The Washington times., 1912-02-01
Miss Helen Taft Will Be Hostess
At Dinner Party at White House
Guests Also Will Attend
Dance Give by MIR.
and Mrs. Knox.

Miss Helen Taft is entertaining com.
pany of thirty-four young people at din
ner at the White House tonight Later
the party will attend the dance which
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox
are giving at the Pan-American build
ing In honor of their son and his bride,
MT and Mrs. Hugh s. Knox.
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The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
George Won l.. Meyer are the Cabinet
hosts who are entertaining in honor of
the President and Mrs. Taft this week,
giving their annual dinner in honor of
the Chief Executive tonight.
Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards, U. S.
A., and Mrs. Edwards were dinner hosts
last evening In honor of Miss Helen
Taft. The other guests We're: Mrs
Walter Cutting, of Norfolk; Miss Har-
riet Anderson. Miss Eleanor Reyburn,
Miss Brooks, Miss Elizabeth Reid Rog-
nams, Miss Frances Hodges, Miss Mar
garet Draper, Miss Laura Merriam,
Miss Jean Oliver. Congressman Catlin
congressman Ensn Butler Ames, Major NJ. A.
mander Edward McCauley, ir.. u.
N; Lieut.. Philip H. Sheridan, u. s. Al:
Lieutenant Commander Cyrus Miller, U.
N; Lieut. Cresweli Darlington, u. s. a..
Lieut.. Edward ST. j. Greble, jr., U. S.
a.; Paymaster Merriam, u. s. NJ;
George Howard, and c. c. Glover, jr.
The Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Huntington Wilson entertained at
dinner last night in honor OF the Bra
zilian ambassador, Mr.. da CANA 9th
Denmark, Count Moltke; the Belgian
Minister and Nine. Havenith, Senator
and MRS W. Murray Crane, Senator du
ront, the Counsel or the Brazilian EN-
MMcLachlen, Mrs A. Piatt Andrews, Mrs.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, and MIR.
and Mrs. T. 7. Gaff;
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter
Are Hosts at Dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kirke Porter
were dinner hosts last night, asking
their guests to meet the French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand.
s.
Col. Charles B. Byrne, Medical Corps.
". . A., retired, and Mrs Byrne an
nounce the engagement of their second
Gaughter Miss Laure Byrne, to Lieut..
Bethel WOOD Simpson. Third Field Ar
CONGRESSMAN and Mrs. Weeks, of
Massachusetts, entertained at dinner
iet HiSht at their new Hampshire
avenue residence.
MRS. L. y. Letter had q small company
dining with her informally last night
The fourth annual hop of the clerks
or the Washington Navy Yard will be
held In the ball room in the yard on
Monday evening, February 49, Music
for the occasion will be furnished by
the Imperial Orchestra J. G. Moody, di-
rector. The executive comittee is COM
Mflls, secretary; Jerome May, treasurer;
J; II. Mittendorff. L. l.. Steiner, and
G. d. German, members. Floor Com
mittee-F. V. Lyons. chairman; r. T.
Hoskinson, W. J. Collins, E. w. War
rem, A. E. Meininger, and T.. Farrell.
members. Door Committee-G Du-
shane, chairman; f. w. Dyer, w. A,
Sullivan, A. G. Sands, f. F. Clark, and
i. Winters, members.
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DIR. and Mrs. Llewellyn Eliot will go
to Baltimore tomorrow to spend the
Weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian
Posey.
The Guadalupe Club will hold a re-
ception at the New Ebbitt tomorrow
evening in celebration of the Guada-
Iupe- -Hidalgo treaty anniversary. The
program will include an address by
Gen. Horatio G. Gibson, of Mexican
fame: an illustrated talk by Dr. G.
sical selections by Mrs. N. N. Potts.
Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry. Mrs San
ders Johnston, and Mrs. John s. Blair
Will receive. in the absence of the
founder of the society, Mrs Augustus
o. Nicholson.