The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
Social Side of Washington

Washington. December 3i.-with its
hfty-seven celebrations the Yuletide or
1910 is now only memory, ALREADY
the house parties which added much
TO the gaicty of Christmas week al the
capital are beginning 10 scatter, some
of the members going east, some going
west and some going back 10 the coll
icgc nest Tonight another year will
be planted in the tomb OF time. To-
morrow a new year will be ushcrcd
on Its path TO glory. For lis proper
welcome by society. nearly every Official
nome has assembled especial guests.
and rem cseutativcs OF foreign gov
crnments sought To have their OIL
cial family circle complete for the
roll chll on Monday, when the dipio-
matte corps will observe its time
honored custom of paying court TO
Miss Columbia before breakfasting
with her Secretary OF State
The original Christmas party OF the
Miss Taft. entertained at the white
House was augmented on Wednesday,
b. the arrival OF the Misses An
dcrDon OF Cincinnati. Mrs: Tafts
nicces, who are already we'll known
group rendered first aid 10 Miss Taft
at the ball given in her honor BY her
parents last evening ana VII be
Gals at tho White House on New
Years Day.
Vice President and Mrs, sherman
| they spent the holidays as central
figures in large family circle OF
children and grandchildren. which In,
cluded. also. Mrs. shernan's aged
| mQther Mrs. Babcock Mr. and Mrs.
| Sherman We're accompanied back 10
Washington by their sons and daugh-
here until after New Years. At her
reception on January Mrs. Sherman
will also be assisted by Mrs. Brewer
iIerkimer and Miss Hawk, OF New
| York. who with Mr. IIerkimcr, will
| be her house guests during the first
days OF the year.
The home of the Secretary OF State
] will be especially gay next week, for
/ Mrs. Knox has graciously decided to
put aside. for official purposes. the
mourning which has kent her In social
s,ill keeps her from private enter
tanning. In pursuance of this decs-
ion. she will follow the custom of
her predecessors, and entertain. at
breakfast tie leading representatives
OF foreign governments al this cap
ital on Monday. and on Thursday she
Cabinet dinners In honor of President
and Mrs Taft
One OF their distinguished guests
on the former occasion Will be VIII
| liam Glynne Gladstone. who Will make
his first public appearance in Wash
| inGton on that day. as honorary
attache of the British embassy. Es-
pecial interest is taken in the APP
post. because of his close kinship with
| l;nsland's Grand Old Man of blessed
7, memory. whose Iiawarden estate he
! Inherited at the age of thirteen years.
/ Mr. Gladstone is now twenty-six, q
| graduate of Oxford with high honors
and man from whom the British
foreign office expects much. and So
ciety rot little. for apparently he is
still heart whole and fancy free"
ny the last turn OF the diplomatic
Kaleidoscope the Austro-Hungarian
ambassador was made dean of the
foreign corps, and as such. he and
his wife. Baroness Hengclmueller Won
| lIengcrvar. Will lead the brilliant pro-
ccssion OF international official rep
| President of the United States on the
| 1rst week day of the year 1911 In
the Austrian encourage bride, Mad
anne Won Loewnthal-Linau, wife of
| the counselor of the embassy, Will re-
ceive first Impressions of "Court
Day" I'm the great republic. an exper-
ience belonging last year to Baroness
Few ambassadors can boast of hav-
ing four such handsome young matrons
In his train as Monsieur Iusserand,
Madame Iefevre Pontails. wife Of the
counselor: Viscountess Bcnoist day,
| wife of the naval attache: Countess
de Chambrun (nee Longworth, OF
and Madame dc Peretti dc la Rocca,
whose husband is first secretary OF
the embassy.
In the absence OF Baron Rosen, who
Is now on leave OF absence in ST
Petersburg, the Cars official forces
at this post will be lead by the Rus
sian prince, Nicholas Koudachen, cham
berlsin TO His Majesty, and Charge
! dAnaires of the embassy. The rank
| ing lady In his encourage is Madame
| Vassiiicf. wife Of the naval attache,
| who Is never permitted by her friends
! 10 forget that she Is the niece OF the
| great f.cschkatisky. HI
| a warm welcome awaits the
British Ambassador and Mrs James
Bryce, whose home going by way
' of South America In Tho ata