Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-25
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
SCCIABILITIES AT WHITE HOUSE
AND IN CABINET HOMES.
Last Nights Parties Made Merry
'Companies-Other Events.
Notes.


Taft and her brother. Mr.. Robert Taft.
attended church at ST Johns this morn
ing and will entertain at a family dinner
tonight, at which their aunt, Mrs. Laugh
lin. will preside. The latters two small
sons and the four children of Mr.. Her
ron. brother of Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Her.
ron, are rejoicing over the Christmas
tree, which will be illuminated with cleo
trio lights tonight and is arranged in the
blue room
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox
are at their Valley Forge. Pa. estate I'M
til the eve of New Year day. Their family
circle of children and grandchildren are
also with them. Secretary and Mrs. Mac
Veagh, Secretary and Mrs. Stimson, the
Attorney General and Mrs. Wickersham,
Mrs. and the Misses Meyer. Secretary
and Mrs. Fisher and Secretary Wilson
and Miss Wilson are spending the day at
the capital. All the former have their
own family parties, but Miss Wilson has
planned to have twenty girls here IN
school and daughters of her fathers old
friends to dine with them. Secretary and
Mrs. Nagel have a home party also. The
Secretary of the Navy is with members
of a shooting club down in North Caro-
lima and Postmaster General hitchcock rs
in Boston with his relatives.
Mr.. Antonio Lazo- Arriaga of 2Oo River
side Drive. New York formerly minister
from Guatemala in Washington an
nourfces the engagement of his daughter,
Miss Blanche Lazo and Mr.. John r. Stein
man of Lancaster, Pa Miss Lazo' $
mother was the daughter OF the Marquise
de Mont Rog. who now lives in Madrid.
Mr.. Steinman, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew j. Steinman, is graduate %
Yale. class of 1906 g.. and a member of
tho Delta phi fra ernitv and the Phila-
delphia Racquet Club.
No date has been set for the wedding
Miss LaZo spent nearly all her child
hood in this city, and has been for sew
Calderon. daughter of the Bolivian min
lister. She is a very charming girl, high
ly accomplished and the news of her
engagement will be received here with
great interest.
Miss Helen Taft was honor guest at
dinner which Mrs. George T. K. Har-
rison and Miss Leila Ray Harrison gave
last night. The rest of the party in
Bowers, Miss Sophy Johnston. Miss Will
mer, Miss Frances Moves. Miss ingalls,,
the Misses Aleshire, Miss May Treat of
New York: Lieut.. ]. B. Aleshire. Mr..
Bowers, Mr. Marion Johnston, Mr. Butler
of New York; Lieut. Francis Riggs, Mr..
Franklin Ellis. Mr.. Ralph Harrison. Mr..
George Harrison and Lieut.. William Har-
rison. L. S. A. A large Christmas tree
was Illuminated after the dinner, and
later the party went to the Aleshire
dance.
Brig. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, L. S. A,
and Mrs. Sharpe. have gone to New York
to be the guests of Mrs. Ira Davenport
over Christmas.
One of the prettiest dances of the win
ter was held last night at the home Of
Gen. and Mrs. Aleshire for their daugh-
tiers and son. the Misses Aleshire and
Lieut.. ]. B. Aleshire. jr.. and their house
guests, Miss May Treat of New York;
Lieut.. Holmer of Fort TOtten, n. Y,
and Mrs. Thomas Goethals. There
were $50 guests entertained in the holly
decked parlors cleared for the dancing.
In attendance were Miss Helen Taft,
Mrs. Laurson, Miss Virginia LIE Seure.
the Misses Allen, Miss katherine Weeks.
Miss Jeffrey, Miss Leila Harrison, Miss
Rebekah Wilmer Miss Ruth Anderson.
Miss Frances Hoar, Miss Howry, Miss
Mary Webb. Miss Doris Hayworth. Miss
Caroline Ogden-Jones. Miss Ethel Noyes.
Miss Elizabeth Harlan, Miss Elizabeth
Rush Porter. Miss Gamble, Miss kathe-
rine Anderson, Miss Macdonald. Miss
Alice Dressed, Miss Esther Foote; Miss
Margaret Treat, Miss Katherine White.
Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers. Miss Mar
garetta Symons, Miss Eleanor Reyburn,
Miss Sophy Johnston, Miss Gladys Hinck-
ley, Miss Eleanor Slater, Miss Dorothy
Decide, Miss Stockton. Miss Dorothy
Wyeth, Miss Emily Beatty, Miss Ale
shire, Mr. Robert Taft, Mr.. William
Flather. Mr. George Smith. Mr.. Beverly
Sinclair, the Messrs. Moore, Mr. Clay
Judson Mr.. Symons, Mr.. Harry Allen,
the Messrs. Downey, the Messrs. Harri-
son. Mr.. Donald Craig. Mr. Richard Will
mer, Mr. Thomas Goethals. Mr.. Marion
Johnston. jr., Mr.. Robert Hinckley. Mr..
Kenneth Clapp, Mai. Logan. Lieut.. and
Mrs Frederick Strong. Lieut.. and Mrs.
Mills, Lieut.. St John Greble, Lieut.. Car
Dunn. Lieut.. Holmer. Lieut.. Aleshre.
Lieut.. Crawford. Lieut.. North, Lieut..
Fearles. Lieut.. Harrison, Mr. Griffin, L.
S. NJ, and Cadets kilburn. Wyeth. Weeks
and Griffith of the United States Military
Academy.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Glover. whose
Inequalities are always so delightful. be-
gan their holiday program last night by
dancing party for their schoolgirl daugh-
ter, Miss Beatrice Glover. Dancing be-
gan at o. and the seventy guests stopped
at midnight for buffet supper.
The dance at the Country Club last
night, at which the hosts were Mr.. WOOD
bury Blair. Mr.. Jerome Bonaparte. Mr..
Chandler Hale, Mr.. William Hit, Mr.. \.
Legare Mr. Hugh Legare, Col. Charles
L. McCawley. Col. Henry May, Mr.. Ed
ward A. Mitchell and Mr.. FRANK Mitchell,
was preceded by number of dinners.
DR.. Oliver j. Waters announces the
marriage of his daughter, Jessie May, to
James Dulaney Hall, jr., of Linden. Va.
in Baltimore, December 81, by Rev. DR..
Nealy.
Other hosts last night were the Ameri-
can minister to Switzerland and Mrs.
Boutell, who held reception in the ball
I've
John Wood Brooks Laid. their son-in-
law and daughter and Miss Walker of
Boston are with Mr.. and Mrs. BOutell for
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Crutcher and
daughter. Mary Moore, have gone to Ken
tucky to srend the holidays at Rest
more, Georgetown, Ky.
MIR. Thomas Bryan Huyck has gone to
Boston to spend the holidays with his Sis
fer. Mrs Frank c. Bates. who has re-
Gently taken possession of her new house
in Sewell avenue, BrOokline.
Mrs Henry P. Sanders of 1904 21st
street left yesterday to spend the holi-
day season with relatives in Matawan
and Middletown, N. Y.
Mrs. Lawrence Parker of 2420 CalIow
avenue. Baltimore. Nd, is spending the
week end with Mrs. William H. Daw.
Miss Jessie f. Warner of Capitol Hill
and Mr. Adrian S. Horner of Mount Rainier
were married Monday evening, Decem-
Der %. The ceremony was performed by