The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-04

The President and Mrs Taft, Mr.. Hor-
ace Taft, brother of the President and
guest at the White House; Miss Helen
Taft Master Charlie Taft, and Maj.
Butt occupied the Presidential box at the
Belasco last evening
The italian Ambassador and Marchesa
Cusani Confalonieri entertained a COM
pany at dinner last night The guests
were the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, Miss Hide
Garde Nagel, daughter Of the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor; Senator Du Pont.
the Minister from the Netherlands and
Nine Loudon. the Charge d'Anaires of
Brazil and Nine. dc Lima, the Naval At
tache of the French Embassy and Wis
countess day. the Misses Switzerland.
Miss Dorothy Williams, Miss Gertrude
Williams. Miss miriam Cosby. Donna
Beatrice Cusani, Herr Won Haniel. NJ. de
Beaufort. Mr.. Negrotto, Mr.. BueIle. Mr..
ALBERT, Mr.. A c. Horstmann, Lord EuS-
tace Percy, and Mr.. Henry Du Pont.
4 The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer have been somewhat annoyed at
4 the published report of their early re-
moval to their new house in Washington
They have no intention of giving up their
| present residence, which is the home of
Mrs. d. P. Morgan. in Scott circle.
| Society is greatly interested in the an
nouncement that Mrs. Josephine Preston
| Peabody will give readings from The
Piper in the New Willard ballroom on
Thursday. April g. at 40 o'clock. Apart
! from the fact that the entertainment is
for the benefit of the District Visiting
: Nurses. the occasion will be of importance
| because it Will give Washington people
an opportunity to hear the play which
secured the prize for the best effort in
connection with the Shakespeare memo
rial at Stratford-on-Avon. There were
several hundred plays submitted. and
| The Piper was awarded first place. al
though it was Mrs. Peabody first effort in
dramatic construction. 4 large and fash
! ionable audience is already assured.
Mrs. p. V. De Graw is visiting her
friend. Mrs. DR.. John Alton Harriss on
Riverside Drive, New York, for a fort
night
The marriage of Miss Catherine Warren
and Mr. John Eliot Thaycr, jr. which
on account of the death of Nathaniel
Thayer will be a very quiet affair. The
numerous invitations which were sent out
for the ceremony at the Arlington Street
Church have been recalled. and it will be
solemnized instead at the Marlboro street
house~of the brides mother, Mrs. Samuel
d. Warren Another death in the Fhayer
family lately was that of Mrs. Eugene
Van R Thayer, aunt of the Countess
Moltke who had already been placed in
mourning on account of The death Of her
father.
Representative and Mrs Timothy T
Ansberry have returned to Washington,
after a months visit in Ohio. They are
located at the Rochambeau.
Mrs. Charles W. Richardson and Miss
Amy Richardson are spending the week
in Rye, n. Y.
The South American Club of the Young
Women's Christian Association will be
entertained at the home of Mrs H B.
+. Mcfarland. 1oOs Eighteenth street, to-
morrow evening. April 5, at s o'clock. Mr.
Charles D. Hurley. general secretary of
the Y. NJ c. A of South America will
tell Of the associations work in South
America.
MIR. and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry
have opened their country place, near
The Plains, Fauquier County, Va They
will entertain a great deal at the Hunt
Club, in that place.
The Naval Attache of the French EN-
bassy and Viscountess Benoist day
have returned to Washington from New
The Minister from Peru and Mime.
Pardo have issued invitations for a din
ner this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont have re-
turned to Washington from New York.
Mrs. Dieffenderfer, wife of Dr. William
E Dieffenderfer, entertained at a recep- |
ton yesterday afternoon from to al
o'clock at her residence, in Columbia road |
The house was tastefully decorated with |
palms, Southern smilax, and clusters of |
string orchestra was in attendance
throughout the afternoon. The tea table
was adorned with a centerpiece of pink |
sweet peas, and was presided over by |
Mrs. w. Pearson Gawler and Miss Mar
Sdrel hOrrlSOn. Assisting MIS- Dfeffen-
derfer in receiving her guests were Mrs J
Philip Walker, Mrs. J. L. Massey, and |
Mrs George p. Hale. Others assisting In |
the Inequalities of the after
noon were Miss Ethel Lee, Miss Cora /
Simpson. and Miss Mabel Levy. Mrs. |
Dieffenderfer was gowned in white crepe
de chine. embroidered in gold beads and |
draped in gold lace.
Mrs. F. B. Moran has issued cards for |
Friday, when she will entertain the
Institute of America.
Prof. William Fenwick Harris. Of Cam
bridge, Mass, president of the Boston
Society, will deliver an
illustrated lecture on 1.-The Greek theater
and the Greek drama"
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Buckley Hyde
have taken an apartment at the Rocham-
beau for the spring.
Mrs. Darling, of Burlington, Vt, the
wife of former Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy Charles II. Darling. is spend
ing the Easter holidays with her sister. |,
Mrs. Orion NJ. Barber, and Judge Barber, |.
at 1851 Massachusetts, avenue. Mrs. OAR I
ling Is accompanied by her daughter Mar
garet, who is having a three weeks va
cation from Miss Porter's school In Far
mington, Conn. l.
Miss Ruth Cohen entertained an infor-
NAL company at bridge yesterday after