Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A DINNER AND A DANCE AT
WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.
Weddings Here and There Of Timely
Interest-Personal
Notes.

I
The Easter dance at the White
House anticipated with SO much pleas
ure is the event Of tonight. To it have
been invited about 100 Of the friends OF
Miss Taft and Mr.. Robert Taft, each OF
whom has guests staying on for it.
A small dinner will precede the dance.
The Italian ambassador and Mar
chesa Cusani entertained at dinner
last night the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Knox, the Austrian ambassador
and Baroness Hengelmuller, Nine. Ritz
ter. the Belgian minister and Countess
de Buisseret. the assistant secretary OF
state and Mrs. Huntington Wilson,
Mrs. John B. Henderson. DR.. and Mrs.
Louis Raidhaar Of Switzerland. Miss
Mabel ..Boardman. Miss Louise For
aker.1 Miss Hammond. Miss Hoyle
Donna Beatrice Etsani Confalonieri.
commerce and labor; John B. Hender-
son. jr.; c. T. Wilson, Hugh Gibson.
iConstantin Nabokoff. Russian first
secretary; A. C.. Horstmann. German
attache; Marcel A. VIII. legal adviser
Of the Italian embassy. and Marquis
bassy. The ambassador and the mar
chesa have ISSUED invitations for a
dinner in honor Of Miss Helen Taft
April Is.
Miss Helen Taft and Mr.. Robert Taft
dined with a party Of young people al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion
Johnston last night before going on ia
the Netherlands legation for the cotillon
given in her honor by Minister and
Nine TOudOn
Tulips and jonquils adorned the spa
cious rooms, and Dutch windmill made
of flowers was an interesting symbol.
Minister Loudon led the cotiNon and
of the legation staff.
Tambourines with Dutch scenes. hats
In comic and other models, fans and
Easter lilies were favors for the girls.
and canes, Dutch pipes, wooden shoes and
funny headgear for the men.
The guests included. in addition to
Miss Taft, Mr.. Robert Taft, Miss Nor
gan and Miss Grace Henry. both of New
York; Mr.. John Heron OF Cincinnati,
and Mr.. Eckstein. also Of Cincinnati;
Miss H. Nagel. Miss Hagner. Miss Mary
Carlisle, Miss Glover, Miss Hinckley,
Miss Sophy Johnston, Miss Louise Hell
len. Miss Hitchcock, Miss Switzerland,
Miss Newberry. Miss Marion Wise. Miss
Dorothy Williams. Miss Adelaide Heath,
| Miss Miriam Crosby. Miss Elsie Aldrich,
Miss Janet Fish, Miss Yvonne Townsend,
Miss Mills, Miss Lay, Miss Putnam. Miss
| Whitney. the Misses May. Miss Frances
Noyes. Miss Katherine Hill. Miss Cath
crime Br1tton, Prince Koudachen, Maj
Butt Mr.. Mitchell Innes, Mr.. Frederic
Huidekoper, Mr.. Reginald. Huidekoper
| Mr.. Henry Martin. Mr.. Henry du Pont
Mr.. Richardson. Mr.. Oden Horstmann
Mr.. Basil Miles. Mr.. Goldsborough, Count
Pejascevich. Mr.. Nabokoff. Mr.. Dmitrow,
Lord Eustace Percy. Mr.. Bulle, Mr.. Per-
ezra, Mr. del Castillo, Mr.. Okabe, Mr.
Centaro, Mr.. de Freyre. Mr.. Charles Sy-
mon, Mr.. de Geofroy. Mr.. Casteur. Mr.
Walls, Mr.. Aubert. Mr.. Morgenstierne
jr., M. Fremont. Mr.. Franklin Ellis. Mr.
Willing Spencer and Lieut.. Commander
| Palmer.
| Another beautiful dance last night was
At the home Of Mrs. William Haywood
1t was preceded by dinner Of thirty
two covers, given in honor Of Miss Jessie
Krogstad and Mr.. William Arthur Bur
ton. The dinner table. the drawing
rooms and ballroom were lavishly dec
GRATED with roses in all varieties.
Mrs Haywood will give a series OF
Saturday night dinners at the Chevy
Chase Club, and in June will go abroad.
accompanied by Miss Doris Haywood and
Master Wilson Haywood.
| DIR. and Mrs. James Dudley Morgan
gave q dance for the younger set last
night at their Chevy Chase home for
| their young daughter and sons and a
number of young people also home from
| school for the holidays. A special car
conveyed the guests to and fro.
| The first secretary OF the French en-
bassy and Countess de la Rocca enter
tanned at dinner last night Col de Ur-
cuilu. military attache Of the Spanish le-
CATION, and Nine de Urcullu. Miss Lee.
Mile. de Ia Rocca. Mr.. Symon. first sec
rotary Of the Belgian legation, and Mr..
de Geofroy.
Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Kaufman of Cap
L tol Hill entertained this week at dancing
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