The Washington times., 1911-12-24
House Party Will Arrive
Wednesday for Several
Days Stay.

dent and Mrs. Taft, who will have
with them for the day only their
family. including their daughter. Miss
Helen Taft, and her two brothers,
Robert and Charles.
A house party which will arrive in
Washington by Wednesday has been
invited for the remainder of the Yule-
tide season, however. II will include
Miss Harriet Anderson, of Cincin-
natl. a niece of Mrs. Taft; Miss Edith
Morgan, of New York, end a number
of the young men friends of Robert
Taft from Yale and Harvard. Miss
Taft who spent a day or two at Bryn
Mawr last week, also has undoubted-
ly invited some of her classmates
there.
Prominent among the holiday
| dances which are scheduled for every
night in the week are the White
House dance Friday night. to which
Mrs. Taft has invited only young
people. eliminating all married folks
with the exception of Col. and Mrs.
Spencer Cosby. u. s. A. and Lieut..
and Mrs. John W. Timmons. U. s. n.
the military and naval aides at the
White House and their wives. and
the bal masque which Mrs. william
F. Draper, widow Of General Draper,
late ambassador to Italy, will give
for her daughter. Miss Margaret Pres
ton Draper, Wednesday evening.
Miss Draper made her debut Just two
years ago last night at a memorable
cottllon given by her parents to the
younger set In celebration Of her COM
ing out. This was to have been fol-
| lowed by q reception in January, at
which she-was to have met the older
people in society, but her social career
was summarily interrupted by the death
Of General Draper. Since then Mrs.
Draper and her daughter have lived
abroad for the greater part of the time.
| and last summer Miss Draper enjoyed
the social distinction Of presentation
at the court Of st. James.
Since Miss Diapers childhood, the
Draper annual fancy dress parties have
been a feature Of juvenile social life at
the National Capital, and the ball
Wednesday night will bring together
many Of those who have participated in
numerous other inequalities at the
Draper mansion.
Great preparations have been made for
this ball, which is expected to be n
most lavish and picturesque event
Saturday evening Mrs. John r. Nc
Lean will give a large Christmas CO..
tillon in honor Of Miss Draper. thus full
0lling promise made to her when a
child to give her i large dance during
her first season. This function is one
postponed from the season OF two years
ago, and the favors. which are excep-
| tionally elaborate. were procured the
summer previous by Mrs. Mclean in
ogrammed in gold with Miss Draper's
initials.
Among other dances of the week will
Class at ei the Playhoase y Monday. or
| Christmas night, and the dance at the
Highlands that night, which Miss Mar
garet Strother Smith ad Miss Frances
Efinger, the debutante daughters of
Capt. and Mrs. strother Smith, U. s. N.
and MIR. and Mrs. Frederick Effinger
are giving. These two girls are giving
all their parties jointly. and have come
to be known as the twin buds of the
year.
A feature of the dancing class meeting
tomorrow night will be Christmas tree
gayly festooned and laden with a gift
for each member of the class, and sup
per, which will be served at midnight.
The dinner which the President and
Mrs. Taft gave at the White House last
night in honor of Miss Mary Souther-
land and her fiance, Louis, Bacon. of
Boston, is a fitting inauguration to the
Christmas festivities of the younger
set. There wer thirty guests at the
table, including the intimate mat, friends Of
invitations were issued by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft merely as tribute
to the personal popularity of the youth
belle. The Marine Band played a short
dance program afterward In the East
Room.
The Cabinet and diplomatic circles in
are for
Mrs. Sherman, who are in mourning.
have gone to their home in Utica, an
the Secretary Of State and Mrs. Knox
are having family reunion at their
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wick
ersham. accompanied by the French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusse rand, and
the Netherlands Minister end Nine,
to Panama. They went by way of New
Orleans. stopping over there for din
ner given by the French colony IN
Jusserand. and viii return by way Of
Cuba and Jamaica late in January.
rhe Secretary of War and Mrs. Stra-
SON. who also are in mourning, are
on Long Island. and the Postmaster
General also is in New York.
The Secretary of the Navy and his
SON, George Won L; Meyer. jr.. have
shooting trip. and will not join Mrs
Meyer and her daughters Until abou,
the middle Of the week.
The dean of the diplomatic corps. tn,
Austro- Hungarian Ambassador ant
Baroness Hengelmuller, who have beef
| abroad for some months are not eX
pected at the embassy here until earl!
in January, so that their annual Christ
mas tree party for their little daughter
Baroness Mia, will be omitted thi
! year.
Count and Countess Won .Bernstorff
the former the ambassador of Germany
have gone to New York for the holidays
, and the charge d'affaires of Switzer
land, Henri Martin. the naval attache o
, the Austro- Hungarian embassy an
Baroness Preuschen are some of thos
, in the house party of diplomats whicl
Senator du Pont is entertaining for tn
holidays at his country place, Winter
thur, near Wilmington. Del
, | Announcements of two approaching
nuptials of widespread interest wer
made known in exclusive circles of tn
National Capital last week. The frs
| was that of the coming marriage o
Mrs d. p. Mccartney and Capt. Harol'
. p Norton. u. s. N. which will TAX
place Wednesday, Mrs. Mccartney 1
prominently identified with resident ant
. naval circles and Is a sister of Mrs
w. w. Irwin, wife OF Commander Irwin
+ u. S. N, and with whom she makes he
home.
t The second was the announcement, OF
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