The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
The Social Side Of Washington

wiling music from the soul of a
guest. Meteor roses on the centre
table and rare Colonial marble mantle
made perfect the effect of warm hos
| pitality. always associated with the
Red Room, while pink carnations en-
! HANGED the permanent beauty Of the
Green Room. The artistic taste of the
new mistress of the mansion was per-
haps most noticeable in the East Room,
whose general emptiness was relieved
by the use of many palms. used sing
ly here and there between settees and
;nantles. White blossoms and maiden
hair fern adorned the latter, and
single specimen of the fern was placed
in each of the handsome Sevres vases,
which were presented to President Nc
Kinley by the French government and
nave never before been made useful
as we'll as ornamental.
The house guests of President ana
Mrs. Taft for the dinner were the lat.
ter's sister. Mrs. Charles Anderson OF
Cincinnati, who presided; her daugh
ters, Miss Anderson and Miss Harriet
Anderson, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Farnam..
MI Justice Moody. who has been IL
for long time and is still absent
missing from the guest of honor circle
while from the retired list were MT
Justice and Mrs. Henry Brown Ar
irving with Mrs. Jackson was hel
house guest, Mrs. Henderson, OF Lon
don whose husband wrote THE Life
| of Stonewall Jackson" The sturd!
Norseman representing Minnesota II
| the United states senate. from whom
as chairman of the committee II
| charge the country expects a com.
! plete and impartial Investigation oi
4 the Ballinger7 Pinchot charges, ant
| Mesdames Chat ncey. .Depcw, Clark ant
] lscdor Raynor, Mrs. Knute Nelson
/ Senators Clark, of Wyoming; Depcw
OF New York; 1sador Ravnor, of Mary
1 land Clark, OF Arkansas and Dilling-
resentatives Of the Senate Committe,
4 on judiciary Affairs. a similar com
mittee in the liouse of Representa-
4 lives included congressman Ricl.are
/, l.. Henry. OF Texas; Reuben o. Moon
Of Pennsylvania: Paul Rowland, 9
Ohio, accompanied by their respectiv
Wives, and Representative Henry I
GIayton, Of Alabama. among ths guest e; Z.
General and MIS-. Clarence r. Enwara:
who we've with President and Mrs
Taft during most OF their residenc
in the Philippines Hon. and Mr.
: house guests Of ricc-Prcsident All
I Mrs. sherman; Air. and Mrs Will.al
I Nelson CROMWELL OF Panama CAM
, fame; NIessrs. Noah Fl. swaync, Ma
!. Pam. John l.. Cadwallader and CHS
Flair and I4iteutenan'- Command
Leigh c. Palmer, military aide to tn
President.
In anticipation OF his early dc
parture from Washington on a ne'
I mission, the Italian Ambassador, wh
!. is also dean of the diplomatic corp;
> and Baroness Mayor des Planches ar
y being almost constantly entertained
: ON Tuesday they We're dinner guest
: of tie British Ambassador and Mr.
: Bryce, who invited to meet them
: cosmopolitan company OF twenty-t1,
. Dinner was announced at S o'clocl
? and quarter of an hour before ths
= time, the massive iron gates openin
- the way from the street to King III
il wards embassy, swung on their wei
70 oiled hinges TO admit the honore
y, guests. Others followed speedily, a,
- then came greetings In Englis
y variously accented according to ii
speakers national!ty-but clearly u
derstandab4e English nevertheless,
Mt | former years, French would have be-
as the communicating language of SUI
he an International gathering. Al
Of apropos to that, IT is Well to rema
re the perceptible increase in the nun
he Der Of foreigners speaking the Angl
er Saxon language SINCE the success
In the Spanish American War made, q