Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-20
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MRS. TAFT BUSY WITH PLEAS
ANT ERRANDS IN NEW YORK.
Dinner Parties and Other Hospital.
ties-Personal
Notes.

| NOCcS.
Mrs. Taft accepted the invitation to at
| tend the Woman's industrial exhibition in
New York today. The reception commit
tee to receive her consisted of Mrs Henry
F. Dimock, Mrs. Richard Irwin. Mrs. Ar
| thur M. Dodge. Mrs. Parker d. Handy,
Mrs Francis Adm Shinn Miss Anne
Morgan. Miss Elsie De Wolfe. Miss Elisa
! beth Marbury and Mrs Henry
The British ambassador and Mrs Bryce
will give large reception tonight their
annual hospitality in this regard
| Mr.. kienlin. second secretary of the
German embassy. and Mrs. kienlin> en-
| tertaned at dinner last night at thei;
| home on MaSsa chusetts avenue Their
| guests We're the Spanish minister and
| Nine. de Riano Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bel
4 mont. Mr. and Mrs. John Wilkins, Wis
| count and Viscountess day. the coun-
selor of the German embassy and Mrs.
| Hanie1 Won Hamhausen. Miss Julia
| Meyer. Miss Harriet Southerland. Miss
| Yvonne Townsend, Mr.. Morgenstierne of
the Norwegian legation and Baron Won
| Hardenbroek and Mr.. Won Bulow of the
German embassy.
| Mrs. Richard Townsend entertained
| dinner company of thirty-five last night,
when the French ambassador and Nine.
| Jusserand and the Attorney General and
Mrs. Wickersham were among those
present.
The Pan-American Society of the
| United States gave a luncheon yesterday
| at the City Midday Club, New York to
| DR.. ROmulo- S. Naon of the Argentine
Republic. who returned to his native
| country today on leave of absence. Fol-
| lowing the luncheon there were number
Of informal speeches. during which Henry
| White, DR. Naon, John Barrett, Lewis
/ Nixon and Charles M Schwab responded
| to toasts.
The marriage of Miss Marian Josephine
| Campbell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Alexander Franklin Campbell. and Mr..
| George w. Prather of this city. whose
! engagement was announced yesterday,
will take place at the Church of the AS
cension at o'clock the Both of March.
| The ceremony will be quiet one, and
| there will be no attendants
The Daughters of the American Revo-.
| luton will entertain at a charity card
party at the Hotel Cairo ballroom this
/ evening. March 20 at o'clock, for the
benefit of the destitute poor children of
| the District. The prizes have been do,
| mated by the merchants.
! Mrs. A. G.. Chaplain, who has been at
| Atlantic City for the last two months,
has returned to her residence, 2122 Con-
| necticut avenue.
Miss Sally Somervell Mackall will leave
| New York the last of this month for the
| south of France, by way of the Mediter
| ranean. and expects to remain abroad
until late in the fall. visiting different
places of interest.
| Mrs. bennett, wife of Commissioner
bennett, will be at home tomorrow for
| the last time this season. Mrs. bennett
| will be assisted by Mrs. Speer, wife of
| Representative Speer. and Mrs. Bowman,
wife of Representative Bowman.
DIR. John c. Boyd. medical director of
York for few days with Miss Boyd.
| They are staying at the Hotel Wolcott,
| where DR.. A. c.. Stanley of this city is
also a guest.
| Miss Ruth Campbell returned to this
city Sunday after a two-mOnth absence,
Miss Campbell first visited in Rockford,
ILL.,. and Chicago. and then spent the
mardi gras season with friends i'm New
Orleans.
Mrs. w. H. Kimbell of East Capitol
street entertained at dinner Monday even
| ing. sHer guests were: Mrs. William *.
Cohen. Mrs. Rachel Richardson Brown,
Miss Leah Webster, Mrs. S. L. Merkling.
Lieut.. H. II. Zando, both of New York:
Mr.. w. H. kimbell and Mr.. W. W. Kim
bell.
Mrs Edward T. Stotesbury of Philadel-
phia has arrived for a short visit to her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Brooks. jr.
The engagement of Miss Contra Hutch
| inson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney
Emlen Hutchinson and granddaughter of
Mr.. Edward T. Stotesbury, and Mr.. Hol
| lowell Vaughan Morgan of Germantown
and Philadelphia was announced today
Miss Hutchinson was introduced to So
ciety by her mother at tea two years
! ago. Several brilliant affairs were given
| in her honor during her debutante year.
| among them being magnificent dance
| at the Bellevue Stratford, when her
grandfather was host. On this occasion
| the ballroom and clover room We're trans
formed into blooming gardens, rustic
! bridges trailing vines and southern tree
| ferns being used effectively in the deco
| ia tons.
| Miss Hutchinson finished her cduca-
! ton abroad and has since travelled ex-
tensively. With her parents she spends
| q portion of each summer at Sydith ter
race. their home at Beverly Farms Mass.
| Mr.. Morgan was graduated from Har-
ward in 1910, and is member of the
| Racquet and the Huntingdon Valley
| Country clubs Miss Hutchinson an
| nounced her engagement Informally yes
| terday afternoon at small luncheon.
| given for her intimate girl friends. No
| date has been set for the wedding.
| Two hundred and twenty-one inmates
/ of the home conducted by the Little Sis
ters of the Poor. sat I'd and II streets
1 northwest. We're given dinner yesterday
| in honor of st. Joseph's day and the
| forty-second anniversary of the sisters
| appearance in Washington. The dinner
| was notable on account of the prominent
| men and women who donated it and who
! helped to serve it, and who repeated by
| their presence the interest of their prede-
| cessors either in official or in resident
| society.
| The familiar scenes which have always
| marked the celebration of the feast were
| in progress from II to o'clock.
! Mrs. Wickersham. wife of the Attorney
! General. has returned from New York,
| accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. AL
| bert Akin.
| Mr.. and Mrs Granville Fortescue who
| have been in South America for several
| months, have returned and are now the
| guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell,
| parents of the latter.
| Mrs. Medill Mccormick has gone down