The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON
BY CONSTANCE CARRUTHERs

Washington December 31.-tSpecial.)- - rhe besinning of the new year is marked by an unusually large number of social functions among the official household In Washington Taking first rank in the list are the White House dinners and the diplomatic breakfast which will be given tomorrow. Of the remaining dinners on the official calendar at the White House, that to Secretary and Mrs. Knox will be one of the most important This will be on January 5. The dinner to the Secre- tary of the Treasury and Mrs. McVeagh will be on January 19. Dinner to Attorney and Mrs. Wickersham will be given on January 12 The dinner to the Postmaster General, Mir. Hitchcock, will be at Raus- chers, instead of at the White House. January 29 The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Meyer will be entertained by the President and Mrs. Taft at the White House February ?. On February they will entertain Secretary of the Interior and Mrs Ballinger. Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson and Miss Wilson will be en- tertained February IS. The date for the dinner to be given the Secretary of Com merce and Labor and Mrs. Nagal has not been set. It is not known whether a din- rer will be given the Secretary of War and Mrs. Dickinson, as they are in mourn ing for their son, who recently died. There are a number of social events an- nounced for the week that will be of much interest to the society peAple Of the Capitol City. MT. and Mrs. Joseph Letter will give a dance on Tuesday evening complimentary to Miss Helen Taft. MT. and Mrs. Robert J. Wynne will formally introduce their daughter, Miss Ruth Wynne, at reception at Rauscher's Tuesday evening.
 The racentiOn will be followed by a, dance The formal introduction of Miss Wynne into society will be of much inter- est, not only because she is one of the most beautiful of the seasons debutantes, but because of the fact that MT Wynne was former consul-general to London.
 Mir. and Mrs Charles w. Fairbanks are spending the winter at Pasadena, Cal, where Mrs. Fairbanks, who has been i'll for some time, is said to be rapI1ly re- gaining strength. Mr. Fairbanks has leased property in the California city and expects to remain there until Mrs Fair banks is fully restored to health.
 Miss Edith Oracle gave a masquerade dance for Miss Helen Taft on Monday evening, which was one of the interest," ing social events of the younger set dur ing the week. The large number of guests present included many of the sea- sons debutantes.
 Engineer Commissioner William B. Judson and Mrs. Judson are spend ing the holidays at the home of Mrs. Judsons mother, Mrs. Clay, in Lexington, Ky. MT. Clay sJudson, who is student at Harvard, is also at the home of his grandmother for the holI- days. Mrs. William Preston Wooten of West Point, wife of Captain Wooten, U s. A., until recently stationed at Wash ington, has been spending the holidays at the home of her mother. Mrs. Clay, at 4 Lexington.
 The departure of Baron Rosen, Russian ambassador: Baroness Rosen and their charming daughter. Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, makes a regrettabe break in the ambaSsadorial circle in Washington They /. will spend some time in Europe, and the embassy, which took little part in last winters gayeties on account of the am-