The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11


Miss Taft to the opera last evening.
Maj Butt and Lieut.. Commander Palmer
were also in the party.
The German Ambassador and Coun-
tess Won Bernstorff, and the Belgian
Minister and Countess de Buisseret
were in the adjoining box. Others in
the audience were Gen Miles. with his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sherman Miles;
her mother, Mrs. Noble. and Miss Neff.
niece of Mrs. Noble: the Haitian Min
lister and Mime. Sannon, M. John Bar
rett, Gen. and Mrs. Wotherspoon, and
the first secretary of the Panama Le-
cation.
Gen. and Mrs. John W. Foster enter
tanned at dinner last evening in honor
of the American Ambassador to Ger
many and Mrs. David Jayne Hill, who
arrived in Washington at noon yester-
day for a short visit. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lansing. son-in-law and daughter of
the host. arrived in Washington yester-
day. and were among the guests at the
dinner Miss Margaret Dulles will ar
rive in Washington to-day for visit
with her grandparents, and will be
among the guests at the dinner which
Gen. and Mrs. Foster will give this
evening in honor of Miss Helen Taft.
Mrs James Robert Mckee and Miss
| Mary Lodge Mckee, of New York
daughter and granddaughter of former
President Benjamin Harrison. will ar
rive here on April 20 for a visit with
Mrs. Arthur Lee.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Hollister Chap
man entertained at dinner last evening
in honor of the United States Minister to
Panama and Mrs. Thomas c. Dawson,
who are at home a visit.
Mr. William Whiting Andrews left
Washington yesterday for Augusta, Ga,
where he will be joined by Mrs. Andrews
and their son before proceeding to Pan
ANA to take up his duties as secretary
of the Unied States legation there. Mr..
Andrews entertained a distinguished
company at dinner Saturday evening at
the Cafe Republique as farewell to his
friends here.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Reynolds Hit. OF
1894 Columbia road, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss Leila
r. Hit, to Mr.. Willard D. Eakin. of
Omaha, Nebr.. secretary to Senator
| Hitchcock. of Nebraska Mr. Eakin is
a brother to Mr.. Henry NJ. Eakin, whose
marriage to Miss Leilas sister, Ruth,
! took place on November 80.
The Swiss Minister and Nine Ritter
held a large reception last evening at the
legation TO the men and women of the
/ Swiss Benevolent Society of this city.
Swiss flags and lanterns and spring bios
SONS transformed the legation into a pic
turesuue bower The Minister and Nine.
1 n; tod IN niN-fr hI-
Nine. Ritters parents, who are guests at
! the legation, and Mr.. Henri Martin, sec
! rotary Of the legation.
| Mr.. and Mrs Kunz. of this city, an
| nounce the engagement of their dauCh-
ter. Miss Mabel Elizabeth kunz. to Mr..
Joseph Carl Bodenstein. The wedding
| will take place at the residence of the
brides parents. 404 Ninth street northeast
| on Wednesday evening. April 10.
| Mrs. Arthur Lincoln and Miss Lincoln
are guests of Miss Goldman at her Wash
ington residence, after spending the win
ter in Egypt They have taken an apart
ment at StOneleigh Court. which they will
1 shortly take possession of. and where they
will spend the spring season.
Miss Armstrong. of St. Louis, arrived
in Washington last evening to be the
guest of Mrs. Arthur Lee for the Easter
| season
| Miss Elizabeth Oliphant. Of Trenton, n.
J.. is the guest of her cousin. Miss kath-
| crime Brown, in the home of the latter's
| uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee.
| The British Ambassador and Mrs.
James Bryce entertained an informal
| company at luncheon yesterday at the
| embassy. when Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm,
of Ottawa, and Mr.. Kerr, the new third
secretary of the embassy, were among
their guests.
The former Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Truman H. Newbe-ry closed their
Sixteenth street residence yesterday
morning and went to Atlantic City for a
fortnights stay before going to their
! home in Detroit for the spring season
| Miss Carol Newberry and their twin
sons, Barnes and Phelps Newberry, will
join their parents at the seashore for the
! Easter holidays. They will go to their
! summer home at Watch Hill, r. l., for
| the summer months.
| DR.. and Mrs. wilfred T Grenfen. of
Labrador, arrive in Washington yester-
day, and are the guests for to-day and
tomorrow of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
! Henry Butler. in l street Mr. and Mrs.
| Butler are absent from the city on ac-
count of illness and death in the family,
| but their son, DIR. Ethan Flagg Butler.
will act as host in their stead. They
were the honor guests at reception yes
| terday afternoon from to 6 o'clock,
when Mrs Strong. Mrs. Snow, and the
| Misses Sedgely, Mrs Charles Wood
Mrs c. D. Hilles, Mrs. Charles D. Wal
colt, Mrs. Bryan, and Mrs. John W. Fos-
| ter received with them. DR.. and Mrs
| Charles Wood will be their hosts at
| luncheon to-day, and this evening Mr..
| and Mrs Snow will entertain at dinner
| in their honor. They will leave here TO-
| morrow for Pittsburg.
The military attache of the American
Legation in Chile. Lieut.. Francis A.
Ruggles. U. S. A, and Mrs. Ruggles. are
returning to Washington. as Lieut.. Rug
| giles has received orders to report at
| the War Department. Mrs. Ruggles was
| formerly Miss Mabel Perkins. daughter
| Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cleveland Per-
| kins.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst.
| OF New York, were the guests at lunch
con yesterday of Speaker and Mrs
Champ Clark. Before the luncheon they
witnessed the House proceedings from
| the members gallery with Mrs Clark
| where they were Joined by Mr. Nathan
Straus, of New York, and Representa-