Evening star., 1911-01-27
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MR.. HITCHCOCK HOST FOR
PRESIDENT AND MRS. TAFT.
Mrs. Townsend's Dinner Cotillon To.
night for Miss Taft-Kaiser's
Birthday-Notes.

The President and Mrs Taft were
guests of the Postmaster General at a
large dinner last night, given at Rausch-
ers. The table was arranged in the large
ballroom, where string orchestra played
softly. and an effective decoration was in
place. The tables had plaques of pink
roses along the center Mr.. Hitchcock S
guests to meet the President and Mrs
Taft were the secretary to the. President
and Mrs. Norton. Representative and Mrs
Nicholas Longworth. the assistant secre-
tary of state and Mrs. Wilson. the assist
ant secretary of the treasury and Mrs.
Hilles, the assistant secretary of the navy
and Mrs. Winthrop. the third assistant
secretary of state and Mrs. Hale, Col.
and Mrs. Spencer Cosby, Lieut. Col. Nc
Cawley. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis b. Crown
inshield, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. Mr..
and Mrs. Corcoran Thorn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Garrison McC!intock, Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Gibson, AR. and Mrs. Horace West
colt, Mrs. George T. Summerlin and Miss
Harriet Anderson.
The Vice President and Mrs Sherman
dined with Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wads-
worth and a large company last night.
The Thursday night reception and dance
at the Wadsworth home last night was
brilliant and large.
Mr. John Barrett was host today at the
Bureau of American Republics in honor
of the special mission from Mexico, of
which Senior Casasus is head. There were
forty guests al the luncheon table.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer entertained at dinner last night
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox,
Inc ~ Afa.c T,,,t
and Mrs. Holmes. the Belgian minister
and Countess Buisseret. the minister of
Peru and Nine. Pardo the minister of the
Netherlands and Nine. Loudon. the
charge d.affaires of Brazil and Nine. de
Lima Silva, the surgeon general of the
navy and Mrs. Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs. Lau-
renee Townsend DR.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Capt. and Mrs. Gibbons. Mr.. and Mrs
Livingston Hunt, Baron and Baroness
Preusschen of the Austro- Hungarian en-
bassy, Commander Vassilleff of the Rus
sian embassy, Capt. Sowerby and Mr. and
Mrs. George Young of the British en-
bassy. Maj. Won Hedwarth of the German
embassy. Commander Retzmann of the
German embassy. Mr.. Constantin Nabo-
koff of the Russian embassy. Mr. and
Mrs. Gardner. Miss Gerry Miss Souther-
land, Miss Alys Meyer. Miss Patten, Miss
Yvonne Townsend Mr.. Henry White and
Mr.. Willing Spencer.
Representative Mckinley Representa-
tive Lowden. Mrs. Robert Hinckley and
Miss Hinckley. Mrs. Charles A. Williams
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Day. Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore w. Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Kaufman and Capt. and Mrs. Brooke
were among the dinner hosts last night
Mrs Hinckley's dinner was for Miss
Helen Taft.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff will celebrate the fifty
first birthday of the kaiser at a large re-
ception tonight at the embassy, on High
land Terrace.
The Congressional Club WIS the scene
of one of the largest and prettiest teas
of thhe season yesterday afternoon. when
Miss Helen Taft was the honor guest
The drawing room and dining room
were beautifully decorated with pink and
white roses. ferns. palms and smilax.
Mrs Gregg. president of the club. re-
ceived with Miss Taft. The latter wore
a pretty and becoming dress of rose Pink
chiffon.
Those assisting were Mrs. Sherman
wife of the Vice President: Mrs Mac
Veagh, wife of the Secretary of the Treas