The Washington herald., 1912-05-10

The first Of the series OF White House.
garden parties viii take place this after
noon at 5 O'Clock and will be a brilliant
al fresco AFFAIR, II the weather Is pleas
ant Otherwise the erstwhile garden
party will take the form Of an ordi-
nary afternoon tea. with dancing. and
viii be held indoors. Mrs Taft has been
tobliged TO cancel her invitations for
similar function May Il. and the attend
ance at the party to-day viii therefore
be unusually large. The guests win IN
clude the delegates in attendance IT the
international Red Cross Conference. who
were originally invited 10 the one on
May II. There win be two more Of these
graden parties, which have been such
feature during the spring season at the
White House during the Taft regime,
Friday afternoons, May "a and sl
The italian Ambassador and Marchesa
Cusani entertained at dinner last night
in honor Of the Italian delegates to the
Red Cross Conference The guests were
Count Louis AIdroyeni, Count Clan Gla-
zomo Della Somaglia. Vice President OF
| the Red Cross Of Italy: Lieut. Col Brezzi
Giusette Lonello Perera, Senator and
Mrs Rayner. the Misses Meyer. Miss
Boardman, Miss Britton, Miss Glover,
| Miss Crosby, Miss Marion Oliver; Miss
| whiting, Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers,
Donna Beatrice cusani. Count Csekonics,
iGiuseppe cstalini, and Mrs, ceecato.
The Secretary OF War. Mr.. Henry L
! stimson. entertained company at din
ner last night In honor ot Gov. Forbes,
| Of the Philippine IsIapds The guests
were the Secretary Of the Navy, Sena-
! tor Lodge. Senator Burton. Senator
Root. the Governor OF Porto Rico, Col.
| George Cotton; Representative NJ. z.
lOlmstead. Representative W. A. Jones,
! Representative Luther w. Mott. Mr.
Ralph Forbes. son OF the governor;
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood. Col william
g Gorgas, Col Mcintyre, MAJ. Allen,
| Mai. Shelton. Mai Duncan, capt NC
| Caulley, and Mr.. Frankfurter.
The Japanese Ambassador and Wis
countess chinda have sent out Invita-
lions for a dinner May 80. On May 81
| they will be the guests Of honor at
dinner which Gen. and MRS. Stewart L.
woodford will give at the Waldorf As
toria in New York
Miss Laura Merriam and Miss Wal
lach entertained last evening at a quaint
party at Dover House, near Marlboro,
Md, when Mrs. James Vaudeville Car
| isle chaperoned the company and Miss
Helen Taft was the guest of honor. There
were forty guests Miss Taft and Mr.. A.
Piatt Andrew, Assistant Secretary OF
! the Treasury, Joined the rest OF the
party at Miss wallach's, and all went
| over in automobiles for an old-fash-
| ioned- supper at o'clock, served In
| country style, OF fried chicken, boiled
ham, corn bread and corn fritters. with
vegetable salad and coffee served with
1 the supper. The guests danced after
supper.
Col and Mrs. William C. Gorgss and
their daughter. Miss Aileen Gorgas, are
at the Grafton for a short time. Col.
| Gorgas came up from Panama ana
Joined his family recently In New York.
Mrs. Gorgas Is in deep mourning for
her brother. who died since she came
up from Panama TO visit her relatives
/ Miss Gorgas will be the guest Of Miss
Alice Margaret knight later on
Mrs. Gardner, widow Of DIT. Frank A.
Gardner. OF this city, who has lived
in her summer home at Vineyard Haven.
Mass, since the doctors death, has
| spent the past six weeks with her
daughters here, Mrs. ]. Maury Dove,
/ jr., and Mrs. Allen Hume. She will
go to New York early next week to
/ Join her son, Mr.. Harry Gardner, who
| is in business there, after spending
year or more on q ranch in the West,
on account of his health. He has re-
covered this Writer from a serious acci-
] dent received last summer, while on
horseback, Just before joining Mrs. Gard
ner at her summer home. They spent
the early part Of the winter at Allan
| tic City.
DR.. and Mrs. Molyneaux L. Turner
were hosts at dinner last evening IN
honor OF their house guests, Miss Helen
| Socum and Miss Margaret Schoan, Of
the Conservatory Of Music, Harrisburg,
Pa, and Miss Marie Johnstone, daugh-
ter Of DR.. J. L. Johnstone, OF Hyatts-
vile. Nd, taking their guests after
ward to the Belasco. ..
Mrs. Robert Mccormick has gone to
her home at Wheaton, near Chicago.
after spending the winter in Washing
ton in the residence Of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward A Mitchell. in Sixteenth Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell, who divided
| their time this winter between New
York and Atlantic City, are now estab-
| Iished in their house.
Mrs. J. Van Vechten Olcott, wife Of
the former Representative. il spending
some time in Washington at the New
Willard. -
| Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Of California.
has arrived here for the Dolly Madison
breakfast where she will be one Of the
guests of honor. She is now attending
the annual conference Of the regents OF
Mount Vernon, at Mount Vernon, as the
representative from her State. Her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
william Randolph Hearst, viii come to
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