The Washington herald., 1912-12-02

| ilege of inviting his wife and several ex-
ira friends, first submitting a list OF his
guests to the committee. The subscrip-
ton members will only be allowed to in
vtte one friend
The ball will begin promptly at 1879
! O'Clock. and supper will be served al
midnight, after which the cotillion will
commence, and still later a second sup
per will be served.
The engagement Of Miss Mildred
! Fearn, daughter Of Mrs. Richard Lee
Fearn, to Ensign Richard Stockton, u.
8. N, has been. announced. No date
has been set for the wedding.
The army and navy officers recently
appointed as aids at the White House
by President Taft are as follows: Lieut..
Henry 3. Claggett, u. S. A, who has
been stationed at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son, Ind: Lieut.. Beverly C. Dunn, U.
S "A: Lieut.. C. r. p. Rogers, and Lieut..
Sterling, both of the navy. The officers
retained are: Col Spencer Cosby. military
aid; Maj. Thomas L. Rhoads, U. S. A,
personal aid to the President; Lieut..
John w. Timmons, naval aid: Capt.
Louis NJ. Little, u. S. NJ. c.; Lieut.. C.
X. Rockwell. u. S. A: Lieut.. z. st. ],
Greble, jr., u. S. A; Lieut.. Matthias f.
Manly. u. S. N, and DIR. Cary. Gray
son, u. S. n.
DIR. Grayson has been the White House
physician since the first illness in the
Presidents family after he took his ex-
ecutive position in the White House, but
was not an aid until attached to that
list yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Brooks, jr.
are opening this week their residence,
1903 New Hampshire Avenue, where they
will stop when attending social func-
lions in Washington, but will not close
Fort Garrison" in the Green Spring
Valley, until later in the winter.
Miss Ida schenck. of New York. sister
OF Mr.. Elliott Schenck, is to spend the
month of December with Mrs. Edmund
Pendleton at her apartment in Stone
leigh Court. Mrs. PendletOn will also
have Miss Jane Bowler. Of Cincinnati.
with her for part of the winter. Miss
Bowler, whose sister, Miss Alice Bowler,
has just made her debut in Cincinnati.
is well known In Washington, having
resided here with her parents. the late
Hon. Robert Bowler and Mrs. Bowler.
Mai. Gen. John r. Brooke, L. S. A,
ENlHtut anu dIs
few days at the Hotel Powhatan, en-
route to the South. where they will win
ter.
Mrs. Peyton Russell has sent out invi-
tations for large bridge party on Tues
day.
Miss Clementine Smith gave a large
bridge party at her residence in H Street
on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Arthur Jeffrey Parsons has sent
out invitations to a dance on December
3. which she is giving in honor Of Miss
Rebekah Wilmer.
Miss Nellie Claire Howard. daughter of
Mrs. Samuel T. Howard, who will be in
troduced at a tea on December 10 at her
home in Georgetown. entertained at an
informal tea yesterday afternoon, from 4
until O'Clock in compliment to Miss Ell
eanor Manson, of Chicago. who is her
guest for the weekend. Miss Manson is
a student at the National Park Seminary.
Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Charles II. Tay-
lor presided at the tea table, which was
decorated for the occasion with pink Kill
larney roses and ferns. Others assisting
in the dining room were Miss Ruth Kane,
OF Trinity College, Miss Carrie Lee Cham
berlain, and Miss Jeanette Ayres.
Miss Howard has just returned from a
short visit to Charlottesville. Va.
Miss Katherine Ainslee, daughter Of
Capt Ainslee, formerly Of Grove Place.
East Orange, now OF Washington, has
been the guest for the past ten days
Of Miss Dorothy Waterbury, at her home
in Newark, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Cabell Williamson.
having returned from their Washington
Grove home. will be at home to their
friends at "a Iowa Circle on the second
and Third Mondays. from 2 to and
from 7:3O to 1880 p m.