The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

! Mrs. Taft occupied the Presidential
box at the National Theater yesterday
afternoon at the Boston lSymphony con-
cert. Max Fielder condueting. and Mischa
Elman. violinist. soloist She was accom-
panied by MISS Taft and her cousins.
the Misses Anderson; Mrs. Nagel, wife Of
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
| and Mrs. Rae, widow of Rear Admiral
Rae. The adjoining box was that of Mrs.
Gardner. wife of Representative A. p.
Gardner. who had as her guests her
mother. Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge: the
German Ambassador and Countess Won
B"rnstorff, and Representative and Mrs.
| Nicholas Longworth. On the opposite
| side of the theater Mrs. Sherman. wife
of the Vice President, was the guest of
honor of Mrs. c. A. Williams and Miss
May Williams, who also had with them
| the Minister from the Netherlands and
Mime. Loudon. Mrs. Letters box was
occupied by the British Ambassador and
Mrs Bryce's niece. Miss Ashton Mrs.
! Ballinger, wife of the Secretary of the
Interior. and Mrs. Buckner M. Randolph.
Mrs. James Mcmillan had with her Sir
John and Lady Harrington and Mrs.
Townsend. Other boxes were occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. 4. Lsner and Mrs. Cal
deron Carlisle.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
entertained a small company at dinner
last night in their Sixteenth street home.
The guests were United States Minister
to the Argentine Republic and Mrs.
Charles H. Sheriff.. the charge d'affaires
of Argentina and Nine. Vilegas. Miss
Sheriff.. sister of the Minister to Argea-
tina: Miss Flor encc Miller and Miss Ger
trude Miller. house guests of Mrs. Sher-
man. and Mr.. Oden Horstman.
The British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce had a distinguished English COM
pany dining with them last evening. in
cluding Sir Allan and Lady Aylesworth.
Sir Edward Morris. Hon. Earl Brodeur,
Miss Loring. Miss Louise Loring, the Sec
ond Secretary of the Embassy and Mrs.
Young. Mr.. Brinton Baddeley and Mr.
Gladstone honorary attache of the Brit
iSh Embassy. recently arrived in Wash
ington.
The United States Ambassador to Eng
land and Mrs. WhitIaw Reid are the
house guests Of Mr.. and Mrs W. j.
Boardman. who entertained company at
dinner in their honor last evening.
the Navy. will not be at home to-day
Mfr. and Mrs. George Xavier McI.anahan
have as their guests Capt George Charles
Grazebrook. of the Royal 1nniskilling Fu-
siliers. and Mrs. Grazebrook Apr whom
they entertained at dinner last evening.
after which the party attended the diplo-
matte reception at the White House The
4 ~ ha.
Mai. and Mrs. Fazan, Miss Jennings,
Miss Williams, Col. James. Of the British
| Embassy; Mr.. McCfung. Mr.. and Mrs
w. E. s. Griswold. and Mr.. and Mrs
Chapman.
| Maj. Gen and Mrs. George L. Gillespie
were dinner hosts last evening, having as
their guests Representative and Mrs.
Dwight, Of New York; Gen. and Mrs
Aleshre, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Rich
ardson Clover, Commander and Mrs. Glib
! bons. former Representative and Mrs.
Henry Kirke Porter, Chief of Engineers
and Mrs William II. Bixby, U. S. A., and
| Capt and Mrs. Fremont Smith.
| Mrs Robert T. Lincoln has t , Obliged
| to cancel her engagements for a few days.
owing to a serious cold which confines
| her to her house.
Capt and Mrs. H. b. Littlepage an
nounce the marriage of their daughter
| Emily S, to F. Manderson Strawn.
Mrs Mary r. Cooley, Of this city, and
Mr.. Albert Culbertson, Of Knox. Pa,
were quietly married last night at the
residence Of the brides aunt, Mrs Mary
NJ. Pollard, the Rev. DR.. johnson, Of
|
| ciating. The bride is the daughter of the
late S. S. Finch. formerly q well-known
newspaper man Of Terre Haute, Ind. The
| groom has an extensive acquaintance In
| his native State, in Texas and in this
city. his business connections identifying
| him with those places. The couple was
attended by Mr.. Random Pollard as best