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visitors. also. and had with her Miss Amy
Gillett, Mrs. Earl Talbot and Mrs. Bus
today to attend the opera tonight. Speaker
Cannon will entertain the Illinois delega-
ton at dinner Friday night
Vice President James s. Sherman and
Mrs. Sherman will go to Philadelphia next
Tuesday. and during their stay Will be
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlemagne
Tower. who have taken the house 1913
Locust street for the winter. Tuesday
night Mr.. and Mrs. Tower will give
large dinner in their honor. when covers
Vice President will spend the week end
in Utica.
The Vice President and Mrs Sherman
dined last night at the home of the Sec
rotary of the Navy. and Mrs. Meyer,
whose other guests We're the Attorney
General and Mrs. Wickersham, Senator
Gallnger Representative and Mrs. Foss.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wainwright.
Rear Admiral Swift, Miss Boardman.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, Commander and
Mrs. Philip Andrews. Mr.. and Mrs. w r.
Curtis. Capt. and Mrs. Reginald Nichol-
son and DR. and Mrs. Wilmer.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff entertained at dinner last
night Baroness Rosen, wife of the Rus
ton still keeps him housed Senator and
Mrs. Ekins. Senator and Mrs Burrows.
Representative and Mrs Weeks. the
counselor of the Japanese embassy and
Nine. MatSui, the naval attache of the
Austrian embassy and Baroness Preusch-
en-, the United States minister to Bucha-
rest. Mr.. John Ridgely Carter, and Lieut..
Won Bruening of the embassy staff.
The Danish minister and Countess
Moltke gave a large dinner last night.
when their guests were the Austrian am
bassador and Baroness Hengelmuller, the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Mac
Veagh the minister OF Portugal, Viscount
d'Alte: Senator and Mrs. Aldrich. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
the naval attache of the French embassy
ana Viscountess Benoist day, Mrs
Richard Townsend, Baroness Elizabeth
Rosen, Miss Janet Fish, Capt Archibald
Butt and Mr.. Centaro of the Italian en-
hassy.
The Chilean minister and Nine. Cruz
were other diplomatic hosts at dinner
last night, having with them the British
ambassador and Mrs. Bryce. Nine.
Nabuco. wife of the Brazilian ambassa-
dor; Senator and Mrs. Root, the minister
of Spain. Marquis de Nillalobar: the
minister of Norway and Nine. Guide, the
minister of Argentina and Nine. de Por-
teIa. the minister of Sweden and Nine.
de Lagercrantz: Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
White, Gen. and Mrs. John w. Foster.
Mrs John b. Henderson. Miss Jane
Riggs. Mr.. Yoacham and Mr.. Her
guinego of the legation.
Senator and Mrs. Carter entertained at
dinner last night in honor of the Ameri-
can minister to Denmark and Mrs. Egan.
DR.. and Mrs. LennoX, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sewyn TAFT. Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Muir
ply Mr. John Carter and Mr.. Hugh
Carter were the others at table.
Mrs. Richard Wainwright gave a tea
YESTERDAY for her friends to meet the
fiancee of her son. Miss Alice Blech.
whose marriage will take place In the
fall Assisting were Mrs. Seat ton Schroe
der. Mrs w. w. Wotherspoon, Mrs.
Turpin and others.
Mrs Ward A. Fitzsimmons will not he
at home tomorrow. but will receive the
third Friday In January
Mrs J. Ellen Foster and Miss Pierce
OF the Portner will not he at home to-
morrow. but will receive their friends
Friday the 18th instant.
II is announced in London today that
the marriage of Mr.. William Phillips,
first secretary of the American embassy.
and Miss Caroline Astor Drayton, which
was scheduled to take place i'm ST Bar
tholomew's Church. New York January
H. will now be solemnized in London
within four weeks.
Owing to the death of D. O. Mills and
Ambassador Reds departure for the
United States. it was impossible for Mr..
Phillips to leave London. and it was an
nounced day or two ago that the we'd
ding had been postponed. 1t has now
been decided that rather than have a
pcstponement Miss Drayton will go to
London. and the marriage will take place
there.
Miss Drayton is the daughter of Mr. J.
Coleman Drayton of New York, and a
Ill
Astor. at whose house she was intro
duced to society about five years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Wayne MacVeash and
Miss MacVeagh have leased the Wave
Crest villa at Palm Beach. Florida and
are established there for the rest of the
winter.
Rear Admiral and Mrs W. X Reypen
are at Lakewood, n. J.
Miss Helen Parker was presented at
large tea given by her grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs Lyman Tiffany. yesterday, when
the hostess was assisted by Mrs. John =.
Jackson. Mrs. Charles III. Campbell. Mrs.
Washburn, Mrs. Loring. Miss Davis and
Miss Woodruff.
Mrs. Bryce. wife of the British ambas-
sador, will not be able to receive tomor-
row, owing to illness. Saturday Mr.. and
Mrs Bryce expect Mr. and Mrs Prothero
of England to arrive for visit. Mr..
Prothero is the editor Of the London
Quarterly Review.
Mrs. Sadler and her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Dinger. wife of Lieut.. Dinger,
L. S. N. are giving tea today, when
they will be assisted by Mrs. John *.
Barton. Mrs. Robert Griffin, Mrs. Wade.
Mrs. William Gwynne. Mrs. Irving Smith,
Mrs. E. G. Walker. Mrs. Alexander Nc
Neil. Miss Smith. Miss Pilson. Miss Dom,
Miss White and the Misses Turner Of
Baltimore
Mrs. Earl Cranston will receive at her
home in the Ontario during the remain
ing Saturdays in January and the first
Saturday in February.
Mrs. Sankey Bacon. wife of Dr. Bacon.
L. S. N. entertained at an informal
luncheon yesterday, when covers were
laid for ten. Among the guests were:
Miss Jaboe of Indianapolis. Mrs. Hous-
tin of Marion, Ind; Mrs. Knowland
OF -Almeda. Cal; Mrs. F. II. Grimes,
Mrs. E. L. Mason. Mrs. Mckay and the
Misses Taggart of this city. Mrs. Bacon
viii! be at home informally at the resi-