Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-14
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MEXICAN AMBASSADOR IS RE-
TURNING WITH HIS BRIDE.
Speakers Dinner at White House
Tonight-St. Valentine Fancy
Dress Ball-Notes.

The Mexican AMBASSADOR. SeAoT NC ia
Barra, is en- route from the city OF Mex
leo to this city with his bride, who was
Sonora Maria del Refugio Borneque de
ALBANIAN. sister of his first wife. Their
marriage took place last Saturday at the
Mexican capital and owing to family
mourning was soiemnized in the pres
ence of the two contracting FAMILIES only.
The ambassador and Sonora de la
Barra will be here for several weeks be-
fore leaving for Europe, where the am
bassador goes on a special mission to
Italy.
President and Mrs. Taft will give the
fourth and last of the state dinners to-
night 1t is called the speakers dinner
and is the first to be so designated on
the official list of White House hospital
tiles.
Mrs Richardson Glover will be hos
tess at a fancy dress bail tonight, re-
viving the memories of the splendid
pageants she has given of the same
character in years gone by, in fact, ever
since her own young ladyhood as Miss
Dora Miller. The home of her parents,
the late Senator and Mrs. Miller of Cali
fornia, was then on Connecticut avenue.
and there danced at the parties there
the fathers and mothers and the aunts
and uncles of the beaux and bellies who
will be her guests tonight, with them as
now brilliant representation of the
smartest young folks in the polite world
of the capital.
Mrs. John H. Dixon and Miss Green,
1899 18th street, will be at home tomor-
row informally. Miss Anderson of Chi
cago will be with them.
The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
entertained at Inner last night the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmuiler, the Speaker of the House
and Miss Cannon, the Belgian minister
and Countess de Buisseret the Swedish
minister, Senator and Mrs. Newlands,
Senator Bacon, Miss kean, MIR. James
Curtis, Representative and Mrs. Weeks,
Representative and Mrs. Dwight, Lady
Decies. Representative and Mrs. Gardner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Calf. Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Foster, Miss Mary VIII
liams. Miss Oliver, Miss Ashton, the
counselor of the embassy, Mr.. Mitchell
Jnnes, and Mr.. Gladstones
The japanese ambassador and Baroness
Uchida entertained at dinner last even
ing. Their guests were the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Knox, the Italian am
bassador and Marchesa Cusani, Donna
Beatrice Cusanf, Senator and Mrs. Bur-
rows, the minister of Norway and Mrs.
Bryn, the assistant secretary of war and
Mrs. Oliver, Col and Mrs. Spencer Cosby,
Mrs. Ransford Miller. Lieut.. Col. and
Sonora de Urcullu. Miss Ernst. the coun-
selor of the embassy and Nine. Mat
sui and Lieut.. Col. Inouye.
Senator and Mrs. Depew were hosts at
dinner last evening, and had as their
guests Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Harlan, Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Mckenna, Senator and
Mrs. Beveridge, Senator Dillingham;. Sen
ator and Mrs. Carter, Senator and Mrs.
Sutherland, Senator and Mrs. Rayner
Senator du Pont. Representative Hamil-
ton Stc1, toe Vol.
renee Townsend, Mrs Ridgely. Mrs. Hope
Slater, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
nett, Gen. Edwards and Mr.. Gist Blair.
Faulkner have been making their usual
winter visit to the New Willard. Mrs.
Faulkner has. now gone to Nashville,
Tenn, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Will
liam White, and after her return she
and Mr.. Faulkner will take a trip to
Cuba, starting about March Is.
Mrs. Benjamin Talbot Rogers of Ra-
cine, Wis, announced today the en-
gagement of her daughter. Miss Helen
Miles Rogers. to Mr.. Ogden Mills Reid
of New York city, the son of Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
Miss Rogers is "a member of an old
Wisconsin family. and is graduate
of Barnard College. For several years
she was Mrs. Reid's secretary and has
many friends in New York and London.
Ogden Mills Reid is director and the
secretary Of the Tribune Association,
graduate of Yale College and the
Yale Law School and a member OF the
New York bar. He is a member Of the
chamber of commerce, the Union
League, Union Club and other New
York clubs. The wedding will take
place about the middle of March.
Rev. and Mrs Herbert Shipman have
arrived from New York to make a visit
to the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edison Bradley.
Catherine, Lady Decies, mother of
! Lord Decies and the Hon. Mrs. George
Wilkinson. his sister. who were here
several days. returned 10 New YORK
toCav. The latter has in view a trip
to the west to see the Grand Canyon
and Yellowstone Park before return
ing to England.
Mrs. Henry D. Barr and Miss Rene w.
Barr have moved from 1913 Q street to
i;,s;,, Belmont street.
The Misses Whiting, daughters of DR..
and Mrs Guy Fairfax Whiting. enter
tanned at a dinner last night. chaperoned
by Mrs. John Jay White. The guests
were Miss Glover, Miss Neff, MISS
Yvonne Townsend, Miss Hammond. Miss
Chew, Baron Hardenbroek, capt. era
nam l.. Johnston. Mr.. Ellis. Mr. blns-
ham, Mr.. CharleS Rlcharuson' NJ lin. q
lev. Mai Horton and Mr.. Casteur OF
the Belgian legation.
Mrs. MacVeagh will not be at nonie
tomorrow.
Mrs Nacel is in St Louis on visit to
roIatiyes and will therefore not receive
tomorrow.
Mrs. Meyer will receive tomorrow from
800 to $50.