The Washington herald., 1911-12-29

The President and Mrs. Taft, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Taft's brother, Prof. Louis
Moore. of Cincinnati, who is here attend
ing one of the conventions, and Maj.
Butt occupied box at the performance
of John Drew in "A Single Man last
evening. Miss Taft and her brother
Robert, with the, latter's house guests,
Mr.. Bayne Jones, Mr.. Townsend, and Mr.
Logan, of New York, accompanied by
Miss Sophy Johnston, Miss Gladys In
gals, and the latter's cousin and house
guest, Miss Abby Barnard, of Cincin-
natl, occupied a box at the Academy last
evening. The young people all dtned at
the White House. Mrs. Taft received the
wives of the delegates to the convention
of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science yesterday after
noon at o'clock at the White House.
Charley Taft was among the guests OF
Mrs. Benjamin Micou yesterday at d
luncheon which she gave for a company
of young people in honor of her two sons,
Benjamin Micou, jr., and Herbert Micou,
who are home from school for the Christ
mas holidays.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
were hosts for young people last>evening,
giving a large dance for their young
daughters, Misses Mary and Edith Nagel,
and their niece, Miss Julia Coolidge, of
ST. Louis, at the Washington Club. The
guests included all the young set, school
girls and schoolboys. in the Cabinet circle.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff entertained at dinner last
evening, and had for their guests the
Turkish Ambassador, Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock, the Belgian Minister and
Joseph Hobson, Mrs. Norman Williams,
the Portuguese Minister, Viscount d'Alte;
Col Robert NJ. Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodbury. Blair, Mrs. Reynolds Hit,
Miss Sheriff. Miss Wetmore, and the
Second Secretary of the German Embassy
and Nine. Albert Kienlin.
Miss Carter, of Chicago arrived yes
terday to be the guest of Mrs. Mac
Veagh, wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury Mr.. Eames MacVeagh, her
only son, will arrive this morning for
the New Year festivities and the dance
at the White House this evening.
Miss Frances SaItonstall. of Boston;
Mr.. Balch, Mr.. John Simpkins, and Mr..
Huffer, of Baltimore, will join Mr..
| George Won L. Meyer, jr., in the home
of the Secretary Of the Navy for house
1
ton.
The Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmeteff were the guests of honor at
the dinner last evening of Mrs. Robert
Hinckley. Covers were laid for eighteen.
Senator and Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock, Of
Nebraska, entertained at young peo-
pies dinner last evening, preceding the
dance. of Mrs. Haywood and her daugh-
ter, Miss Doris Haywood. The guests
were Miss Elizabeth Noyes and her house
guest, Miss Marian Hubbard; Miss Eliza
beth Munford, Miss Hitchcock, Maj. Hor-
ton, Capt. Capehart, DR.. Mcdowell, and
Mr.. Dodson.
Mrs. Haywood and her daughter, Miss
Doris Haywood, entertained at a beauti-
full ball last evening in the home Of Mrs.
Haywood, in 1 street, at 10 o'clock. The
guests numbered about three hundred,
| and a buffet supper was served about
1890 Mrs. Haywood wore a superb
Worth gown of apricot satin veiled with
| white tulle embroidered with touches OF
pale blue, making a wonderful effect
| She wore diamonds and sapphires. Miss
| Haywood was most attractive in a Paris
gown also, of white chiffon cloth embroi-
dered in rhinestones.
Mrs. PiIIing and her daughter, Miss
Ruth Pilling, were dinner hosts last even
ing and had as their guest of honor
Miss Haywood, to whose dance they all
] went afterward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson enter
tanned at dinner last evening in honor
of their guests, the Misses Wiborg, of
Cincinnati and New York, who spent
4 Tnc III NWae Inn
years ago.
! Mrs. Gillespie, wife of Gen. George L.
Gillespie. will entertain at luncheon to-
day in honor of Mrs. Philip Sheridan.
The Misses Carbo, daughters Of the
former Minister from Ecuador, were
hosts at a card party last evening.
| Miss EarIougher entertained at dinner
last evening a company of young people
who went to the Haywood dance after
ward.
The former Secretary of War and
United States Minister to Great Britain
and Mrs Robert T. Lincoln and their
daughter. Mrs. Beckwith, and her chill
dren have returned TO Washington and
are established in the new home of the
IllcOlnk, WHICH was liS
of Senator and Mrs. Chauncey Depew.
Mrs. Beckwith Will assist Mrs. Mac
Veagh at her reception this afternoon
TO the members of the American Eco
nomic Association holding convention
here Miss Sheridan, Miss Louise Sher-
idan and Miss Irene Sheridan, daugh-
ters of Gen. Philip Sheridan, will also
assist.
The Epsilon Chapter of the Sigma Chi
Fraternity held their Christmas ball last
evening in the red room of the New
Willard. The supper was served IN the
yellow room and was buffet affair.
The ball committee was composed of
Mr.. Carl A. Mapes, chairman; Mr..
Henry W. Zeh. Mr.. Stanford Briggs,
Mr.. Foster C. Scott and Mr.. Parke A.
GalIeher, ex oficio. The chaperons
were Mrs. f. c. Schneider, Mrs. George
F. Zeh, Mrs. James A. Galleher, Mrs.
]. d. Mapes, Mrs. Edwin c. Handy.
Mrs. L c. Reinburg, Mrs. Achille Z.
BurkIin, Mrs. NJ. J. Clagett, Mrs. w.
B. Crawford and Mrs. F. Fl. Briggs.
There were also present beside the ac-
tive members of the chapter many of
the alumni. The programmes. bound in
gold-washed copper, having the frater-
nfty's coat of arms embossed upon
the cover, constituted the favors
They were held with long cords
of blue and gold, the coiors of
the fraternity. The list Of patrons
and patronesses included DR.. Robert L.
Farnham, Dean Gregory. of the George
Washington department of law; Mrs.
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