The Washington herald., 1912-01-08

Mrs. Taft. Miss Taft, and Miss Ander-
son will occupy the Presidents box at
the Charity Ball at the Willard tonight.
The Postmaster General. Mr.. Hitch
cock, win be host at dinner IN honor OF
the President and Mrs. Taft at Rausch-
er's on January 8.
Mrs. Richard Townsend entertained a
company at dinner last night in honor
of Mrs. z. r. Thomas. Of New York.
who Is staying with her.
Col and Mrs Thomas W. symons en-
tertained at dinner Last night in honor
of the chairman of the Democratic Ma
tionaI Committee and Mrs. Norman E.
Mack Of Buffalo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter were hosts
at dinner last night in the home Of Mrs.
L. z. Letter. where they are spending the
winter. They asked large and brilliant
company to meet Mrs Elsie French Van
derbtlt, Of New York, who Is the house
guest Of Mrs. r. r. Hit and her daugh-
ter-in-law. Mrs. Reynolds HIT wife Of
After dinner Mr.. Edwin Morris gave \
programme OF plano numbers
Mrs. Robert Hinckley was hostess at
dinner last evening IN her Sixteenth street
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor have
invltatIDn out for a dinner january IS in
honor OF Miss Helen Taft.
Gen. and Mrs. Marshall will give a
unique and pretty entertainment for their
daughter. Miss Maitland Marshall, ON St.
Valentines evening at the Washington
Barracks Unique invitations will be out
In few days suggesting the nature Of IL.
II will be an old-fashioned dance, follow
ing the custom OF anu-bsllum days as
closely as possible In the matter Of
clothes, supper, music, and dances.
Miss Maitland Marshall will entertain
at a card party on January % in honor
of Miss Frances Hodges, the debutante
daughter Of Lieut.. Col. Harry Hodges.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Hemmick enter
tained an interesting company at lunch
con yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley enter
tanned a company at luncheon at the
Chevy Chase Club. asking a number Of
young people to meet their house guest
Miss Marion Bourne, of New York, who
will be with them until Tuesday.
II is a matter OF great interest to the
dancing and iSa nondancinE element in
Washington just how many Of the OBJ
jectionable dances will be played at the
Charity Ball this evening. and at the
many dances following in the immediate
future. There is a wave of disapproval
of the Turkey Trot." the Grizzly
Bear" and the newest of the bizarre
u
Il direct cause Of the sudden uprising
among mothers and fathers, and. In
deed, among many OF the young dancers
Il themselves. These Objectionable dances
were not on the programmes OF the
| Assembly Ball. in philadelphia, at the
Bellevue-Stratford, last Friday evening,
nor at the FOrtnightly Cotillion. at
Asher's, another fashionable event of the
| Quaker City. These dances have emAnat-
| ed from Chicago and San Francisco
| through the concert and dance halls to
| private bathrooms. and were the rage
before any but the dancers themselves
realized how objectionable they were.
| Wise hostesses are eliminating them
| through the music selected for the bands
and orchestras playing for the dancing,
for, without the proper music. they can
not be danced. Already their death
knell has been sounded. In many West
| ern cities floor managers promptly stop
the dancing when a couple is seen dane
| ing the Turkey Trot"
One of the most interesting and i'm
portant organizations among the near
buds and beaux of few years hence is
the dancing class which Mrs. Wicker
sham. wife Of the Attorney General, has
been active in establishing. Her young
daughter, Miss Constance wickersham.
| E. 70 In he Ill oh
meets at the Playhouse every Saturday
morning. A teacher from Boston comes
to instruct the members, who are the
children Of the leading society people in
Washington. Among them, In addition
to Miss wickersham, are Miss Frances
Moore, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Moore; Miss Margaret Perrin, daugh.
ter of Mrs. George Howard; Miss Eliza.
beth Hilles. daughter Of the secretary
to the President; Miss Elizabeth En-
mons, daughter OF Mrs. S. F. Emmons;
Miss Harriet Mckee, Miss Gladys Kib.I
bey. Miss Mary Gheen, daughter of Rear
Admiral Gheen; Miss Gwendolin Deni-
son, daughter OF the Assistant Attorney
General: Miss Caroline Chamberlin, MisSl
Katherine Harlow, and Maxwell Church.
Mrs. Huntington Wilson. wife Of the
Assistant Secretary Of State, will re-
ceive this afternoon and every Monday
until Lent.
Miss Mary Carlisle, who will be mar
ried on Tuesday. January 1s to Mr.. Wal
ter Bruce Howe, OF New York. will have
for her only attendant her cousin. Miss
Pearson. daughter Of the former United
States Minister to Persia and to Greece,
with whom Miss Carlisle spent much
time abroad and at her parents home
in North Carolina. The ceremony viii
be performed at noon in St Johns Epis-
copal Church, and will be followed by a
breakfast in the home OF the brides
mother, in 1 street.
The wives Of the Justices Of the Su-
preme Court will not receive to-day,
owing to the death Of Mrs. Day.
Miss Frances c. Brooks will be for
maIly presented to Washington society
on January 20 at the residence Of Gen
John NJ. Wilson and his slster-ln-law.
Miss Lelie w. Waller, In Massachusetts,
avenue Miss Brooks is the daughter OF
Col ]. c. w. Brooks, Artillery Corps, L.
s. A.. now stationed at Fort Baker. Cal,
and is granddaughter Of Gen. Wilson.
Miss Hitchcock and Miss Kathryn
Hitchcock will entertain at a bridge tea
Saturday, January 20
Mrs. z, H. Brooke will give a dance
tomorrow night at Rauscher's in honor
Of her house guest. Miss cudahy, Of !