The Washington herald., 1911-12-30

i The White House was the scene OF
much gayety last evening with a dinner
| party Of thirty-two young people, fol-
1 lowed by a dance with about one hum
idred others of the young dancing set.
buds of this, last, and other years. Only
/ two married couples were among the
! guests, the military and naval aides and
their wives, Col. Spencer Cosby and Mrs.
Cosby, Lieut.. John w. Timmons and Mrs.
Timmons. The house party OF Miss Taft
and her brother Robert includes Miss
Edith Percy Morgan, of New York; Mr..
Frederick Eckstein, of Cincinnati; Mr..
John Heron, Mr.. John c. Townsend, Mr..
| Stanhope Bayne Jones. and Mr.. Walter
Logan, classmates at Harvard of Mr..
Robert Taft.
The Marine Band played in the East
Room, where the floor was well-nigh
perfect Miss Taft was becomingly gown
ed in white satin veiled with pale pink
marquisette. Among those at the dance
were the Misses Meyer. daughters of the
Secretary of the Navy; Miss NageL
daughter OF the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor; Miss Cusani, daughter of the
italian Ambassador, and others of the
personal friends of Miss Taft.
4 Among the pretty gowns were Mrs.
John W. Timmons,, in hand-painted chif-
| fon trimmed with tiny roses and brown
tuIle; Mrs Spencer Cosby, white satin
and lace with touches of black; Miss
Alice Whiting, green satin and velvet;
Miss Louise HELEN, green chiffon over
white satin; Miss Louise Bayne, light
blue chiffon over white satin; Miss Ger
trude Greely pink satin over white mar
quisette; Miss Amparo Rivero, pink crepe
meteor draped with crystal net; Miss
Eudora Clover, q dancing costume; Miss
Leita Montgomery, white satin with a
spangied green east: Miss Kathsrine Brit
| ton, white satin brocaded in silver; Miss
| Leonore Finley wore cerese satin and
Miss Celestine Finley was in white satin;
Miss Laura Merriam wore red satin,
Miss Sophy Johnston wore white net em-
| broidered in gold beads; Miss Julia Whit
| ing wore cerfse watered satin draped
with chiffon edged with white fur, and
| rhinestonss in her hair; Miss Gertrude
Greeley in pearl satin with overdrapery
of white marquisette with gold trim
mings: Miss Gladys Hinckley in rich
purple and a beaded tunic of the same
! shade; Miss Gladys Ingalls, in white satin
with silver trimmings; Miss Abby Barn
ard, guest of Miss ingalls,, in blue satin;
Miss Harriet Switzerland in blue bEo-
| caded satin; Miss Edith Oracle in white
satin with pearl trimmings: Miss Ade-
laide Heath. Miss Esther Slater house
guest of Miss Laura Merriam, and Miss
Dorothy Williams were also there. Miss
Yvonne Townsend wore white chiffon
over white satin with green bands and
trimmings: Miss Margaret Cotton Smith
wore a very Frenchy gown of soft pink
and blue; Miss Eudora Clover wore a
short gown, dancing length, Of soft
changeable silk in green and gray, with
three flounces Of dainty white lace with
beading of tiny pink rosebuds; Miss
Dorothy Williams, bright red chiffon
embroidered with rhinestones; Miss Mary
McCauley. green velvet. A midnight sup
per was served in the state dining-room.
Miss Helen Taft entertained her house
party with few additional friends yes
terday at luncheon at Dover House. IN
the Marlboro pike. taking the company
out in automobiles. enjoying the fine
road and the good weather, lunching in
formally at an old-fashioned country
meal and returning to the city in the
middle Of the afternoon. Among the
guests were Miss Gladys ingalls,, Miss
Abby Barnard, cousin and guest of Miss
Ingalls, Miss Aldrich, Miss Johnston,
Miss Martha Bowers, and the young peo-
pie visiting the White House.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. MacVeagh received the delegates to
the convention of the American Economic
Association yesterday afternoon, from 4
to o'clock, when they were assisted by
Mrs Leonard Wood, Mrs. Thomas Bay
ard. Mrs. John Hay, Mrs. William F.
Draper, Mrs. Philip Sheridan, Mrs. John
HAYS Hammond, Mrs. Norman Williams,
Mrs. Wesley Merritt, Mrs. Charles Hap
good, Miss Scidmore, and Miss Hegeman.
Mrs Beckwith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Todd Lincoln, and granddaughter
of Abraham Lincoln, presided at the
tea table, assisted by Miss Sheridan, Miss
Louise Sheridan, and Miss Irene Sheri-
nf slA LOFT Iatnf
Philip Sheridan, L. s. A. Frank Taft,
of New York, gave a beautiful organ re-
cital during the reception, on the superb
pipe organ in the music room, one of the
most exquisite and artistic apartments
in all Washington. Among his numbers
were Mendelssohn's Spring Song" one
of Mrs MacVeagh's favorites; some Cho-
pin compositions, and others selected by
Mrs. MacVeagh. Mr.. Eames MacVeagh
arrived from Chicago yesterday to spend
New Years with his parents, and Miss
Carter is already house guest of Mrs.
MacVeagh.
Col. and Mrs Robert NJ. Thompson en-
tertained at dinner last evening in honor
of the Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmeteff, the other guests being Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Holmes, Representative
and Mrs. Longworth, Representative and
Mrs Underwood, former Representative
and Mrs Henry Kirke Porter, Mr.. and
Mrs Lawrence Townsend, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Brownson, Capt. Sowerby, OF
the British Embassy staff Mr.. Gist
Blair, Mr. and Mrs. stephen Pell, of New
York, son-in-law and daughter of the
hosts: the Hon. katherine Beresford, OF
England: NJ. I4amy, of Paris; Miss Sykes,
Miss Wood, Miss Mary Carlisle and her
far1ce, Mr.. Walter Howe.
One of the most important private mu-
sicales Washington has had was that
which followed the dinner last evening.
The guests numbered about $50. and the
artists of the evening included Nine.
Schumann-Heink, the great contralto;
Efrem Zimbalist. violinist: Mr.. Myron
w. Whitney, son-in-law of Rear Admiral
Train, and Katherine Hoffman and
Charles werk at the piano. Col. and
Mrs. Thompson have as their house
guests their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Pell, of New York;
the Hon. Katherine Beresford, of Eng
land, and Mr.. Lamy, of Paris. Among
the guests at the musicale were the Sec
Secretary of Commerce and Labor and
Mrs. Nagel, the Secretary Of the Interior
and Mrs Fisher. the Secretary Of Agri-
culture, the German Ambassador and
Countess Won Bernstorff. the British AM
bassador and Mrs. Bryce, Mr. Justice
and Mrs. MeKenna, Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
Brown, .e Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, the
Military Attache of the Russian Embas-
sy and Mime. Vassilieff. and Mr.. Innes.