Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-18


Mrs Richard Cobb.
Mrs Robert L. Taylor. wife OF Senator
Taylor will receive tomorrow IN her
apartment at Stoneleigh Court from to
6 o'clock.
Mrs. Paul c. Patterson will be at home
at the Brighton Friday. January 20. from
to 6, and will be assisted by ner mothef'
Mrs. Walter Mclean.
Mrs. Percy. wife of Senator Percy. will
not receive tomorrow, but will be at nome
Thursday. February ,
Representative and Mrs. James r..
Mann are entertaining at dinner tonight.
Mrs. Gordon Crawford is visiting in
New York this week and was a guest Of
Mrs John G. Milburn at the opera Mon
day night.
Senator du Pont. who was among the
dinner hosts last night. will give large
dinner party February 8. when MISS
Helen Taft will be the guest of honor
Miss Alice Boyd daughter OF DR.. John
c. Boyd, L. S. y. and Mrs. Boyd, gave
a. luncheon yesterday for Miss Catherine
Andrews. daughter of Adj. Gen. and Mrs
George Andrews Of Governors Island.
Neither Mrs Sherman nor Mrs. Wicker
sham will receive today.
Mrs Knox. Mrs Nracveagh. Mrs. Bal
linger and Mrs. Nagel will each be found
at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings enter
tanned last night at small dance and
will give another February /.
Mrs. Buckley. wife of Senator Buckley
will not receive tomorrow but will be
at home the following Thursdays of the
season.
The Southern Relief Society has been
invited to attend the Gen Lee memorial
birthday celebration at the Arlington
Hotel tomorrow night.
Mrs. Tile Norment Hurley of Baltimore
will give a luncheon tomorrow at
Rauschers' for her debutante niece. Miss
Ida Norment Smith There will be covers
for thirty-eight guests.
Count and Countess and Mile de Ker-
gorlay. Paris France. are at the Grafton.
The countess is q daughter Of former
Gov. Carroll, whose illness has concerned
his family and friends for some weeks.
Mrs John w. Bayne announces the en-
gagement Of her daughter. Gertrude Ash
by Bayne. to DR.. Scott Dudley Breckin-
ridge OF this city. The wedding win take
place in the early spring.
Mrs ~ o. Messenger will be at home
tomorrow and Thursday, January 70.
Miss Price entertained at tea yesterday
afternoon at the Farragut for Miss Marie
Anderson of Boston. the guest of Capt
G. Livingston Bayard. L. S. N. and Mrs.
Bayard. At the tea table, which was dec
Grated with narcissus and maidenhair
fern, were Mrs. John Corrigan, Miss Bris-
coe and Miss Sophy Tillman. Assisting
| Miss Price were her mother, Mrs. Edwin
Drinn Twin
ard.
| Miss Ruth Wynne and Mr.. Carlo; Miss
Lucinda Carpenter Pennebaker and Mr.
William NJ. Conrad; Miss Helen Hardy
of Texas and Mr.. Frank Clark. jr.. OF
Florida; Miss Evelyn Lee Fitzhugh OF
Lexington, KY. and Mr.. Reginald Ring
Of Louisville: Miss Nell Fletcher of FLOR
| ida and Mr.. Bloodworth OF the same
state: Miss Elaine Pujo Of Louisiana and
Mr. Bourne Of Baltimore: Miss Eiierbe
| Of South Carolina and Mr.. Jefferson. and
| Miss Williams and Mr.. Addison make up
| the minuet which Mrs Robert Love Tay-
| lor, wife Of Senator Taylor OF Tennessee.
has organized for the Southern Charity
Ball on Monday evening. AS composed 1t
| is regarded as all-southern. Mrs. Marcus
j. Wright and Mrs. Archibald Young will
assist Mrs. Taylor as chaperones Miss
| Fletcher is the daughter of Senator
| Fletcher; Miss Pujo of Representative
| Pujo, and Miss Hardy of Representative
/
| will be held this evening at 1917 r. street
northwest, with Mrs Dyer as the coach.
Miss Louise Fairfax Robertson, a
charming debutante Of the winter, was
hostess at a beautiful tea yesterday after
noon given in compliment to her house
guest Miss Lawrence Swearingen OF
Louisville, KY, another OF this season.
buds.
The parIors and ballroom at the Cairo
were used, and an effective decoration of
palms and cut flowers prevailed in all the
| rooms.
Miss Robertson received in a dainty
gown of light blue satin draped in silver
beaded net and trimmed with tiny pink
| roses.
Miss <swearingen wore pale green satin
trimmed with silver lace and bands OF
| sable
Mrs. Robertson also assisted In receiv-
| ing. wearing a handsome gown of gray
satin yelled in silver net
| Mrs Alexander Hensey and Mrs. Gaines
Smith Of Warrenton, Va. presided at the
tea table. Miss Dorothy Gatewood
served punch.
The other assistants were Miss Hazel
Cox and her two guests, Miss Farnum
and Miss Blodgett. Miss Hannah Taylor,
Miss Marie Ray. Miss Marion King. Miss
Elena Calderon. Miss Ida Norment
Smith, Miss Nancy Gordon Jones. Miss
Elizabeth Matile and Miss Ruth Bliss
i Mrs. n. Maxwell hcTT nos
| cards out for Saturday, January Is and
February 4. when she will be at home
1 In her apartment at the Toronto. Mrs.
| Gilmour is a daughter Of ex-Representa-
| tive and Mrs. j. Davis Brodhead OF Penn
sylvania, and was one OF the autumn
| brides.
Mrs bennett. Wife of the commissioner
Of the land office, will entertain COM
pany Of congressional friends at a bridge
| party Saturday afternoon in compliment
| TO Mrs. Ellis, wife of Representative Ellis
Of Oregon and Mrs McCredie. wife of
Representative McCredie of Washington.
Mrs Charles M. Pepper and Miss Pep,
per will receive Friday. January 70 and
n, 3 to 6, at 3211 18th street
| Mrs William Alden Smith will not re-
ceive tomorrow. but will be at home on
Thursday. January 26. and nave with
her Mrs BENJAMIN s. Hanchett of Grand
RAPIDS. Mich. who will be her house
| guest for q few weeks.
| Mr.. Guy Graham Butler of Waterbury.
Conn., is here on a visit to his mother,
L C.,AP <,ny