The Washington herald., 1912-07-10

President Taft, who is keeping bache-
lor's hall at the White House, enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday in honor
OF Dr. Alberto Membreno. Minister Of
Honduras. on special mission. and had
to meet him the Secretary Of State,
Hon. Philander C. Knox: Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge. Senator Augustus o.
Bacon, Senator william ]. Stone, Sena-
tor william Alden Smith, Senator Elihu
Root, Representative William Sulzer,
Hon. Charles d. White, the assistant
Secretary of State. Mr.. Huntington VIII
son; the third Assistant Secretary OF
State, Mr.. Chandler Anderson; Mr.. John
Hays Hammond, Mr.. William 7. s.
Doyle. and Maj. Thomas L. Rhoads,
military aid to the President This Is
the second important entertainment the
President has given since his family
were established at Beverly. and he has
now established a reputation as host
which eclipses the records Of all other
Presidents for stag entertainments.
The Secretary Of Agriculture and Miss
Wilson will entertain a company at din
rer this evening at Dover House.
The Minister from Chile and Sonora
Dona Eduardo Suarez and the members
OF the legation staff. Senior Don Felipe
Animal. first secretary; Senior Don Ale
jandro Herquinigo, second secretary;
and First Lieut. Edgardo Won Schroeders.
naval attache, left Washington to-day
for Magnolia, Mass, where they will
spend the summer at the Oceanside.
Baron Preuschen. the retiring naval
attachs Of the Austro-Hungarian En-
bassy. and his successor. Lieut.. Bur-
styn, will 60 over to New York to-mor-
row from where Baron Preuschen will
Baroness Preuschen, who returned to
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Maury Dove entertain
ed a company at dinner last evening at
Dover House near Marlboro.
Maj wIIn,m E. Horton and MI. W.
Bowie Clark will spend next month in
the North. going first to the summer
place OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Marshall
Allen. on Lake Champlain, and after =
fortnight's visit. accompanying their
hosts on q cruise TO Canada on their
houseboat the Alpha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira D. Bennett and .heir
attractive young daughter have gone
to the Allegheny Inn. at Goshen. Va,
for a several weeks outing Mrs Ben
nett and Miss Bennett will probably re-
main for the season at this charming
mountain resort.
Miss Helen Lee Is at Southampton.
Long Island. where she will remain some
time next month. when she will sail for
Europe.
Mre Charles Itrfhvrtr, r-fS oS
Representative from Baltimore, is ex-
pected at her apartment at the Dresden
to-day. She arrived at her Baltimore
home yesterday from New YORK. wrere
she has spent the past week. after IN
tertaining house party IN Baltimore
for the Democratic Convention. Mrs.
Linthicum's party broke up with a
smart luncheon at the BeIvedere on
Wednesday OF last week, given for the
executive board or the womans Ma
tional Democratic League, OF wnicn sne
is first vice president. There were
three absentees only, Mrs. W. G. Sharpe
wife Of the Representative from ONO,
who Is treasurer. ana Mrs. John Z.
Raker, wife OF the Representative from
California, who Is recording secretary.
Mrs Sharpe is detained in her home in
Ohio because or serious illness in ner
anu -iAs- i-dhcl was IA " hSAA-
ington. The others We're Mrs. Jonn
Snerwin Crosby, OF New York. presi-
dent: Mrs. Edwart I. Taylor, OF Colo
RADIO. second vice president: Mrs. w. A.
Cullop. OF Indiana. third vice president;
Mrs. Steven b. Ayres, or New YORK,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Grace
Porter Hopkins, field secretary: Mrs
Silas Hare, historian, and Miss Kate
Dabney, auditor.
At the Manassas horse show. July II
and IS, Washington will be well repre-
sented, both among exhibitors and spec
tators Melvin C. Hazen. District Sur
veyor. is president Of the show associa-
ton.
number of the local exhibitors will
ship their horses TO Manassas next Mon
day. Among them are Maj. Henry T.
Allen. Lieut.. 0verton. of Fort Myer:
John o. Gheen, Thomas Bones. B. F.
McCauley. F. S. K. Smith. and Melvin
C. Hazen.
Mrs. Hazen and Mrs Gheen will chap
eron two parties of girls. among whom
will be several local riders. DR.. E. NJ.
Colvin. DR.. A T. Bronaugh. George c.
Pumphrey, and others are planning to
motor to the show.
Mr.. and Mrs. Medill Mccormick having
closed their apartments on Sixteenth
C-rast haya pona IN their Chicago home