The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-03-06


MacVeagh, the Belgian Minister and
Countess de Buisseret, the former United
| States Ambassador to Germany and Mrs.
Charlemagne Tower. Mrs. John w.
| Dwight. Mrs. Bea.e. Miss Sheriff.. Miss
| Pate, Baroness Preuschen. Miss Isabel
May, Count Apponyi Senator Root, Rear
Admiral Cowles. retired: Mr.. Gladstone.
of the British Embassy STAFF; Mr. Sinai
| lovszki. and Mr.. Hedry. of the Austro-
Hungarian Embassy staff.
! Mr.. and Mrs. William Sterling, of
England. the latter formerly Miss Robe
| son, OF this city. who are in the Robson
! house in n street for a few weeks
had a small company dining with them
last evening. They are preparing to re-
turn to England next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick E. Chaplin were
hosts at dinner last evening at the Alibi
Club.
| The Mexican Ambassador and Sonora
de la Barra will hold their reception
I to the diplomatic. corps on the afternoon
| of March IS.
! The Netherlands Minister and Nine
Loudon. who have been in Aiken. S. c..
will return to the embassy to-day.
The Belgian Minister and Countess de
Buisseret were hosts at luncheon yester-
day at the legation. when their guests
| included the Japanese Ambassador and
| Baroness UChda. the Secretary of the
| Interior and Mrs. Ballinger, Mr.. and Mrs
! Herbert Wadsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Archi-
| bald Hopkins. Miss Mary Carlisle and
the first secretary Of the Russian EN-
| bassy, Constantin Nabokon
Mrs. Oliver f. Cromwell and Miss
Cromwell entertained at luncheon yes
terday in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Mitchell, of Magnolia. Mass Among
| those invited to meet them were Post
master General Hitchcock. Mrs. Herbert
! Shipman, of New York; Mrs. Robert
Hinckley, Mrs. HemphilI. Rear Admiral
Cowles. L. S. N: Hon. John Barrett,
Mr.. Walter Brooks, of Baltimore. and
Mr.. William Eldridge, of New York.
Former Senator and Mrs. John B. Hen
derson entertained at luncheon yesterday
at their home, Boundary Castle.
The Mexican Ambassador and his bride.
Sonora de la Barra, will go to New York
! on the 18th to be the guests of honor
at dinner Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Speyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsay enter
tanned the Federal Schoolmaster Club at
Fairmont Seminary Friday evening. As
sisting Mrs. Ramsay in receiving the
members were DR.. and Mrs s. II. Wood
row and Mrs. John B. Larner The
| speaker of The evening was DR.. ]. Nc
! Keen Catten. OF Columbia U'niversitr,
and short talks were given by Mr.. Elmer
! +. Brown, DR.. Wilbur Thirkield, DR..
|
! Willard Small. The ices were in the form
of tiny red yschoolhouses with sugar flags
on the gables.
The marriage of Miss Anita Dieterich.
daughter of Mr. Frederick G. Dieterich,
to Mr.. Frederick Kneipp will take place
on April % in this city. Miss Dieterich
| is one of the most gifted and beautiful
soprano singers Washington has ever
| known.
| DR.. and Mrs. l. B. Thomson. who have
been spending a month in the South will
leave St Augustine for their home in
| Washington March 10.
The reported engagement of Mrs. Cor
bin, widow of Gen. Henry c. Corbin, to
John G. Schmidlapp. a Cincinnati capt.
| talist. was denied Yesterday Mr.. Schmid-
lapp is at present in New York and Mrs
| Corbin is in Florida
| Mrs. Armes, wife of Col. George A.
Armes, U. S. A. retired. will receive at
the Arlington from to 4 o'clock. as
sisted by Mrs. Joseph r. KnowIand. of
| California; Mrs. Morris Sheppard. of
Texas: the Misses Hayes, daughters of
Representative Hayes, of California; Miss
| Florence Wooster. of Kansas, and Miss
Linderman, of California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Frisard. Of Brent
wood. D. c., have sent out invitations for
a reception for Wednesday evening, March
s, TO celebrate the fourteenth anniversary
of their wedding.
| Mrs Reginald Huidekoper entertained a
large company at luncheon yesterday at
the Chevy Chase Club.
Miss Ruth Pilling, daughter of Mrs.
James c. Piliing, has gone to Baltimore
for visit of several days with friends.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Fannie Villette Haneke and Mr.. Alfred
Burns Butler. The ceremony took place
last Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
! in the West Street Presbyterian Church
in the presence of a small party of rela-
| tiveS and friends in the parsonage of
| the church, Rev. James 7. Marshall Off
ciating. Mr.. and Mrs. Butler will be at
| home, after March 10, at 306 E street
northwest
| 1t was learned last night that Chris
tian Hemmick, the announcement of
whose engagement to Mrs. A. C. Barney,
the noted society playwright and leader.
| created such a Juror recently, will sail
| for Europe on Wednesday. 1t is said that
| the marriage will take place in Paris
shortly after Mr.. Hemmick arrives there.
| 7he vaudeville performance to be given
March Is at the Playhouse will have the
aid of a number of the prominent mem
bers of society's younger smart set The
vaudeville entertainment will follow the
| tea and bazaar that is to be given in
aid OF the National Junior Republic. Mrs.
George Y. Wheeler has charge of the
affair, and is being assisted by Miss Jane
Sands and Miss Ruth Halford The pro-
gramme will be varied, and will include a
pianologue by Miss Ruth Parker, songs
| by Philip Scantling and the inimitable
George O'Connor, a dance by Jessie
Brown and Mr.. Snyder. Miss Sands and
! Mr.. Hopkins in a one-act playlet, Nor
ven Thompson and William Merriam in
take-off of Weber and Fields, tab
leaux by Miss Hinckley. Miss Catherine
Britton Miss Krogstad. Miss Marguerite
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