The Washington times., 1911-01-06
Company Of Sixteen Meet
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft at
Knox Dinner.

The President and Mrs. Taft were the
principal guests at dinner last night OF
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox
who asked a distinguished company OF
sixteen to meet the Chief Executive and
the First Lady of the Land.
This is the second in the series OF
state dinners given in honor of the
President this winter, the Secretary OF
State as the ranking Cabinet officer
coming directly after the dinner given
IN his honor December 10, by the Vice
President and Mrs. Sherman. The
third and next in the series will be
given by the Attorney General and Mrs,
Wickersham Thursday, January II. In
the rightful order of precedence the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh should be the next to enter
tain the Chief Executive, but this win
ter their dinner is not until the follow
ing week, January 10.
Invited to meet the President and
Mrs. Taft at the home of the Secretary
and Mrs. Knox last night were the
Ambassador of France and Mime. JUS
serand, the Ambassador of Mexico, Sen
or de la Barra, the Ambassador of Japan
and Baroness Uchida. Mrs. Eugene Hale,
Senator Bacon, Senator and Mrs. Win
throp Murray Crane, Senator, Root, Mrs.
John Hay and Miss Hester Singer.
The house was most effectively decor
ated with the table and mantels in the
dining room adorned with white and
yellow orchids, quantities of pink roses
in the drawing room and American
nd in ha library
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
will be the principal guests of Senator
and Mrs. Winthrop Murray Crane at
dinner tonight.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss Mary Buckley, daughter of
Mrs. John NJ Binckley. and Thomas
Armat, both of Washington. The we'd
ding took place Saturday afternoon, De-
cember 81, at the home of Rear Ad
miral John Crittenden Watson, U. s. N,
retired, in Louisville, KY, the Rev.
Frank Hardy officiating, in the presence
of small gathering of relatives and a
few intimate friends.
The bride wore a beautiful gown of
soft white satin Veiled in white just
cloth, and trimmed in rose point lace.
Her long tulle veil was arranged with
a wreath of lilies of the valley, and
she carried a bouquet of lilies Of the
valley and orchids.
Mrs John Moncure Conway, of Wash
ington, was her cousin matron of honor.
She wore white chiffon over silk, and
carried an armful of Richmond roses.
Selden Brooke Armat was his broth
er's best man.
Among the guests from out of town
were Mrs. John NJ. Binckley, mother of
the bride; Mrs. Christopher Armat and
Miss Armat, mother and sister Of the
bridegroom, all OF Washington, and Mrs.
W. r. Thompson, of Huntington, w.
Va
After April /, Mr.. and Mrs. Armat
will be at home at the Highlands.
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Col and Mrs. George M. Dunn, U. S.
A., the latter a daughter of Representa-
tive Dalzell, have taken the house 1745
Rhode Island avenue for the winter.
Representative Mckinley and Miss
Maths have as their house guest for the
winter Mrs. Marsh. of Chicago.
Miss Helen Cannon, who has been i'll
IN Danville, Ill, where she accompanied
the Speaker to spend the Christmas hol-
idayS with relatives, will return to
Washington today.
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Miss Eleanor Ridgely has returned to
Washington from a visit to Miss Win
chester at Wilmington, Del.
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Mrs. Victor Kaufman will eN ertain
at a large bridge party at the Grafton,
January q.
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