Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-22
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MIR. AND MRS. TAFT DINE TO.
NIGHT AT NAGEL HOME.
Here and There With Other Hosts
and Hostesses-Spring We'd
ding-Notes.

| The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel will be dinner hosts to-
| night for President and Mrs. Taft, and
Miss Helen Taft and Miss Anderson will
dine with the Misses Meyer
Mrs. Margaret G. Watkins and Miss
Watkins will be at home tomorrow in
| formally for the last time this season.
Dresden, will not be at home tomorrow
or on the following Fridays during Lent.
Nine. Calderon, Nine. Ballivian and Miss
Elena Calderon will receive tomorrow at
the Bolivian legation for the last time
until after Lent
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff, who are returning tomor-
row from New York, put in a busy time
of 1t socially yesterday. The former was
honor guest at a luncheon given by MIR.
James Speyer at the City Midday Club
After dining with Mr.. and Mrs. Speyer
last night they were their guests in their
box at the opera. the countess wearing
white satin, yelled with mauve tulle To-
night the ambassador and his wife will
be honor guests at dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt as hosts.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement Of Miss Adelaide Louise Err
mentrout, only daughter of the late Rep
resentative Ermentrout of Reading, Pa,
and niece of the late Judge Ermentrout,
also of Reading, to DR.. Charles P. Henry
of Bernardsville N. J. Miss Ermentrout
was educated abroad, and has travelled
extensively in Europe and America DR..
Henry Is a graduate of Princeton and OF
the University of Pennsylvania medical
department. He has been connected with
the Hillside Home at Scranton, Pa: the
Newark. n. j.. City Hospital and the
Presbyterian Hospital of Philadelphia,
where he was chief resident physician.
The wedding will take place after Easter
at Reading, where the couple will reside.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
sham have issued invitations for dinner
February Il
Mrs Jack Beall, wife Of Representative
Beall. gave luncheon yesterday. at her
apartment in Stoneleigh Court, In honor
Of Miss Ruby James. sister OF Repre-
sentative James Of Kentucky. The other
guests were Mrs. Ollie NJ. James. Mrs.
Ayres of Kentucky. Miss Draper of New
York. Miss Page Of Vermont, Miss
Hughes of Georgia and Miss Helen Hardy
of Texas.
Mrs William Graves Sharp. wife of
Representative Sharp Of Ohio, had guests
yesterday at luncheon to meet Mrs:
Champ Clark. The table was decorated
with Killarney roses and white lilacs.
The other guests were Mrs. Pomerene,
Mrs Ernest w. Roberts, Mrs. j. c. Bur
rows, Mrs Isaac r. Sherwood. Mrs.
George White Mrs William A. Claypool,
Ayres, Mrs Slayden, Mrs. William r.
Smith and Mrs. J. c. Linthicum.
Mrs. I.inthicum, wife of Representative
T init If 1of fsNdo fnr
New York to remain for some weeks She
will return here in April for the spring
season.
Prof. Lowell, president of Harvard. who
has come here for the Harvard dinner. is
the guest of the assistant secretary of
the navy and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop
during his stay.
Mrs. Charles J. Faulkner, wife Of for
mer Senator Faulkner Of West Virginia,
left yesterday for Chicago to visit her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles ]. Faulkner jr. From there she
will go to Denver, to pay a visit to her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen r. Snodgrass. Mrs. Faulkner
will return to her home, BOydville, Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, the latter part of
March.
The Cornell Women of Washington
gave a luncheon at the New Ebbitt
today at 1 o'clock The affair was in
honor of Mrs Martin, adviser of women
at Cornell, who is here to address the
alumnae. Covers were laid for about
thirty-five guests.
Mrs Edgar Allan and her daughters
will be at home to their friends tomor-
row at their new residence, 34O2 10th
street
DIR. Charles H. Beach leaves today to
join Mrs. Beach and son Clarke, at
Southern Pines, for ten-day stay.
Rear Admiral Stockton, Mrs. Stockton.
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, Miss Kath-
ryn Mcconnell Hitchcock. Miss Helen
Hardy, Miss Anne Seymour Jones and
Miss Carrie Lee Chamberlain will make
up the receiving line at the assembly
of the Order Of Washington. to be held
in the ballroom at the Cairo this
evening.
Following the reception Rev DR.. Wal
lace Radcliffe will deliver an address on
Gen Washington and Messrs. r. d.
Shepherd of Shepherdstown. w. Va, and
William Wall Whiddit TENOR will con-
gram of the occasion. The invocation
will be asked by Rev. DR.. William M.
Pettis, chaplain of the order. A sup
per and dance will bring the occasion to
a close.
The marriage of Samuel English Stone
braker and Miss Margaret MaoLennan
took place last Saturday evening at the
home Of the bride. and was q very
tives of the contracting parties witnessed
the ceremony, which was performed by
the Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce. DID,. pas
tor of All Souls Church. The wedding
was set for date in March, but owing
to a recent death in the family the plans
were changed and a very quiet wedding
decided upon. The couple left immedi-
ately after the ceremony for a trip north.
DR.. and Mrs. McArdle have returned
from Atlantic City.
Mrs. ]. G. Chafee of Brookville, Ind,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. P. Nc
Intosh, at the Oakland. Mrs. and Miss
Mcintosh are at home this month, as
usual, on the third and fourth Fridays.
Mrs. Deb. Randolph Keim and Miss