The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-28

! Miss Helen Taft, Mr.. Robert Taft, and
their house guest. Miss Edith Morgan
attended the brilliant dance given by Mr.
and Mrs. George Howard in honor OF
the latter's debutante daughter, Miss
Margaret Perrin. at the Playhouse las,
night. -h
The dance for Mr.. Charles Taft, which
was to have taken place at the White
House tonight, has been postponed m-
til Wednesday evening. January !, as
Mr.. Taft accompanied the President and
Mrs. Taft to Panama.
| A brilliant audience attended a per-
Torrance Of Tolstoy's comedy, The
Fruits Of Culture" by the Yale Uni
versity Dramatic Association at the CO.
lumbia Theater yesterday afternoon. In
the house were the many graduates of
Yale and friends of the university. The
members of the younger set were out i'm
force. Among the boxholdeTs were Miss
Helen Taft and Mr.. Robert Taft who
| had with them Miss Edith Morgan, OF
J New York; Miss Martha Bowers. and Mr..
George Harrison. Mrs. Thomas Laugh
/ lin. sister of Mrs. Taft, chaperoned the
party.
Other boxholders were Mr.. and Mrs C.
Reid Rogers. Mrs. Frank b. Noyes. Mrs.
William F. Draper. and Mrs. Arthur Lee.
In the audience were Mrs. John Hay.
Mr. Clarence Hay, Mr.. James Wads-
worth, jr., and Mrs. WadswOrth. Mr..
Justice Henry b. Brown, United States
Supreme Court. retired: Mr.. and Mrs.
George y. McLanahan. Mr.. and Mrs
Christian Hemmick, Capt and Mrs.
Mark Brooke. Mrs. James II. Hopkins
r. NJ
Cey Hackett. Miss Sophy Johnston. Miss
Henrietta Fitch, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Harlow. Miss Harlow. Commander TheO-
dore Jewell L. 5. N: Mrs. Roscoe Dillon,
Miss Alice Goodwin. Lieut.. r. Hender-
son. l. s N; Mrs. Henderson, Mr.. T
Lawrason Riggs, Mr.. Duncan Phillips.
Mr. James Phillips, Mrs. Ralph Jenkins.
Gen. Maxwell Woodruff, Miss Woodruff.
Mr.. and Mrs Spencer Wood, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Richardson Glover. Miss
Eudora Glover. Mrs. J. Hewson. Miss
Georgia Schofield. and Mrs. William Hay
wood.
Mrs. Edison Bradley entertained the
Yale men at a tea Immediately after the
performance. The debutantes of this year
end last and a number OF the other mem
hers Of the younger set were invited TO
meet Them and there was dancing in the
spacious ballroom of Mrs. Bradley's
residence. The house was handsomely
decorated with holly and Christmas
greens.
Mr.. c. c. Glover. jr.. the local manager
for the performance at the Columbia, en-
tertained the members of the association
at luncheon.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Beatty were
hosts at one of the most charming dances
Of the year last night at the Navy Yard
Their guests, who numbered nearly two
hundred. were members of the Diplomatic
Corps and official life and the debutantes
OF this and last year. and the young
officers OF both branches of the service
stationed in Washington.
At midnight the guests adjourned from
the sail loft" where the dance was
held, to the quarters of Rear Admiral
Beatty for an informal supper.
Mr.. Gist Blair will entertain the choir
boys Of St. Johns Church at a luncheon
TO-DAY in St. Johns Parish Hall
Miss Mabel Boardman was hostess at a
delightful reception yesterday at her resi-
dence in p Street in honor OF the visit
ing members of the American Pathological
Association. Archaeological Institute of
America, and the Society of Biblical Lit
erature and EXegcsis
Many distinguished NaSulnSIonlanS al
tended the reception. and the handsome
rooms were beautifully decorated. Mrs.
". Murray Crane and Mrs. Charles
Henry Butler presided at the tea table.
Mrs. William Boardman is spending a
few days in Baltimore.
Miss Margaret B. Evans Of 34S2 New
ark Street, Cleveland Park, entertained
at zoo yesterday afternoon in honor of
Miss Dorothy Weeks, who is at home
from Wellesley for the holidays. Those
present were Miss Weeks. Miss Ruth
Weeks, Miss Madeline Schneider, Miss
Ruth Grey. Miss Lucy Henry, Miss
Theodore Henckel, and Miss Josephine
Wolhaupter
After January ! Mrs. TOwner, wife Of
Representative Towner of Iowa, will be