The Washington times., 1912-01-18
Attorney General and Mrs.
Wickersham to Entertain
Notable Party.

The President and Mrs Taft will be
the guests Of honor at the dinner which
Attorney General and Mrs. wicker
sham are giving tonight, the third in
the annual series of Cabinet dinners for
the President. A notable company has
been asked to meet the Chief Ex-
ecutive.
Mrs. Taft occupied box at the New
National Theater last night, having as
her guests Mr.. and Mrs. william c.
Heron and Major Butt, u. S. A.
Miss Helen Taft and her COUSIN, Miss
Harriet Anderson. were the guests in
honor of whom Miss Laura Merriam en-
tertained a party of young people at
dinner last night preceding the Bache-
lors
Others in the company. we're Miss
Harriet Anderson, Miss Meyer, Miss
Alys Meyer, Miss Elsie Aldrich. Lieut.
Go Gawfra Rodsers u H. CAPT Leuis
Mccartney Little, Benjamin Cable and
] Lieutenant Mckinney
Rear Admiral Richardson Glover, U.
g. N, and Miss Eudora Glover were
dinner hosts last night. afterwards es-
corting their guests to the Bachelors.
In their party were Nine. Loewenthal-
Linau, Miss Hildegarde Nagel. Miss
Margaret Draper, Miss Gladys Hinckley.
Miss Sophy Johnston, Miss Alice Whit
ing. Miss Martha Bowers, Mr.. Morgen-
stierne, Mr.. Maugras, Duncan Phillips,
DR.. De Ianey, Major Horton and Mr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert II. Grosvenor are
entertaining at dinner tonight in COM
pliment to the Presidents daughter,
Miss Helen Taft. Her cousin, Miss Har-
riet Anderson, Of Cincinnati, who Is
spending the winter at the White House.
will be among the additional guests.
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DR.. and Mrs. Roland Post Falkner
have cards out for an evening reception
Saturday, January 20, from to 10
o'clock.
Bachelors German
At New willard.
The second Bachelors German of the
season took place last night at the New
willard, Nine. Bakhmeteff, wife of the
Russian ambassador, receiving the
guests for the committee. Lawrence
Townsend, president of the organiza-
4 ton, stood with Nine. Bakhmeteff,. and
made the presentations.
Music for the dancing was furnished
by a section of the United States Ma
,rtne Band, stationed in the gallery Of
the large ballroom, which was tastefuly
decorated with smilax, palms, ferns and
yellow blossoms.
There were four favor figures in the
cotillion. which was led by members OF
the committee. The favors were partic-
ularly attractive, the women receiving
dainty brocaded satin boudoir slippers
tied with bows of ribbon to match;
Vienna feather fans on Persian ivory
sticks, tied with yellow satin ribbon;
gold baskets, tied with yellow satin rib
bons, and the customary cluster of fiow-
ers concluding the german. For the men
there were shoe horns in ooze leather
cases, tied with yellow ribbons; fancy
leather jewel boxes, lined and tied with
yellow ribbons; leather calendars tied
with. yellow bows and clusters Of fiow-
ers.
The committee this year includes Law.
renee Townsend, president: William F.
HIT vice president; Franklin Ellis
treasurer: Chauncey Hackett, secretary
Basil Miles and Lieut.. Edward McCau-
!, ley.
est dances of the social season of the
National Capital. and are given under
the auspices of a group of the promi-
nent men of society banded together for
the purpose of thus collectively return
ing the hospitalities extended them dur.
ing the season by the hostesses OF
old established function. having orig
mated something more than half a CEN
tury ago.
Each dance of the series always is the
occa sion for numerous dinner parties
which precede the event, many guests
from New York, Philadelphia. and Bal
timore coming to Washington for the