Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-20
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MISS TAFT WILL DANCE AT THE
MONDAY BALL TONIGHT.
Other Events of Timely Interest
Engagement Is Told.
Personal Notes.

Miss Helen Taft is in Baltimore, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Mar
burg and Miss Christine Marburg. who
will give dinner for her tonight, pre-
ceeding their attendance at the Monday
cotillon.
Miss Gladys Hinckley and Mr.. W. B.
Clarke will be among other Washing
tonians at the same ball and will attend
a dinner party earlier in the evening to
be given by DR.. Sherer.
The Mexican ambassador and Sonora
de la Barra, who arrived here last Fri
day, will be extensively entertained UNI
til their departure for Italy. where the
former goes on a special mission.
Sonora de la Barra is a handsome
woman and very attractive in every way
Yesterday out walking with her husband
she was smartly goWned In seal brown
velvet and wore a becoming toque and
furs Of chinchilla. Tonight they at
tend a dinner to be given by MIR. and
Mr.. and Mrs. John ". Foster will give
a dinner in their honor February %. and
the Belgian minister and Countess Buis-
seret March Z. 70 .-
The French naval attache and Wis
countess Benoist day left for the
south this afternoon. Their first stop will
be at Savannah, where they will attend
the ceremonies accompanying the I'M
yelling Of q monument to French
await the arrival Of the French squadron
the Condo, the Gloise and the Aube, ex-
pected from the West Indies.
1t is also probable that after seeing the
Mardi Gras they will go to Havana fo1
a stay before returning to this city.
Mrs Howard s. Reside entertained a
party Of twelve at luncheon today.
| Pay Director I. Goodwin Hobbs. L. S
N. stationed at Newport. and Mrs. Hobbs
announce the engagement of their daugh
ter, Miss Marjorie Hobbs. and Mr.. Ezra
Gould. president OF the Washington Me
chanics' Bank, this city. The wedding
takes place in the latter part of April
after which Mr.. Gould and his bride viii
sail for Europe on their wedding trip
Miss Hobbs is one Of the members OF
the younger Newport set, and recently
returned from a visit to Miss Converse
daughter of the late Rear Admiral George
A. Converse, in Washington.
Miss Margaret Gale is entertaining a,
| home. Mrs. GlazebroOk, Miss Woodruff
and Miss Victoria Emory are assisting.
| Mrs. McCallum, owing to illness, will
February D.
Mr. and Mrs George j., Gould and Mr.
| Kingdom Gould. with party of friends
arrived last evening from New York.
Lady Deces. mother of Lord Decies.
who was expected last week in Provi-
dence r. L., to be the guest of Mrs. Ed
ward Douglas Pearce, went there today.
She returned to New York from visit
to Washington Friday to see her son
| and daughter-in-law. Lord and Lady
Decies. off for Europe on the Carmania
Saturday morning. She has planned to
sail for England March > and her grand
son will return with her to spend the
spring and summer.
Besides the large bridge which Mrs.
| Pearce plans to give for Lady Decies
! tomorrow there will be other forms of
| entertaining in her honor, notably a
| luncheon to be given by her daughter
| in-law. Mrs. William Beresford, at the
! Agawam Hunt Thursday.
| Mr. and Mrs. Myron NJ. Parker and
| Miss Ruth Parker. who are entertaining
Miss Primrose Colt of Providence. gave