The Washington herald., 1911-11-21

The programme of state receptions
and dinners at the White House has
been arranged and announced, as fol-
lows:
ner, p. m.
January /, Monday, New Years re-
ceptiOn, IL a. m. to 80 p. m.
January o, Tuesday, diplomatic re-
ceptiOn. $3.50 p. m.
January 10, Tuesday, diplomatic din
ner, p. m.
January %. Tuesday, Judicial recep-
January 30, Tuesday, Supreme Court
dinner, 8 p. m.
February 8. Tuesday, Congressional
reception, 0:3O p. m.
February Is, Tuesday, Speakers din
ner, s p. m.
February 20, Tuesday, Army and
Navy reception, $3.50 o.
! The programme is practically the same
as last year. which was slightly different
from those of preceding years, in that
there was a fourth dinner added to the
regular schedule one in honor of the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The change this season is in the hours
for the receptions, which last year were
$50 to IL. This season the hour is given
as simply $50, with no hour designated
for leaving. The receptions during Pres
ident TaftS regime have been so uni
formly beautiful and fascinating, with
the privilege of dancing in the East
Room at the close. that the guests have
! fingered longer than they have ever
done at any Of the state receptions of
other administrations.
| The fact is that formerly the guests
have had every encoura cement to leave
loS . ba lac bad SbaL hands
with the President, while under the
present regime. since the lists have been
| so much CurtaiIed. they have had en-
| COuragement to remain, the President
and family and the receiving line re-
manning downstairs until nearly mid
night. the President always bidding the
last departing guests goodnight. The
Curtailng of the guest lists has been
long-felt want, and has finally been aC-
complshed. and has worked to advantage
to all concerned.
Miss Helen Taft returned yesterday
afternoon to the white House from
Weekend visit to Bryn Mawr.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wheeler BeaIe an
nounce the engagement OF their daugh-
ter. Miss Eliza beth. to Capt Mahlon
| Ashford. Medical Corps. L. S. A. The
marriage will take place on December u
Miss Beale made her debut in society
three years ago at the family home in p
street. Georgetown. and has been identi-
fled with the army and navy girls.
Mrs Ten Eyck Wendell will sail next
month to spend the winter in Egypt and
on a visit in Europe Mrs Wendell is
now in her Washington home prepara-
tory TO joining some New York relatives
for the trip.
Miss Msrgaretta symons has gone to
New York for a weeks visit
Miss Julia Vail. one Of the most at
tractive buds of this season, will go TO
New York for a few days and be in
! Philadelphia for the Army and Navy
| football game. on her return she will 90
! to Annapolis for the next hop.
The box holders at the concert of the
/ Washington Symphony Orchestra this
afternoon, which will be their first con-
| cert this season. are Mrs. BUckner NJ.
Randolph Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs.
&C.. 3. Wood, Mrs. T. \. Williams. Mrs.
J. w Pinchot. Col. r. NJ. Thompson, and
Mrs John J. White.
Miss Dorothy Israel daughter of Mrs.
Annie Barr Israel, and Mr.. Walter
Thomas Cahin. of Meriden. Conn, were
married yesterday afternoon in the rec
tory of St. Patrick's Church. Rev Will
lam J. Carroll officiating. The bride was
| gowned in a travelling suit of pearl gray
with a gray velvet poke bonnet, trimmed
| with pink ostrich feathers, with white
| fox furs and a COrsage bouquet of viOlets
and lilies of the valley. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Cahill left Immediately after the Cere-
mony for a wedding trip in the North,
and will be at home after December l
at Meriden, Conn.
| The tea and sale which will follow the
benefit cavalry and artillery drill at Fort
Myer Friday afternoon. through the cOur-
tesy of Col Garrard, will be held in the
/ hop room of the post. instead of in the
post exchange. The hop room is much
better suited for entertainment purposes.
! 1t will he decorated for the occasion by
| the ladies of the post, who are in charge.
Mrs. Garrard will be in charge of the
coffee and sandwiches, assisted by Mrs.
| Leonard Wood. Mrs. Summerall, Mrs.
Barnhardt, Mrs. Gallup, Mrs. Sherman
| Miles. Mrs. Victor S. Foster and the
ladies of cavalry and artillery sections
stationed at Fort Myer. Mrs. William V.
| JudSon, Mrs. George B. Duncan, Mrs.
John H Hewison, and Mrs. Howard Burr
will preside in the tea room. Mrs. De
and Mrs. A. Z. Koerper is chairman of
! the candy committee. The drill and tea
| is an annual event given for the benefit
| of the Army Relief Society and always
! is attended by a large contingent of
| Washington society folk, including the
| President and Mrs. Taft, who will occupy
box for the occasion.
Miss Ida Thompson will join Gen. John
W. Foster and Mrs. Foster on their trip
| to the Riviera. They will sail from New
York on December ?.
Miss Mary Switzerland, daughter of
Rear Admiral w. H. H. Switzerland, u.
S N, and Mrs. Switzerland, and Mr..
! Louis Bacon, of Boston, whose engage
ment was announced last week, will be
| married Wednesday afternoon, January
| 8, at the Connecticut, where the brides
mother and sisters are residing during
the absence of Admiral Switzerland who
! is now on sea duty in the Pacific Ocean.
Only the members of the immediate
families and a few close friends will be
present at the ceremony, which will be
performed by Rev. Charles Wood, pastor
of the Church OF the Covenant. Follow
ing the ceremony, a reception will be
held for about 100 intimate friends of the
bridal couple, and later announcement
cards will be sent out. Mr.. Bacon, who
spent the weekend in Washington with
his fiancee, will take his bride to Boston
to live. Among the many prenuptial en-
tertainments in honor of Miss Souther-
land, who is one of the most popular