The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
PERSONALS.

Miss Helen Tart is the guest OF Miss
Christine Marburg. in Baltimore Miss
Taft was the guest of honor Friday night,
for dinner and a dance, OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Marburg. given 20 introduce Miss Taft
TO this years debutantes. some OF last
years. and the young men who are ex-
pected at the german tomorrow night.
There were about $50 guests, seated at
small tables about the dining-room and
large ballroom. Each table was sprin-
killed. with maidenhair fern and white
roses, with a particularly pretty rose at
the place Of each guest. The mAntels
were banked with ferns. smilax, and roses,
and at the head of the stairs. which were
| twined with snilax, were large palms.
| Miss Anne Winslow Williams, debutante
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. n. Winslow
| Williams, entertained at luncheon infoF-
maIly yesterday. In honor OF Miss TAFT,
and last night Miss Williams entertained
at dinner in her honor. This afternoon
Miss Marburg and Miss Taft Will be at
home informally at Miss Marburg's home,
in Mount Vernon place. This evening
Mr.. Walter De C. PouItney will enter
tain at dinner. followed by musicale.
Tomorrow Mr.. and Mrs Marburg will
have dinner OF twelve covers for Miss
TAFT after which they will take their
guest 10 the Monday German. and Miss
Taft will return 20 washington Tuesday
morning
The dinner was given by Miss Amelia
Marburg AT her residence. s East Eager
street the party going afterward TO the
Academy OF Music 10 witness the per-
Torrance OF the "Arcadians. The
guests were Mrs. John Victor Granger
and Miss Katharine Granger, Of North
! Carolina: Miss Ann Winslow William,
| Miss Christie Marburg. Miss Nancy
| DeFord, Miss Margaret Griffis, Mr.. TheO-
dore Marburg. Walter D. c. Poultney,
Mr D. Stewart Ridgely. Mr.. William A.
Marburg, Mr.. Tiighman G. Pitts, Mr..
John L. Semmes. IT.. MIR. Walter S.
Franklin. jr.. and Mrs. r. Curzon Hoff-
man. jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Becker have
returned from Europe. and are at their
/ home, 100 Rhode Island avenue, for the
season.
Mrs Mark Hanna, who has been abroad
! for the past few months, returned TO
New York yesterday.
MIS- Saunders. widow Of former Sen
ator Saunders. of Omaha, Nebr., ar
rived in Washington yesterday. 10 spend
/ the remainder OF the winter with her
daughter and granddaughter. Mrs. Rus
| sell Harrison and Miss Marthena Harri-
son. in their new home. Za . street
Mrs. Saunders niece. Mrs. Robert Todd
1 Lincoln. and children viii come 70 Wash
/ ington in a few weeks 10 take possession
| of the house at 1900 Seventeenth street,
which they have leased for the winter.
| Mr. Lincoln. s'ho was Secretary Of War
and later United States Ambassador 10
England, will join his family later.
Senator and Mrs William Alden
Smith returned to their Washington
home on Monday. Mrs. Smith viii not
observe her days at home until January.
lGovernor-elect Hon. Chase S. Osborn. OF
Sault Ste Marie is spending the weekend
with Senator and Mrs. Smith, and last
night was guest at the GFidiFon dinner.
Friday evening George and Ralph Booth
were dinner guests of Senator and Mrs.
Smith.
Mat and Mrs. David D. Porter are
established In their home at dSlS Nine
teenth street for the winter. Mrs. Por-
ter was formerly Miss Winifred Mat
tiagly, one OF the most noted bellies of
Washington society before her marriage.
Mai. Porter's orders to go to the Philip
pines this season were changed. and ne
has been assigned to duty here, much to
the delight of their host Of friends.
| Representative Townsend, of Michigan.
has returned TO his apartment at the
Dewey for the season. but viii go home
for the holidays. Mrs. Townsend viii
return with him after January /.
Miss Carol Newberry, the cabinet bud
of three winters ago. daughter of the
former Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Truman II. Newberry. OF Detroit. ar
rived in Washington on Thursday 10
spend few weeks before Christmas with
the Misses Murray. daughters OF Gen.
Arthur Murray. Mrs. Newberry, wife
OF the former Secretary of the Navy,
! is still in New York, but will return to
| her Detroit home before Christmas. and
be Joined there by her daughter and her
twin sons. TO spend the holidays with
| Mr.. Newberry. They will then all re-
turn to Washington after January l. and
spend the remainder Of the winter In
their home In Sixteenth street. Yester-
day afternoon the Misses Murray enter
tanned at a tea for their guest, when
she renewed many old friendships, and
met many OF this seasons buds.
| Mr. Stephen Hedry de Hedri ct de
Genere Aba. new attache OF the Austro-
Hungarian Embassy, who succeeded
! Count Cziraky, has arrived in Washing
ton, and is at Rauseher's for the season.
Senator Shively is at the New Willard
| for the season. He will not be joined
here this year by Mrs. Shively. as she
will spend the winter with her children
in their home in indiana, except for the
Christmas holidays.
| Miss Katherine Britton and her house
guest, Miss Baxter. of Denver and Nash
vile. returned Friday evening from a
short visit to New York. Miss Britton
entertained small company at dinner
for Miss Baxter last evening.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Donch. of this
city. celebrated their silver wedding an
niversary quietly In their home last
Thursday, having no reception. because
of illness in the family. Mrs. Donch was
the only daughter of the late Ferdinand
Schley. who was court clerk AT Hers
field, Germany, and Mr.. Donch is q prom
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