Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
N THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
GARDEN PARTY SEASON OPENS
WITH ECLAT.
Mrs. Taft's Company Comprised
Visiting Notables-0ther
Events-Notes.

The President received with Mrs
| TAFT yesterday afternoon at the hrsl
OF her Friday garden parties TINS sea-
son. Excepting the fact that the
ground is still cold. the day was per-
feet for the full enjoyment of an open
air fete. Guests on arriving found
the east entrance adorned with plants
and flowers. The Marine Band was
stationed on raised platform near inc
. portico steps and played throughout
the hour and half of the party.
The President and Mrs. Taft received
about midway of the lawn. standing
on a strip of green carpet Maj. futt
made the presentations and othef
members of the military detail STOOD
about at convenient points for duty.
| Mrs. Taft. who was looking especially
we'll. was dressed in a gown OF White
! chiffon. the skirt having a deep Killed
! bounce. and the pointed tunic OF pale
green chiffon had deep border or EN-
! broidery in white silk. Her SCARF or
| shaded green chiffon and a garden hat
in white lace with double gariands OF
small roses and grasses around the
crowd completed the harmony or
color. Miss Taft wore white satin with
dra peries of rose pink and feather
| trimmed black hat Miss Keys Of Gin
cinnati was in white lace.
| The Vice President and Mrs. sherman,
| the latter in Il Wa king dress OF hlach
| corded silk, with black lace hat made
| over white, were present and. like Ny
| Carnegie, held many impromptu recep-
| tons.
! Mr.. and Mrs John HAYS Hammond
! were other notahles of the event, the
| latter richly dressed in blue satin and
wearing dark blue hat. Miss Elizabeth
! Hammond accompanied them.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox.
| the latter in black and white striped
| chiffon and a magenta straw hat In a
very smart and becoming shape: the At
| torney General and Mrs. Wickersham
| the latter in u coat suit of white ana
| black serge and a black hat with dark
| blue velvet and feathers: Secretary and
| Mrs. Meyer, Secretary and Mrs. Nagei
| the latter in violet marquisette and
| viOlet-trmmed hat: the Chief Justice and
| Mrs. White. Assistant Secretary and
| Mrs. Oliver. Assistant Secretary and MIS-
| Beekman Winthrop. the French ambas-
sador apd Nine. Jusserand, Prince kou-
dacheff. the German ambassador. the
| Mexican ambassador and the japanese
! amba ssador and Baroness Uchida, the
latter wearing sage green chiffon with
a fower-trimmed hat, We're also pres
| ent.
Miss Boardman, in pink chiffon. with a
! black hat and long wrap OF gold and
! black embroidery: Mrs. W. j. Board
! man, gray CLOTH and straw tOque, also
| gray: the ambassador of Turkey. the
charge daffaires of Brazil ana Nine de
| Lima, the Costa Rican minister and
| Nine. Calvo the Portuguese minister. the
| Argentine minister, the Netherlands min
| lister and Nine. Loudon. the Bolivian
| minister and Nine. Calderon, Miss Elena
| Calderon. the Spanish minister and Nine.
| de Riano, the latter in very smart black
| chiffon, made over white lace: the Nor
| Wegian minister and Nine. Bryn. Senator
and Mrs. w. Murray Crane, Senator and
| Mrs. Newands, Gen. and Mrs. Wood.
Gen. and AIRS Wotherspoon, Gen. and
Mrs. Aleshire. Maj. and Mrs. Allen. Col
and Mrs. Spencer Cosby. Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. the latter
! in embroidered ecrd wolfe and hat in
same shades; Representative and Mrs
John ". Dwight, Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Miss Adelaide Heath, Miss Catherine
| Brttou, Miss Letterman, Mrs. James r.
! Barbour, black braidtrimmed cloth cos
| tune: Miss Marguerite Barbour. olive
| chiffon over rose satin, and a large
black erin hat, trimmed with a bird of
| paradise Miss Wetmore, in A lace-trim
med white voile, with a large white hat
| trimmed over the crown with orchids.
! Mr.. and Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely.
| the latter in stylish black costume and
u large black hat, trimmed with n white
ostrich band; Prof. and Mrs. LcnnoN.
the latter in blue satin yelled in bla elk
chiffon and d large black hat with two
irall blue willow plume: Mrs. Robert
| Hincllley. MIR. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard. Mr. and
Mrs. d" Sibour, Mrs. Julian James, JUS
tice and Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson, Miss
Mary McCeney, Mr. and Mrs. Seve.lon
! NOta McCiill. Mrs. Archibald hopkins
Mrs. Percy IIlcklinc Miss Mamie Ran
dolph Heth, Mrs. Katherine Livingston
F.gan OF Jacksonville. Fla. Mrs. Esner
and Mr.. and Mrs Bryce.
Mrs. John y. Logan, Mrs. Tucker.
Judge and Mrs. Barnard. Mrs. Charles
| W. Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. George
Becker, Mrs John Jay White, Mrs.
Churchill Candee Mr. Seth Low Of New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bennett. Mrs.
Il. l.. Bradford. Mrs. Howard Brock
way, Miss Bradford Mrs. John Biddle.
and Miss Biddle.
Mrs. James r. Mckee. a one-time
! mistress of the White House. received
the ovation she always causes when
| she visits there. She accompanied her
I hostess. Mrs. Arthur Lee. and Miss
| Armstrong of st. Louis
The minister to Denmark and Mrs.
E2an and their attractive young
| daughter Miss Carmel Egan, were q so
Iamong the guests.
Mrs. Charles Grayson Dulin. whose
satin costume WAS OF ravens wing blue,
and whose large black hat was trimmed
! with white plumes. WAS another of those
/ present.
The visiting members of the womans
! welfare Of the National Civic Fedora
! tlon were present.
. Refreshments were served under the
/ trees at the west side Of the garden.
/ Miss Helen Taft went to Annapolis to-
dav to attend the hop TO be given by
/ the midSlpnen at the Naval AGA DENY
! this evening. She will be entertained by
Surgeon and Mrs. \. NJ. D. Mccormick
at their residence. s Sampson row. Naval
/ Academy. Mrs. Mccormick has issued
| cards to number of the younger society
! set for a reception at her residence to
meet Miss Taft this afternoon.
At the Congressional Club Yesterday
aft ernoon al o'clock the Friday Morn
ing Music Club gave the Merry Wives
Of Windsor The members of the club
participating in the program. which was
given in German, were Mrs. Hilton. Mrs.
| DAY. Miss BrickenStein, Miss Heinrich,
Miss Kochling. Mrs. Patten Miss Sewall,
| Mrs. True, Mrs. BurneS. MT. Lent, Mrs.
Robbins and Mrs. King. The musical
was followed by reception, at which
! Mrs. Roberts, president of the club. intro
dlIced the members of the Friday Morn
! ing Club TO the guests. Mrs. HUMPHREYS
and Mrs. William Wilson presided at
the tea table. which was decorated with
pink tea roses. white lilacS and maiden
hair ferns.
! Secretary MacEeagh has returned. but
| Mrs MacNeaSh will not return from
| Boston until next week. They will give
| dinner the 18th.
| The Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
| sham and Sir Robert and Lady Hadfield
| left last night for Richmond, where they
| will he the guests Of Henry Anderson on