Evening star., 1912-11-12
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MISS TAFT Is BACK AGAIN AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Bachelors Cotillon Committee Meets
This Afternoon.
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| and the usual routine of the Presidents 8
home. with the comngs and goings Of
| their personal friends. etc, has been re-
| sumed. Mrs. Laughlin, who remained a
few days longer in New York, concluded
| her visit there also and came to the
White House. where her small sons
| awaited her. Mrs. Laughlin will be a
resident here this winter, having taken
a house at 18th and n streets, and of
which she will take possession shortly.
The report that it had been definitely
decided to abandon the Bachelors CO.
tillons during the coming season was de-
MED today by Mr.. Lawrence Townsend.
| president of the club. Mr.. Townsend said
that a meeting of the governing Commit
| tee of the club is to be held at $50
O'Clock this afternoon for the purpose Of
making plans for the coming season.
Just whether the cotillons are to be aban-
doned or continued will be decided at this
| meeting.
| For several weeks rumors have been
| in circulation to the effect that the Bach
elors' cotillons were to be discontinued
this winter said Mr.. Townsend. These
rumors have been entirely without foun-
dation. know of no reason why the co.
tillons should be abandoned
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorf. the latter in rose pink
veiled with lace the same shade and
wearing many diamond ornaments, at
tended the opening of the opera season
in New York last night. They We're
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelet in
their box. whose other guests We're Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph n. Ellis. Mr.. n. Shaug-
messy Of the American embassy in Mex
leo and his Wife were with Mrs. Wander
bilt. Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson enter
tanned at a dinner party last night in
New York preceding the opera for her
son-n-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen II. p. Pell.
Otherwise fewer Washingtonians than
usual are noted as attending the opera,
season in the metropolis. a second fea-
| ture will be the horse show next Saturday
| night
| Secretary and Mrs Knox are again at
Mrs. MacVeagh at their 10Th street man.
| sion. Secretary Meyers family is ex-
pected in a day or two. Secretary and
Mrs. StilnsOn arc leaving tomorrow for
Panama. Secretary Nagel's family is also
domiciled here for the winter. The Attor-
ncy General and Mrs. Wickersham will
open their formal entertaining by their
! annual dinner to the Supreme Court, and
Mrs. Wickersham will resume her We'd
nesdays at home. Miss Flora Wilson is
also spending the autumn here.
The counselor of the French embassy
| and Nine. de Peretti de LAY Rocca and
their children left last night for Mexico,
where they will remain until close to New
Years. ;. -,t
Mrs. J. II. Macias. grandmother of Miss
Louise Macias White, whose marriage
to Mr.. William Henry Waggaman will
take place Thursday at st. Paul's Church,
entertained the bridal party at supper
last night at her home on * street, fol-
lowing the church rehearsal.
The engagement Of Miss Adele ARM
strong. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Franklin Armstrong Of St Louis, and
frequent guest here of her relatives, Mrs.
Elkins and Mrs. Arthur Lee, and Fred
erick Fowler Campbell formerly Of Chi
cago. is announced The marriage will be
some time after Christmas.
Invitations have been issued by Mr.. and
Mrs. William James Evans of Baltimore
to the marriage of their daughter Re
becca and Lieut.. Robert Emmett Patter-
son, l.. S. A., at $50 o'clock Friday, No
vember %, at the Church of st. Michael
and All Angels.
Capt. William r. Dear. Medical Corps,
L. s. A.. and Mrs Dear are with Mrs.
Dear's parents. 3341 18th street north
| west and will remain until after Thanks
giving, when Capt. Dear will return to
his post at Fort Slocum, n. Y.
Mrs. David Moore and family have re-