Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-04

President and Mrs. Taft will occupy a
box at the charity ball next Monday
night.
Mrs. Taft will receive tonight at the
first of the bachelors cotilons. at which
not only local society will be brilliantly
represented, hut there will be also guests
from other cities. A number of large
dinners will precede Mr.. Gist Blair,
who was reelected president at the fall
meeting, will be host at dinner tonight
for the rest of the committee.
Mr.. Larz Anderson, who succeeds, as
vice president, Col. Mont gomery Macomb,
has arrived in town in time to attend
the ball; Mr. Frederick II. Brooke is
secretary, Mr. Franklin II. Ellis elected
treasurer and Lieut.. Commander Leigh
Palmer, naval aid to the President. IS a
member of the committee. The other
members are Mr.. James Vaudeville Car
Isle, Mr.. William F. Hit, Capt. Sher-
wood A. Cheney, L. S. A, and Mr.
Nathan Wyeth
Mrs. Letters ball for Miss Taft was
the event of last night. The latter ar
rived with her dinner hostess, Miss Ma
bel BOardman, in time to receive the
tide of incoming guests for half hour.
The Letter house was as usual on festive
occasions very deliberately adorned with
flowers.
whom were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft
and the Misses Anderson, nieces of Mrs.
Taft, who are guests at the White House;
Sir Robert and Lady Ross of Scotland.
who are spending few days in Washing
ton; the Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
and their house guests, the Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh, Mr..
Games MacVeagh. the Attorney General
and Mrs Wickersham, Mrs. Albert Akin,
Sir Robert and Lady Hadfield, the Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer, Miss
Alys Meyer and their house guests; the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs Bal
linger, the Postmaster General, the Sec
rotary of Commerce and Labor and Miss
Hildegarde Nagel, the Misses Shepley, the
French amba ssador and Nine Jusserand,
the British amba ssador and Mrs. Bryce.
Miss Ashton, Mr. Gladstone, the German
ambassador and Countess Won Bernstorn,
Countess Luise Alexandra Won Bern
stOrff, the Mexican ambassador and his
staff, the Japanese ambassador and
Baroness Uchda. the Turkish ambas-
sadOr. Zia Pasha: the Italian ambassa-
dor and Marchesa Cusani, Donna Bea-
trice Cusani. the Peruvian minister and
Nine. Pardo, the Netherlands minister
and Nine. Loudon. the Danish minister
and Countess Moltle, the Belgian min
lister and Countess de Buisseret, the
Spanish minister and Nine. de RianO.
the charge d'affaires of Sweden and
Nine. Ekengren, and others from the
diplomatic circle: Senator and Mrs. De-
pew. Senator and Mrs. Crane, Senator
and Mrs. Aldrch, the Misses Aldrich,
Senator Kean, the Misses Keap, Senator
and Mrs. Wetmore. the Misses Wet
more, Miss katherine Elkins. Senator
and Mrs. Root. the Speaker. Nh
Cannon; Representative Richard Wayne
Parker, the Misses Parker. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Dwight. Miss Hicks
Representative and Mrs. Lengworth, Miss
Roosevelt. Mr.. Kermit Roosevelt. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Richmond Hobson,
Representative and Mrs. Herbert Par
sons, Representative Hamilton Fish, Miss
Fish, Representative and Mrs. Gardner
Mrs. French Vanderbilt Miss Boardman
Mrs. Hit, Mrs. Reynolds Hit, Mr.. Will
and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Laurence Townsend. Miss Yvonne
Townsend, Miss Gwendolyn Burden, Dr.
and Mrs. Randolph. the Misses Lee. Miss
ter Little. Mrs John r. Williams, Miss
Dorothy Williams, Mr.. and Mrs George
Howard, Mrs. Summerlin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Moore. Mr.; and Mrs. Preston
May, Miss Evelyn Chew. Miss Margaret
Cotton Smith. Miss Catherine Britton.
Miss Louise Cromwell Miss Elizabeth
Reside, Miss Mum. Miss Alice Wright,
Miss Gertrude Greedy Mr. larZ Ander-
son and Mr.. Jerome Bonaparte
The Secretary OF the Navy ana MIS-.
Meyer have issued invitations for re-
ception and dance in honor of Miss Helen
Taft for Thursday. January l..
Miss Olga Converse. daughter of the
late Rear Admiral George y. Converse.
ana Mre August Derby of Boston. son of
DR. and Mrs. Haskell Derby. viii be mar
ried January ~ at the Oakland apart
ment, where Mrs. Converse is making her
winter home.
Miss Elizabeth Parker Of BeltSville, Md,
and Miss Francis Beall Of Washington
have returned from Ne" fork' where
they have been spending the New Year
holidays.
Mrs. William Alden Smith, 100 18th
street. will receive tomorrow. assisted
by Mrs T. De Witt Talmage. Mrs. T. l..
Macdonald. Mrs. w. n; Hunt. Mrs r. M. !
The dance which the younger set was
to have enjoyed last night at the home Of