The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

diplomatic corps.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman.
who spent the weekend at their home In
Utica. as is their custom during the
season. will return to Washington to-day
and be entertained at dinner this even
inc by Senator Kean. the retiring Senator
from New Jersey.
Miss Taft will be the guest Of honor at
dinner this evening of the Secretary to
the President and Mrs. Charles d. Nor
ton.
| The Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh will be the dinner hosts this
week to the President and Mrs. Taft. 1t
is a matter Of some disappointment that
they will not be able to give this dinner
in their new mansion, on the opposite
| side Of Sixteenth street from where they
now live. 1t will not be ready in time,
! although these hosts exchanged their
proper date in the regular order of
precedence with the Attorney General
and Mrs. Wickersham. thinking their
new house would be ready at this later
date.
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
BaIlinger will entertain President and
!
Former United States Ambassador to
France and Mrs Henry White. who re-
| turned a few days ago from Europe
where Mrs White spent the summer and
WIS i'll for some time. have leased the
| h, use in upper Sixteenth street formerly
occupied by the former Minister from
| Sweden and Nine. Lagercrantz. Mr.. and
Mrs. White spent a few days in New
| thair rnftr Enrnna
and a few days in Baltimore, where they
| visited their son, who has been i'll also.
They will take possession of their new
home in few days
| The Italian Ambassador Marchese
| Cusanf Confaloneri. is spending the week
! end in New York. where he went to at
tend the performance of "Rigoletto' by
! the Metropolitan Opera Company. for
the benefit OF the Society for the Protec-
ton of Italian Emigrants, in which Mr..
de Smirnoff, the Russian tenor. now in
New York, took the leading tenor role.
Mrs Matthew r. Scott president gen.
eral Of the National Society. d. A. R..
| left Washington yesterday for Buffalo
| and Detroit for a ten days trip. She
will be entertained in Buffalo by the
| Buffalo Chapter and IN Detroit she will
! be the guest of Mrs Arthur G. Parker
| Mrs. Scott will be the guest of honor at
| a banquet to be given on wednesday
evening in Detroit by the Louisa st.
! Clair Chapter. Thursday morning she Will
| also be the guest of honor of this chap
! ter at the celebration of Chapter Day"
| in the Century Building. Mrs. Scott will
return here in time for a large reception
| for which she has cards out, January
| 2S in honor of the wives of the three new
| justices of the United States Supreme
| Court. who are also members of the ID.
A. R.. Mrs. Lurton. Mrs. Hughes. and
! Mrs. Lamar. Mrs Scott will receive on
| this occasion in the Presidents suite in
the new Memorial Continental Hall. and
! the new banquet room. which has been
! beautifully furnished by the Baltimore
Daughters. will be used for the table.
Miss Aileen Gorgas will come to Wash
! ington this week to be the guest of Miss
! Alice Margaret Knight, daughter of Col
| John T. knight. L. S. A. and of her aunt
Miss Lister. at the FaraGut-
Mrs. f. II. Brooke entertained at a
small tea at the Highlands on Saturday
| afternoon to present her older daughter,
Miss Margaretta Brooke. to Washington
| society. Miss Brooke was presented sew
|
| Greg. by her aunt. and has been much
entertained in Omaha by her grandmother
and other relatives. on her way back to
Washington. She had assisting her Miss
Natalie Driggs. Miss Ruth Hitchcock, and
| Miss Sheridan.
Mai. and Mrs. W. V. Judson were hosts
| at breakfast yesterday at the Chevy
Chase Club, having as their guests Lieut..
Commander and Nine. Pfster of the Ital-
ian Embassy: Col. Baron de Bode. of
the Russian Embassy. and his sister.
Baroness Elizabeth de Bode: Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitchell. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F.
Graves, Mr.. Herbert Putnam. Miss Shir-
ley Putnam. Miss oliver. Miss Ruggles.
| Capt. Sherwood A. Cheney, the United
States Treasurer. Mr. Lee. McClung. and
the Assistant Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor. MIR. Benjamin s. Cable.
Paymaster Stewart f. Barber. U. s. NJ,
and Mrs. Barber entertained at luncheon
yesterday at the Chevy Chase Club Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Ward. OF New York;
Mrs Frederick Wesson. Pay Director
Simpson. L. S. n, and Mr.. John Donn.
Mr. and Mrs William Wheatley. Miss
Randolph, OF Virginia, and Miss O'Fai-
lon were the luncheon guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Mulliken. at the club.
NJ. de Perretti de Ia Rocca and Mile.
de 3erretti de la Rocca, Of Paris, ar
rived in New York on Saturday. and
came to Washington at once. to be the
guests of their brother and sister-in-law,
the First Secretary OF the French En-
bassy and Nine. de Perretti de la Rocca,
at their home. 3OO5 Columbia road.
Miss Laura Merriam is SO far recover
ing from her recent attack Of typhoid
fever that she is able to plan some en-
tertainments for this season. She has
cards out for a dinner on Wednesday of
next week, in honor Of Miss Elsie Slater.
daughter OF Mrs. Horatio Slater. of Bos-
ton and Washington. who has not opened
her Washington home 20 far this season.
The United States consul general to
Dresden and Mrs. st. John Ganney, who
are very well known in Washington so
ciety, gave a brilliant ball on Saturday
evening at the consulate in Dresden The
guests included all the members Of the
younger sets Of American and British
colonies and the Saxon court. A feature
OF the evening was the dancing Of the
minuet by a company OF artists from tho
saxon Royal Opera ballet, dressed In
Rococo costumes, which was beautiful
and very interesting.
Miss Ethel de Koven. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald de Koven. who made
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