The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
SOCIETY

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| Mrs. Taft, accompanied by her sister.
Mrs. Charles L. Anderson. Of Cincinnati.
who is at the White House for visit.
and Mrs. McClintock were at the piano
recital OF Miss Neuhaus at the Playhouse
yesterday afternoon Miss Neuhaus is
New York musician. well known in the
summer colony at Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft with
Mrs. Taft's sister and niece, Mrs. C. L.
Anderson and Miss Catherine Anderson.
| occupied the Presidential box at the Be-
lasco Theater last evening.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. NageI entertained a dinner
I company last evenig in honor OF the
Italian Ambassador and Marchesa Gu
sanl Confalonieri. The other guests were
! the Attorney General and Mrs Wicker
sham. Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Hughes. Mrs.
John B. Henderson. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Francis Adams. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gordon
Cumming. Donna Beatrice Cusani.
daughter of the Italian Ambassador;
Miss Hildesarde Nagel. Mr. de Schmolk.
of the Netherlands Legation; Mai. Blan-
ton Winship, and DR.. Delaney.
| One OF the early Easter weddings this
/ year will be that OF Miss Marie Ray,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George W.
| Ray, of Georgetown, and Mr.. Maurice
Vilsack OF Pittsburg. whose engagement
was announced recently. The ceremony
will be performed on Wednesday after
4 noon, April II.
The Japanese Ambassador and WIS.,
countess Chinda will go over to New
York on Friday. to attend the opening
of the exhibition of flower arrangements
and japanese landscape gardening at the
Hotel Astor tnd the reception to Miss
ScidmOre. A banquet IL TO be given in
their honor by the Japan Society Satur-
day evening Mrs. Taft Is expected to
| attend the exhibition March l9.
Mrs. Frank E. Beatty. wife OF the
commandant of the navy yard, received
the guests yesterday afternoon at the
third meeting OF the Lenten Skating
Club, organized for Monday afternoons IN
Lent The club. which is subscription
| affair arranged under the auspices OF
| the Navy Relief Society. for the bene-
| fit of the society, meets Mondays from
, TO $50 p. m. at the Arcade skating
| rink. The music was furnished by bands
| from the Mayflower and Dolphin, and tea
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| the afternoon. The members OF the COM
| mittee in charge are Mrs. A. F. Fletcher.
chairman: Mrs. Thomas Washington,
| Mrs Charles R. Train Mrs. J. T. Myers,
| Mrs. Victor Blue, Mrs. S. S. Wood. Mrs.
William c. Watts, Mrs. L. u. Palmer,
| Mrs. l.. r. Sargent. Mrs. J. w. Timmons,
| Mrs. II. E BiScoe. Mrs. w. S. Turpin,
Mrs. F. f. Beatty. Mrs. William p.
BIddle. Mrs. Seaton Schroeder. Mrs. Rich
ard Wainwright. jr.. Mrs. Philip An
| drews, Mrs. F. +. Fletcher. Mrs. L. W.
SpratIing. Mrs F. ]. Dorm, and Mrs.
Archibald II. Davis.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff will occupy a box which
is being especially constructed fer them
at the Playhouse on the evening Of March
3. for the plays to be presented that
evening. All the. regular boxes have
been taken and a large audience Is ex-
pected. Viscount and Viscountess d'AZy
will entertain a large supper party after
the performance. Those taking part In
the entertainment are now rehearsing.
They are Miss Maude Howell Smith and
| Charles F. Weston, who will take the
principal parts in the first play. His
Secretary written by Mrs. Burleson.
wife Of Representative Burleson, OF
Texas. and the second play. which will
be in French, lie Occur a ses Raisons."
will have in its cast Vtscountess d'Azy,
Mrs. Preston Gibson. Mr.. de Bach, NJ.
de Maugras. and Count Casekonics.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Cushman. of
Washington. are in Cincinnati for the
first time since their wedding. and held
a reception there last Friday afternoon
at the home of the parents of Mrs.
Cushman. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Foraker.
Mrs. Joseph Thropp entertained at din
ner last night. with twenty guests, and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lee were also
among the dinner hosts. The latter's din
ner was for young people who danced
in the polo dance in the kermess last
week at the New Willard, which Mrs.
Lee chaperoned. \ few others were in
the party and dancing followed
Mrs. Lloyd W. Bowers was hostess at
dinner last evening. in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Satterwhite. of New York,
who are her house guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bacon are the
guests Of Mrs. Bacon's mother, Mrs W.
II. II. Southerland. before going to their
home in Boston. They are returning
from an extensive bridal. trip in the
South.
The engagement has been announced OF
Miss SaIlie Vest Jackson. a granddaugh-
ter OF the late Senator George G. Vest to
Mr.. Robert Stephen Hornsberger, OF Vir-
ginia.
Mrs. ]. EalSin Gadsby entertained at a
breakfast and luncheon yesterday. at her
home in Georgetown, in honor of Mrs
John n. Dickson, OF New Rochelle, n. Y,
who is visiting her aunts, Mrs. Oliver
Buell. and Mrs. Babbitt
NJ. De Peretti de la Rocca, former first
secretary OF the French Embassy. who
with Nine. de la -Rocca has returned