The Washington herald., 1911-01-17

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Nordiea at Her Concert ut the Co
| lun nbia.Hendersons to Give Dance.
President and Mrs. Taft occupied the
Presidents box at the Belasco Theater
last evening. accompanied by Mr.. JUS
tice and Mrs. Lamar and Capt. Archi-
bald Butt
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand entertained at dinner last
evening at the Embassy. Their guests
were the British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce. the Turkish Ambassador. Yous-
souf Zia Pacha; the Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Knox, the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh, Mr.. JUS
| tice and Mrs. Holmes, the Costa Rican
Minister and Nine. Calvo. the Peruvian
Minister and Nine. Pardo. the Belgian
Minister and Countess de Buisseret, Mrs.
Bayard, Mr.. Piatt Andrew. Assistant Sec
retary Of fthe Treasury: Miss Hegeman.
Miss Meyer. Mr.. Charles c. Glover. Mr.
! Frederick Benedict, and the First Sec
retary of the French Embassy and Nine.
de la Rocca.
The continued illness of Mrs. Wicker
sham. wife Of the Attorney General, will
prevent her from receiving tomorrow.
The Secretary to the President and
Mrs. Charles D. Norton entertained at
\ dinner last evening in honor of Miss
Taft. The guests asked to meet her
were Postmaster General Hitchcock. As
| siStant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Chandler Hale. Countess Luise-AleXan-
dra Won Bernstorff. daughter of the Ger
man Ambassador; Miss Anderson. niece
Ce Mrs. Taft: Miss Katherine Delano
Miss Elizabeth Hopkins. Lord Eustace
Campbell Sutherland Percy, of the Brit
| ish Embassy staff: Count Pourtales. of
| the German Embassy staff; Mr.. Robert
Bacon. and Mr.. Henry c. Emory.
The largest and smartest audience Of
this season greeted Nine. Nordica, at
her concert yesterday afternoon at the
Columbia Theater. which proved an ova-
ton for the diva. Among them were
the German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff, the Misses Anderson.
| nieces of Mrs. Taft. who are guests at
| the White House; the Netherlands Min
| lister and Nine. Loudon. Mrs. Charles
| Russell Train. Mrs. Townsend. Mrs. Hit.
Mrs. Norman Williams. Gen. and Mrs.
| Gillespie, the Belgian Minister and Count
tSS De BulSSefet, MrS. CalOefOn CdTilSie,
Miss Carlisle. Mrs. Vaudeville Carlisle.
Miss Nefr, Mrs. Robert Hinckley. Miss
Hinckley, MS. William A. Hammond,
Mrs. Whiting and Miss Whiting. Miss
Leonora Finley. Mrs. Preston Gibson.
Miss Patten, Mrs. Howry. Miss Howry,
Senator and MIS-. Gore, Mrs. Scott, wife
of Senator Scott; Lieut.. and Mrs. Train.
Mrs Charles Russell Train. ST., Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlow. Mrs. W. W. Hawkins. Mrs.
IScc Nfrc orto A
Early. Mrs. John W. Thompson. Mrs.
Stilson Hutchins, Mr.. and Mrs Ten
Eyck Wendell. and Mr.. Otis Skinner.
Mrs Herbert Wadsworth chaperoned
Miss Helen Taft to Baltimore yester-
day morning, whence they went for
long horseback ride through the Green
Spring Valley. taking luncheon At the
Country Club. DR.. Cary T. Grayson. U.
S. N, attached to the L. s. s. May
flower. arranged the party in honor of
the White House bud. Lieut.. Adolphus
Andrews. L. s. n. also of the May
flower. and Lieut. Leigh c. Palmer. L.
s. N. one of the White House aids. also
rode. The party returned to Washington
in time to attend the dinner given by
the Secretary to the President and Mrs.
Charles d. Norton last evening in honor
OF Miss Taft.
Mrs Meyer, wife of the Secretary of
the Navy, has loaned her parlor for a
musicale by Ada Sassoli. harpist. and
Francis Rogers. barytone. on Friday
afternoon, January 2. at 3 O'Clock. The
pstronesSes are Mime. Jusserand, Mime.
Ioudon. Mrs. Emo, Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nings. Mrs. Mclean. Mrs. Oliver. Mrs.
Wadsworth. Mrs. Tuckernan. Mrs. Lei
ter. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. and Mrs.
Meyer.
Mrs Thomas 3. Hutchinson entertained
at bridge tea yesterday afternoon at
her apartment at the Highlands. Pre-
siding at the tea table were Mrs. Fair
child and Mrs Koon.
Mrs. John Jay White will loan her
music room Friday morning at II o'clock
for a lecture by Mrs. Ida Hustled Har-
per. on 1.-The evolution Of the woman
suffrage movement" This will be the
first of series Of four lectures to be
given on the same subject on the con-
secutive Friday mornings. The second |
one will be given at the home of Mrs. J.
c. Burrows, wife of Senator Burrows.
Mrs Harper, wife Of Col. Robert N.
Harper. was hostess at large bridge
party of fifteen tables yesterday after |
noon AT CLOCK, IOuOWeO Oy D U ClOCh |
tea, to which a number Of additional !,
guests were asked. Mrs. Cuno H. Ru-
dolph. wife Of Commissioner Rudolph; |
Mrs. Charles f. Nicol, wife of Judge |,
Nicol, Of Alexandra, and Mrs. Tremaine, ,
wife Of Lieut.. Charles Tremaine. u. S. A.. |
of Fort Myer. presided at the tea tables. ,
The young girls assisting were Miss |
Claire Wright, Miss Alice Wright, Miss
Ruth Wynne. Miss Frances Miller, and
her house guest, Miss Darise, Of Pitts
burg; Miss Gage, Miss Nina Yah Arsdaie,
Miss Esther Smith, Miss Virginia Rob-
erts, Miss Ida Norment Smith. Miss Stel- ,
la Carusi, the Misses Carlo. and Miss
Lucinda Carpenter Pennebaker. The
house was beautifully decorated for the
occasion with palms, ferns, and scarlet |
poinsettia blossoms, and an orchestra
played for the dancing which followed the
tea Supper was served to the receiving
party after the tea and later q number
Of other guests came in for dancing.
There were about one hundred young
people, in addition to the receiving party.
An Italian band played throughout the
afternoon and evening. Mrs. Harper wore
a charming gown Of old blue chiffon
cloth over satin Of the same shade. with
trimmings of gold lace and cloth Of gold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic ChApin were
hosts at a large dinner party ~ even
ing at the Alibi Club. in honor OF Miss