The Washington herald., 1912-05-04
SOCIETY

Mrs. Taft received the Colonial Danes
yesterday afternoon in the Blue Room
OF the White House. prior TO their pres
eutation Of the portrait Of Dolly Madison
to the White House Mrs. Taft wore a
gown OF cerise satin veiled with black
lace. Maj. Rhodes made the introduce
tions. The guests passed ON into the
East Room. where the formal presenta-
ton took place the President making the
speech Of acceptance in the place OF Mrs.
Taft for the government. Mrs. Cox,
president OF the society made short
address. introducing Mrs william Todd
Robins. of Virgtnias-who made the pres
entation speech for the Danes OF that
State. who made the gift. The picture
is a reproduction OF Gilbert Stuarts ia
nous portrait of the wife OF President
Madison. which hangs in the Academy
of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. There were
about 225 Colonial Danes in the company
at the white House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Mather, Of Phila-
delphia entertained an interesting COM
pany at dinner last evening at the New
Willard. many of the party being here
for the horse show.
This afternoon the National RepubIi-
can Club is having It's first ladies day
from 4 to Z at the clubs headquarters.
l36 Pennsylvania Avenue. Assisting the
ofncers OF the club the board Of gov
ernors. and the house committee will be
the following ladies: Mrs. Ernest W.
Roberts. wife Of the Representative from
Massachusetts,, and president of the
Congressional Club: Mrs. z. C.. Snyder.
wife of the president Of the National
Republican Club: Hrs. George Uhler.
Mrs c. c. Randolph. Mrs. william E.
Andrews. Mrs. George L. Whitford. Mrs.
Henry NJ Camp, Mrs. A. W. Hodgkins,
Mrs. Charles A. Hamilton, Mrs. B. F.
Smith, Mrs. Joseph l.. Crupper, and Miss
Scott, Miss Crupper. Miss Randolph. Miss
Schuldt. Miss Hamilton. and Miss Snyder.
Shelby Clarke is the chairman OF the
committee on decoration. the other mem
bers being W. A. Kennedy. Arthur
Balderson, c. A. Hamilton, and l. Frank
TraZzare.
The committee on entertainment Is
headed by w. A. Faulkner. and is COM
posed OF c. c. Randolph. c. T. Grifiths
Gus A. Schuldt. n. n. Potts. and j.
Harry Cunningham. The quartet OF the
Gridiron Club, composed OF HerndOn
Marsell, NJ. Harry Stevens, j. Henry
Kaiser, and John II. Nolan, will sing.
The District branch Of the information
al Sunshine Society gave a beautiful
entertainment yesterday afternoon in the
ballroom Of the Shoreham. from 4 to s
o'clock, when a silver offering was the
only admlttance fee. Mrs. Ella s
Knight. president of the society. headed
the receiving line. which consisted Of
Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.: Mrs.
William Alden Smith. wife of Senator
Smith Of Michigan; Mrs. Lee S. Over
man, wife Of Senator Overman OF North
Carolina; Mrs. William A Cullop, wife
OF Representative Cullop Of Indiana: Mrs.
Ellen Spencer Mussey, Mrs. Richard Syl-
vester, Mrs. Henry n. Couden, Mrs.
Mary S. lockwood Mrs. William +.
Andrews, Mrs. Emma Shelton, and Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott.
Presiding over the tea tables and as
sisting in the dinIng-room will be Mrs.
r. R. McKahan, Mrs. Henry L. Mann,
Mrs. F. Baker Weaver. Mrs. o. Ray
mond Evans, Mrs Morgan Lewis. Mrs.
Harold Lewis, Mrs. Eunice s. James,
Mrs. John Paul Ernest, Mrs. E Rich
ard Gasch, Miss Edith Kolb. Miss Helen
Grandfield. and Miss Anne Seymour
Jones.
Mary Sherler. Miss Edna Sheeby. Mrs. I
Melville ID. Lindsay. Mrs. Dayelle Tsy
lor WEIGH and Wilbur Peter.
Mrs. Walter Brooks, ST., Of Baltimore,
and Mrs. Devine Bonsal OF Baltimore,
came over yesterday and were the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brooks, jr., at
the Horse Show. They occupied the box
Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. T. StOtesbury.
stepfather and mother Of Mrs. Walter
Brooks. jr. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brooks,
jr., will go over to Philadelphia Sunday
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mother, Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury. be-
fore opening their country place in the |
Green Spring Valley Md, for the sum- |
mer Mr. and Mrs. Stotesbury have |
given UP their plans for coming 20 |
Washington for the Horse Show. though |
Mr.. Stotesbury has a number Of entries. |
several Of which have taken ribbons.
Commander and Mrs. William Manning |
Irwin. L. S. N. and the Misses Irwin |
will go to their summer home. THE An
chorage," at Osterville. Mass, early In
June. closing their residence In Nine
teenth street until the fall. Mrs. Irwins
and sister. Capt. and Mrs.
Harold p. Norton, L. s. N, will Join
them in July. Mr.. Harrison Irwin will
be a graduate from Princeton this year,
and the family will attend the COM
mencement exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont enter
tained at luncheon yesterday prior to the
Horse Show, and took their guests there
afterward.
Among the entertainments planned in
honor or the delegates to the Red Cross
Congress is a garden party, which Mrs.
l. 2. Letter will give on Monday after
noon, May Is. Mrs. T. T. Gan will en-
tertain at a large reception in their
honor on Friday evening, May 10 and
Miss Eliza Scidmore will entertain the
Japanese delegates at dinner Saturday,
May IL
At the performance at the Belasco
TheateT last evening for the benefit Of
the Working Boys Home, the principal
play was preceded BY a curtain raiser,
Marie Dolores, written hY Granville r |