The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-03

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Mrs. Thomas Laughlin, Miss Helen TAFT
| Mai. .Rhoads, personal aid to the Presi-
dent, and Lieut.. c. r. P. Rodgers u
4 S. n.
The President and Mrs. Taft will give
| a dance for Mr.. Charlie Taft during
Christmas week. #
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Slim
| son and Miss Helen Taft reached Wash.
ington yesterday afternoon, coming by
rail from Key West, Fla. on their re-
turn from the Canal Zone.
Mrs. NageI. wife of the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor, will not receive
until December Is. She leaves for st.
Louis today to attend the wedding OF
her niece, Miss Margaret Lionberger, and
| Mr.. Donald Cutler, which takes place
| on Saturday.
Mrs. NageI will give a dinner for young
people on December 30.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Chief OF Stafr.
| U. S. A., and Mrs. Wood have returned
to Fort Myer from Philadelphia, where
| they went to attend the Army and Navy
| game.
The galleries of both Houses Of Con-
| gress were the mecca for fashionable
women yesterday morning when Congress
convened. Mrs. Champ Clark. wife OF
| the Speaker, entertained a number of
| friends in the House gallery and after
ward at luncheon. Among her guests
| were her sister, Mrs. Hamilton Splitter
| of Colorado Springs; her house guest.
! Miss Cox, of Ohio; the Minority Leader
| and Mrs. James r. Mann, and Miss
| Genevieve Clark.
| Other prominent women in the House
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| Mrs. Stephen r. Ayres, OF New York,
and Miss Ayres: Mrs. Samuel Adams.
| Mrs. Ben johnson. Mrs. Perry Belmont
Mrs. Walter Mccoy. Mrs. Martin NJ.
| Littleton, Mrs. Henry D. Clayton, Mrs.
| Arsene p. Pujo Mrs. Rufus Hardy. Mrs
S II. Dent. Mrs. Richard BarthOldt. Mrs:
George 2. Lawrence, Mrs. Timothy Ans
| berry, and Mrs. John w. Langley.
| Among those in the Senate gallery
were Mrs. Henry !. Meyers. Of Mon
tana, and the Misses Meyers; Mrs.
James A Reed. OF Missouri: Mrs Charles
| Curtis, Mrs. Atlee Pomerene, Mrs.
Jonathan Bourne. jr.. Mrs. Joseph NJ
Dixon. Mrs. Claude A. Swanson. Mrs
| George T Oliver Mrs Thomas Z. Gore
! Mrs. George Z. Chamherlin. Mrs. Porter
| J. McCumber. Miss McCumber, and Mrs
Francis E. Warren.
Representative Victor Murdoch Of
. Kansas arrived in Washington yesterday
and has taken an apartment at the Hotel
Powhatan for the short session Of Con-
gress.
Mrs. Julian James has sent out inVi-
tations for a tea on Saturday afternoon.
| December l.
Mrs. Alec Tweedie. of London, Eng
land. the noted writer and traveller. is
spending the next ten days at the Hotel
| POwhatan.
Dr. William Gerry Morgan entertained
at a dinner at his apartment in the Con-
necticut last night in honor OF DR.. 4.
| Camp Stanley. whose marriage to Miss
Alice Boyd will be an event of tonight.
| The other guests were DR.. John c. Boyd,
Col. ". s. Stanley. Mr.. A. Coulter Wells,
DR.. Meade Moore Mr.. Robert Hume. Or.
Stafford Mclean. Lieut. Lewis Dean
ICausey. L. S. N; Lieut.. Lawrence Tread
well. L. s N; Lieut.. Clayton Vogel, L.
s. NJ. c: DR.. w. W. Wilkinson. and DR..
William Earl Clark.
Prof. Willis Moore. of the United States
Weather Bureau. and Mrs Moore have
taken an apartment at the Hotel Pow
| hatan for the winter.
| Senator William Alden Smith OF Michi
gan and Mrs Smith have returned to
Washington and opened their residence
| in Sixteenth Street for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley have gone
| to New York for a short stay.
Mrs William P Biddle. wife Of the
Commandment Of the Marine Barracks. en-
tertained at her first Monday at home
| Yesterday afternoon. She was assisted
| bv her daughter. Mrs. Walter B. lizard.
| wife of Paymaster lizard, L. s. n, and
several others.
Mr.. Haniel Won Haimhausen. counselor
of the German Embassy. has gone to
New York to meet Nine. Won Hahn
hansen, who is returning from Germany,
where she spent the summer months.
| Mrs Fremont-Smith gave a tea yes
| terdsy in honor of Mrs. Hall Mccormick.
of Chicago, at her residence in Massa-
| chusetts Avenue. Mrs. Hugh Wallace
and Mrs Arthur Willert presided at the
| tea table.
Mrs. Mccormick is stopping at the
New Willard for the next two weeks.
Representative and Mrs. Longworth
entertained at dinner for Miss Ethel
Roosevelt on Sunday night.
| The annual Christmas sale and tea at
| the Gentlewoman's League, S26 Connect
cut Avenue. began yesterday. All sorts
of articles, from lingerie waists. chill
dren's garments, household linen, rare
laces, neckwear, to novelties suitable
| for Christmas gifts and card prizes, can
| be purchased there. The sale will con-
tinue for several weeks.
| Many prominent society women are
deeply interested in the league. and the
members of the executive committee are
Mrs Randall Hoes. president; Miss
| Mary Morris Amber, vice president;
| Miss Colt, recording secretary; Miss
| Chancellor, corresponding secretary;
| Mrs. E. l.. McClelland. treasurer; Miss
! Resale Johns, assistant treasurer; Mrs.
| c. f. Clapp, Mrs. J. S. Garland, Miss
| Gouverneur Mrs. Monte Griffith, Mrs.
| f. A. Heaton, Mrs. T. W. Lockwood
! jr., Mrs. E! Lee Morgan, Mrs. G. T.
! Porter, Mrs ]. H. Ralston, Mrs. Kicks,
Miss NJ. T. Tiffey, and Mrs. H. S. Tur-
| ner.
| Representative and Mrs. Henry Clay
| ton have returned to Washington and
taken an apartment at the Parkwood
for the winter.
| Capt. F. X Hill. L. S. N, and Mrs.
| Hill are spending a week in Washington
at the Hotel Powhatan.
Col. and Mrs. John L. Chamberlin have
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