The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-16

President Taft left Washington last
night for New York and New Haven.
He will be absent about three days. Mr..
John Hays Hammond, who was a guest
at the White House over Thursday night,
left Washington yesterday afternoon.
President and Mrs. Taft will be enter
tanned at dinner by the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Knox on Thursday even
ing, December 10. II is the first Of the
Cabinet dinners.
Mrs. James Biddle. wife of Brig. Gen.
Biddle, U. S. A. who has been visiting
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Biddle. at their residence in
s Street, has gone to New York to be
with her son, Mr.. Nicholas Blddle, at the
Hotel Hawthorne. Mrs. BIddIe will re-
| turn to Washington shortly to occupy the
apartment she has leased at the Rich
mond for the winter season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell gave
handsome dinner last night in honor
of their house guest, Miss Mamie Gilpin.
Invited to meet her were Mai. Gen. and
Mrs. George L. Gillespie. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kidd, Mrs. George Rowland
Chase, Mrs. Ralph Jenkins. Mr.. Charles
Henry Butler. Mrs. Robert Hinckley, DR..
Charles Swisher, and Rear Admiral
| O'Neal, U. S. N, retired.
Miss Gilpin. who has been making her
home in Dresden and Rome for several
years, is spending a month in this coun-
try, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Fairman
Rodgers. of Philadelphia During her
stay with Mrs. Ten Eyck she has been
extensively entertained. Mrs. Charles +.
Clapp entertained at an informal lunch
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Thursday evening she dined with Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Gillespie.
Mr. Herbert H. D. PIERCE. former Amer
lean Minister to Norway, and Mrs. Peirce
have returned to Washington and leased
the residence. I7H n Street, for the win
ter.
: Mrs. Edison Bradley will give a musi-
Gale on Thursday evening at $50 o'clock
December Il for the benefit Of the As
ISOLATION for Works Of Mercy. 1t will be
the first entertainment given in Mrs.
Bradley's new addition to her palatial
residence in Connecticut Avenue, and will
be a most brilliant affair. The Kneisel
quartet will give recital, and the So
loist will be Miss Yvonne de CraVette,
celebrated soprano. who has never
been heard in the United States. At pres
ent she is in Toronto, Canada, where her |
remarkable voice has proved a genuine |
sensation. Tickets for the musicale can |
be purchased at Mrs. Bradleys residence, |
1S2S Connecticut Avenue.
Among the box holders are the Countess /
Won BernstorfT, Mrs. Charles Broughton |
Wood. Mrs. Duncan McKim. Mrs. Mark |
Hanna, and Mrs. George T. Marye.
The patronesses are Mrs. James Bryce, |
Nine Ekengren, Mime. de Rianoy-Mrs. |
Frank Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas Ander-
son. Mrs. Edison Bradley, Mrs. John
Biddle, Mrs. Henry B. Brown, Miss
Boardman, Mrs. John c. Boyd, Mrs. r.
c. Bulmer, Mrs. Thomas Chatard. Mrs.
J. Vaudeville Carlisle, Mrs. Richardson
Glover, Miss Marjorie Cotton. Mrs.
Spencer Cosby, Mrs. Murray Crane, Miss
Douglas, Mrs. Fremont-Smith Mrs. Gar
Iington, Mrs. Edward H. Gheen, Mrs.
C. c. Glover, Mrs. Mark Hanna, Mrs. c.
D. Hemnick, Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mrs
J. B. Henderson, Mrs. Archibald Hop
lins, Mrs. Julian James, Mrs. Ralph Jen-
kins. Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mrs. Joseph
r. Lamar. Mrs. Nicholas Luquer, Mrs.
John MCGOWAN, Mrs. Duncan McKim,
Mrs. MacMurray, Mrs. l. H Mann, Mrs.
George T. Marye, Miss Katherine MINI
mack, Mrs. ]. Upshur Moorhead, Mrs
Nagel. Mrs. Cleveland Perkins, Mrs. Lee
Phillips, Mrs. Reside, Mrs. Thomas F.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Richardson,
Mrs. w. B. Ridgely, Mrs. w. c. Rives,
Mrs T. N. Rixey. Mrs. Robert f. Shep-
ard, Mrs. Philip Sheridan, Miss Sheriff.,
Mrs Hunt Slater, Mrs. F. c. Stevens,
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs Rich
ard Townsend. Mrs. L. l. Reamey, Mrs.
Van Reypen Mrs. Eugene Watson, Mrs.
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. ,
Mrs. Francis Warren, Mrs Charles
Broughton Wood, Mrs. Leonard Wood.
Mrs. Spencer S. Wood, Mrs. William
Hall, Mrs. Wesley Merritt, and Mrs,
Norman Williams
Mrs John Hays Hammond arrives in
;hicago this morning to attend the large !
luncheon given under the auspices of the
;tate Committee of Illinois to raise funds
or the Woman's Titanic Memorial
drs. Lewis K. Torbet is chairman OF the I
tate Committee The luncheon VIII bel
eld in the gold ROOM of the Congress
Iotel. and the occasion will be an ultra G
fashionable one. Mrs. Carter Harrison =
fife of the Mayor Of Chicago, has taken | 4
table for six. Others who have en- \
aged tables are Mrs. ChatfieId-Taylor. !
frs. Henry Robbins, Mrs. Chauncey +