Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MISS HELEN TAFT TO BE DIN.
NER PARTY GUEST.
Misses Margaret Smith and Frances
Efinger Luncheon Hostesses
at the Grafton-Personals.

Miss Helen Taft is to be the guest Of
| Col. Francis Cotton and Miss Margery
| Cotton at a dinner party this evening
Last evening she accompanied the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft to a box party at the
Belasco Theater. Mr.. and Mrs. William
| G. Heron were also included in the
party.
| Mrs. Sherman has joined the Vice Presi-
| dent here She is in mourning for her
| mother, who died recently. and will take
no part in social affairs for the present
| Mrs. Myers, wife of Senator Myers Of
Montana. will not be at home Thursdays
| until after the first Thursday in January.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander 6. Bentley en-
| tertained at dinner last night at the
| Highlands in honor of Judge and Mrs. w.
| w. Morrow of California g..
| Mrs William j. Borden of Washington
barracks will not be at home tomorrow
| afternoon.
Mr.. J. H. A. Browning and Mrs Brown
| ing left today for Florida
! Mrs. E. de F. Head, who has been
visiting her sister Mrs H. F. Klich, has
| left for North Carolina, where she has
| taken house for the winter.
| The annual tea and sale for the home
of the Good Shepherd Is being held at
| Rauschers this afternoon delightful
Ifeature of the afternoon is to be series
| of tabieaux arranged by Mrs Christian
Hemmck, IN which a number of young
women prominent socially will appear.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Hunter Dulany of
! Virginia have arrived in Washington
and~are at the Grafton.
| Representative David j. Foster of
Vermont, with Mrs. Foster and the
Misses Foster, has taken possession Of
new home, 1927 S street.
| Mrs. L. w. Eugster will be hostess
at a bridge party this afternoon. Mrs.
"A. Waller and Mrs. Thomas Henry will
| preside in the dining room, assisted by
Miss Mary Madison Jones, Miss Estelle
! Crane, Miss Anne Seymour Jones, Miss
| Emily Beatty. Miss Carrie Loudon and
Miss Louise Walsh.
| Mrs. John H. Hewson entertained a
large company at luncheon yesterday
| in 18th street.
Miss Kathleen Beresford. daughter Of
Admiral Sir Charles Beresford Of Eng
land, who is house guest of Col and
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson, went to
New York today. She will return to
Washington tomorrow. Col Thompson
will entertain riding party for her
Sunday, stopping at the Chevy Chase
Club for luncheon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis M. jerks gave
dance in Baltimore for their daughter
Miss jerks, last evening. Among the
Washington guests were Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Jeffrey Parsons. Baron Harden
brock. Mr.. William Bowie Clark and Mr.
Thomas Hinckley.-
Mrs Arthur Lee will return today
from West Virginia, where she has
been spending a few days. Mrs. John
Davis will come to Washington the
following day to spend Christmas with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee.
The Italian ambassador and Marchesa
Cusant Confalonieri entertained a number
of guests at luncheon at the embassy yes
terday.
Senior Don Juan Angel Sainz de b.
| randa, recently appointed Spanish second
secretary, has arrived here and is making
his home at the Grafton.
Commander Victor Blue, T. S. n, and
Mrs. Blue have taken an apartment at
the Wyoming, where they are now estab-
lished
Mr. George Foster Peabody of New
York has arrived in WASHINGTON for 4
| few days.
Mrs. Leishman, wife of the American
| ambassador to Germany, and her daugh-
| ter. the Countess Louis de Gontaut- BirOn,
are booked to sail for Europe from New
York today.
| Mrs. Edward D. White, wife of the
Chief Justice, has gone to New York for
| a short visit.
Afrc Yo1f IT, Dali;
| came to Washington yesterday to visit
her mother, Mrs. Oliver Cromwell.
| Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins
| have reopened their house on Connecticut
avenue, after passing six months abroad.
| Mrs. H. B. Buckingham and her sister,
| Miss Freeman, have arrived from their
| estate at Cornwall. Pa, to pass the win
ter at their home in Lafayette Square.
Senior Don Juan Baranda, second secre-
tary of the Spanish legation, has arrived
in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Rinehart of Vir-
ginia are in Washington for few weeks
Mrs. Merritt. widow of Gen. Wesley
| Merritt, u. S. A, has given up her home
on Rhode Island avenue and joined her
mother. Mrs Norman Williams at the
latter's new home on 10th street.
Mr.. Gregory Wilenkin, financial secre-
tary of the Russian embassy, has re-
turned to Washington from England. He
will return to London within the next few
weeks.
Miss Helen Parker, who was seriously
fill at Newport in the autumn, has re-
covered sufficiently to join her grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Tiffany, at
| their Connecticut avenue home.
Mr. A. Kerr Clark Kerr of the British
embassy has returned to Washington
from New York.
Mrs John H. Henson, formerly Mrs.
Scofield widow of Lieut.. Gen. John NJ.
| Scofield, t. S. A., has returned to Wash
ington and taken house on 10Th street
for the winter.
Senior Don Federico Mejia. minister
from Salvador, went to New York yes
terday.
The committee composed of resident
ba che!ors and officers of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps that has been giving
dances at the Chevy Chase Club for sew
eral years past will shortly issue invita-
tons for dinner dance at the club
house Saturday, January t. The COM
m.ttee is composed of Maj. William E.
Horton. president; Lieut.. Byron A. Long,
Capt. Graham l.. Johnson. Lieut.. Com
mander Cyrus r. Miller. Capt. l.. Mason
| Gulick. Capt Louis McC. Little Mr.
| Frederick De c. Faust Mr.. Charles r.
| Wilson. Mai William Lassiter. and Mr..
William T. Bingham, secretary.