Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-03
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
OFFICIALS AND OTHERS LEAV-
ING FOR SUMMER HOMES.
The President and Mrs. Taft Dine
With the Newlands.
Other Events.

With the departure Of the President and
Mrs. Taft for their summer home at
Beverly, Mass, this afternoon, closes
social season at the White House which
began last fall on their return there and
which has been very full and most in
teresting one. Mrs. Taft has been able to
carry out every entertainment she plan
ned and to enjoy not only the official but
also the smaller occasions. when she
gathered the intimate friends Of her own
and the household. She also accepted hos
pitalities in the home of personal friends
Last night Senator and Mrs. Newlands
were dinner hosts for the President and
his wife, the meal being served al fresco
at their Woodley lane home.
Mrs. Taft expects to remain all sum-
mer at Beverly. where Miss Taft and her
brothers will join the family party in u
day or two.
The last Of the Supreme Court homes
are closed by the departure yesterday for
Saranac lake, N. Y, of the Chief Justice
and Mrs. White, who plan to spend the
summer there. Justice and Mrs. Lurton
also left town yesterday, going just for a
stay in Knoxville, Tenn, for two weeks,
before going to the Virginia Hot Springs
for the rest Of their vacation.
The Italian ambassador and family are
leaving this week for Italy, and particu-
lar interest is attached to their departure
by the cable news OF a day or two back.
that the former may be assigned to a
new post abroad.
The Brazilian ambassador probably will
remain in Washington until the middle of
July, and in the vicinity of the capital
as long as Congress is in session.
The French ambassador and Mme JUS
serand have gone to Boston to spend a
few days, and Saturday will sail for
France.
The Russian ambassador and Nine.
Bakhpeteff. together with the secretaries
and attaches of the embassy, arrived
last night at Newport. and for few
days the party will be at the Muench-
niger King. Before the end Of the week
James Gordon Bennett villa. Baron de
Bode and his sister, Baroness de Bode,
Of the embassy. have rented a cottage
at Jamestown. The ambassadors car
riage, which wa9 at the wharf to meet
him, attracted a great deal Of attention,
not for itself, but on account of the Cos
sack servant, who was on the box with
the coachman. 1t was the first official
view the Newport cabbies and others
have had of this imposing Individual
whose uniform of long-skirted coat and
astrakhan cap. belt with many dangling
accouterments and high boots, has grown
familiar to Washingtonians. The New
pOrters have other surprises in store SO
far as this individual is concerned, for
they will find that the color of his coat
will be similar to or in harmony with
that of Nine. Bakhmetef's carriage wrap:
that while he is waiting at the door for
her he carries the garment and very
materially brightens the particular piece
Of landscape he is ornamenting.
Mile. Zia, daughter of the Turkish am
bassadOr, who has spent the winter at
the embassy with her father. will sail
from New York on the Olympic Satur-
day, accompanied by the first secretary
of the Turkish embassy and Nine. Abdul
Hak Hussien Bey, who will take her for
trip through England and France. Mile.
Zia will then go to Constantinople and
the secretary and his wife will visit in
Cairo and London before returning to the
capital.
Secretary Meyer. who is recuperating
from his recent illness. will be accompa-
MED by Mrs. Meyer and the Misses Mey-
er in their nearby trip to Newport on
the Dolphin
Miss Hammond, sister of Mr.. John Hays
Hammond. is the guest of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Chadwick over the Fourth at
their Newport place.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Mueller and
daughter have left for weeks vaca-
ton to visit Mr.. w. L. Beavers, Mrs.
Maeller's father, at Herndon, Va.
Miss Fannie Davis of Richmond, Va,
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. w. D. Suth-
erland.
Dr. and Mrs. w. D. Tewksbury and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thomas Jones
tour up the coast. stopping before their
return at Philadelphia, New York and
Atlantic City.
Mrs. Frank Anthony Walhe Of Nor
folk is the guest of Mrs. Ludlow at the
Concord.
Mr.. j. J. Burns and Miss Burns of
Washington are in New York for a few
days.
Miss Hazel and Miss Myrtle Otey of
Indianapolis. Ind. are the guests of
Miss Agnes E. Strobel. 612 5th street
northeast.
Miss Natalja Willard. daughter of Col.
and Mrs. Joseph H. Willard of Washing
ton and Richmond, with be presented to
Newport society at Fair Haven, on Cath
crime street. July % from to Z. Mrs.
Willard will be assisted by Miss Roberta
Willard and her debutante daughter. Mrs.
Willard plans the function to be outdoors.
An orchestra will play. and little in
formal dancing will follow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Aufenthie and Mr..
H. q. Bergman have removed to their
new home. 575S Georgia avenue. where
they will be pleased to see their friends.
Mr. Arthur G. Moseley. jr.1; and Miss
Violet Griffith Bogy. both of st. Louis,
Mo-, were quietly welded in the presence
of a few friends last evening at st. Pat
rick's Church. Both are OF the oldest
families Of st. Louis and Mrs. Moseley is
the granddaughter OF the late Senator
LOUSY. Bogy Of Missouri The young