Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-08
In THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENT TO DINE WITH SEC
RETARY AND MRS. FISHER.
Secretary and Mrs. Knox Have Plan
ned a Florida Trip-Other
Events-Personals.

The President and Mrs. Taft will be
entertained at dinner tonight by the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Fisher, and Miss Taft with Miss Greedy,
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Greedy.
The Secretary of State and Mrs Knox.
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Knox, will go to Palm Beach next Mon
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Tindle of Pittsburgh,
son-in-law and daughter of Secretary
and Mrs. Knox, will be here in a day
or two to attend the dinner in honor of
the Secretary of State Saturday night at
the Pan-American building, when the
members of the foreign affairs commit
tee of the House of Representatives will
be hosts.
Mr.. Thomas Morgan gives a dinner at
Dover House this evening. Automobiles
have found the roads east of Washing ton
much better than was expected consider
ing the recent bad weather.
Rev W. r. Wedderspoon will give a
lecture recital on "Shakespeares Ham,
morrow night, for the benefit of the
Woman's Guild.
Miss Helen Taft was honor guest at d
dinner last night, when Lieut.. and Mrs.
Timmons were hosts and their other
guests were Mrs. Leigh Palmer, Miss An
derson, Miss Cotton. Miss ingalls,, Miss
Abby ingalls, Barnard, Miss Page, Capt.
Symington, Maj. WinShip, Capt. Little,
Lieut. Cook Lieut.. Long, Capt Leahy
and Mr.. Willstach.
The Russian ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmeteff dined with Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Legare last night, the others
present including the German ambassa-
dor and Countess Won Bernstorff. the
Postmaster General. Mrs. Townsend, Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Belmont, Capt. and Nine.
VaSSilieff, Maj. and Nine. Won Herwarth,
Mrs. Robert Patterson, Col. Charles l..
McCawley and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Moore.
Representative w. B. Mckinley gave a
dinner of eighteen covers last evening,
at which his neice, Miss Maths, pre-
sided.
Col and Mrs Thomas w Symons had
guests to dinner last night, the date be-
ing the birthday of the host Miss SYM
ons will sail for England March 9 and
will spend the spring with her brother
at Oxford.
Representative and Mrs. J. Charles Lin
thicum gave theater party last night,
followed by supper at the New Willard.
Mrs. Linthicum has cards out for a
borough, wife of the Governor of Mary
land. and Mrs Preston. wife of the
mayor of Baltimore. On account of a
death in the family, Mrs. Goldsborough
cannot attend, but Mrs. Preston will be
the guest of honor. Next Monday night
Mr.. and Mrs Linthicum will give a re-
ception at the Congressional Club.
Pay Inspector Lawrence S. Heap, O.. S.
N, and Mrs. Heap entertained at dinner
Ia ST night in commitment the CT pf
secretary of the navy and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop. The other guests were the
chief justice of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia and Mrs Harry Nj.
Clabaugh, Judge and Mrs. Hunt, Ad-
miral and Mrs. Fletcher, Capt and Mrs
Gibbons, Paymaster General and Mrs
Cowie, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Biddle and
Mrs Robert Hinckley.
Capt Harold P Norton, L. S. ~, and
Mrs Norton entertained at dinner last
night at their apartment at Stoneleigh
Court in compliment to Rear Admiral and
Mrs. John d. Adams
ter was danced last night at the New
Willard, with Mrs. William F. Draper
receiving for the committee. Mr.. Law
renee Townsend. the president of the
organization, presenting the guests to
in that hue and the favors likewise or
tied with pink ribbons. This glittering
array of articles included for the women
fancy pink pillows, tambourines. with
bows of pink ribbon; hat brushes. with
ribbon embroidered backs, and for the
men. leather ash trays. with hunting
scenes in the center; china shoppers.
ornamented with Dutch figures and
clothes brushes with pigskin backs Pink
Killarney roses, for the women and car
nations for the men were the flower
favors. There were many out of town
guests.
Mr. Hit Price, president of the club
entertained the other members of the
committee at dinner, and most of the
other dinner parties of the evening went
later to the ball.
Mrs. Benjamin II. Lee, from New Lon
don. Conn.,. is visiting her mother, Mrs
Joseph A. Mower, at the Hotel Logan.
Miss James of the Woodley apartment
entertained eight members of 1.-The Col
lege Hero cast last night at supper.
Mrs Waller II. Acker and Miss Acker