Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-20
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
DANISH SINGERS ENTERTAIN
WHITE HOUSE GUESTS.
Miss Taft Received With Her
Father-The Faison-Shepard
Wedding-Notes.

OF the garden parties of this month
Mrs. Taft looked on from an upper win
dow and had the pleasure Of seeing how
well her young daughter can take her
place official and other occasions The
scene was pretty one. although the heat
made itself felt, and the last hour of the
party, after the sun had become OBJ
scured by the haze, was more ENJOYABLE
Miss Taft was dressed in an embroidered
gown of pink batiste and wore a large
pink hat
Under the leadership OF Mr. S. Levy
sohn, conductor. the Danish student sing
ers, who were the special guests, and who
are now on a short tour of this country
gave the following program: Der err ct
yndigt Land danish patriotic song), H.
+. kroyer: Dams raabte Felen" (Dance,"
Said the Fiddler), p. Heise: Folk Song,
tenor solo, Mr.. Olaf Holboll: Sanger
hilsen" (Singers' Greeting). Edv Grieg:
'Serenade," solo quartet, Mr.. Lange Null
Ter: Den store hvide Flok'' (the Great
White Flock. Edv. Grieg; solo by Mr..
Hedge Nissen, royal court singer; The
Star Spangled Banner"
The Marine Band also played and re-
freshments were served the west side
of the garden. The guests represented
capital society in both it's official and
resident phases and there were many
their summer journeyings will not meet
again till next winter in this city.
Mrs Taft, 1t is now thought, will spend
a month at the White House and after
the Goth of June proceed to Beverly,
Mass, for the rest of the summer.
DIR. and Mrs ]. II. Gore entertained at
dinner last evening in honor of the
Siamese charge d'affaires Invited to
meet him were Representative and Mrs.
Foss. Representative and Mrs. Roberts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes. Mr..
The British ambassador entertained at
dinner last night in compliment to the
British delegates to the fur seal confer
ence in session here The guests included
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor,
the Japanese ambassador, Chandler An
derson, Prince Koudacheff James Ma
coun. W. A. Found, Ernest Poland.
Joseph Pope Albert Fraser. Baron Pierre
Botkine, II. Dauke. Sir Albert Bateman,
Tentle Franks. Col. Hughes. George
o Hallon. b. +. Richie, A. T. Martin and
Mitchell lines.
Count Moltke the Danish minister. gave
a reception at the Danish legation last
night in compliment to his countrymen,
the Danish student singers. The Nor
wesian and Swedish ministers and a num-
Ter of persons from the musical and
'ttI oil WoI1u, DIS wen DIS OIl1C1dlS anu
residents. also enjoyed the occasion.
At the Congressional Club yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Roberts. president of the
club. was assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Cooper of Wisconsin and Mrs. Fred Den
nett. At the tea table were Mrs. Hayes
and Mrs. lockwood Hoar. Mrs. Martha
Gillow. the special guest of the event.
gave talk on southern mountain life.
Mai and Mrc Rarden oayo diupar
last night for Miss Dorothy Langfitt and
Lieut. Willy, the next army bride and
groom. Members of the bridal party
were also present.
A very pretty wedding took place last
Monday evening when the Rev Arthur
Johns of Christ Church united Miss Mabel
Wood and Mr.. George Lear in marriage.
The ceremony was performed at the
home of the brides parents at 81 9th
street southeast. The occasion brought
out large number of friends of the hap
py couple who made merry at delight
ceived many beautiful presents. After
June 30 Mr.. and Mrs. Lear will be at
home at $50 9th street southeast.
A. Skunk, L. s. A. is a guest at l742
P street. Col. Skunk is on duty at Doug
las, Ariz.
MI anu MI W. otelll, alo.3o JtH street
northwest, announce the bar mitzvah of
their son Raymond at the Adas Israel
Synagogue Saturday morning, May 90.
Reception at home Sunday. May u. from
Z to 10 pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Frain gave a BAN
quet at their home last evening in honor
of the twenty-frst birthday of their son.
Harry Frain. During the evening there
We're a number of songs, monologues and
rendered
Messrs. j. Roy Stake, Joe Sullivan. Her
man Nesbit, Earnest Brooks DR.. E.
Norton, Harry Dunn, Burton Brunger.
Howard Norton, Thomas Jones, Charles
Aue, j. Ceaser, A. Brown, Frank *.
Frain and Harry l.. Aue.
The marriage of Miss Caroline Shepard,
daughter of Chief Justice Shepard of the
Court of Appeals, and Mr.. John w. Fai-
son Of New York will take place this aft
ernoon at 400 o'clock at the Shepard
home on Massachusetts avenue.
Rev. DIR. Roland Cotton Smith will per-
form the ceremony, and the decorations
will be in white and green.
The bride will be given away by her
father and will wear a gown of white
satin embroidered in pearls and trimmed
with duchess lace.
Miss Helen Otis of Chicago will be the
maid of honor She will wear white
marquisette, trimmed with bands of pink
satin.
only the felatlVeS ana rev 1rlenQS
will be present at the ceremony and at
the reception which will follow.
The young couple will make their home
in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Frailey enter
tanned a number of their friends at din
ner the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cameron of Pawling,
n. Y, are the house guests of DR.. and
Mrs. d. G. Davis of Mckinley street,
Chevy Chase
Mrs A. V. Cushman of Chevy Chase
gave croquet party at her home in
honor of Miss Catherine Holiday of Bos-
ton Mass. who is the guest of the Misses
Williams on Lamont street.
Mrs. Bernard Lpscomb of Richmond,
Va, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Horace
Cleveland Chandlee in Chevy Chase.
street, Chevy Chase. has returned to her
home, after spending some time in Phila-
delphia as the guest of her mother.
DIR. and Mrs. Charles c. Marbury were
hosts at dinner at the Chevy Chase Club
last night
The Chevy Chase Literary Club will
meet for the last time during the sum-
mer at the home of DR.. and Mrs. Samuel
w. Mellott of Newlands street Tuesday
evening.