Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-17
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
SECRETARY AND MRS. BAL
LINGER HOSTS TONIGHT.
Other Hospitalities of Daylight and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sonal Notes.

The President will dine tonight with Il
large party at Rauschers~ as the guest
of the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Rallinger. Several Seattle friends OF the
host and hostess will be in the COM
pany.
President and Mrs. Taft will go over
to Fort Myer tomorrow afternoon to at
tend the cavalry drill at o::,o o'clock,
which is to be given under the auspices
OF the Army Relief Society. Gen. J.
Franklin Bell has loaned his house for
the tea which is To follow. and Mrs.
Sternberg. president of the society. with
Mrs. Dickinson. wife OF the Secretary
of War. and Mrs. Oliver, wife OF the as
sistant secretary of war, will receive the
guests.
Mrs. Taits invitations for musical
on the evening OF Monday, February Il,
have been sent out.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
dined with a large company at the nome
of Senator du Pont last night and tonight
will he the guests at dinner of Senator
and Mrs. Guggcnheim.
The German ambassador and Countess
night the Norwegian minister and Nine
Guide, the Swedish minister. Senator and
Mrs. Root. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Edwards,
Mrs. Hunt Slater. Mrs. Wesley MERRITT
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Legare, Miss de
Smirnoff. Count Felix Won Brusselie-
Schaubcck and \. {. Horstmann, German
attachc.
The Danish minister and Countess
Moltke had as dinner guests last night
the Swiss minister and NJ ne Ritter, Seha-
tor Frye, Senator and Mrs. Carter. Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas I. Gaff. Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Legare, Mrs. Norman Williams, the
Austrian naval attache and Baroness
Preuschen, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. G. Cum
ming Miss Patten and Commander Retz-
mann, German naval attache.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wick
ersham entertained at dinner last night
in compliment to the Speaker and Miss
Helen Cannon. Their other guests were
the Netherlands minister and Nine. Lou
don, the Spanish minister. Senator and
Mrs Hale. Senator kt.3". Miss kean,
Representative and Mrs. Richard Wayne
Parker, former Ambassador and Mrs.
Henry White, Mrs Samuel Spencer and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barclay Moffat OF
New York.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer gave dinner party last night,
WHICH was Originally lUteDueu DIS ldic-
well compliment to the Italian ambas-
sador and Baroness Mayor des Planches.
who are in mourning for the death of the
latters mother. Their guests were Jus
tice and Mrs. Holmes, Rear Admiral and
Mrs Evans. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Brownson. Col and Mrs. McCawley. Rep
resentative Fish, Miss Fish. DIR. and
Mrs. Fremont Smith, DR.. and Mrs. Buck
ner NJ Randolph, Mr.. and Mrs. Purdy,
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Putnam, Miss Jen-
nings and Mr.. Low.
Rear Admiral Richardson Glover enter
tanned at a dinner last night at the Met
ropolitan Club in honor of the New YORK
Comma dery of the American Society OF
Foreign Wars. Admiral Glover Is the
commander of the District commandery
The guests invited TO meet the New York
ers were Rear Admiral Remey. Gen.
Woodruff. Capt. Switzerland, Cen Bliss
C,pt Mulligan, Rear Admiral Mark,
Lieut.. Col. Russell, Pay Director Rand,
Commander Marsh, Mr.. G. c. Glover,
Mr.. Hugh Wallace and Maj. Heller.
Nine. Guide, wife of the minister of
tea today. when Nine. Lagercrantz will
be in the receiving party with Mrs. FIRE.
mont Smith and the Misses Guide.
The Ladies' Association of the Metro
politan NJ r. Church. DIR. John Reid
Shannon, pastor will give large recep
ton tomorrow night in the church par
lors to the congregation and members.
Rev. Dr. Greene officiated at the mar
rage last night Of Miss Beulah l.. San
derlin, daughter of Mrs. G. W. Sander
lin, and Mr.. Willis G. Briggs of Raleigh.
10th street northwest. Only few friends
and relatives We're present. The bride
wore blue cloth costume and black
hat. and carried shower of violets and
lilies of the valley. Mr. Thomas Horner
of Henderson. n. c.. was the best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs will make their
home at Raleigh, \. G..
Misses Louise Cramer and Edna Cos
don gave valentine party to their
school friends at the residence of Mrs.
Cramer the Brunswick, which was pref
tly decorated with palms and flowers.
The table was arranged with hearts, in
the center of which was a cupid encir-
cled with carnations.
Miss Elsie Brock and Lieut. Edgar Hall
Thompson, l.. s. A, were married last
night at the Toronto by Rev. G.. Freeland
party. Mr.. Paul G. Brock escorted his
sister. whose bridal attendants included
Mrs. Frederick Lansing Oliver, wife of
Lieut.. Oliver. L. S. n, of this city as ma
tron Of honor: Miss Amy Loewer of New
York and Miss Elsa Kastner of Newark.
n. j., bridesmaids. Lieut.. Rodney III.
Smith of the coast artillery as best man
and Lieut.. George Goethals of the Engi-
neer Corps and Ensign George II. Courts.
L. S. N, We're ushers. The bride wore
white meteor satin with duchess and rose
point lace adjoining the corsage. She wore
tulle veil and carried shower of Or
chids and lilies Of the valley. The matron
of honor wore white lace and carried Kill
larney roses and the bridesmaids were in
pink meteor satin and gold lace. They
also carried Killarney roses. Master
Frederick Rakemann and little Miss
Margheretta Tilman stretched the rib
bons to form an aisle for the wedding
party The room was adorned with pink
azaleas and palms. small reception fol-
of the couple for their honeymoon. They
will proceed later to Fort Adams, +. l.,
where Lieut.. Thompson is stationed.
A pretty wedding took place Tuesday
evening at the home of Rev. T.. f. Clark,
81 Bryant street northwest when his
eldest daughter Mary Lee became the
bride of AIr. Ira Webster Bittner of
Meyersdale Pa The ceremony was wit
messed by the members of both families
and numerous friends Miss Maybell
Clark. sister of the bride. was maid of
honor: Ryan Bittner. brother of the
groom. was hes. man, and Miss Lillian
Clark flower girl. The bride was a picture
Of youthful attractiveness in her trailing
gown of white messaline satin and tulle
veil crowned with orange blossoms.
She carried shower bouquet OF roses
and lilies Of the valley. Her father who
was assisted by Rev. d. W. Keller.
performed the ceremony. The bride car
ried shower bouquet of bridal roses and
lilies of the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Bitt-
ner left the same evening for Boston, and