Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-12
I'M THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS TAFT AND PARTY LUNCH.
ED DOWN IN MARYLAND.
Events Of the Evening and Coming
Ones-personal
Notes.

Miss Helen Taft took a party Of young
people, with Mrs. Spencer Cosby as chap
eron, down to Dover House by automo-
bile today for luncheon.
Tonight Miss Taft will dine with Miss
Britton, as will her house guests, Mr.. and
Miss Rocker Of New York. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Taft. who spent Sunday at the
White House, have returned to their
home in New York.
The marriage Of Miss Miriam Hammer
Of this city and Mr.. Murray Slower
Smith Of Knoxville, Tenn, will take place
evening of February % at o'clock. A
reception will follow from to 10.
Mr.. Smith will take his bride for a
wedding trip before going to Knoxville
After March Is the couple will be at home
to friends at No. 7L3 West Cumberland
avenue.
The groom is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
members Of his family and several friends
will be present to witness the wedding
ceremony.
latter formerly Miss Eloise Hughes,
daughter Of Representative and Mrs.
Hughes of West Virginia, will sail the
last of this week for Europe to begin
their tour around the world. The brides
going-away costume was strictly tailor
ed suit OF black, with a smart black nat
with only a single touch of white gros-
grain ribbon. Upon returning they are
to make arrangements for their home,
which will be greatly enhanced by the
ding remembrances. The favor given by
the bride to her maid Of honor was a
gold lorgnette. and those to her maids and
matrons were pink and blue sandalwood
fans. The groom gave his best man a
gold matchbox and his groomsmen
matchboxes of silver.
The Austro-Hungarian ambassador
Baron Hengelmuller. accompanied by the
Minister from Denmark and Countess
Moltke. Miss Josephine Patten, Count
Csekonics Of the Austro-Hungarian en-
bassy, and Mr.. Robert Roosevelt, will
leave Wednesday for New Orleans. Feb
ruary II they will sail for Panama; from
there they Will go to Kingston and Cuba.
and on March will sail from Havana for
New York, arriving about March 8.
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright and
Mrs. Wainwright will give a reception
Wednesday afternoon, from to o'clock,
as farewell to Gen. and Mrs. w. w.
Wotherspoon, who will leave Washington
shortly for Atlanta, Ga, where Gen.
WotherspOon has been assigned to duty.
Mrs. Foraker, who entertained her in
innate friends at q farewell luncheon last
week at her Cincinnati home, will be here
next Monday for visit at her Other
home, where Mr.. and Mrs. Victor n.
Cushman, the latter formerly Miss Louise
Foraker, are residing. Mrs. Lawrence
Maxwell will accompany Mrs. Foraker
here. The latter will entertain at lunch
con next week for the other officers OF
the Gen. Washington memorial fund. Mrs
Dimmock, president Of the society. ant
Mrs. Daniel Manning will be among her
guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Denegre have
gone to New Orleans for the Mardi Ora!
festivities
Mr.. Edward T. Stotesbury and his bride
who was Mrs. Cromwell of this city, ar,
at their Philadelphia home, Goth and Wal.
signal for the beginning OF entertainments
for them, and several are already ar.
ranged.
thincum will give a reception tonight al
the Congressional Club, 1892 K street
for which cards have been issued.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Messenger Of Au'
burn. N. Y, and Miss Eleanor. 4.inthin,,
cum Of Baltimore are house guests OF
Representative and Mrs. Linthincum
The Mayor Of Baltimore and Mrs. Pres
ton will also be here for the reception,
and will assist in the receiving party.
Mrs. Robert Miller Reese. 1919 2sth
street, will be at home tomorrow anc
the following Tuesday.
Miss Bridget and Miss Davidson en-.
tertained at pretty tea yesterday after
noon for Miss Helen Byrne of Philadel-
a their house guest They had as
sisting them Miss Elizabeth Howard, Miss
Natalie Blake. Miss Marguerite Brown
and Miss Pauline Irwin.
Mrs Herbert Parsons. with a party OF
friends from this city, has gone to South
America, to remain for several weeks.
Commander George W. Williams, T. S
N, and Mrs. Williams. will leave Newport
tomorrow to spend a month in this city.
At the marriage Of Miss Gwendolyn
Nash, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
mund c. Nash, and Mr.. Douglas German
Of Baltimore. Md, son of Mrs. William
H. German and nephew of the late Sen.
ator Arthur P. German of Maryland, al
Savannah, Ca, Saturday, blue was the
color scheme, the bridesmaids wearing
clue taffeta. with blue tulle hats trimmed
blue Gainsborough dresses, and two
small pages were dressed as Little Bog
Blue" Mr.. German and his bride will
spend their honeymoon in the south, and
will make their home in Baltimore.
The Wednesday Night Dutch Theaters
a social club of Chicago, held its regular
meeting yesterday. In the notice sent
out to the members by Games Mac
Veagh, secretary of the club, he says:
1.-THE occasion will be in honor Of oul
new frances, Miss Herrick and Donald
Forgan, whose match we certainly
made, although they deny us the
credit"
Then follows a paragraph which is al
a secret. Nobody knows about it but the
Wednesday Nighters. 1t tells all about
t cafe where the club had lunch yes
terday.
After luncheon the club. of which there
were about thirty members present, at
tended lecture on pictures.
Mrs. Page, wife Of Representative Page
of North Carolina, will be at home al
the Parkwood tomorrow afternoon, from
to 6.
The Swiss minister. DR.. Ritter, was
host at luncheon at the legation yester.