Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27

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ed about two hundred young people last
House this season. The east room WAS
given over entirely to the dancing and
supper around midnight was served in
the state dining room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell had Miss
Taft and a number of other young people
at dinner last night.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer welcomed several hundred guests
from resident and official society last
night, with the military and naval aids
Of the foreign embassies and legations,
and officers and their wives from both
army and navy.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs
MacVeagh entertained at dinner last
Bryce, the German ambassador ana
Countess Won Bernstorff, the Brazilian
| ambassador, the Danish minister. the
Postmaster General, the Secretary OF the
Navy and Mrs. Meyer, Senator and M. s.
Crane, the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Winthrop, Mr.. and Mrs
| Daniel Catlin Of st. Louis. Mrs. Henry
Clews of New York, Mr.. and Mrs. James
| Waller Of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. John
| Borden of Chicago, Mrs. Richard Town
| shall Field, Mrs. Slater, Mrs. Charles
| MacVeagh of Chicago, Miss Kitty Cam
| eron. Mr.. Allison ID. Armour of New
York. Assistant Secretary Adee, Mr..
| Owen Adds and Mr.. Denison.
| Miss Helen Taft went to Annapolis to-
day to attend the hop tonight. She will
| return Monday.
Mrs. Ernest w Roberts of Massa-
| chusetts, president of the Congressional
Club. received at the tea yesterday given
| to Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, Miss Anne
Frances Finley, Miss Helen Hardy. Miss
Janette Ayres. Miss Agnes A. Shackle-
ford. Miss Ruth Tribble. Miss Sophy
| Sweet, Miss Hitchcock and Miss kath-
crime Overman debutantes of the present
| season.
Mrs. William E. Francis of Ohio and
Mrs. Augustus p. Gardner of Massa-
| chusetts presided at the tea table, and
the mothers of the debutantes also as
sisted.
| Mrs Greedy and Miss Greedy enter
| tanned at a luncheon yesterday for Mr..
and Mrs. Hollbrook Blnn.
| Mrs George Clement Samson will be at
| home informally Monday, January y.
| Mrs. Robert Lansing is entertaining at
! tea today for her house guest, Miss
| Avery of Auburn, n. Y. the fiancee Of her
nephew, Mr.. Foster Dulles. Miss Bowers,
| Mrs. Charles Wood and Mrs. Chapman
| will assist.
| Col. and Mrs. Robert VI. Thompson,
| who are giving a dinner followed by a
| musical tonight, have their daughter,
| Mrs Stephen III. p. Pell of New York,
| with them for the week end.
| Mrs. Bates Warren will be at home in
| formally the first and second Fridays in
| February.
Mrs. Frank L. Freeman will be ar home
Tuesday. January 30 1856 street.
| Miss Gwendolyn High of Chicago,
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George High,
| is here on visit to the Misses Noyes,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore w.
Moves, who will entertain at dinner for
| their daughters guest Tuesday night.
Miss High will he Miss Elizabeth Rogers
guest after her present visit. She is a
debutante this winter, and has had a
| most delightful season in her home city.
| Mrs Beers entertained last evening, the
occasion being her seventyninth birth
| day. She had with her two lifelong
friends. Mrs. sibley and Mrs. Q. V: Cole
| man. who was her bridesmaid fifty-five
years ago. The other guests were Mr..
| and Mrs. Arnold and Miss Arnold, Mr.
| and Mrs. Bell and Miss Bell. Mr. and
| Mrs Charles Beers and Miss Thelma
1 ..
Cornelia Beers, Miss Mary Beers and
Miss Stinal
Mrs. Charles Elwood Foster will have
her last day at home Monday, January
20, at the Portland.
| Mr. and Mrs. f. Hilton jackson have
| taken an apartment at the Cordova. Mrs.
Jackson will be at home Tuesdays.
Mrs. Walter Howe, at the Marlborough.
will be at home Thursdays, not Tuesdays,
/ in February.
| Col. Robert NJ. Thompson will entertain
at dinner tonight in honor of Prof. Nitobe
Of japan: 4 musical will follow. with
Mr.. c. F: Clement and NINE. Nanara-
| Mrs. w. s. Campbell, Mrs. G. Lloyd
Magruder, Miss Magruder, Mrs. w. ].
Newton and Miss Newton of this city
are at Atlantic City.
Mrs. William B. Ridgely's tea guests
yesterday invited to meet Mrs. Sidney
Cloman filled seven tables for bridge
earlier in the afternoon. Mrs. Stilson
Hutchins and Mrs. Deering presided at
| the tea table.
Mrs. Walter H. Acker and Miss Acker
will be at home February and 0.
Mrs Edward Burr will not be at home
tomorrow.
| Mrs. Charles L. Bartlett has returned
| from a visit south, and Joined Repre-
| sentative Bartlett of Georgia at the Coch-
| ran Hotel.
| Mrs Frank l.. Browne and Mrs. Blair
| will be at home Wednesday, January 81.
! Rev. and Mrs. George F. Dudley, 1862
| Irving street northwest, will be at home
Mondays, January % and February 5,
| from to 6, assisted by Mrs. E. M. Nc
Leod, Miss Edith Ernest Miss Margaret
| Emery, Mr.. Henry Purcell veazie and
Mr.. Claiming Williams Lefebvre
Senator and Mrs Bankhead are making
their home at the Arlington this winter
| instead Of the Raleigh, as printed in the
Congressional Directory.
Miss Mary J. Godfrey of Empire. Canal
Zone, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
| e. D. Godfrey, 942 Westminster street
| northwest.
1 Mrs. James r. Mann entertained young
people at luncheon today to meet the
| Misses Maths.
| The officers Of the National Library for
the Blind have issued invitations for FRI
| day evening, February 2, at $50 o'clock,
at the New Willard. DR.. Thomas Nelson
Page will make a short address. The
MONDAY Morning Music Club will sing.
Mrs T. B. Spence left Monday for New
York to visit Mrs. F. Pace, formerly OF
| this city.