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box at the Belasco Theater last night.
They were accompanied by Mrs. Laugh
lin and Maj. Rhoads.
Later in the evening the President was
the guest of honor at reception given
/ by DR.. J. j. Richardson at his residence
in Sixteenth Street II was a most bril-
| liant affair, among those invited being
| the Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice Hughes,
MIR. Justice Lurton, Mr.. Justice Me-
L Kenna, Mr.. Justice Van Devanter, Mr..
/ Justice Lamar. the Postmaster General,
] the Secretary OF Agriculture, the Speaker
l OF the House. Senator Bacon, Senator
Hale, Senator Martini Senator Clark,
Senator Cullom, Senator Gamble, Senator
i Cummings Senator johnson, Senator
| Smoot, Senator Dillingham;. Senator
| William Alden Smith, Senator Souther-
land, Senator Overman, Representative
| Jack Bell, Representative Jefferson
| Levy. Representative A. w. Gregg. Rep
| resentative II. o. Young. Representative
| D. J. Finn, Representative J. W. Dwight.
/ Representative John Davis, Representa-
| tive Cordell Hull Representative Bascum
| Slemp. Representative Serene Payne.
l Representative E. J. Hill. Representative
Philip Campbell. Representative E. l..
i Hamilton. Representative John NJ. Gar
| ner. Representative T. c. AnsbuTy. Rep
resentative Charles o. Carlln, Represent
M ..
Il logg of Ohio, Mr.. James NJ. Cox, Gov
Il ernor-elect of Ohio; Mr.. William Sulzer,
Governor-elect of New York; Prof.
Welsh, president of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity: Gen. Arson Mills. U. S. A. re-
tired the Surgeon General OF the Army.
the Surgeon General Of the Navy. the
Surgeon General of the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service, MAJ.
Rhoads. MAI. De Laney. Judge Charles
Robb. of the District Court Of Appeals;
Mr.. Charles Hilles. and members of the
medical profession of the District.
The President will receive Baron
Zwiedinek Won Sudenhorst the charge
d'affaires of the Austrian Embassy to-
morrow afternoon. The baron will pre-
sent TO the President the naval attache
of the Austrian Embassy, Commander
Macmillan Burstyn.
Mr. and Mrs John z. Reyburn en-
tertained at dinner last night at their
residence in n Street, Miss Helen Taft be-
ing the honor guest. Mrs. William Rey-
burn and Mrs. Horace westcott were the
chaperones. The guests were seated at
small tables which were beautifully dec
GRATED with Richmond roses.
The additional guests were the Misses
Meyer. the Misses Noyes. the Misses
Whiting, Miss Aleshire Miss Clover. Miss
Draper, Miss Harrison. Miss HinckIey.
Miss lie Seure. Miss Nagel Miss Cot
ton-Smith, Miss Wilmer, Miss Elizabeth
Reid Rogers. Miss HELEN, Miss Perrin.
Miss Ogden-Jones. the Postmaster Gen.
cral. the Solicitor General. Mr.. Horace
Westcott Mr.. Butler Ames, Viscount
Benoist day. Mr.. Gable. Mr.. Clarke.
Lieut.. Com. Courtley, u. S. n: DR.. De
Laney. L. s A; Mr.. Riert Diedrich. Mr..
Guy Emerson. Lieut.. Darlington, L. s.
4 DaN a..
Louis Little. Z. S. A; Lieut.. Leahy. U.
S. N: Lieut. Stirling, Maj. Won Her
warth, military attache of the German
Embassy; Mr.. Cotton Smith, Mr.. Rob-
ert Stead, Mr.. Father, Mr.. Ellis, En-
sign Simpson. U. S. N; Lieut.. Raymond
Rodgers. U. S. N: Mr.. Duke. Of New
York, and Representative William Rey-
burn.
Later in the evening the entire party
attended the dance given by Mrs Richard
Reid Rogers.
Mrs. Bryce, wife OF the British En-
bassy. entertained at a delightful re-
ception at the embassy in Connecticut
Avenue yesterday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. Grant wife OF Capt. Heathcoate s.
Grant. military attache of the embassy.
and Mrs. Gage, wife of Lieut.. Col. More
ton F. Gage, naval attache OF the en-
bassy. smart gathering of the diplo-
matte. official and residential circles were
present.
Mrs. Frederick Huidekoper entertained
at dinner last night at her residence in
Eighteenth Street.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs MahIon Pitney
entertained Mr.. Charles Taft informally
at dinner last night, afterwards taking
him and their son to the Belasco Thea
| ter.
| One of the handsomest debutante recep-
tons OF the season took place yesterday
afternoon when Miss Dorothy Aleshire,
daughter of Brig. Gen. James B. Ale
shire, L. S. A, and Mrs. Aleshire was
introduced to Washington society at the
family residence in S Street. The draw
ing rooms and dining-room were one
mass of flowers. many of them beautI-
full bouquets sent the pouIar young de-
butante. Mrs. Aleshire wore a handsome
gown of white crepe de chine, draped
with chiffon. Miss Dorothy AIeshire
wore a lovely French gown of white
brocade draped with silk net and she
carried a superb bouquet of orchids and
lilies OF the valley. Miss Marjorie Ale
shire also wore an imported gown of
| pink musseline, draped with pale blue
chiffon.
Mrs. Leonard Wood. Mrs Albert Mills,
and Mrs. Dana presided at the tea table
| in the dining-room, and Mrs. John A
Johnston served punch. Others assist
| ing in receiving were Mrs. Sidney A
Cloman, Mrs. George +. Downey Mrs
Ernest A. Darlington, Mrs. G. H. Mac
Donald, and Mrs Hartford, Miss Virginia
lie Seure. Miss Rebekah Wilmer, Miss
] Leila Harrison, Miss Mary Webb. Miss
Josephine Jeffries, Miss Katherine
Weeks, Miss Nellie Keyser. Of Pensacola,
and the Misses Gage, Of Philadelphia.
The spacious rooms were crowded with
members of the official, diplomatic. resi-
Dental. and army and navy life in
Washington.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wick |
ersham will give a dinner in honor of
the British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce |
tomorrow evening.
Miss Elsie Aldrich, who was the, guest |
II Miss Taft for several days, has re-
turned to her home.
Mrs, Richard Reid Rogers entertained |
at dance at her residence In Nineteenth |
Street last night, the guests, who num- |
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