The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
Social Side of Washington

| week. and General and Mrs John w.
Foster will entertain at dinner ia
her r., honor Monday evening
crai ne ,,t same evening tmaster-Gen-
Of Mr.: Tafts Cabinet. who has proved
himself a better host than Judge Of
s sniIo,c class ass mail; will give dinner
nnite House deDutante. The unprecc-
uented entertaining OF this very popu:
taT young woman continued this Wees
rom Monday. when she was in Bait
more Tor dinner with her friends the
theodore Marburgs. and went later a.
lncir guest to the last Monday german
or the season TO Friday evening. " hen
lcr parents entertained a large com.
p'any or her confrcres at dinner at the
White House. with dancing as ii grand
New York and Washington. whose
alnner dance in her honor was post
pohed from January ii. were her hosts
on Mednesday at one of the hand
soonest affairs of the season. Retiring
representative and Mrs. Van VechtcD
Olcott Of New York. entertained elab-
orhteiy for her on Thursday evening.
and tonight she was the centre of a
gay theatre party going to sec william
II. Crane In George AIDES la test pseudo
hoii!ical offering. ~. $. Minister Bed i
t TO see me play Monday evening. oc-
New National Theatre. nc
Or the many beautiful cotillions an i
pals given for Miss Taft none has the
! interest attached to 1t that had tn a
u vance, Which served also as house
wife of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
In the beautiful new home which she
iirns h,,t to her husband at Christmas
.iinc; put which has Just emerged frolr
me hands OF the decorators. The fin
itthed result was worth waiting for
Gnd SO beautiful are all the rooms tina,
Few ADJ .l tional decorations are neces-
CT ~
me PRESIDENT and Mrs. Taft were
greatly Interested in the house, thong Il
!, IL IS yet only partially furnished with
and draperics Mrs. MacVeae:. has
spent years Of travel in collecting
and an which are still in the othe r
s nnme, a few few blocks further down
| Executive and his wife. and the for.
eiEn am bassadors and their wives vas
served IN the library-onc Of the most
thls country--one which will forever
SILENCE the criticism OF American h ON es
pX "Rita." otherwise Mrs. Desmon d
ter joyfully ate the bread of official
Washington. and this year is ea,in .
me Jam purchased with dollars earne /
while hosts.
Mrs. Day wife OF Colonel a. S. Day.
ne = i1o a., known n. in the literary world
or series OF .'E;urasian lunchcons'' in
honor OF Mrs. Burrows. wife OF Senator
Burrows. Of Michigan. who will retire
70 private life after March 4. 1t wa.
small affair but SO unique that tho
guests have been loud in their praise
OF me hostess ever since. The food
was served on gold lacquer, some OF
/ which is 400 years old and all of /,
| most fascinating. The fnvors were
! magic fans and other Oriental articl es
/ picked up here and there in her trav-
els In the Orient by Mrs Day. which
iead conversation 10 that quarter Of
F, the globe
| George Washing tons birthday ami
rersary was celebrated with song and
story here as elsewhere President
| ia1t hied himself across the river 81
a lexandria 70 be the guest of the Ma :
sonic Lodge TO which the Father OF
| His Country belonged. and incidental-
| ly to break bread with Representative
! and Mrs. G. G. CarIin in their home
over there, while Mrs. Taft rested from
, her labors OF the previous evening,
when she stood by his side, shaking
! hands with nearly 1000 people In
! vited TO the army and navy recep-
] ton
| Mrs. Sherman wife Of the vice
| PRESIDENT. observed the day by hold
| Ing her usual Cabinet "at home and
most OF the ladies OF that circle did
/ the same.
| In accordance with her custom. Mrs
! Robert NJ La Toilette, wife of the
| senior Senator from Wisconsin, kent
/ open house from to G, and n steady
stream Of callers, representing every
official and the resident circle, ntteot.
i ed the popularity of this annual re.
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