The Washington times., 1912-01-12
President and Mrs. Taf,
Honor Guests at Mac
Veagh Dinner.

The President and Mrs. Taft were
the guests at dinner last night OF the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh at the second in the annual
series of dinners by Cabinet members
In honor of the Chief Executive.
Asked to meet them were the Amer
lean Ambassador to Great Britain and
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. Mr.. and MRS.
Cyrus Mccormick. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey Blair. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
eric Bartlett, Mrs. Marshall Field,
Mrs. Herman Kohlsaat, Mrs Ezra b.
McCagg, Francis Bird, and Allison
armour, Ai,, al Of Chicago; Mr., and Mrs.
worth, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Mason.
Mrs. Joseph Stickney, and Brayton
Ives. all Of New York; Mrs. Pretty
man. OF London: Robert Perkins Bass,
.as sna %s g ksy a.%HR.sr% Hss %e.s; M
Merritt, Miss Scidmore. Miss Mac
Veagh. Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Ed
wards, U. g. Al; Major a. w. Butt.
'snd q; 3 Al Al H.y Msnry rwy. EmSry. George Cope
After the dinner Mr.. Copeland gave
several selections on the piano and
The house was tastefuliy decorated
for the occasion with quantities Of
Killarney roses.
Count and Countess
Won Bernstorff Hosts.
At the German embassy Ambassador
and Countess vdn Bernstorff had dining
with them last night the Secretary of
the Interior and Mrs. Fisher. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry White. Senator Root, Mrs.
william Thompson, OF New York; Mr..
and Mrs. Chandler Anderson, the Swiss
mfniQtar nr- Paul. hA Cna,nuAlnr NJ
the Austro- Hungarian Embassy and
Mime. Loewenthal-Linau,M Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. wilkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Purdy. and Miss Pstten.
Constantin Nabokoff. Of the Russian
embassy star. went over to New York
Yesterday for a few days.
Burr entsrtained rs at a dinner Il a. last ao night light
In honor Of Mrs. James b. Montgomery.
Of Portland, Ore, who is spending a
few days In Washington, the guest of
Mrs; Charles Boughton Wood; Others
Gillespie. u. g. A., retired, and Mrs.
gillespie and Rear Admiral oNeil. U.
After dinner the party attended the
dance dance at % Mrs. Wadsworths. s .'ep'''" anu
Mrs. Hope Slater was hostess at a
large dinner last night in honor Of Mrs.
Elsie French Vanderbilt. Of New York.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Gaff
To Give Dinner Dance.
About $50 Of the younger dancing con-
tingent will be the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. T. Can tonight at large din
ner dance they are giving in honor OF
their M scn,in-lnw Sn and na.su. asaushte1' M aSd
Washington for the first time since
their marriage a fey years ago.
A, new group for "The College Hero
Arlington Hotel last S DS evening. nSm q %eon; on;
twenty girls. under the leadership OF
Miss Anna c. Carlo. Miss Sue Courts
and Miss Rosalie Rogers Thomas, met
and decided to take the part OF the
Japanese dance in the musical extrava,
Mrs. Charles H. Stockton. Of the board
Of managers OF the Noel House, was
their chaperon.
Mrs. William Floyd sIcard is spending
some time in Norfolk. va.
Mrs. Biscoe, wife of Pay Inspector
Henry e. Biscoe, U. 8. N, was hostess
at an informal luncheon today In com.
who is the house guest Of Mrs. Beatty
Pay inspector and Mrs. Biscoe will
entertain at large supper party Sat
yrday evening after the dance at the
Mrs; Joseph II. van Stoltzenberg, oi
Philadelphia, who 10 spending some time
in Washington with her mother, Mrs
John c. Spear. at the Brighton. ha.
sent out cards for tea on Friday after.
noon Januarv -