Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
PRESIDENT TAFT DINED AT
HOME OF SECRETARY MEYER.
Other Dinners With Notable Guests.
On Honeymoon Jaunt.
Notes.

The President was the guest of the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer
at dinner last night, Mrs. Thomas K.
Laughlin of Pittsburg. sister of Mrs.
Taft, accompanying him. The guests to
meet the President were Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Charles Dyer Nor
ton, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. the Solicitor
General and Mrs. Bowers, Judge and
Mrs Lowell of Boston, Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius VAN
derblt, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelet and
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney Warren of New
York Mr.. and Mrs. Ingersoll of Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Richard Townsend and
Capt. Archibald Butt
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Dick
inson, who have as house guests Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur Evans of Chicago. enter
tained at dinner last night Brig.
Gen. and Mrs William l.. Marshall,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Henry G. Sharpe,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Clarence r. Ed
and Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. W. Finley. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Reid Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Baxter and Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. kel-
logg of ST. Paul.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
were honor guests at dinner given by
Representative and Mrs Lowden last
night and both left Washington for short
visits, the Vice President going to Grand
Rapids, Mich. to deliver an address on
Lincoln, and Mrs. Sherman to spend the
same interval in Utica, n. Y. at her
home, where her mother, Mrs. Babcock,
is spending the winter.
A. Rustem Bey. charge daffaires of
Turkey, gave large dinner last night.
which had been planned as a farewell
compliment to the Italian ambassador
and Baroness Mayor DIES Planches, but
the latter. however. We're placed in
mourning yesterday by the news of the
death of the mother of the latter His
guests were the Austrian ambassador
and Baroness Hengelmuller, the Nor
wegian minister and Nine. Guide, the
| Spanish minister, the Portuguese min
lister, Senator du Pont. Mrs. Norman VIII
Hams Mile. Sigrid GUIDE, Miss Patten,
| Helen Parker Miss Mary Hopkins, Miss
| Georgiana Hopkins, Mile Nelka de Smir-
noff. Miss Shirley Putnam, Frederick w.
Carpenter. secretary to the President
| Henri Martin, Swiss secretary: lbrahim
Rifaat Rey Turkish second secretary;
Lieut. Camperio. Italian naval attache;
| Baron Hardenbroek and l.. l.. Caftan-
| zoglu, attache of the Greek legation
! Mr. Ross Thompson gave dinner last
Rudolph and had in the company to meet
| him Justice Thomas II. Anderson, Gen.
| John NJ. Wilson. Col. Truesdell. MI.
Charles J. Bell, Mr.. John Joy Fdson. Mr..
White, Mr. Rudolph Kauffmann. Mr.. VIII
| liam IT, Moses. Mr.. Frank A. Richard
son. Mr.. Victor Kaufman and Mr..
James NJ Green.
| The neighborhood of the Chinese lega-
| ton was very gay yesterday by the ar
rival and departure those who were
calling on Nine. Chang. who was again
/ at home to her friends. and was greeted
/ by many members of the diplomatic corps
and other acquantances The spacious
halls and rooms were brilliantly lighted,
| adorned with plants and spring blossoms
and altogether presented very festive
appearance making the Chinese New
event The minister received with his wife,
as did his son, Mr. Henry Chang, and his
wife and Mrs. John W. Foster. Mr.. and
Mrs. Yung kwai and the secretaries of
| the legation. The daughters and nieces of
| the minister presided at little tea tables
| laid in the dining room and in the most
| charming and hospitable way offered the
| fragrant and steaming hot fluid with
| with it.
! Mrs Mark Hanna gave large dinner
last night with the Secretary of the
| Treasury and Mrs. MacNeagh as the
guests of honor.
| Mr. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell enter
| tanned at dinner last evening in COM
| plimenr to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Roose-
welt, Miss Augusta Borland Green, of
| New York is the house guest of Mr.. and
| Mrs Wendell. Mrs. Wendell will be at
| home Saturdays DUNG this month.
The engagement, which existed between
| Miss Dorothy King of New York city and
Mr.. Fairfax Ayres has been broken by
mutual consent. Miss King is the eldest
daughter of Mr. David King. jr. Mr.
| Ayres is the son OF the late Lieut.. Col
| Charles q. Ayres, L. S. A.
Mr. and Mrs. John II. Hewson. tho lat
| ter formerly Mrs. Schofield who were
| married here last week, have arrived
| at the Ponce de Leon, ST. Augustine Fla,
| to remain for the rest Of the winter
| Mrs ]. T. Young and Miss ROBIN
Young have postponed indefinitely their