The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-10

The President and Mrs. Taft attended
the benefit performance given for the Ed
ward Everett Hale Memorial last night.
Mrs. Taft occupied her box at the Ma
| tional Theater yesterday afternoon TO
hear Mime. Gluck. Her guests were Mrs.
Slater, Mrs. Westcoat. Miss Gwynn, Miss
| Boardman, and Miss Helen Taft.
The French Ambassador and Nine JUS
serand entertained at a dinner last night
at the embassy in honor of the American
Ambassador to France and Mrs. Myron T.
Herrick. The additional guests were Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Lurton, the Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs MacVeagh. Nine.
Bryn. Countess de Chambrum, Mrs. Mar
shall Field, Mrs. Hanna, Mr.. and Mrs.
| c. c. Glover, Miss Sara Lee, Miss Mac
Veagh Senator Burton, the Solicitor Cen
eral, Mr.. Bullitt: the First Secretary OF
the Netherlands Legation, Mr.. Schmolck;
the Second Secretary of the French En-
bassy and Mime. de Laboulaye, Mr.. John
B. Henderson, jr., Mr.. Benjamin Minor,
and the Third Secretary of the French
Embassy, Count de Sartiges.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorfr were dinner hosts last
night at the embassy, in Massachusetts
Avenue. Their guests were the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Representative and
Mrs. Longworth. Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland,
OF Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. Beale,
Count and Countess ScherrThoss, Miss
wetmore. Miss Cecilia May, Representa-
tive Gillett. the Second Secretary OF the
Mexican Embassy, Senior Don Algara, and
the Attache of the German Embassy, Mr..
Won Bulow.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is visiting
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth, at their residence in NJ Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jeffrey Parsons
were hosts at a beautiful dance last night
at their residence in Eighteenth Street
in honor of Miss Rebekah Wilmer
debutante daughter OF DIR. and Mrs.
William Holland Wilmer. The spacious
rooms were profusely decorated with
palms and roses, pink being the prevailing
color.
Mrs. Parsons wore an exquisite gown
of petuna embroidered net over satin OF
the same shade. and her house guest,
Miss Nina Gather OF Baltimore. wore
blue chiffon embroidered in silver and
gold. Mrs Francis Jencks and Miss
Jencks, OF Baltimore. and Miss Georgiana
Hopkins. Of Philadelphia, are also house
guests OF Mrs. Parsons
At midnight a collation. was served in
the handsome dntng-room, after which
dancing was resumed.
The guests included Miss Helen Taft.
the Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
sham, Secretary and Mrs MacNeaGh,
Mai. Gen and Mrs Leonard Wood. DR..
and Mrs Wilmer. Rear Admiral and Mrs
Wainwright, Rear Admiral and Mrs
Schroeder. Col and Mrs Robert NJ
Thompson. Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard.
Mr. and Mrs. Livingston Hunt, Mr.. ard
Mrs. A. Garrison McClintock, Mr.. and
Mrs Henry White. Count and Countess
Scherr-Thoss Mrs. Marshall Field, Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Bddle. Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
Wyeth. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Upshur Moor
head, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Putnam, Mr.
and Mrs. George Becker. Mr.. and Mrs
Ormsby McCammon. MIR. and Mrs. Walter
Howe. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Vaudeville Car
Isle, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Butler
Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland Perkins. Mr.. and
Mrs Allerton Cushman. DR.. and Mrs
Louis Green. DR.. and Mrs. Duncan Nc
Kim, Col. and Mrs Burr. Miss Tucker
man, Mr. and Mrs Charles Tittman. Mr..
and Mrs. Montgomery, MIR. and Mrs. c.
c. Glover, Mr.. and Mrs. Walcott Tucker
man, DR.. and Mrs. Sinclair Bowen, DR..
and Mrs. James Mitchell, DR.. and
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Mrs Chase. Col. and Mrs Cosby
Mr.. and Mrs W. W Mathewsun.
Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock. Mrs Seth
Ackley. Miss Helen Cash, Mrs. Robert
Hinckley, Mrs. Theodore Wilson. Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur WiIlert. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Marion Johnston. Pavmaster and Miss
Merriam. DR.. and Mrs. Tom Williams.
Mrs. Henry Corbln. Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
TnHEpTU0ln Mr. md Mrs Horace
Westcoat Mrs. Trant and Miss Trant.
Miss Bates. Miss Lee. Miss Elizabeth
Porter. Miss BriCe. Miss Marion Oliver.
Miss Leila Harrison, Miss Aleshire Miss
Katherine Jennings. Miss Eleanor Rey-
burn, Miss Coleman. Miss Ethel Leupp.
Miss Joanna Schroeder. Miss Louise
HELEN. Miss Draper Miss Whitney, Miss
Montgomery. Miss Sophy Johnston. Miss
Gladys Hinckley, Miss Williams Mis-
Hitchcock, Miss Beatty, Miss Symons,
Miss Nagel, Miss Burrows. the Misses
NOyes. the Misses Perkins, Miss Squire,
Miss Putnam. Miss Patter. Miss Bidde
Miss Hagner. Lieut.. Gen. Miles. L. s.
A. Senator Burton. Dr. Charles Wal
colt Mr.. John 3. Henderson. ir., Mr..
James Hopkins Mr.. Frederick X. May.
Mr. John Washington DavidGe. Mr.. F.
VI. Brooke. Mr.. Du Point. Mr.. c. G.
Glover jr, Mr.. Philip Robinson, Mr.
Symons. Mr. Charles Howard. Mr.. Hell
len. Mr.. Cotton Smith. Mr.. GoUverncur
Hoes. Mr. Chauncey HaCkctt. Mr. Rob
ert Hinckley. Dr. Wright. Mr.. Ice. Mr..
William Bowie Clark. Mr. Johnston,
Lieut.. Raymond Rodgers, L. s. N. Mr..
Frank Hyatt DIR. Bryan. Mr.. Hard, Mr.
Spencer Gordon, Mr.. William Hit, Mr..
Gregory. Dr. Morgan. Mr.. Sinclair.
Capt Little. L. :. a. MIR Stanley
Clark. Mr.. Dalton, Mr.. Andrews. Com
modore Jewell, L. s. n, retired, the
Messrs. Phillips, Or. de Laney, Mr.
Robert Stead. Mr.. Wilkinson, Mr..
Fathers, Mr.. Eubanks. Lieut. Rockwell.
u. S. A, Maj. Low. Z. s. A, retired.
Mr. Hugh Rowland, Mr. Huidekoper, Mr..
Charles Wilson. Mr. Hewington, Capt.
Mccoy. U. S. A, Mr.. Thomas Rodgers,
Mr.. Charles Remcy. and Lord Eustace
Percy. Mr.. lines. and Mr.. Keer, of the
English Embassy.
The Second Secretary of the German
Embassy and Nine. KienIin entertained
at dinner last night in their residence
in Massachusetts Avenue.
Mrs John Hays Hammond has gone
to the French Lick Springs She will
return to Washington shortly before
Christmas
Mr.. John Barrett. director general of
the Pan-American Union. has left Wash
ington far Atlanta, Ga, where he will at
tend a Panama Canal Conference Of the
Southern States.
dinner last night in honor of Miss Helen