The Washington herald., 1912-02-26
SOCIETY

Mrs. Lewis, Misc Artnurs. Miss FAIRIES,
and Miss Marion Crane. Bryn Mawr stu
dents, who have been Miss Taffs guests
at the White House for the weekend.
lreturned yesterday afternoon to their
studies. They all attended church a ST.
Johns, with Mrs. Taft and her daughter.
yesterday morning. The President and
Mrs. Taft occupied boz at the Belasco
Theater last evening to hear the lecture
of Buffalo Jones on .'Lassoing wild ami
mails in Africa" They were accompanied
! by Mai. Archibald W. Butt and their two
house guests Mr.. Crawford Hill. Of Colo
rado,, and Mr.. Job Hedges. Of New York,
who arrived at the white House yester-
day morning.
The French Ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Marburg In Baltimore. on
Thursday Mr.. and Mrs. Marburg will
entertain dinner company In their
honor that evening. and will take their
guests to the opera afterward. 'Lohen-
grin, will be given that evening at the
Lyric. The Ambassador and Nine. Jus
serand returned to Washington yester-
day morning from a brief visit In Chi
cago, where they were beautifully enter
| tanned.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff motored over to Fort
Myer yesterday morning and took lunch
con with Gen. and Mrs. Leonard Wood.
at their quarters there. The Military At
tache of the German Embassy and Nine.
Won Herwarth were among the other
luncheon guests.
The Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Macveagh entertained a small company
at luncheon yesterday in their Sixteenth
street home
The Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman winthrop entertain
ed a luncheon company yesterday In
honor of Miss Mabel Gerry, of New York,
who with Mrs. Joseph Stickney. OF New
York and London. Is at the New Willard
| for a time.
senator and Mrs. William Alden Smith
and their house guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Covode, OF Grand Rapids. and
Miss Agnes Jewell. of Detroit. the latter
a niece of Mrs. Smith, spent yesterday at
Annapolis, where they went as the lunch
con guests of the Superintendent Of the
Naval Academy and Mrs. John H. Glib
bons Mrs. Smith and her guests took
tea in the Red Room, with Mrs. Taft on
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs Mitchell. wife OF DR.. John F. Nit
chell, entertained a company at tea yes
terday afternoon In honor of Mrs. Ken
| nedy. OF New York. who is her house
guest.
A meeting was held on Saturday at Miss
Sophie Siebert's to hear the details and
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| tian D. Hemmick's original and neces-
sarily beautiful entertainment, to be given
on the evening of Mi-Careme, March IA.
and the afternoon of March Is, at the
Playhouse for the benefit OF Neighbor-
hood House and the Playhouse There
Is already a heavy demand for tickets
and II is deeply regretted that the seating
capacity of the Playhouse is so limited.
Among those at the meeting were Mrs.
Hemmick. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs.
G. II. Chase. Mrs. Walter Wilcox, Mrs.
Emmons, and Miss whelan. The tickets
are in charge Of Mrs. Chase. at her home,
| s2OS Massachusetts, avenue. The first
part of the programme to be given rs
THE orientals'' in three pictures. songs
and music by Rubinstein; Songs OF
Ham," with tableau; Sons OF Shem. "
with tableau: Sons Of Jephet," with
tableau; and then a Green dance by
Galatea, who is Mrs Florence Fleming
Noyes, in charge of the dancing in the
Lucia Gale Barber School OF Rhythm and
Correlated Arts. in this city. The second
part is a tableau and song, Indian Love
Song" sung by Mr.. Louis Thompson. a
young singer with operatic promise, and
the third part OF the program will be
| two descriptive dances by the wonderful
dancer. who is both young and new in
the profession. Nayrb. His dances are
"Bulak" and ''Kernak." for both OF which
he has some charming mystic verses TO
speak before the dance. The Oriental
costumes worn by the quartet OF singers
will be most interesting and quite au-
thentic, as they are being loaned by the
Persian and Belgian legations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ormsby McCammon en-
tertained at,breakfast at the Chevy Chase
Club yesterday in honor of Mrs. Arthur
Kennedy, of New York, who is the house
guest OF Mrs. James F. Mitchell. The
guests asked to meet her were Col. and
Mrs. Cosby. DIR. Cary d. Langhorne. U.
S. N, and Mrs. Langhorne; Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray A. Cobb. Mrs. Patten, Mrs.
HeAn, Mrs. Mitchell. Mrs. Dunn. DR..
Spencer. Raymond Rogers, Mr.. Hitch
born, and Horace Westcott.
Miss Frances Hodges, the debutante
daughter Of Col and Mrs. Harry F.
Hodges, gave an informal supper party
last evening in honor OF Miss Frances
Gamble, niece and house guest of Mrs.
Stimson, wife Of the Secretary OF War.
Mrs. McCaIlum will leave Washington
on March for Mansfield. Ohio. to open
her home there for six weeks or more
through the early spring. Mrs. Mccall
lum has been suffering with a sprained
ankle for a month and has been unable
to receive or make visits. and will be
unable to return calls before her de-
parture. She had a severe fall upon the
ice and It was feared for a time that
her injuries were more serious than a
sprained ankle.
Mrs. Newberry and Miss Carol New
berry, wife and daughter Of the former
Secretary of the Navy, are being roy
ally entertained at Hamilton. Bermuda,
where they are spending the late winter
Miss Newberry is the belle of Hamilton
lust now. Mrs. Loring and the Misses
Loring, wife and daughters OF DIR. Lor-
ing, of this city, are also staying at
Hamilton for the late winter.
The Skating Club viii hold its first
meeting this afternoon at the rink at
the Arcade. The proceeds from the sale
Of tickets will go for the benefit of the
Navy Relief Society. Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop, wife OF the Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy. will receive In the alb
sence of Mrs. Meyer, wife of the Sec
retary Of the Navy. the members of the
District Auxiliary, Mrs. Meyer being de-