The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-03-28

President and Mrs TAFT occupied
box at the Columbia Thcater last night
They were accompanied by their house
guest, Mrs HoIiistcr, OF Cincinnati. and
Mai Archibald Butt. The Austrian Am
ba ssador and Baroness IIengelmuller oc-
cupied a box at the same performance,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Perry BEL
mont. Mr.. Daniel Frohman and Judge
Advocate General and Mrs. George VI.
Dunn. with Or. and Mrs. John c. Simp-
son. were in the other boxes.
Mrs Taft spont Yesterday morning
shorpinc in the uptown stores, ac-
companied hv her son Charley. They
walked briskIy from shop to shop and
enjoyed tho weather AMI the sights like
good Chums. Mrs Taft wore a short.
plain walking suit Of wistaria cloth. with
faint stripes, a mrdum-sizrd. most he
coming hat Of the same shade, with
shaded pIumeS of Wistaria, and carried
a nun Of Persian lamb.
The Swiss Minister and Nine Ritter en-
tcrtained at dinner last night and had
as their guests Miss Helen Taft, Senator
Du Pont. Senator and Mrs. GugEen-
helm. the Spanish Minister and Nine.
R!ano tho military attache Of the Rus
san Embassy and his sister. Baroness
Eliza beth Do Bode DIR. and Mrs. Cha
tard. Mr. and Mrs. r. J. Stehli. OF New
York. house guests at the legation: Miss
Mary Switzerland. and Mr.. Henri Mar
tin, OF the legation staff.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs Beekman Winthrop. who have
h
crt Dudley Winthrop. in South Carolina,
have returned to Washington.
The Monday Morning Music Club gave
a beautiful entertainment Of musical tab
leaux at the Playhouse last evening.
under the direction of their conductor,
Mrs. A. NJ. Blair, before an audience OF
distinguished residents Of Washington.
The tableauX were accompanied by
choruses and solos appropriate to the
subject sometimes sung behind the
scenes sometimes before. but all very
beautiful. and very effective. A handsome
sum was realized for charity.
Mrs. John UpShur Moorhead and her
sister. Miss Chew. will go to Atlantic
City on Friday. the former spending only
fortnight At the end OF that time
Miss Chew will join Mrs. Barbour and
Miss Barbour and remain several weeks
longer.
Miss Doris Haywood returned to Wash
ington yesterday from Annapolis, Md,
where she went to spend the weekend
with friends.
Mrs Frederick Wesson and her son
in-law and daughter. Paymaster and Mrs.
Stewart E. Barber. U. S. N, have taken
the house of Lieut. Commander and Mrs.
W. r. Gherardi. Bradley lane, Chevy
Chase. for the summer. and will give up
their apartments in the Highlands to
take possession May l.
Lady Grey and Lady Evelyn Grey. wife
and daughter OF the governor general of
Canada, arrived in Washington yester-
day afternoon to be the guests OF the
British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce at
the embassy for several weeks.
Countess de Buisseret wife OF the
Belgian Minister. will leave for New York
to-day to spend several days.
The Charge dAnaires Of Argentina and
Nine yillegas and their family will leave
tomorrow for New York, and viii sail
thence on April l for London, the
formers new post Of duty.
Baron Preuschen. the naval attache of
the Austro- Hungarian Embassy, and
Baroness Preuschen, who spent several
Gays in Baltimore, have returned to
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truman II. Newberry,
with Miss Newberry, will close their
residence. In Sixteenth street. early in
April and go to Atlantic City about
April 10 for a fortnights stay. They
will be Joined there by their two sons.
Rarones and Phelps Newberry. for their
Easter holidays. Later they will go to
their home in Detroit for the spring