The Washington times., 1912-03-17
Music and Roller Skating Lenten
r.. Diversions of Capital Society Folk

., 3, and 4 as the tentative dates. The
exhibition will take place, as last year.
at the grounds Of the Horse Show Asso-
citation, at Eighteenth and j. streets
just bordering Potomac Park. The asso-
ciatinn. of which Col. Robert NJ Thomp-
son has been elected president, pro-
national in character and to include
Canadian horsemen among the proini-
nent exhibitors.
Larz Anderson, the present minister
TO Belgium; Senator'S Wetmore, lippitt,
liailey, ana watson. Gen. Nelson A.
A,ilrs, u. >. A., retired: the Secretary
of War, he Secretary Of the Navy, the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Perry
are among the directors of the organiza-
ton. In addition to Colonel Thompson,
the officers AMI executive committee In
clude MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood. y. $.
A.; Edward B. Mclean, William Phelps
Emo, Major Henry n. Allen, U. 3. A.;
Rear Admiral willard II. Brownson. y.
;. ~; Brig. Gen; ClarGnee Edwards; u.
and M. c. Hazen.
Mrs. Larz Anderson
Expected Here.
Mrs. Larz Anderson is expected from
Belgium to spend part of the spring
season in Washington, opening their
handsome residence, on Massachusetts,
avenue for several weeks. This magnih-
cent mansion has but seldom been occu-
Fled by the Andersons since its con-
struction and has ben a white elephant
on their hands. Because of its colossal
proportions 1t has been so far impossible
| to dispose of the property and equally
as impossible 10 find suitable tenant
Since the formers appointment to- rep
resent the Government at Brussels, IL
has been more than ever a nuisance.
But to get back to the present, ROLLER
! skating, which has always been popu-
| lar fad in Washington, seems TO be
| gaining instead of waning in popularity,
and two matlneees each week are given
| during Lent at the Arcade skating pa
Wilton. one on Monday and the other on
| Wednesday afternoon. That on Mon
| day is given under the auspices Of the
| Navy Relief Society for the benefit of
| the society and was organized at the In
| stigation of Mrs. Frank l.. Beatty, wife
of Captain Beatty, U. s. N, com
| mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard. Last year similar organization
| was signally successful with the meet
| ings held in the sail loft at the yard,
but this year, because of a new floor
| recently installed in the loft, which is
| also used as a ballroom, the Arcade
| ring was called into service.
| Niscountess d'Azy nd Miss Kitty Cam
eron are the leading spirits in the We'd
| nesday meetings. Tea Is served each
| afternoon at small tables arranged just
outside the railing surrounding the rink
| and music for the skaters is furnished
by the Marine Band Orchestra, or. the
| bands from the Mayower and Sylph
| Membership in the Wednesday after.
noon gathering is limited by subscrip
ton to the members of the Dancing
; Class, which met Monday night:
I throughout the winter at the Play
house.
Miss Helen Taft and Miss Catherine
Anderson, her cousin, are enthusiastic
members and others who seem to en-
JOY the sport and are more or less &C
cOmplished in the art are the GermaI
| Ambassador and Countess von Berns
torff. the ambassador of Brazil. Domici
| de CANA; the Counselor of the Ger
man Embassy and Nine. Daniel vol
Haimhausen; the Military, Attache o
Herwarth; Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Ovey
OF the British embassy; Mr.. and Mrs
Perry Belmont. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarenc
Moore; Mrs Hunt Slater, ,,dr,;,o Mrs; RoSeT %,,
and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mis-
I Yvonne Townsend. Mrs. Horace West
cott Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Anderson
: Miss Marion Oliver. Miss Dorothy WI
liams. Count d'Adhemar. and most {
/ the younger bachelor diplomats.
= Mi-Careme Celebrated
{ Thursday Night
Mi-Careme was celebrated in the gay
est possible sort of way Thursday nigh
- The President and Mrs. Taft estal
lished a precedent by dining at the hon
OF prominent host and hostess in res
= dent circles OF the National Capita
y who afterward entertained their CUES
e with a musical program for which thu
imported artists from the Metropolitf
=. Opera Company OF New York
k other functions on the calendar /
= cluded a reunion of the Monday DanCil
,e Club at the Playhouse: a small !
VI formal dinner dance at the Che
le Chase club, at which Capt. and MI
IN Harold p. Norton. L. S. N. rece
1r bride and bridegroom were hosts; al
numerous dinners, one which the Mi
y. tary Attache OF the German Embas
ID and Nine. Won Herwarth gave for I
is popular Chief of STAFF of the Army a
!, Mrs Leonard Wood.