The Washington times., 1912-12-15
Guests Arrive at White
House for Holiday Party
+, of Miss Taft.

Mrs. Taft attended servicss at 81.
Johns Epascopsl Church this morning.
w. A. Aidvich. Of Pi evidence. r. l..
arrived In Washington last evening and
Joined Miss Taft's house party.
Charlie TAFT has also arrived At ANe
white House to remain until after the
holidays. ...-
Mrs. Edson Bradley. held a sale. tea.
and dance In her new ballroom yester-
day afternoon. the most wonderful part
OF II being the fact that she and her
daughter. Mrs. Herbert Shipmsn. Of
New York. made with their own fingers
every article oRetsd for sale.
II Seemed impossible to understand
how tvo women 20 busily employed IN
other ways could isnd timc TO mako so
many beautiful and elegant things suit
cd to Christmas shopping. 1t was ex.
planned. however. when Mrs. Bradley
told friend who admired her skill with
the needle. that she rises every morn
Ing at o'clock or earlier. takes
breakfast Of coffee and biscuit and then
goes about her various duties. She en-.
ttrely managers her own household, Il
great Undertaking. In itself, arranKes
her social program. and what she has
done for charity In Washington is
enough to bless her all her days.
With all this. Mrs. Bradley has time
to slip quietly away from her big house
In her electric and personally select
dsinties for numerous invalids who
would not otherwise have them.
The afternoons sale was for the bene.
III OF the Home for Incursbles, In
Geiogetown. and rich harvest WAS
reaped. Socially. Il was a brilliant
achievement. the visitors representing
the entire social roster Of Washington.
In charge Of the various tables were
Mrs. Huntington Wilson, Mrs George
7. Maryc. Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard. Mrs.
Fremont Smith. Madame Christian
Hauge. Mrs. Seaton Schroeder. Mrs.
High Wallace. Mrs. Dune an McKim.
Mrs. Ralph Jenkins, Mrs. Spauiding,
Mrs. Arthur Willert. Mrs. Rob-
crt Shaw oliver, Miss Sherman,
Miss Alice Meyer. Miss Julia Meyer.
Miss Marion Oliver. Miss Margaret
Perrin, Miss Gladys Hinckley, the
Missts Sheridan. Miss Wilmer. Miss
Dorothy Williams. Miss Elizabeth Rush
Porter. Mrs. Roscoe c. BuImer, and
Mrs. Marion P. Maus.
Lord Eustace Percy. British attache.
Reginald Huidekoper. Frederick Huide.
koper. william Bowie Clark, william
Marrow. Chauncey Hackett, Carroll
Glover. Capt. Louis Nice. Little, and
Basil Miles managed the dancing, which
occupied the younger people ali after.
noon.
The French Ambassador and. Madame
Jusserand. the Brazilian Ambassador
and Madame da Cana. the German
Ambassador and Countess Won Bern.
storn. Countess de Chambrum, Miss
Helen Taft. Mrs. Louis Bacon, Miss, Ell
sic Aldrich, and others to the mum.
her Of several hundred. enjoyed the
UNIQUE event and helped the Home for
lncurables.
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The Mexican amt ssador has gone
to New York to meet Senior Don
Pedro L-ascurraln. secretary OF for.
eign affairs OF Mexico, who has lust
arrived In that city. The ambassa dor
and Senior Lascurrain will be the
guests Of honor at q banquet to be
given In New York on Tuesday night
by the Mexican Society Of that city,
and on Wednesday or Thursday they
Will come to we.sins.on.
commissioner ana Mrs. Fred Den.
nett entertained the Evening Auction
Bridge Club at their home In q street
last night. following the game with
supper at II o'clock.
Their guests were Senator and Mrs.
Townsend. Congressman and Mrs. Need.
ham. Congressman and Mrs. Kahn.
Congressman and Mrs. Stephens. Con.
sressmsn and Mrs. Underhill. Congress.
man and Mrs. Kinkead. Congressman n
snd Nrs. MCGUIRE. Congressman and
Mrs. Campbell, Congressman and Mrs.
Cullop. and Major and Mrs. Fries.
Col. George F. Downey. L. s. A., and
Mrs. Downey have changed the date
! OF the dance they were to have riyen
at Rauschers on January 9 to the mex;
evening. january.