Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-12
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MR.. AND MRS. WHITELAW REID
LUNCH AT WHITE HOUSE.
Other Hospitalities on Today's
Calendar-A Debut.
Personals.

luncheon today for the American am
bassador to Great Britain and Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid
There Were present to meet them Mr..
and Mrs. Henry White. Senator and
Mrs. Newlands, Assistant Secretary
and Mrs. Huntingdon Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond Mr.. and
Mrs. William J. Boardman. Mrs. Nc
Cais. Mrs. Letter. Miss Taft Mr.. II. c.
Emory, Gen. Crozier and Maj. Butt.
| MIS-. Taft and her guest, Mrs. Nc
Caig. accompanied by Maj Butt. will
attend tho theater tonight.
| Miss Taft will be entertained at din
rcf' tonight by Maj. and Mrs. Duncan
{. Phillips
The President and Mrs. Taft dined
| last night at the home of the Secretary
OF the Treasury and Mrs. Macveagh.
| whose other guests were the American
ambassador to Great Britain and Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid. Mr.. and Mrs Cyrus
Mccormick. Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
| Blair. Mr. and Mrs Frederick Bartlett
or Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs. \. J. Parsons.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field. Mr.. and
Mrs Herman Kohlsaat. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stiliman, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wads-
worth, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Mason of
New York, Mrs. Joseph Stickney, Mrs.
Prcttyman. Mrs. McCaig. Miss Scid.
more, Mrs. Wesley Merritt, Miss Mac
| veash. Miss Carver. Gov. Bass of New
Hampshire, Gen. Edwards. Maj Butt.
Mr. Henry Emory. Mr.. Brayton Ives,
Mr. Allison Armour, Mr.. Francis Bird,
Mr. George Copeland and Mr.. Eames
| MacVeagh.
| Musical numbers were given after the
dinner.
\ dinner dance tonight will be given
py Mr.. ana Mrs. T. +. Gaff, who will
nave hundred guests. The son-in-l law
| and daughter of these hosts are DIR.
Cary d. Langhorne and Mrs Langhorne,
who are now living In this city.
! The commandant of the Marine Corps
and Mrs. William p. Riddle entertained
at IA dinner last. night Senator and Mrs.
Stone, Representative and Mrs. Esto-
pinal. Maj and Mrs. Harry g. Cole DR..
and Mrs. Chisholm and Col. and Mrs.
| +. K. Cole.
| Miss Helen Taft attended the Balti-
more assembly last night. and previous
to the ball was, with her hostess, Miss
Christine Marburs, entertained at u
dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
NJ Jencks. Mr. and Mrs. John Hays
Hammond. who also attended the BAN.
were honor guests of Mrs. George
Huntingdon Williams, their hostess at
a dinner of twenty covers. Among
other Washington guests at the ball
| WERE TIE I~oSIfnaSter General, L..
Hitchcock: Mr.. Walter Davidge. Mr..
Howard Plat, Mr.. Manuel Frye.
Baron Won Hardenbroek. Mr.. Alfred
Horstman, Mr.. Charles Paul Glover.
Mr.. James Hopkins. jr., Mr.. Robert
ainckley jr.; Mr. William Bowie
Countess Benoist day.
Miss Taft wore dark blue chiffon.
with trimmings of sold lace, and Mrs
John Hays Hammond wore cloth Of
gold, with touches of grass-green vel
vet and gold lace.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff ente: tanned at dinner last
night. Their guests were tho Secretary
of the Interior and Mrs. Fisher, the
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White, the counselor
of the Aust-o-Hungarian embassy and
! Nine. Won Loewenthai. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chandler Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Patten, and Mrs. Thompson Of New
York.
The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
entertained at dinner last night, In COM
pliment to the Canadian members of the
int. national joint commission. Their
guests were Mr.. T. Chase Casgrain. Mr.
Henry \. Powell, Mr.. Charles A. Ma
grath: Senator Dixon, Senator Johnson.
and Mr.. George Young.
Mr. William Boardman entertained a
few gentlemen at luncheon yesterday at
the Metropolitan Club in honor of the
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. who, with Mrs. Reid
are Mr.. and Mrs. Boardman's house
guests this week.
Miss Edythe Howard. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Beale r. Howard, gave a
luncheon today. when covers were laid
for twenty-five guests.
In the company were Miss Louise
Bayne, Miss Dorothy Decide. Miss Amy
Richardson. Miss I.sonora Finley, Miss
Celestine Finley. Miss frances Brooks
Miss Dorothy Brooks Miss Mary Irwin,
Miss Emily Beatty. Miss Ruth Pilling,
| Miss Gertrude Greedy. Miss Alice Dresel.
Miss Ruth Anderson. Miss Mildred Bacon.
Miss Ruth Bliss. Miss Gwynn. Miss
Estelle Crane. Miss Christine Fox aud
Miss Margaret Howard.
Georgetown University has engaged the
chancel choir of St Paul's Catholic
Church to furn sh the choral music for
the annual dramatic performance a. the
Columbia Theater the afternoon. Of Febru-
airy 16. The music to be sung will be taken
entirely from Cigars great oratorio, The
Liean. Ga ~e,oi,.us, anu the choir will
be accompanied by full orchestra, under
the direction OF the organist and choir
master, Ernest T. Winchester The per-
Torrance will be for the benefit of the
Chr st Child Society, well known chari-
| table organization of this city. !:
Mr.. Samuel Hardwick gave a dinner
and dance last night at the Highlands,
in compliment to Miss Adeline Culp,
whose marriage to Mr.. Henry Jefferson
Porter, jr., of Alabama, Will take place
next Wednesday.
The other, guests at the dinner were
Miss CumnOck of Boston. Miss Frances
Brown Of New Bedford and Miss Edith
Oracle who will be the brides attend
ants: Miss Marie Ray. Miss Mildred
Bacon. Miss Robyn Young, Miss Mar
10 .es. Miss Carlo. Miss Calderon. Miss
Hearin. Mrs. John Culp. Mrs. Hearin,
Mrs. Hardwick. Gen. Gordon, DR.. Victor
Hammond. Mr. David Hendrick, Mr..
Norris Mclean. Mr.. Jerome Graham. MI.
Frank Connolly. Mr.. Fred Hoffman,
Mr.. Maurice Moore. Mr.. James Dorman.
Dr. Wolfe, Mr.. Boiling Gait, Mr. Walter
Penfield, Mr.. MacMinnetree. Mr.. Marion
Baker. Mr. William Miller, Mr.. Edward
Magann and Mr. Riley Hunt.
Additional guests came in for the
dance.
Mr.. Preston Collum. who will be best
man at the wedding, will entertain the
bridal party at dinner and theater
party Monday night. and Tuesday night
AIR and Mrs Culp Will give large
dinner for their daughter and the bridal
party after the church rehearsal.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips of San
Francisco, Cal, are visiting for few
weeks Mrs Mary A. Loughran of l. 9th
street southeast, mother of Mrs Philips,
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