Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-15
TAFT LAUDS PEARY
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head table. The room was decorated
with frieze of green around the walls.
and the tables themselves were mass
Of cut flowers and potted plants
OF the dinner itself, one OF the most
remarkable features was a new vege-
table that has been introduced by the
Department of Agriculture as substi-
tute for, or q supplement to, the po-
is grown and eaten extensively, and is
also raised in South America and the
West Indies. Its nature is such that
it will thrive in ground too wet and q
temperature too high for a potato, and
is expected to prove a valuable vege-
table for the swamp lands Of tho gulf
states. It was served at the dinner
stuffed much like a potato. and was
generally accepted as desirable citi-
zen.''
Guests at the Table.
Those who attended the banquet were:
Miss Rebecca Adams, c. F. Adams,
Representative Wyatt Aiken, Mrs. Aiken,
Gen. James Allen, George c. Altemus.
Mrs. George c. Altemus. Maj. Henry T.
Allen, U. 8. A.: Representative d. r.
Anthony, jr.. Mrs. Anthony, J. A. Aspin-
wall. J. c. Aspinwall. o. p. Austin. Mrs.
Austin, Representative D. s. Alexander
and Mrs. D. s. Alexander.
3 John Barrett. Charles J. Bell, Miss
Aileen A. Bell, Mrs. /. p. Berthrong, Mrs
Ira Bennett. Mrs. Bennett. Representative
William 8. Bennett. Mrs. Bennett. Scott
Bone, Mrs. Bone, w. E. Brigham. Mrs
Brigham, Senator e. J. Burkett, Mrs.
Burkett, A. b. Bowers. Mrs. Barker. DR..
Samuel Nelson Barker. Henry Bradley.
Horace Bentley, Representative Richard
Bartholdt, Gilbert s. Barlow. Senator
Theodore E. Burton, Rear Admiral G. w.
Baird. U. 8. N. and Mrs. Baird.
:, Miss Bertha Body: G. E. Boren. Claude
Barnhart. Herr III. Bruning, Mrs. Mar
suerite M. Brown, William ]. Brown. DR..
]. Wesley Bovee, Ward T.. Bower. Robert
Brett, Representative w. g. Brantley,
Adolph Il. Bernheimer. Oscar NJ. Brown.
DR.. Pierre Bouery. Senior Barranco. Gu
ban vice consul: Col. Henry r. Blount,
U. 8. A.; Mrs. Blount, Senator Henry E.
Burnham. Mrs. Burnham. Senior Don
Francisco Leon de la Barra,. the ambas-
sador of Mexico; Representative Albert
the ambassador Of Germany; charge
d'affaires OF Brazil. Mime. de Lima
The Cuban minister, the minister from
Costa Rica, Senior Don ]. B. Calvo: DIR.
camnoe " H S1y eamsSe sa WIZ
liam H. Carter. Mrs. Carter, the Chinese
minister, Mime. Chang, Representative
Champ Clark. Mrs. Clark, Capt. Y. 0.
Cress, U. 8. A.; Benjamin Carter, Mrs. N.
Crowder. y. 8. A.; Mrs. Carmody. ]. D.
Carmody, Brig. Gen. J. J. OConnell. L. s.
A.; Harry Capiin. Ernest J. Clark, Mrs.
Clark, Edward s. Curtis. william c.
H Hra Mss Church Frank Mss
Clinedinst, A. J. Corning. Mrs. Corning,
William 3. Curtis, Mrs. Curtis, q. B.
Clark. Mrs. Clark, Reuben Clark, Maj.
Charles II. Cole Representative Henry
~~1T N~~v
ley. Representative r. H. Cameron, Miss
Marion Cock, DIR. N. A. Cobb, Mrs. Cobb.
Walter I. Dawkins. Mai. James 1. Dean,
.. g. A.; B. NJ. Dies Jardine, Mrs. Jessie
J. Dorphley, George r. Dilkes. Mrs. Dill
kes. Rear Admiral Andrew Dunlap Mrs.
Dunlap. Mrs. Dwight. Representative =.
w. Dwight, Lieut.. Col. George M. Dunn.
u. s: A; William J. Duncan, Edwin
Willard Deeming. DIR. w. b. De Garmo,
Robert M. Dickinson. Mrs. Dickinson.
Annie H. Eastman, Frederick Echelber-
ger. Frederick A. Emery, John Joy Ed
son. Mrs. Edison, DR.. Thomas e. Ed
ridge. Miss Lena Evans. -ar
Prof: Hans Froelicher. F. A. Furst, J.
Esdill F1orance. George 8. Fowler, Her
bert c. FELTON,. Mrs. FELTON,, Horace Full
ton. Mrs. Horace Fulton, Mrs. III. M.
Fulton. H. NJ. Fulton. Miss Louise
Fletcher. Miss Nellie Fletcher. Mrs.
Fortescue. Representative George Fair
child, Mrs. Fairchild, Representative
George Edmund Foss, Mrs. Foss, Will
liam j. Fathers. C. ]. Faulkner, Mrs.
Faulkner.
Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs. Grosvenor,
Henry Gannett, Mrs. Gannett. Rev.
Frank Goodwin, Mre. Frank Goodwin,
Gen. ]. Campbell Gilmore, Frank Gil
more. John Cell, Henry May Cuttings.
Mrs. ]. Howard Gore. Gen. Green c.
Goodloe, Mrs. John Gavitt. John Gavitt,
Senator r. ]. Gamble, Mrs. r. J. CAM
BILE, William W. Goodale, Edwin p. Gros'-
yenor, Mrs; Guernsey. Representative
J. ]. Gardner. Earl L. Gregg.
Rt. Rev. Alfred T. Harding, Jacob
Hasslacher. Mrs. Hasslacher and Miss
Hasslacher. Mrs. A. G. Hensley, James
II. Hensiey. Rev. Joseph Himmel. Rev.
uel D. Hecht. Brig. Gen. Walter Home,
L. 8. A.: Lieut. Alfred G. Howe, L. s. N;
DIR. j. F. Herbert DIR. Guy L. Hummer,
Rear Admiral John M. Hawley, Mrs Haw-
ley. Morris Harrison. George W. Hutchi-
Hagner, Christopher Heurich. Mrs.
christopher Heurich, Capt M. e. Hanna,
U. 8. A.; Representative Robert L.
Henry, Mrs. Henry. Representative 2.
ton. U. s.. A.; Mrs. B. r. Howard, w.
F. Ham, Mrs. Ham, Jay v. Hare, Mrs.
A. Hatfield. jr., A. Hatfield, jr.. John
w. Hamilton. William B. Hadley. Rep
resentative ": 2: Humphrey. Repre-
sentative G. N. Haugen. Miss Anne c.
Holden.
Mrs. Inch, Rear Admiral Richard
Inch. w: Q. Ison. Mitchell Innes.
Mrs. c. G. Jarboe. Miss May Jasper,
Dr. Brown Jarvis, B. r. Johnson. Frank
Edward johnson. H. NJ. Jordon. George
H. Judd. Mrs. Judd, James Judge, Mrs.
Judge. Mrs. Jellife, DR.. Jellife.
Representative j. r. Knowland. Mrs.
Knowland. DIR. W. ]. Kerby. julius Kahn,
w. F. Kinney. DIR. George M. Kober,
William Kidd. Judge Martin A. Knapp,
Mrs. Knapp. George KEENAN,.
Lloyd. Homer N. Lockwood. Mrs Lynn.
w. n. Lynn. Edward G. Lowry. Mrs.
Lowry, Franklin X. Lane, Mrs Lane,
Miss Ruth Larner, Mrs. Larner., John B.
Larner, Colin Livingstone, Mrs. Living
stone, Representative John Lamb, B. p.
Lamberton, John Q. la Gorce. Mrs La
LOOMS. Mai George F. Landers. U. 8. A.. !;
Mrs. Frank Leonard, David Lawrence,
William B. Levy, William Law. A. Lisner.
Miss Christine Marburg. Mrs. Emma
,Marburg, Theodore Marburg, Lee Nc
Chung, Prof. Willis L. Moore, Mrs. Willis
Moore. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. s. A.;
Gen. Arthur Murray, u s. A.; Mrs. MUIR
ray, Representative James r. Mann. Mrs.
Mann. John w. Mitchell, John s. Mills
Wilder -Metcalf, h. L. Middleton, ]. A.
McElner, Capt. John D. Matson. e.. s. A.:
tive Victor Murdock, Mrs. Murdoch. wal
ter Moore. L. III. Mattingly, E. r. Martin,
DR.. s. B. Muncaster. Col. John McElrov
Elwood F. Morey, Mrs. Morey. William
e. Mattingiy, w. II. Moses. Mrs. Moses.
II. f. Monroe, Guy Elliott Mitchell. Mrs.
F. W Mitchell Marshall TT Mo IInrx; mr.