The Washington times., 1912-02-01
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers
Hosts at Cotillion.


at brilliant cotillon at Rauscher's last
night In honor of their debutante daugh-
ter. Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers The
entire ballroom suite was beautifully
decorated with quantities of Southern
smilax, hanging baskets filled with
American Beauty roses, and all the IA
vors were tied with American Beauty
chiffon and ribbon.
The several hundred guests from Of
ficial, diplomatic, and residential circles
of Washington society were received in
the small ballroom, which was trans
formed for the occasion into a garden.
Mrs. Rogers and the debutante were
assisted in receiving by Mrs. Clarence
wards. U. S. A.. and among the men
who made the presentations were Gem
eral Edwards, Col. Charles l.. McCaw-
ley. U. s. NJ. c., and Gist Blair.
of green satin, with the skirt bordered
In sable and the bodice heavily embroid-
cred In rhinestones. Miss Rogers wore
white chiffon draped over white satin,
with rhinestone embroidery on the bod
ice, and trimmed in silver fringe.
The Marine Band played for the
dancing, George Howard and William
Marrow leading the cotillion dancing
with Miss Taft and Miss Rogers.
There were five favor figures. includ-
ing chiffon scarfs, wands, lace boudoir
caps, bonbon boxes, and leather and
silver picture frames for the women,
and cigarette cases, turbanS, wallets,
| flowers, and paper caps for the men.
A seated supper was served In the
green room at midnight.
Though in honor OF a debutante, the
guests We're by no means limited to the
debutante set Some of those dancing
were:
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
sham, Miss Helen Taft, Miss Harriet
AID nt,1 hat A,t It..a
Burton, of New York; the Postmaster
General, Frank II. Hitchcock, the Sec
rotary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer,
and the Misses Meyer, Miss Nagel.
and Labor and Mrs. Nagel; the Rus
sian Ambassador and Nine. Bakhmeteff,
the Swiss minister, DIR. Ritter: the Bel
gian Minister and Nine. Havenith, the
Naval Attache of the French Embassy
and yiscountess Benoist d'Azy. the
Naval Attache of the Russian EN-
bassy and Nine. Vassilieff, the Charge
d. Affairs of Greece l.. l.. Catanzoglu.
the Counselor of the Austro- hungarian
I-Embassy and Nine. Won Lowenthal-
embassy; Mr.. Morgenstierne, of the
Norwegian legation; the Military At
| tache of the British Embassy and Mrs.
McLachlan,. Baron Hardenbroek, of the
German embassy; the Counselor of the
German Embassy and Nine. Haniel,
the Military Attache of the. German
Embassy and Nine. Herwarth. Mr.. JUS
tice and Mrs. Lurton, former Justice
and Mrs. Brown. the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop. Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler An
derson, Lieut.. John Timmons, U. S. N,
and Mrs. Timmons, Captain Wigmore.
u. S. A., and Mrs. Wigmore, Capt
Frank Beatty, L. S. N, and Mrs.
Beatty, and Miss Emily Beatty, Con-
gressman Catlin and Mrs. Catlin. for
mer Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives and Miss Helen Cannon, Brig.
Cen E. A. Darlington. u. s. A., and
Mrs. Darlington. and Miss Sallie
Darlington, Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner
Bell Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Britton, and Miss Catherine Brit
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend,
and Miss Yvonne Townsend, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thropp, Mr.: and Mrs. Wander
grift and Miss Alice Vandergrift, Con-
gressman and Mrs. Weeks and Miss
Weeks, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wads-
worth, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Weight
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Westcott, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Biddle. Mr.. and Mrs. Bel
mont, Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley, DR..