Evening star., 1912-03-19
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MONDAY MEAL MADE GALA AT
LITTLE SISTERS TODAY.
Diplomats and Others Are Walters
and Waitresses-Other
Events-Notes.

Poor. The Office of the visitors was to
wait upon the inmates of the home at
table and otherwise to reverse the usual
procedure for home folks and outsiders.
The latter vested themselves in white
aprons, pile of which awaited their
taking in the parlor, and applied them
selves assiduously to the task of serving
the tables, at which more than 200 inmates
men and women-were seated. few
of the visitors with particular talent that
way carved the meat and dished UP the
food 1t was a very happy event, the sun
shine without contributing naturally to
happy frame of mind for all concerned,
both to those who had fine homes to re-
turn to and the others whose measure of
content showed in their cheerful counte-
nances and enjoyment of what the friends
of the institution had provided in the
way of extra fine substantials and dan-
ties.
After music. vocal and otherwise con-
tributed by the inmates, all attended
benediction in the chapel.
The Italian ambassador and Marchion-
ess Cusani entertained at breakfast yes
terday the Brazilian ambassador, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend, Col. and Mrs sy-
mons, the Spanish military attache ana
Sonora de Urcullu, Mrs. Esmond Ovey,
Miss Hildegarde Nagel. Miss Marion
Wise. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard S. Reside,
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Cusani. Gen. O'Connell, Mr.. Dmitrow,
Russian second secretary; Mr.. Won Buelow,
German attache; John l.. Gignoux, hon.
orary attache of the Swiss legation, and
Signor Augusta Rosso, Italian attache.
Mrs William F. Draper entertained
large party of young people at dinner last
night for her daughter, Miss Margaret
Preston Draper. Her guests were Miss
Yvonne Townsend. Miss Maitland Mar
bau Do Adelaide Heath
Miss Margaret Cotton Smith, Miss Elsie
AIdrich, Miss Gladys ingalls,, Miss Mar
tha Bowers. Miss Eudora Glover. Miss
Nancy Neff, Miss Julia Whiting. Duncan
Phillips, Frank Ellis. Maj. Horton. Mrs.
Maugras of the French embassy, Chaun-
cey Hackett, Dick Aldrch, John Hays
Hammond, jr.; Mr.. de Bach of the Rus
sian embassy. John B. Henderson. jr.;
Guy Emerson. A. Kerr Clark Kerr; Brit
ish attache: Charles c. Glover, jr., and
Count Chabennas of France.
Senator and Mrs. Rayner entertained at
dinner last night the German ambassador
and Countess Won Bernstorff. Senator
Brandegee. the French naval attache and
Viscountess Benoist d 'Azy, Representative
and Mrs. Burton Harrison, former Gov.
and Mrs Merriam, Mme Christian Hauge,
DIR. and Mrs. Fremont Smith and Miss
Marie Bevan of Baltimore.
The assistant secretary of war and Mrs.
Oliver entertained at dinner last night in
honor of the Secretary of War and Mrs
Stimson. The other guests were the Brit
ish amba ssador and Mrs. Bryce, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas T. Gaff. Mr.. and Mrs. Glover,
Miss Oliver and Maj. De Laney.
The French ambassador and Nine JUS
serand will give dinners Thursday and
Saturday of this week
The Belgian minister and Nine. Have
nth will give three dinners this month,
the first Thursday.
Mrs John e. Reyburn gave dinner for
her daughter. Miss Eleanor Reyburn, and
young party last night
Mrs. John Hays Hammond is entertain
ing at tea today women in the congress
sional circle, with view to having rr-
ganiZed in the near future congressional
woman's branch of the wOmans welfare
department of the Civic Federation.
The German ambassador will go to Chi
cago Friday, and while the guest of .Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Mccormick will lay the
corner stone of a German hospital in that
city Sunday next.
The Austrian ambassador is in New
York to keep social engagements: He was
Mrs. Vanderbilt's guest last night at the
opera as were also Maj. Won Herwarth
o. the German embassy and Mrs. Won
Herwarth.
3 The Russian embassy is now established
at 18th and Is streets. where the ambas-
sador and Nine. Bakhmeten moved yes
terday, although much is yet to be done
to arrange their furniture and belongings
Mrs Beekman Winthrop. wife of the
assistant secretary of the navy, received
the guests yesterday afternoon at the
meeting of the Monday Skating Club.
under the auspices of the Navy ReleI
Society, at the Arcade.
The Argentine minister will attend the
Pan-American Society breakfast today
in New York, at which he will be the
honor guest. Tomorrow he will sail Tor
his county, to spend the next three
months.
The Japanese ambassador and Wis
countess Chinda were the guests OF Mrs.
Emma Thursby Sunday afternoon at
reception given for them at her New
York home
Miss Elizabeth Reside went to Boston
on the late afternoon train yesterday to
be the guest of friends for week or ten
days, who have planned many attentions
for her during her stay.
The Netherlands minister and Nine.
Loudon went 10 New York yesterday and
will sail tomorrow for Holland. Mr..
Schmolck. first secretary of the legation,
will be charge d'affaires in the absence
of the minister.
Nine Won Herwarth and her brother-in-
law, Lieut.. Won Herwarth, will sail this
week for Europe. Maj Won Herwarth ac-
companied them to New York and will re-
main until after theD departure.
Mrs Margaret MontSirO-Berry was
hostess yesterday afternoon at a beau
tiful green tea, followed by dinner in
honor of the receiving party. The deco
rations were artistic and beautiful, palms,
sgnilax. ferns, Irish flags and green tu-
lips being largely used.
Assisting her were Mrs. Conrad Syme,
Miss Anne Randolph Heth, Mrs. Lothrop,
Miss Power and Miss Ives.
Mrs Daniel Thew Wright. wife of JUS
tice Wright arrived yesterday at the
Royal Poinciana, Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs F. Worden Graham and her
daughter, Miss Mary X. Graham, have
returned from Annapolis, where they
spent the week end. Miss Mary K. Gra-
ham entertained at a green luncheon yes
terday, the second of series she has
been giving during Lent.
Mrs NJ. NJ. Thissell will be at home
Thursdays for the rest of the season at
her new place of residence. 3415 Brown
street, near 18th, Mount Pleasant.
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