The Washington herald., 1912-04-09

/ Mrs Taft had merry party. OF chill
drsn with her on the south portico of the
i White House yesterday to witness the
4 egg rolling by the little ones on the
grounds 20 the south OF the mansion.
4 Mrs Tafts young guests included the
4 children of Secretary and Mrs. Fisher,
Justice and Mrs. Hughes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Grosyenor. and Mr.. and Mrs. Her
/ ron Among the grown-ups who also
| enjoyed the scene were the parents them
selves, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Francis.
| and a few other personal friends OF the
President and Mrs. Taft.
Miss Helen Taft and her guest. Miss
| Helen Barber. OF Bryn Mawr. were the
principal guests at the dinner last night
given by Senator Du Pont at his resi-
dence. The dinner guests came in the
costumes they wore later IN the evening
at the Pierrette and Pierrot dance at
the home OF the Secretary of the Navy
and Mra Meyer.
The dance given last evening by the
Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer.
the first function which they have had
since the middle OF the winter. owing to
Mrs. Meyers enforced absence, was one
of the prettiest Of the seasons affairs.
The guests included the dancing contin-
/
| in society. all of whom were dressed as
Pierrettes and Pierrots. not alone in
black and white. but they carried out the
costumes in bright colors according to
Individual tastes. The house, which Is
the former home Of Mrs. ID. T. Morgan,
in Scott Circle, is wen adapted to such
entertaining. and has it's ballroom on
the first floor. and everywhere the deco
| rations savored OF the spring and the
Easter season. The Marine Band played
throughout the evening and supper was
/ served at midnight.
Among the guests were Miss Taft and
her house guest. Miss Barber; Miss
| Frances Gamble, niece and house guest
Of the Secretary Of War and Mrs. Stim-
son; Miss Nagie, daughter OF the Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor; Post
master General Hitchcock, MIR. Gable.
Mr.. Lee McClung. Miss Switzerland,
Miss Merriam, Miss Clover, the Naval
! Attache OF the French Embassy and
| Viscountess day. Representative and
Mrs Andrew Peter. the Second Sec
/ retary of the British Embassy and
Mrs. George Young. Mrs. Preston Glib
son. Representative Catliu. Mr.. and
Crowninshield, Mr.. Du Pont, Miss
Frances Lippitt. Representative Butler
Ames. Lieut.. and Mrs. Timmons, Col
and Mrs Spencer Cosby. Lieut.. Rock
\ well. Lieut.. Cook. Miss Draper. DIR. and
Mrs. Breckenridge Bayne. Lieut. Com
mander and Mrs. Leigh Palmer, and
others to the number Of several hun
dred.
The House Of Mercy was the bene-
| icisry at the performance OF the Kline
| macolor show of the Durbar given In
the Belasco Theater before an audience
which filled the house. II was one OF
| the most beautiful and interesting per
fformances seen for the benefit Of a
charity, and the audience was deserv-
edly enthusiastic over each beautiful
picture and scene. II was a distin- |
guished audience also, and that Of to-
morrow promises TO be even more So
Among those whoi entertained box |
parties were Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, |
Mrs Letter. who had with her Mrs.
Hughes. wife OF Mr.. Justice Hughes; |
the vIscount d'Azy. Countess Gizycki, |
Mrs Wilmer aad Miss Prettyman: Mr.,
and Mrs. John Hayes Hammond, whose |
guests included their house guests, Miss ,,
.Hoyle, Miss Page, and Miss Hammond;
Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins, Mrs. |
George " McLanahan. who had with |
her her older children and her mother,
Mrs Duer: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry |
Butler, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood |
and Mrs. Pinchot. Mrs. Norman VIII |
Jams and Mrs. Wesley NJ. Merritt. Mr.. |
and Mrs Spalding, MrI Hope Slater |
and Mrs Frank Anderson and party |
OF young girls who have so ably as |
sisted in her sewing class to help the |
House of Mercy, who occupied the box |
of Mrs Julian JAMES, Mrs. j. James, |
who Is president OF the board of lady |
manag gers, was unable 10 be present |
The performance will be given again |
this afternoon. when the demand for |
seats is almost unprecedented.
rha
benefited by an excellent programme OF
Dickens and several other authors works. |
given by Miss Jean Wilson. reader as
sisted by Mrs. Ralph Barnard, mezzo-
soprano; Miss Jessie Bloomer. violinist. |
and Mr.. Henry Purcell veazie. barytone.
in the ballroom of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Jeffrey Parsons. The patrons were Mrs.
Bryce Mrs. Lurton, Marchesa Cusani.
Nine BakhmetefI, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Nc
Lean, Mime Hauge, Mrs. Matthew Scott, |
Mrs. Nicholas Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Slater Mrs. Eugene Hale. Col. |
Henry May and Mrs. May. Mrs. Justice
McKenna Mrs. Mark Hanna, Mrs. Charles /
L. McCawley. Mrs. Clarence Moore, Mrs.
William Belden Noble. Mrs. Murray |
Crane, Mrs. H.. c. Corbin, Mrs. Sidney
BalIou, Mrs. Lloyd Bowers, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. H Butler Miss Martha Goldman. Mrs.
CnarleS j. Bell, hTs. Ia IL. LeiteT- 0Ts-
A. S. worthington, Mrs Alex. Stuart,
Mrs J. r. Williams, Nine. Zia, Miss Bes-
sic Eibbey Mrs. NJ. NJ. Parker, Mrs.
Charles Richardson. Mrs. Ormsby Nc
Cannon. Mrs. Nathaniel Francis, Mrs.
Atherton Cushmsn. Mrs. Willis Scott.
Mrs. Boughton Wood. Mrs. Hay. Mrs.
Nelson Aldrich, Mrs. Norman Williams,
Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs. Richard Town
send. Mrs. Richard Ely, Mrs. David Fair
child. Gen. Leonard Wood and Mrs.
Wood, Mrs. Gaff. Mrs. Seth Shepard.
Mrs. Alex. Shepherd, Mrs. Wright, Mrs.
Preston Gibson. Hon. W. B. Mckinley,
Miss Maths. Gen. Johnston and Mrs.
Johnston, Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln, Mrs.
Cummins. Mrs. Timmons. Senator and
Mrs. George p. Mclean. Senator and
Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Lawrence Heap, Mrs.
Joseph Letter. Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes,
Mrs. Talbot Mrs. Beekman Winthrop.
Mrs. Van Devanter, Mrs. F. R. Stevens.
Mrs. Gillett HILL Mrs. Victor Kaufman.
Mrs. Murray Cobb Mrs. A. E. Bates,
Mrs. Joseph Thropp. Mrs. Charles An
thony, Mrs. w. c. Eustis. Mrs. Copley
Thaw. and Hon and Mrs. Henry White.
The object OF this entertainment was
to raise funds to supply permanent
screens and a few other comforts for
the little ones cared for at the Day
Nursery. on the Roof Garden, which
is about to be opened for the season.
Representative and Mrs. Andrew Peters.
and the Second Secretary Of the British
Embassy and Mrs. George Young, spent
the weekend at quaint "Dower House"