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maidenhair ferns. and the guests were:
| The Chief Justice and Mrs. White.
! Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan.
| Mr. Justice and Mrs. McKenna.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Holmes.
| Mr. Justice and Mrs. Day.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Lurton.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Hughes.
| Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Van Devanter.
| Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Lamar.
| Mr. Justice and Mrs. Brown.
| The Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
sham.
Senator and Mrs. Knute Nelson.
Senator William p. Dillingham;.
Senator and Mrs. George Sutherland.
| Senator Samuel H. Piles.
Senator and Mrs. Isidor Rayner.
Senator and Mrs. William E. Borah.
Senator and Mrs. Albert B. Cummins.
| Representative and Mrs. II. Wayne Par
ker.
Representative and Mrs. Henry D. Clay
ton.
Representative Walter l. Smith.
Representative and Mrs. Reuben O..
Moon.
The Solicitor General
The chancellor of the Supreme Court Of
Delaware and Mrs. Curtis.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Fell.
The chief judge of the Court Of Appeals
of Maryland and Mrs. Boyd.
! The president of the Supreme Court Of
Appeals of Virginia.
| The president of the Supreme Court of
Appeals of West Virginia and Mrs. Will
iialns.
Presiding Judge and Mrs. Knapp.
Presiding Judge and Mrs. Montgomery.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Shepard.
| Chief Justice Peelle.
Former Senator and Mrs. ]. B. Foraker.
Hon. and Mrs. Charles S. Francis.
! Miss Baldwin
| Miss Taft.
Lieut. Commander Leigh c. Palmer.
| The French Ambassador and Mime. JUS
Serand were hosts at a dinner last night
in honor of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and Miss Cannon. The
other guests were Secretary of the Inte-
rior and Mrs. Ballinger, Senator and Mrs.
William Alden Smith. Senator Burton,
| Representative Gillett Representative
and Mrs. David ]. Foster, Representative
and Mrs. Longworth, Representative and
Mrs. FaSsett, the Secretary of the Smith
| sonian Institute and Mrs Charles D.
Walcott. Mrs John Hay, Mrs Nicholas
! Longworth, sr.. Miss Mabel Boardman,
Mr.. John Barrett. the military attache
de Chambrun. brother-in-law and sister Of
Representative Longworth.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
were the guests Of honor at dinner last
night of Representative and Mrs. John
w. Weeks. of MASSACHUSETTS.
| One of the prettiest entertainments Of
this season was the dinner cotillion last
night. given by Col. Robert n. Thompson,
of New York, one of the newest of the
winters residents of Washington. Col
| Thompson and his family are occupying
| the home of the Franklin II. Ellises in
Sheridan circle The dinner guests in
| cluded the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, Lieut.
| and Mrs. Charles Russell Train, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Wainwright, Assistant
! Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Mr..
Benjamin S. Cable: Paymaster Merritt,
fMiss Mary Southerland, Miss Cecilia
May. Miss Dora Clover, Miss Dorothy
| Williams, Miss Marjorie Smith, Miss Julia
! Wood Mr.. William R. Hit, Mr. Chauncey
Hackett, and Mr.. Raymond Rodgers. The
| cotillion, which began at 10 O'Clock, was
| led by Lieut.. Train and PaymaSter Mer-
ritt, and the favors were exceptionally
beautiful and dainty. They included pea
cock feather fans with sandalwood
sticks, unique Chinese hats for the men;
graceful rosettes with streamers, dainty
garden baskets and golden rakes, deli
cate French bouquets for the women
and wands for the men. jade bracelets
for the flower figures. The peacock
feather fans and the wands with
roosters and other plumage were for
unique chantecler figure. About thir-
ty-five couples danced The ballroom
NJ the ElliseS, which is not a large one,
is in white and gold, and delicate pastel
coiors. Mrs. Beekman Winthrop chap
eroned the dances.
The Turkish Ambassador, Youssouf Zia
Pasha has set February 10 for his recep-
ton to the diplomatic corps. at the em-
bassy in Connecticut avenue. The date
has been somewhat delayed, owing to the
nonarrival Of their household goods.
Senior Casasus, the ambassador Of
Mexico on special mission, was host at
a luncheon yesterday in honor of the
Secretary of State, Philander c. Knox,
asking as his guests a number of the
high officials of the Department of
State and a few members of the dip
Iomatic corps.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter will leave
Washington tomorrow for a trip
through the West Indies
Miss Louise Cromwell. debutante
daughter of Mrs Oliver Cromwell, went
to New York yesterday to be the house
geust of Miss Vivien Gould, for the we'd
ing of Miss Gould and Lord Decies. Miss
Cromwell will be one of the bridesmaids
at the wedding, which will take place
in st. Bartholomew's Church, Tuesday,
February Z.
Mrs. Louis A. Dent was hostess at a
pretty tea yesterday afternoon from s to
o'clock at her home in Fairmont
street, The house was beautifully dec
Grated for the occasion with palms.
ferns, and clusters of pink Killarney
roses and carnations. A string orches-
ira was In attendance throughout the
afternoon The tea table was adorned
with a centerpiece Of ferns and pink
roses. end was presided over by Mrs.
Cuno H. Rudolph. wife Of Commissioner
Rudolph, and Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Rich
ard Sylvester served the punch Others
who assisted Mrs. Dent in receiving
the guests were Miss Summerlin. of
Mount Washington. Baltimore; Miss vir-
ginia Walker. Miss Gertrude Woodward.
Miss Pearl Costinett, Miss Yost Mrs.
Louis Z. Grant, and Miss Eugenie Grant.
Mrs. F1tzsimmons. wife Of DR.. PAID