The Washington herald., 1911-02-23

given last evening Dy Iue JAPANESE AHl-
bassador and Baroness Uchida- Others
in the company were the Turkish Am
bassador, Youssouf Zia Pacha; Senator
Du Pont. the Danish Minister and Coun-
tess Moltke the Spanish Ministr and
Nine. de Riano, the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop, the Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mrs.
John Hay, widow of the late Secretary
of State; Rear Admiral and Mrs. Kim
ball, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Crowninshield
and Commander Hiraga, naval attache
of the japanese Embassy.
Senator and Mrs. Isidor Rayner, Of
Baltimore. entertained a dinner company
last evening for their house guest, Miss
Amy Hull. of Baltimore. The guests
were Senator Bacon, Senator and Mrs.
Overman, Senator and Mrs. Swanson,
Gen. and Mrs. Gillespie, Gen. and Miss
Woodruff, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Schley.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G.. Bennett, Miss
Marie Bevan. of Baltimore, niece of the
hostess, and Mr.. Arthur Peter, of this
city.
Miss Taft was entertained at dinner
last evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Wolcott
Tuckerman, who had a company of
twenty-four guests to meet her. They
all went to the Edson Bradley hall after
ward
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley were hosts
last evening at a brilliant ball and CO.
tiIlor given for Miss Taft. The splendid
mansion of the Bradleys had simple floral
decoration, owing to the great beauty
Beauty roses in tall vases were placed in
effective spots about the different apart
ments on the first and second floors.
The Marine Band Orchestra played
throughout the evening. The hostess was
assisted in receiving her guests by her
daughter, Mrs. Herbert Shipman, of New
York. and her house guest, Miss Edith
Kane, of Tuxedo. The cotiIlion began
at II o'clock. and the faYorS savored of
the character of the day, February %.
They consisted of pink in nearly every
set. which is the favorite color of Miss
Taft, and were pink paper hoops and fans
with bells on them, hatchets and cher
ries, match boxes, and DOrene boxes
of Oriental silks, collar boxes of the
same material, stylographic pens. cigar
lighters. canes, handkerchief boxes, port
folios, little gilt baskets trimmed with
Snl ldCt LOT pm CuSlllOnS, anu udlplI
holders. A buffet supper was served at
/ o'clock Mr.. Franklin Ellis led with
Miss taft, at one end of the ballroom,
and Mrs. Bradleys daughter, Mrs. Ship
man. with Lieut.. L. S. Grant, third. led
at the other end. Among the out-of-
town guests were Mr.. and Mrs. David
Wagstaff. the Alec Pratts, the Anthony
DreXels. Mr.. and Mrs. Stowe Phelps. Mr..
Curtis Moffet. and MIR. Campbell Stewart,
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ingIon included the Vice President and
Mrs Sherman, the Attorney General and
Mrs. Wickersham, the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Meyer and Miss Meyer,
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs NageI and Miss Nagel, the
Austrian Ambassador and Baroness Hen
gelmuller, the Italian Ambassador and
wife and daughter. the French Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Jusserand. the Belgian
Minister and Countess de Buisseret, the
Spanish Minister and Nine. de Ri
ano. the Danish Minister and Countess
Moltke, the Swiss Minister and Nine.
Ritter, the Military Attache of the
French Embassy and Countess de
Chambrun, the Ffrse Secretary of the
Swedish Legation and Mime. Ekengren,
the Naval Attache of the Italian En-
bassy and Mrs. Pfister, the Naval At
tache Of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy
ana bdEOneSS fTeuSCutI, anu WI =.
Laurence Townsend and Miss Townsend,
Mrs. Richard Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Goelet Gerry, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs Beekman Win
throp Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, DR..
and Mrs. Louis Lehr, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Pearsall, Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore, Countess
Luise-Alexandra Won Bernstorff. Capt.
Rutt Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Cobb, Maj
-INr NJ Nd Arc
F. B. Crowninshield. Count d'Ademar,
Capt. Cheney, Miss Mary McCauley, Mr..
Lee McClung, Miss Ashton, Miss Ce-
ella May, Miss Dorothy Gard
ner williams, Miss Nancy Neff,
Miss Carol Newberry, Mile de
Smirnoff. Miss Janet Fish, Dr.. Gray
son. Miss Hinckley. Mr.. Chauncey
Hackett, Mrs. Richard Harlow, Miss
Sophy Johnston, Miss Katherine Jen-
nings, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Legare,
Miss Cromwell, Mr.. Basil Miles. Count
Pourtales. Baron Hedry. Capt. Sowerby''
Lord Eustace Percy, Commander Retz-
mann, Mr.. Centaro, Mr.. Casteur, Mr.. de
Beaufort, Mr.. Buelle, Mr.. Inness, Prince
Kondacheff, Mr.. A c. Horstmann, Mr..
Morgenstierne, and others, making
of 80 guests. A programme
of organ music f1oated from the pipe
organ in the music room, during the ar
rival of the guests. Mrs. Bradley wore
a splendid gown of peacock blue bro
caded in silver, with beautiful collec-
ton of diamonds and pearls, in her hair,
about her neck and on her corsage. Mrs.
Shipman wore pale blue satin with gold
brocade, and Miss Kane wore white satin
and pearls and crystals.
One of the strikingly pretty weddings
of the season took place last evening at
Rauscher's when Miss Juanita Kaufman.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. ]. Kauf
man, 1913 Rhode Island avenue. became
the bride Of Mr.. Simon Louis Ney. The
was performed at o'clock In
the small ballroom, by Rabbis Simon and
Stern, of the Eighth Street Temple, be-
fore a large company of relatives and
friends. The bride and bridegroom stood
in a bower of green, studded with white
lilacs and roses, with a shower of white
satin wedding bells with white blossoms
forming the clappers, suspended over
head.
The decorations OF the room were IN
pink roses and white lilacs. with gar
lands of ferns and smilax. Schroeder
orchestra, stationed in the anteroom,
during the ceremony played the wedding
music, as the-same leader, and, as far
as possible, the same players. had played
for the parents of the bride at their
wedding nearly twenty-five years ago.
After the ceremony an elaborate dinner
was served4n the large ballroom, where
the decorations were on the same order.
The bride was attended by Miss Elsa
Coblenzer, as maid OF honor. and the best
nan was Mr.. Joseph ID. Kaufman, brother
of the bride. There were eight ushers: |
Mr Kaufman Cnilgin Of the bride |