The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
President and Mrs. Taft are Dinner Guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hays Hammond French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand
Entertain at Dinner.

EnLETLQLn
The President and Mrs. Taft were the
dinner guests last night Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mrs. TAFT.
accompanied by her house guest, Miss
Keys, of Cincinnati, spent the morning
at the Capitol, and were interested spec
tators in the Executive Gallery Of the
Senate.
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand entertained at dinner last
evening In honor OF the Italian Ambas-
sador and Marchesa CusanL The other
guests were Archbishop ireland, Arch.
bishop Scannell, the Belgian Minister and
Countess de Buisseret. the Portuguese
Minister, viscount de Alte. Senator Bacon,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps Emo. Mrs.
Samuel Hill. Miss Patten, Miss Lee. the
Military Attache Of the French Embassy
and Countess de Chambrun.
The Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Macveagh. who are spending the week In
Boston and New York, will return here
next Tuesday.
Miss Mary Lodge Mckee. who has been
visiting Mrs. Arthur Lee. will return to
her home in New York tomorrow. A
week later Miss Mckee will go to Chi
caeo to visit Mrs. Carter Harrison, wife
of the mayor of Chicago. From there
she will go to Indianapolis to visit the
relatives of her mother and father, the
| Harrisons and the Mckees. MISS NC
Kee is a granddaughter OF former Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison. or Indianapolis.
She will remain there until after the
marriage of Miss Louise Hibben, OF that
| city. to Mr.. Richard Fairbanks, son OF
| former vice President Fairbanks, who
was his fathers private secretary during
his term OF ONCE.
Capt and Mrs. Warren c. Beach en-
tertained at dinner last evening. when
covers were laid for twelve.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mclean closed
their city mansion and went yesterday
to their country place. Friendship TO
spend a few weeks before sailing, May q
for England They will spend the sum-
| mer abroad. Mr.. and Mrs. EDWARD
Beale Mclean. their son and daughter
| in-law, will spend the summer In their
| pretty cottage at Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Russell B. Harrison was hostess
at a small tea yesterday afternoon in
| honor of her sister-in-law, Mrs James
r. Mckee, daughter Of former President
| Harrison, who is visiting Mrs. Arthur
Lee. The table was beautifully decorated
with white lilacs and pink roses. AS
| sisting Mrs Harrison were Miss Mckee,
Miss Armstrong, who is also guest OF
Mrs Lee, and Miss Marthena Harrison
| The guests included mostly the OLD
friends Of Mrs. Mckee and her mother
during their regime in the White House.
! Mrs Simpson, wife Of DR.. John Crayke
Simpson, entertained at a delightful tea
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock in honor
| of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Theodore
I. Rogg, of Des Moines, who is spend
ing a few days with her. Mrs. Rogs
| has with her her young daughter. Miss
| Amerlia Rogg. and her brother-in-law,
Mr. Charles W. Rogg. They are on their
way to their home from Florida, where
they have spent the winter.
Mrs. Caldwell and Mrs. Poteet. Of
Kentucky, will come to Washington this
week to be the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William F. Dennis. DIR. Rosser, Of New
York. Mrs. Dennis son, will spend few
DAYS in Washington this week also. Mr..
and Mrs. Dennis will sail for Europe
| shortly to spend the summer months
| abroad.
Miss Elizabeth Baird, Of New York. is
the guest of Miss Gertrude Greely.
| Mrs. o. H. Tittman has issued invita-
tions for a bridge party. Friday after
| noon. at her home in Hillyer place.
! Can't. John H. Gibbons. U. S. N. and
| Mrs. Gibbons were the guests of honor
at luncheon at Annapolis yesterday.
Mrs. Robert HInckley entertained at
luncheon Yesterday.
Mrs. ]. M. Culp will be hostess at lunch
con tomorrow.
| Mrs. Benjamin HELEN is in Long
Island, where she is visiting.
Mrs. Halford and Miss Ruth Halford,
who will sail on the Teutonic to-day for
Europe, will remain abroad during the
summer. Mrs. Halford left Washington
Yesterday to Join her daughter in New
York. Miss Halford has spent several
weeks in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, visit
ing her brother and sister-in-law, Capt.
Frank Halford, U. S. NJ. c., and Mrs.
Halford The greater part Of the summer
they will spend In Paris. The wedding
J of Miss Halford to Lieut.. Walter b.
woodson, U. S. N, will take place in
| Washington soon after Miss Halford's s
| return from EuTOpc AL eho Aoii.
| The Belgian Minister and Countess de
| Buisseret will spend the weekend with
Mr.. Henry Anderson at Richmond. Va.
Mrs. George Bingham Stambaugh en-
| tertained at luncheon to-day, followed by
cards, in honor Of Miss Eugenia McAus-
land. The guests included Mrs. Dora
Rosendale. Miss McAusland. Mrs. Otis T.
| Cartwright, Mrs Edmond Healy. Mrs. D.
A. Salmon, Mrs. r. 8. Brennan, Mrs. c.
Menninger, Mrs. A. E. Marschalk, ana
Mrs Frederick Tansey.
Mrs. Borland entertained at tea yes
| terday, when she was assisted by Mrs.
James A. Reed. wife Of the Senator from
Missouri, and the following Kansas City
girls, who are at school here: Lucy
| Hooker, Alice Jenkins, Margaret Ingra-
ham. Hazel Murphy, Sarah Swope, and
| Stella s. Swope.
Capt and Mrs. Bowyer, the former
! superintendent Of the Naval Academy,
| entertained Capt. and Mrs. John H. Glib
bons, U. s. N, at luncheon yesterday in
Annapolis. Capt. Gibbons will succeed
Capt. Bowyer on May Is.
DR.. and Mrs. Guy Fairfax Whiting and
| their two daughters will stop in New