The Washington herald., 1912-02-16


The President and Mrs. Taft were en-
tertained at dinner last evening by the
Secretary OF Agriculture, Mr.. James VII
son, in the red parlor OF the New VIII
lard. The table decorations were all OF
red and most effective. The guests asked
to dine with them were the Speaker OF
the House OF Representatives and Mrs.
Champ Clark. Senator and Mrs. Warren.
Senator and Mrs. Albert NJ. Cummins. OF
Iowa: Senator and Mrs. william S. Ken
yOn. OF Iowa; former Speaker OF the
House OF Representatives and Miss Can
non. Representative and Mrs. James r.
Mann, OF Illinois; Representative and Mrs.
Charles II. Burke. Of South Dakota:
Representative and Mrs. T.. W. Martin.
of South Dakota; Representative and
Mrs. Charles IL. Sloan, Of Nebraska; Rep
resentative and Mrs. l.. W. Higgins, Of
Connecticut; Representative and Mrs. A,
F. Lever, of South Carolina; Representa-
tive and Mrs. Charles A. Kennedy, OF
Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Graham
Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. z. Stanley Gary, OF
Baltimore. son and daughter-in-law OF
former Postmaster General Gary: Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Grosvenor. Mrs.
John B. Henderson. Mrs. Stanley Mat
thews, Rev. and Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe,
Mai. Archibald W. Butt, and Mr.. and
EAoDGIl VI. ENttSFs the lOi llNE pIANdAS
secretary 10 the Secretary OF Agriculture.
Miss Wilson, daughter OF the Secretary,
and his hostess during their Washington
residence, is still out of town, and Mrs.
Cummins, wife OF the Senator from Iowa,
acted as hostess in her place.
Miss Helen Taft. daughter OF the Pres
ident, was the guest of honor at a dinner
last evening OF former Governor OF Min
nesota and Mrs. William r. Merriam. who
entertained a number OF young people to
celebrate the birthday Of their daughter.
Miss Laura Merriam. A number OF other
guests were asked for dancing after the
dinner. making a company in all OF about
one hundI ed.
Maj. Gen. W. P. Biddle, L. S. NJ. C., and
Mrs. Biddle entertained at dinner last even
ing at the commandments quarters at the
Marine. Barracks and had as their guests
Lieut.. Gen. S. NJ. z. Young, retired, and
Mrs. Young, Representative and Mrs.
Tribble. Pay Inspector and Mrs. Samuel
Lawrence Heap. DR.. Spatling, L. S. N,
and Mrs. Spatling, and Maj. and Mrs.
Myers.
Miss Emily Mclean, OF Baltimore, who
has been the guest this week OF the
family of DIR. and Mrs. +. X. Colds
borough. at their home in X street. re-
turned yesterday TO her home.
The lady managers of the entertain
ment OF the Georgetown University Dra-
matte Association this afternoon for the
benefit OF the Christ Child Society are
having wonderful success. The boxes
have all been sold as follows: Mrs. Nagel
wife of the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor: Mrs. Charles Carroll Lee, Mrs.
w. E. Montgomery. Mrs. Christian Hem
mick. Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs. George
r. Hamilton. Miss Alice Riggs, and Mrs
II. p. Norton. The young girls who will
sell candies and flowers in the lobby of
the Columbia, where the performance
will be given, are Miss Ruth Bliss, Miss
Leita Montgomery, Miss Alice Brice,
Virginia MILAN, Miss Mary Webb, Miss
Elizabeth Hill. Miss Nora Hill, Miss
Frances Thorn, Miss Margaret Hill. Miss
Louise White, the Misses Walsh, the
Misses Kirby, the Misses Henry. Ten
girl students from Trinity University.
the Catholic College for Girls, will sell
and will be dressed In their
students gowns and caps. Among the
are Mime. Jusserand, wife
o. the French Ambassador; Mrs. White,
wife OF the CHIEF Justice; Mrs. Wicker
sham, wife of the Attorney General:
Mrs. Nagel, wife of the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor; Mrs. McKenna,
Mrs. Lamar, Mrs. Lurton, Nine de
Riano, wife OF the Spanish Minister:
ame. Calvo, wife of the Costa Rican
Minister; Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mrs.
Cuno II. Rudolph, Mrs. Sheridan, and
Mrs Robert J. Wynne.
Mrs. Russell B. Harrison will be at
home this afternoon.
Miss Catherine Du Pont gave a charm
ing entertainment at the Playhouse last
evening, called idle Hours In the Far
East" She gave a beautiful exhibition
Of posture dancing, and the music, with
Miss Ethel Tozier at the piano, was no
small feature of the evening.
Mrs. Katherine GIllett-Iill is entertain
ing this evening at a large and unique
in her artistic studio house in
r street. Several hundred guests are
asked for 9:3O, when Mrs. Edward Bering |
of New York, a cousin of
President Grover Cleveland, will read the |
lyrics of THE Children OF Kings" and |
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