Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
TODAY IS MI.CAREME, THE MID
DAY OF LENT.
Last Nights Meeting at German
Embassy and Rauscher's.
Notes.

Half of Lent is gone today, with the
coming Of Mi-careme, but the gay world,
which has had but little leisure for its
social round, has seemingly planned moth
ing very formal to celebrate it, The pres
ence of foreign visitors was necessarily
the reason for last nights dinner and
dance and of return courtesies, while the
coming wedding at the German embassy
has brought about a series of hospitali-
ties for the ambassadors daughter which
have given pleasure to all her intimate
circles
Mi-Careme, according to an authority,
originated in France, where the custom
obtains of celebrating the day, which
falls at time when spring and winter
meet. The frivolities made much of the
idea of welcoming spring and bidding
farewell to winter.
Last night Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff and their daughter. enter
tanned at dinner Miss Helen Taft, MIR. and
Mrs. F.. g. Crowninshield, Mr.. and Mrs.
Preston Gibson, Miss Aly,s Meyer, Miss
Mary Switzerland, Gist Blair, Robert
Bacon, Henry du Pont. Ensign Willing
Spencer, Count RAYMOND Pourtales and
Count Gunther Won Bernstorf. Follow
ing the dinner the ambassador and MS
wife took the entire party to the recep-
ton and dance given by Viscount and
ViscountesS Benoist day in honor or
the officers of the French ships at Annap-
oils.
The dinner reception and dance given
by the naval attache of the French en-
bassy and Viscountess day last night
was at Rauscher's, when tWenty-four
guests were seated about five round ia
bles in the small ballroom, to meet Ad-
miral Lajarte, who is in command of the
French ships, and his aids COMMANDER
Deveaux, Capt. Leiay, Lieut. Bouquet,
Lieut.. de POrzamparc and Lieut.. Ruiv.
The other guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Spencer Cosby, the French military at
tache and Countess de Chambrun. the
French first secretary and Countess Pc
Rocca Miss Isabel May. Miss Yvonne
Townsend Miss Edith Benham. Miss Mir
lam L. Crosby, Miss Catherine Britton.
Miss Conrad, Miss Harrison, Miss Laura
Merriam, Miss Josephine Patten' Miss Hell
en- Patten, Miss Gladys Hinckley and DR..
Lasserre. surgeon; NJ. FROM, engineer in
chief; Ensign Foure and Lieut. POttiet,
from the French squadron: Viscount st.
Phales French chancellor, and George
Denain, French vice consul.
The French ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand received with the host and host
ess when the guests arrived for the re-
ception and dance.
Some of the latter were Secretary and
Mrs. Meyer, Postmaster General Hitch
cock, Baron and Baroness Preuschen,
Lady Hadfield, Miss Isabel May, Capt.
and Mrs. Gibbons, Miss MargSetta Brooks,
Commander and Nine. Vassilieff. Miss
Dorothy Gardner Williams, the Spanish
minister and Nine. Riano, Miss Roose-
welt, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter, Miss
Lay, Miss Eudora Clover. Mrs. Perry
Belmont. Miss Sophy Johnston, Mrs.
preston Gibson, the Swiss minister and
Nine. Ritter, Miss Helen Lee. Commander
Retzmann, Baron Hardenbroek. Maj.
Horton. Mr.. William B. Clarke. Lieut..
Basil Myer, Lieut.. Long. Lieut.. Little.
Count Buisseret, Mr.. Beaufort and Count
d'Adhemar.
Admiral Lajarte and the officers are
giving luncheon aboard the Glorie to-
morrow and tea Saturday afternoon, to
which guests from this city will go.
The surgeon general of the navy and
Mrs. Stokes entertained at a small dinner
last night, at their apartments In the
Highla nds, followed by an illustrated lee
ture on big game hunting in Africa, by
Or. Ramon Guiteras of New York. The
dinner guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Thu
man Newberry, DR.. Robert Morris of
New York and Dr. Ramon Guiteras
who are house guests of the surgeon gen.
eral and Mrs. Stokes; Medical Director
Boyer, Mrs. Brooke, Mrs. Wilson and
Mrs. Fechteler. wife of Capt Fechteler
A large number joined the dinner guests
to enjoy the lecture, which was given in
the ballroom.
The home of Miss Alice NJ. Walsh, 637
T street northwest, was the scene of a
delightful gathering Saturday evening