Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17

The Vice President left yesterday fol-
Charleston. S. c., and will return in time
to escort Mrs. Sherman to Philadelphia
Monday, where they will visit Mr.. an6
Mrs. Charlemagne Tower for severa
days.
The French ambassador and Nine. Jus
serand entertained at dinner last nigh
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant and III
Adolph Borchard, the pianist. The lat
ter played for the guests after dinner
The Attorney General, the Netherlands
minister and Nine. Loudon, Prince kou
|dacheff, Russian charge d 'affaires; Rep
resentative and Mrs D. J. Foster Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Foster, Mrs. Newlands
Mrs. Mckenna. DIR. James Brown Scott
John Barrett. Miss Sheriff.. Miss Mary
Williams, Mrs. lockwood Hoar, Miss
Elizabeth Kean. Miss Lee, Theodore Mar
burg of Baltimore and the French frs
secretary and Nine. de Peretti de la Roc
ca made up the dinner company.
The Countess Luise-Alexandra vor
Bernstorff and Count Raymond Pourteles
were honor guests at Il dinner given al
the home of Rear Admiral and Mrs
Switzerland last night, where Miss Helen
Taft is "A guest until the return of the
President and Mrs. Taft Monday next
the exception of Count Quenther Won
Bernstorff, who will not arrive until Sun
day. and Miss Cecilia May. who is in
New York on shopping trip with a
the ambassador and Mrs. Bacon, parents
of her tiance, Nj. Robert Bacon, on their
arrival today on the Lusitania.
Tonight Miss Elsie Aldrich will enter
tain at a dinner of forty covers for the
Countess Luise-Alexandra Won Bernstorff
The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
will have a dinner March IS in honor
of the Mexican ambassador and Sonora
de la Barra, and on March ~ Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond will be their
hosts at dinner. --.-
Secretary Fisher will return from Chr
cago early next week. but owing to the
illness of his young son his family will
not be able to come for several weeks.
Mrs. Colin Campbell will arrive today
on the Lusitania in New York and is
expected here to visit her mother, Mrs
Letter, tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry OF
New York are here on visit to Mrs
Townsend
Mr. George X. Putnam, commissioner
of lighthouses. sails for Panama tomor-
row and will return to Washington thu
middle of April.
La Epoca, Madrid newspaper, of Feb
rrIary II las the following interesting and
fiattering account of IL ball in the United
States legation there:
The ball given by the North American
minister and his charming daughter, Miss
Ide. to Madrid society took place last
night in the United States legation.
II was an animated and brilliant enter
tainment. in which the youthful element
did not for one moment cease to EMO!
itself.
While the representative of the United
States. Mr. Henry Clay Ide, was engaged
in attending to the guests with Srea'
courteouSness his beautiful daughter. WIG
wore very elegant dress of satin liberty
gray pearl in color. led the younger ladies
i'm the dancing salon, which Is presldec
over by the portrait of the great Wash
ington
Under the tranquil gaze of the calm
President and accompanied by the llar
mony of band of music which played al
the characteristic repertory of NORTH
THE Dollar Princess" The Divorced
Wife and THE Chocolate Soldier" ano
other compositions, the young people KEEP
dancing the whole night long.
The American minister, as the practioa
man that he is. caused n good number Of
bridge tables to be prepared, for it Is wei
known that this play is one of the mair
features of all entertainments here.
There were among those present
couple of American beauties who attract
ed great admiration. They slightly evoked
the types of the Gibson girls. the sllhou
cites of the American woman of our day!
having been with delight drawn by the
famous American designer.
One of them, very beautiful. and o
fine-looking, tall figure. Is called Mis-
Frazer and is Just now on visit to Mr.
and Miss Ide. Another is Miss Sullivan
the daughter of a wealthy Philadelphi;
| banker, travelling in Spain, and nov