Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09

the speakers gallery was filled with rel
ativeS and personal friends. and in the
center was Mrs. Eugene n. FOss. wife
OF the governor, with her twin daugh-
tiers. Helen and Esther Foss; Mrs. John
D. Foss. mother OF the governor. also
Mrs. George +. FOss, jr., wife of Repre-
sentative Foss of Illinois and chairman
of the naval committee in the House of
Representatives, and Mrs. w. v. Kellen,
only sister of Mrs. Foss, and her two
daughters. Miss Grace and Miss Con-
stance kellen. The two sons of Gov.
Foss, Benjamin and Noble, with Mr..
Foss' father. comprising the other MEM
ence below.
After the exercises the family went be-
low and congratulated the newly made
governor. Then they went to the Algon-
GUN Club, where Mrs. Foss and her two
daughters. Helen and Esther. were host
esses at luncheon. Thirty-five ladies
sat down at five tables. which were deco
rated with -.merican beauty roses. The
room was decorated for the occasion, and
one table was composed of young girls,
all friends of the Foss twins
Owing to illness Mrs. Wickersham, wife
or the Attorney General, will not receive
Wednesday. She was also Obliged to re-
call her luncheon invitations for today
New Year eve. at dinner dance at
Calvert Cove on the lower Chesapeake
Mr.. and Mrs. John kerby Calvert an
nounced the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Virginia to Dr. Edward Bayne How
ard of New Orleans. The house was
gayly decorated in mistIetoe and American
beauty roses. During dinner each guest
received an American beauty tied in
broad ribbon in the folds of which was
hidden the happy announcement. The
engagement comes as a genuine surprise,
the affair dating from Miss Calvert's
RI in, nrln. a
delightful feature of the dance was an
old-fashioned minuet. Among those pres
ent We're: Judge and Mrs. George Cal
vert Worthington, Judge and Mrs. Lew
Kerby, Col. and Mrs. Robert Montgom-
cry Beale. Col. and Mrs John Gardiner
Montgomery, Misses Virginia Calvert Lee,
Virginia Lee kerby. Lisbeth Wyatt
Kerby Mary Wyatt Lee. Mary Calvert
Carroll. Mary Lee Calvert. Katharine
Bayne. Mary Wyatt Bayne, Messrs. D. X:
Hill. John Montgomery Kerby, Carroll
Calvert. John Kerby Beale. Carroll Beale,
Carroll Hill. Philip Wyatt kerby, DR..
Lee Hill Wyatt of Maryland, Amy Cal
Eliza beth Lee Daingerfield of Virginia.
Mr.. jefferson Beauregarde HILL DR..
Douglas Howard Maitre. Lieut.: Evan
Beauregarde Howard of New Orleans,
Philip Hill Wyatt of Washington, D. {.
The wedding OF Miss Calvert and DR..
Howard will take place in early June.
home near Baltimore. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardiner Wyatt Hill. formerly OF New
Orleans and Louisville. entertained at
dance for Miss Virginia Calvert, whose
engagement to their nephew, DIR. Edward
Bayne Howard, was recently announced.
The drawing rooms were festooned In
garlands of ferns and cedar. while pOin-
settia and Richmond roses adorned the
mantels and entries. The place cards
at supper bore the Calvert and Howard
crests. Those dancing were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hill Spalding, Mr. and Mrs. John
B. Clagett. Miss Mary Barber Yancey,
Mr.. K. S; Yancey. Miss Virginia Calvert.
Dr. F. B. Howard. Miss Virginia c. Lee.
roll Beale, Miss Virginia l.. Kerby. John
Kerby Beale. Miss Lisbeth Wyatt Kerr
by. Carroll Hill. Miss Mary c. Carroll.
DR.. Lee Hill Wyatt, Miss Mary L; Cal
]. Montgomery Kerby, Miss Mary Wyatt
Bayne. Daingerfield Kerby HILL Miss
Amy c. KerDy, DR.. Douglas Howard
Maitre. Miss Mary Breckenridge Wyatt
Mr.. Jefferson Beauregarde Hill. Miss
Elizabeth Lee Daingerfield, John Lang
horne Clagett. Miss Katharine Kerby.
Lieut.. Evan B. Howard and Lieut.. Philip
Hill Wyatt.
Mrs. Newcomb is in Cornwall, Conn.,.
to which place she was called by the
death of her son-in-law, Judge E. B.
Whitney. Her stay will probably be for
over two months.
Representative and Mrs. A. Mitchell
Palmer Of Pennsylvania, with their
young daughter, are at the Hotel Grafton
for the winter. Owing to a death in the
family Mrs. Palmer will not receive this
season.
Mrs. Robert D. Suter. accompanied by
her niece. Miss F. Leola Perry, has
gone to New York for a short stay.
where they will visit her sister. Miss
Mamie Perry On their return they will
stop at Baltimore for a short visit with
friends. They will be at home after Feb
ruary 1.
Miss Taylor Arms will not .eceive to-
morrow afternoon, but will be at home
the remaining Tuesdays in January.
The senators and representatives from
Louisiana have issued invitations for
reception Wednesday. January II, at
$50 o'clock at the New Ebbitt. to meet
the Governor Of Louisiana and the party
representing the worlds Panama expo
sition.
Mr.. Thomas Clifford Oliver. Z. NJ. who
pany, spent the week end with his sister,
Mrs. Oliver. wife of Lieut.. +. L. Oliver
L. S. N Mr.. Oliver is in Baltimore at
Johns Hopkins for medical treatment
and will return to Mexico this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mitchell Of Birming-
ham, Ala. have been AT the Grafton for
several DAYS Mr.. Mitchell left Saturday
for the SOUTH but Mrs. Mitchell will re-
main a week longer.