The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

home in Scott circle. The guests asked
to meet them were Senator and Mrs.
Crane, Senator and Mrs. Root, the Pres
ident of Yale University and Mrs Had
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Warren. MIR.
and Mrs. Gordon Abbott, the Secretary
to the President and Mrs. Norton, Mrs.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Richard
Townsend, Mr.. A Piatt Andrew, Capt.
Archibald Butt, U. s. A.; Rev. DR.. Ro-
land Cotton Smith. of St Johns Church.
and Commander Philip Andrews, U. S. N.
The Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs.
BaI1inger entertained at dinner last
night at Rauscher's in honor Of Miss
Helen Taft. The guests included the
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, Col. and Mrs.
Cosby, Countess LuiSa-Alexandra Won
Bernstorff, daughter OF the German
Ambassador; Miss Alys Meyer. Miss
Nagel, Miss Oliver. Miss Clover. Miss
Southerland. Miss Gleaves. Miss Doro-
thy Baldwin, guest at the White House:
Miss Anderson, cousin of Miss Taft:
Miss Ashton, guest at the British En-
bassy: Miss Hicks. Of California. guest
of Mrs Dwight: Miss May Hammond.
guest of her uncle, Mr.. John Hays
Hammond: Postmaster General Hitch
cock Mr.. InneS, of the British Embassy;
Mr.. Benjamin S. Cable. Assistant Sec
| retary of Commerce and Labor. and Mrs.
James Curtis. Capt. Sowerby, Com
mander Retzmann, of the German En-
bassy: Mr.. Lee McClunG United States
| Treasurer; Lieut.. Commander Butler.
Lieut.. Commander Palmer. Count Pour
tales Ensign Herbert l.. Spencer, Lieut..
Adolphus Andrews. Mr.. II. c. Emery.
Mr.. Henry Du Pont, and Mr.. Robert
Bacon. The Marine Band played
throughout the evening, and the table
decorations were of pink roses and
white lilacs The guests danced for a
little while after dinner.
| The Vice President and Mrs. Sher-
man will be the guests Of honor at a
dinner given by Judge and Mrs. Martin
a. Knapp, Tuesday evening, February
T. IS.
| The Belgian Minister and Countess
de Buisseret entertained at dinner last
night at the legation. The guests in
cluded Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Holmes.
Mr. Adee. Second Assistant Secretary
| of State; Gen. Crozier. Mrs. Reyburn.
Mr. and Mrs. James Marion Johnston.
Miss Lydia Biddle, and Mr.. and Mrs
George S. Becker.
Mrs Beekman Winthrop. wife of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. was
the honor guest at a luncheon yesterday
given by Mrs. Hollyday. wife Of Rear
Admiral R c. Hollyday. U. S. n. The
guests asked to meet her were Nine.
Ritter, wife Of the Swiss Minister: Mrs
Burrows, wife of Senator Burrows; Mrs.
S. c. Neale, Mrs. Dudley Morgan. Mrs.
John c. O'Laughlin, Mrs. William Wheat
hrS Hutchinson
Miss Amarylis Gillett.
Mrs Ekengren, wife of the charge
d'affaires of the Swedish Legation en-
tertained at a large and brilliant lunch
ecn yesterday at her home. in Connecticut
avenue.
at home to-day. Mrs. Arthur T. Hadley.
of New Haven, her house guest, will be
with her.
Mrs. John Cropper was hostess at a
brilliant luncheon yesterday in honor of
her house guest, Miss Peters. of Boston.
Among the other guests were Mrs. White,
wife of Chief Justice White: Miss Can
non. daughter of Speaker Cannon: Mrs.
Stanley Matthews. Mrs. Emile Mont
gomery, Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mrs. Ten
Eyck Wendell. Mrs. Bingham. Mrs. John
w. Foster. Mrs. Wyeth. Mrs. Samuel
Spencer, the Misses Cullen. Miss Sally
Schenck. and Miss Goldman. The table
was beautifully decorated with pink car
nations, sweet peas, and mignonette.
MI William McGill Geddes has issued
invitations for the marriage of his daugh-
ter. Miss Margaret Geddes, and Mr.. Wal
ter Avalah Johnston. The ceremony will
be performed February Is, at noon, at
1872 Columbia road. At home cards for
after April 1 at 1414 Euclid street were
inclosed.i
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper. the we'll
known woman suffrage advocate, will
give lecture this morning at IL o'clock
at the home Of Mrs. John B. Henderson.
when her subject will be "The present
legal and political status Of women"
Mrs. Harper. who is in charge of Mrs.
Belmont's campaign in New York, gave
the same series of six lectures in New
York which she is giving here. They
were given at the homes Of Mrs. o. H.
P. Belmont, Mrs. Orme Wilson, Mrs.
John J. Emery, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish,
Mrs. John r. Drexel. and Mrs Lloyd
Stevens Bruce. The third lecture Of the
series will be given at the home Of Mrs.
Herbert Parsons, next Friday morning, at
IL o'clock.
Mrs. Wilson S. Bissell and Miss Dorothy
Bissell, Of Morristown, N. J., win arrive
in Washington February q. when they
will visit Col and Mrs. Symons. Miss
Bissell is a debutante of the season and
a daughter Of the late Postmaster Cen
eral of President Cleveland's last admin
istraton.
DR.. Yamai Kin, prominent and
famous woman in China. arrived last
evening to be the. guest Of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and Mrs. Macveagh
for a few days. She has come to take
part in the woman's missionary jubilee
and to attend the banquet tomorrow at
the New willard. DR.. Yamai Kin has
charge OF the work Of the Woman's medi- |
cal department Of Northern China. She !
was educated In New York. but returned |
to her native country to carry on q |
successful work She was |
to this country by q young |
Manchu girl. Paul Ian Pal. the first |
Manchu woman to come to this country. |
She will begin the study Of medicine at +!
once in the metropolis.
Assistant Attorney General Denison en-
tertained few OF the onicials Of other |
departments at luncheon yesterday at !
the Metropolitan Club. to meet the At |
torney General and the Solicitor General |
The guests were Mr.. Norton, secretary |
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