Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-01
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
THE PRESIDENT DINED BY HIS
SECRETARY OF WAR.
Last of Seasons Cabinet Dinners
Given-Other Events.
Notes,

The President and Mrs. Taft wera
guests at dinner last night of the Secre-
tary of War and Mrs. Stimson, and met
there Justice and Mrs. Hughes, Senator
Root, Maj. Gen. and Mrs Wood. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd c. Griscom and Mr.. and Mrs.
James r. Sheffield of New York, Miss
Annie NJ. Hegeman, Miss Frances Gam
ble Mr.. and Mrs. William d. Guthrie of
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Whar-
ton Pepper of Philadelphia and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry w. Farnam of New Haven.
The President and Mrs. Taft will en-
terrain at dinner tonight and musicale
will follow. at which the members of the
Congressional Club and their husbands
and other guests are expected.
Mrs. Stimson. wife of the Secretary of
War, had Miss Helen Taft and Miss
Anderson at a luncheon today.
Miss Frances Gamble is the guest Of
Secretary and Mrs Stimson.
Miss Cameron's leap year cotillon last
night entertained most successfully about
fifty young people, the girls asking their
partners for dances and otherwise looking
after their pleasure. Mr.. de Bach or the
Russian embassy staff danced with Miss
Cameron. who led, and the favors num-
ibered pretty fancy articles calculated
to afford amusement. There were six
figures Miss Helen Taft and Miss An
derson We're among the guests.
Mr.. Theodore Marburs entertained the
French ambassador and Nine. Jusserand
in his box at the opera last night IN Bal
timore. Nine. Jusserand wore black. with
rhinestone trimming. Other guests of
Mr.. Marburg were Gov. and Mrs. Colds
borough. the latter in rose-colored chif-
fon. with touches of gold: Miss Marie
Granger in pale blue: Miss Christine
Marburg, in white satin, with pink rose
Mr.. and Nine. Kienlin of the German
embassy had as dinner guests last night
the Postmaster General. the counselor OF
the Austro- Hungarian embassy and Nine.
Lowenthal-Linau. the counselor of the
Brazilian embassy and Nine. de Lima, the
naval attache of the Russian embassy
and Nine. Nassileff, the military attache
Herwarth, Nine. Hauge. Miss Mary Pat
ten. Miss Helen Patten, Mrs. Mclaughlin.
wife of the military attache Of the British
embassy; Mr.. Harry du Pont. Count du
Monceau Of the Belgian legation and Mr..
Dmitrow of the Russian embassy
Mrs. Colin Carter, who was the guest
for few days of Justice and Mrs.
Charles E. Hughes has returned to New
York.
Miss Kathleen Beresford of England,
who has been staying with Miss Wood at
the home of Col. and Mrs. Robert Thomp-
son for several weeks. will sail for Eng
land March 8. She was guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen PelI in New York for a
part of the winter.
The Misses Baker of Utica, n. Y, are
the guests of Vice President and Mrs.
Sherman, accompanying the latter back
from her home city this week
Among the recent Washington guests at
the Ponce de Leon. ST. Augustine, Fla,
are Mr.. and Mrs. w. n. Richards Mrs.
Henry Wells, Mrs. Hugh H. Wallace,
Mrs. n. T. Francis. Miss L. Nelson.
Miss Rector entertained a large num-
Der of young people at a dance Friday
evening in honor of her house guest, Miss
Frances Winston of Boston, who returned
home Saturday. The ballroom was deco
rated in American beauty roses and
green's.
Miss Scidmore has gone to New York
to attend Col. George Harvey's dinner to
celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday OF
William Dean Howells, the novelist and
| father of American letters.
Mrs. NJ. A. Mckelvey of Chicago, who
has been visiting friends in New York,
| is the guest of Mrs. W. NJ. Geddes al
1913 Columbia road.
| Mrs. Mary A. Hendiey has removed to
CONGRESS Hall, and will be pleased to
| see her friends as usual
| Mrs. Irving o. Ball will be at home
informally Fridays in March at the Ham.
| ilton.
Mrs. l.. c. Brooks and Mrs. l. n Davis
were hostesses at large tea last Tues
DAY afternoon at the apartment of Mr..
and Mrs. Brooks in the Lucerne. The la
dies received their friends in the drawing
room, which was artisticalIy decorated
with pink flowers, palms and numerous
| tiny electric lights. Mrs. Brooks wore a
gown OF delicate blue satin striped mar
quisette over blue messaline, and Mrs.
| Davis was goWned in black lace over
| black messaline. with jet trimmings
They were assisted by Mrs. NJ. B. May
field. Mrs. c. w. Myers, Mrs. F. B. War
wick, Miss Eva Barrows Miss Phebe
Quoted the guests to the dining room.
The decorations We're of yellow jonquils,
while spring blossoms and ferns were
| in profusion.
The tea table. which was presided over
| by Mrs. l. S. Childs and Mrs. R. H. Case,
was most attractive with a large center
piece Of jonquils. suspended over which
were number Of small blue birds, max
ing a charming effect.
Throughout the afternoon the guests
=
mental music by Mrs. Marie Stone Smith
and Miss Flora Shinn, the assistants. In
the evening additional guests We're in
vited in for bridge and a delicious supper
was served.
The following ladies at Fowler Hall,
Kendall Green, will receive tomorrow aft
ernoon from to o'clock: Mrs. Schenck,
Miss Peet, Miss Jameson, Miss Marbut.
Miss Northrop. Miss Winifred Northrop,
E! Miss Dunn and Miss Williams.
| Last Wednesday evening a dance was
given by the members of Dollar Eight
Club, at Chevy Chase Library, and the
hall was very beautifully decorated with
flowers and pennants.
| Those present were Misses Louise
| Klink, Inga Forsberg, Florence Jerman,
Marguerite Jones. Gertrude Jones. Flor
ence Allen, Esther Foster, Esther Ram
sey, Helen Wood, Blanche Bowen, Edna
Hazen. Gertrude Langford. Edna Fayo,
Marie Malitzer, Grace Nelson, Myrtle
Sebastian. E. Stiffey, Messrs. Walter
Carter, jr.. Frank Davis, Kenneth Buffin,
Bernard BontZ. Newton Dempsey, Frank
lin Barr. Becon. Leo venegas; Harold
Sparks, Llupit, Robertson. r. Stunz, III.
Fowler Baker Ernest Kendrick, C.. Ed