The Washington herald., 1911-02-21

The Vice President and Mrs Sherman
entertained a distinguished company at
dinner last evening. including the Aus
trian Ambassador and Baroness Hengel-
muller, the French Ambassador ana
Nine Jusserand, the British Ambassador
and Mrs Bryce. the German Ambassador
and Countess Won .Bernstorff, the Japa-
nese Ambassador and Baroness Uchida,
the italian Ambassador and Marchesi
Cusani Confalonieri. the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Meyer, Senator Kean
and Miss Kean, Senator Brandegee, Mrs
Hope Slater, former United States Am
bassador to Germany and Mrs. Charlie
magne Tower, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
c. Smith. of New York, the last four
house guests of the hosts.
Former Senator and Mrs. John f. Hen
derson entertained at dinner last evening
in honor of the Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de la Barra- Those invited 10
meet them were the Belgian Minister and
Countess de Buisseret, the Swedish Min
lister, Count Ehrensvard: Senator and
Mrs. Oliver. Miss Cannon. Representa-
tive Bartholdt, the Charge d'Affaires from
the Argentine Republic and Nine Vile
gas, Lieut.. Gen. Miles, the former United
States Ambassador to France, Mr.. Henry
White: Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Mrs.
Foraker. Sir Robert and Lady Hadfeld,
Mrs. Pinchot, Mrs Elisha Dyer, Mrs.
Robert Hinckley. Mr.. and Mrs. F. B.
Crowninshield. Miss Ashton, Maj. Her
warth, of the German Embassy; Mr..
Eames MacVeagh, and Mr.. John B. Hen
0erson, jr.
The sixth and last german Of the
Bachelors Cotillion Club for this sea-
son was held in. Lehmann's Hall, Bal
timore, last night. and was one Of the
most brilliant of the season. Miss
Helen Taft was the guest of honor dur
ing the evening, and between the
dances she was the center of large
group of young people. Miss Taft ar
rived in Baltimore early in the after
noon, and was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Marburg at their home
in West Mount Vernon place.
Prior to the german she was ten
dered a dinner by her hosts, at which
many of the friends she made during
her visits here earlier in the winter
were present At the ball Miss Taft
wore a pretty gown of pink, and was
one of the most fetching looking young
ladies on the floor. She also carried a
handsome bouquet. Other Washing
tonians present were Lieut.. COmmander
John R Edie, L. S. n: Mr.. Charles
Lyon Chandler, Miss Elizabeth Collins,
Mr.. Charles w. Erlach. pay director L.
S. N; Mrs. Mason Ball, Mr.. William
Bowie Clarke, Lieut. w. Richards, L. S.
A; Mr.. A. Boardman. and Mr.. A. Camp
bell Turner, secretary of legation, Ma
drid, Spain.
Senator and Mrs. Briggs entertained
a: dinner last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst
entertained at dinner Sunday evening at
their home, Riverside Drive. New York,
in compliment to Representative and Mrs.
Champ Clark. The table was charmingly
decorated with orchids and fruit
The other guests were Senator and Mrs.
Robert l. Owen. Representative and
Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Henry T. Rainey.
Col and Mrs. John Temple Graves, Rep
1esentative and Mrs. Henry D. Clayton.
Miss Inez Milholland, Mrs. Alice Thurs
by, Mrs. Elinor Glyn, Mrs. A. w. TOvey,
Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, Senator
Benjamin F. Shively, Michael F. Tarpey,
and Arthur Brisbane.
The dinner was followed by music, for
which some additional guests came in.
The programme was a delightful one.
There were harp numbers by Miss Ada
SaSsOli, and Miss Elsie Janis and Joseph
Cawthorn gave some of their clever i'm
presentations and monologues. Franko's
orchestra played.
Miss Ida Norment Smith entertained at
the second of her series of bridge parties
last evening. The decorations were ap-
proprtate to Washington's Birthday and
were very attractive. The guests in
cluded Miss Gertrude Woodard, Miss
Ruby Stokes, Miss Betty Baynes. Miss
Marion True, Miss Elizabeth True, Miss
Katherine Birney, Miss Iris Masters, Miss
Ethel Trayler, Miss Virginia Walker,
Miss Ann Tuohy, Miss Jeanie Bent, Miss
May Duvall. Miss Marjorie Duvall, Miss
Marjorie Morrison Miss Martha Poole,
Miss Pearl Costnett, Miss Josephine
Mitchell. Miss Edgar Price, Mr.. Well
Stodd White, Mr.. George Kennedy, Mr..
Henry Alden. DR.. Saffold. Mr.. Fred
Crafts, Mr.. Jack Elder, Mr. William Fin
ley, Mr.. Karl Butman, Mr.. Cyrus Mantz,
Mr.. Edgar Finley, Mr.. Frank Fox. Mr..
Roy Bent. Mr. George Howard, Mr..
Johnson, Mr.. whitten. Mr. Norman
KIopfer. and Mr.. Frank Smith.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
have as their house guests for a few
days this week the former Ambassador
to Germany and Mrs. Charlemagne
Tower, of Philadelphia, and Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. c. Smith, of New York. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tower were the guests in whose
honor the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop en-
tertained at luncheon yesterday. Asked
to meet them were Hon Henry White,
former Ambassador to France; Capt
TempIin NJ. Potts, L. S. N, and Mrs.
Potts: Mrs NJ. A. Hanna, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Nelson Page, Miss Mabel Board
man, and Mr. Maurice Low. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tower arrived in Washington yes
terday morning from Philadelphia. They
will be the honor guests at a luncheon
to-day which the German Ambassador
and Countess Won Bernstorff will give
for them.
The Mexican Ambassador and Sonora
de la Barra are being extensively enter
tanned previous to their departure for
Italy, where the former is going on
special mission They will be the honor
guests at dinner on February 2S, when
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Foster will enter
tain The Belgian Minister and Countess
de Buisseret viii be hosts in their home
on March z.
The French Naval Attache and Wis.,
countess Benoist d'Azy left Washington
yesterday afternoon for a trip in the
South, stopping first at Savannah. where
they will be present at the ceremonies
accompanying the unveiling of a monu-
ment to a French naval officer. They will