white
lace: Mrs. p. j. Lennox. light blue satin,
trimmed with black Spanish lace; Mrs.
Alexander Britton. black lace, over white:
Miss Britton. cerise satin; Mrs. Rudolph
| Kaufman. white satin, with point lace
and jet trimmings; Miss Kaufman,
black net, with rhinestone trimmings.
/ Mrs Robert j. Wynne. rose-colored
spanged lace: Miss Janet Fish, old gold
satin gown trimmed with gold lace and
gold bands in her hair: Mrs. Herbert Par
sons blue satin. trimmed with lace, and
a garland of blue flowers in her hair;
| Mrs. James X. Mann, white lace over
pink satin. trimmed with touches of
black pearls and diamonds Miss Mabel
Boardman, rose satin embroidered and
! trimmed with gold and touches of black,
diamond and emerald jewels; Mrs. Clar-
ence Moore. black crepe charmeuse en-
broidered in jet: Mrs. Edward Mitchell.
gold-colored satin. trimmed with touches
of gold and black tulle: Mrs. J. Van
Vechten Olcott mauve satin. trimmed
with rose velvet and lace. pearls and
diamonds: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. in
mauve brocade: Mrs. Katherine Living
ston Egan of Florida, white chiffon. with
black lace insertions.
Miss Calvo's Gown.
Miss Carlo daughter of the minister of
Ecuador. pink satin. with spangled
overdress Miss Ana Christina Carlo, en-
broidered blue messaline; Miss Maria
Theresa Carlo. white lace: Mrs. Benja-
min F. Prison gown OF white Irish point
the bodice made after the kimono fash
ion, of gold lace, pearls and diamonds
Miss Zelma P1lson. pale yellow chiffon
over yellow satin: Miss Cameron. a strik-
ingiy handsome gown of pale mauve
chiffon, with tiara OF diamonds in her
hair; Miss Catherine Cameron, black
, satin embroidered in rhinestones.
J, Miss Kirby, blue satin with embroider-
les in shades OF blue Miss Florence Kir-
by. white satin and pearls; Mrs. Bur-
rows. white lace; Miss Reside pink sat
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