The Washington herald., 1911-02-16

First Function Given In New Re-
sime - Representative and Mrs.
Dwight Entertain mt Dinner.
Miss Harriet Anderson, of Cincinnati,
niece of Mrs. Taft, has returned to the
White House, after a visit of a week or
more with the family of the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer.
The Austrian Ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmuller have gone to New York
for brief stay.
The Turkish Ambassador, Youssouf Za
Pacha, received the diplomatic corps last
night at his embassy. the first function
given in his regime. His son, the sec
ond secretary of the embassy. and the
Iatters wife, Nine. Zia, assisted him in
receiving the guests. The Ambassadors S
young daughter was also present, and
was much admired in a youthful gown Of
pale blue chiffon over pink satin. Nine
Zia wore a superb gown of silver bro
cade. The embassy was attractively dec
GRATED with palms, ferns, and orchids,
and there were 500 guests asked for $50
o'clock. They included the whole diplo-
matte corps and almost all OF official So
ciety.
Miss Laura Merriam was hostess al a
dinner party last evening in honor of
Miss Helen Taft, when there were twenty
four guests present. The guests afterward
went to the third and last of the Bach
. elors' cotillions at the New Willard. Mr..
and Mrs. John T. Wheelwright, of Bos-
ton, chaperoned the party.
Representative and Mrs John w
Dwight entertained at dinner last night
in honor of Mrs. Dwight's niece, Miss
Hicks, of California Those asked to
meet her were Lieut.. and Mrs. Train.
Mrs John T. Davis, Miss Katherine Jen-
nings, Miss Glover, Miss Mary McCauley.
Miss Dorothy Gardiner Williams, Miss
Marguerite Barbour, Mr.. Horstmann, of
the German Embassy; Mr.. Cavalcanu de
Lacerda. second secretary of the Brazil
ian Embassy; Mr.. Martin of the Swiss
Legation; Commander McCully. Capt
wallach, Lieut.. Long, Ensign Herbert
Spencer, and Mr.. Dowell.
The Bachelors gave the third and last
Of their cotillions this season last even
ing at the New Willard. The favors all
savored of the valentine season, and were
all in yellow. Mrs. Calderon Carlisle re-
ceiyed the guests, and the members of
the committee took turns at leading.
Three White House debutantes were
among the guests-Mrs. Dongworth, for
meriy Miss Alice Roosevelt; Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, her successor as a White
House belle. and Miss Taft, the last White
House bud, and the present belle of the
historic mansion and of Washington So
| ciety. The decorations were all in yellow,
| and the favors consisted of yellow satin
] hearts pierced with gold arrows, hatpin
| holders on heart-shaped stands. yellow
satin parasols with FURNISHED gold
! handles, yellow scarfs. desk sets, scissors,
blotters, and for the flower figure yellow
! jonquils.
Mr. William R Hit entertained the
committee at dinner preceding the cotiI-
/ lion.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt arrived yesterday
to be the guest of Mrs. John r. Mclean
| for the week and to act as bridesmaid
at the wedding of Miss Carrie Mum and
Mr.. Reginald Boardman, OF Boston, next
| Saturday. Representative and Mrs. Long
| worth entertained at dinner last night in
her honor, and took her to the Bachelors
cotillion at the New Willard.
| England,
returned to the Grafton, after visit in
New York, and will spend the remainder
Of the season there.
| The Washington section OF the wom-
ans welfare department of the National
Civic Federation met yesterday morning
in the. home of Mrs. Archibald Hopkins
| chairman, when a smart company lis
| tened to speeches and remarks by women
of smart society, who have had consid-
erable experience in the work of civic
federation. Mrs. Medill Mccormick. of
Chicago, daughter of the late Senator
Marcus A. Hanna, of Ohio, who is spend
| ing the winter in Washington with Mr.
Mccormick. in the home of Mrs Joseph
Hobson, which they leased, made a very
| delightful speech to the company, an
nouncing that they have leased the house
| formerly occupied by Mrs. Wade Chance,
when she was Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cru
ger, for the purpose of opening a board
ing house for Industrial employees, such
as shop girls, excluding clerks in govern
ment Offices. These boarding houses have
been a great success in Chicago and in
New York, where they have been made
self-supporting. Mrs Mccormick, who is
responsible for the organization of this
Washington section of the federation, is
enthusiastic over the prospect of organ
izing stock company for the purpose of
opening several other houses of this kind
Others who read papers and gave talks
on the work were Mrs. Henry Spencer,
Mrs. A. P. Gardner, daughter of Senator
Lodge and wife of Representative Gard
ner; Mrs. Richard Wainwright, Mrs. j.
Nota McGill, Mrs William Barret
Ridgely, Mrs. Henry Spencer, and Mrs.
Mclaughlin, who read a paper prepared
by Miss wetmore, daughter of the Sem
ator.
Among others who were present at the !
meeting were Mrs. Wickersham, wife of |
the Attorney General; Mrs. Nicholas !
Longworth (nee ROOSEVELT. Mrs. Morton |
Grinnell, Miss Ernst. Mrs. Truman H |
Newberry, Miss Lee, Miss Davis, Mrs. |
Charles w Richardson and Mrs. John |
Jay White. Mrs. Mccormick is sure of |
the success of the undertaking of the /
boarding houses for industrial en- |
ployes' and has quite enthused the wom-
en- interested in the work in Washington. |
She was a belle in Senatorial circles in
Washington when her father was in
the Senate, and her wedding In Cleve-