Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-29
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
THE. WHITE HOUSE HOLIDAY
BALL COMES OFF TONIGHT.
Luncheons Today at Capital Homes
Miss Hardy's Debut.
Notes.

A White House ball. for the entertain
ment Of Miss Taft. Mr.. Robert Taft. their
| be given tonight.
| Mr.. and Mrs Hugh S. Knox, who have
been at Hot Springs, Va. since their
marriage, will arrive tomorrow at the
home of Secretary and Mrs Knox.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh will have receiving with them
at the reception they intend giving this
afternoon from to 8 o'clock Mrs. Leon
ard Wood. Mrs. Philip Sheridan, Mrs.
| Thomas Bayard. Mrs. John Hay, Mrs.
William +. Draper. Mrs. John Hays HAM
mond Mrs Norman Williams Mrs. Yves
ley Merritt. Mrs. Wesley Hapgood, Miss
Scidmore and Miss Hegeman.
Mrs. Beckwith. daughter of Mr.. Robert
r. Lincoln and granddaughter of Abra-
ham Lincoln, will preside at the tea ia
BILE. Assisting her will be Miss Sheridan.
Miss Louise Sheridan and Miss Irene
Sheridan
Mr.. Eames MacVeagh of Chicago will
arrive tomorrow to stay over New Year
| with his parents, who now have Miss
Carver Of Highland Park, Chicago, stay
| ing with them.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
| and Mrs. Nagel gave a Christmas dance
their daughters. Miss Nagel. Miss Mary
NageI and Miss Edith Nagel Christmas
green's were used in decorating, and a
section of the Marine Band furnished the
music The guests were the younger
girls and boys of society, Charles Taft
being of the number
Secretary and Mrs. Stimson who have
been in New York all week, will return
| here Sunday.
| The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
George Won l.. Meyer, jr will return to-
morrow from a southern hunting trip.
Miss Frances Saltonstall. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Philip L. Saltonstall of Boston:
John Simpkins, Mr.. Balch of Boston and
Mr.. IIuffer of Baltimore will be their
guests over New Year.
| The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff entertained at dinner last
night. Their guests were the Turkish am
master General. Mr.. Frank Hitchcock:
the Belgian minister and Nine. Have
NTH, the minister of Portugal. Elscount
ld'Aite: Senator Brandegee, Mrs. Norman
Williams, Mrs. Reynolds Hit, Mrs. Hob
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair. Miss
Sheriff.. Miss Wetmore. Col. Robert
Thompson, and the second secretary of
the German embassy and Frau Klenlin.
Col Francis Cotton entertained at dim
ner last night at his home on Connecticut
avenue His guests were Senator Cullom'
Brown, retired: Gen. Nelson Miles, Gen.
Arson Mills. Gen. Woodruff. Gen. Fitz-
hugh. Gen. andrews, Gen. Whipple. Gen.
Mclean, Admiral seIfridge. Col. McIn-
tyre Col. Sebert, Maj. Duncan Phillips.
Maj. Judson. Commander Archibald
Davis. DIR. Chatard. Mr.: William
kins. Mr.. Joseph Thropp. Mr.. Nathaniel
Wilson, Mr.. John c. O'Laughlin, Mr.
IIemphil and Gov. Cotton of Porto Rico
who has been on visit to his father
and will return to his post IN a few
days
Mrs HinckIey, who entertained for the
/ Russian ambassador and Nine. Bakhme-
teff, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page.
Mrs. Mcmillan and Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Gibson. who have the Misses Sara,
Mary and Olga Wiborg of New York
and Cincinnati staying with them, were
among the dinner hosts last night.
Senator and Mrs. Hitchcock gave a
dinner preceding the Haywood dance last
night, when the guests were Miss Eliza
beth Moves and her house guest Miss
Marian Hubbard. Miss Elizabeth Mum
ford, Miss Hitchcock. Maj. Horton, Capt
Capehart, Dr. Mcdowell and Mr. Dodson
Mrs Clayton, wife of Representative
Clayton. entertaining at luncheon today
for her house guest Miss Mary Hern-
q
company to meet her. Miss Genevieve
Clark, Miss Fannie Williams. Miss Laura
Burleson, Miss Leila Mary Henry. Miss
Hannah Taylor. Miss Margaret Smith
Miss Frances Efinger. Miss Cook OF Ken
lucky. Miss Ayres and Miss Mary Howry
No prettier ball has marked the holiday
season than that given by Mrs. William
Haywood for Miss Haywood last night
About 800 guests enjoyed the handsome
hospitality. A buffet supper was served
in the interval of the dancing. Mrs. Hay.
wood wore a French gown of aprico
satin yelled in tulle embroidered in pal'
blue, and Miss Haywood wore white chif-
fon cloth with rhinestones and rosebud
garnitures.
Mrs. Blanche *. Towson has issued in.
| vitations for Friday, January l.. to in
troduce her second daughter, Miss Heller
| TOwson.
Mrs. Margaret Hollen Lappen of Mount
Vernon street, Dorchester, Mass, has an
nounced the engagement OF her daughter
Mary Lappen. to Mr. William F. Murray
: representative in Congress from the ninth
: Massachusetts district Miss Lappen is
the daughter of the late Edward Lapper
| of Boston.
tanned a number Of the student friends OF
their daughter, Miss Georgia Scofeld. a
: dinner last night, Charles Taft being
among the number. Mr.. Ashbel II. Bar
ney of New York is of Mrs. Hewson's
! holiday house party.
Miss Carlotta Quirollo of 2114 Connec
: ticut avenue gave luncheon yesterday
in honor of Miss Kathryn Drain, who re-
turned from school on the continent this
. winter. Those invited to meet Miss Drair
| were the Misses Edith Evermann, Agnes
Trowbrdge. Dorothy Kinball, Louis.