Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-29
MISS TAFT BACK AGAIN TO RE.
SUME PLEASURES HERE.
Debutantes of 1912 Are Giving
Leap Year Dance-Other
Events-Notes.

MISSES Meyer MISS Jean OHNeT MISS
Margaret Cotton Smith, Miss Harriet An
derson. Miss Sophie Johnston. Miss Elsie
Aldrich. Miss Laura Merriam. Miss
Gladys ingalls, and Miss Dorothy Viii
liams.
Miss Taft will be a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth in their box at
the theater tonight at the George Wash
1ngton University Hospital benefit. when
other boxholders will be Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Letter. Mrs. Hutchins. Admiral
and Mrs. Stockton. Mr.. and Mrs. Byrnes
and DR.. and Mrs Gordon.
Secretary and Mrs Nagel are enter
tanning at dinner tonight.
Debutantes of this winter are uniting as
hoStesSes tonight at leap year dance at
Rauscher's, when their guests will be re-
ce1ved by Mrs. Joseph L. Thropp, Mrs.
w. T. Biddle and Mrs. Francis NJ.
Chisolm The fathers and mothers Of the
members of the three committees who
have planned the affair will also be pres
ent. Four girls formed each of these
committees. There will be no cotillon
The dance opens at 10. A number of
dinners will precede one of the largest
to be given by Mrs. Aspinwall.
Miss Maths of $40 Farragut Square will
not be at home tomorrow Tuesday,, but
will receive February 6.
Mrs. Jesse D. Brown of this city was
in Pittsburgh last week and was among
the six matrons of honor attending Miss
Witherow and Mrs. McCleane Brown at
their wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor n. Cushman
louise Foraker) have arrived from
Nassau, where their honeymoon was
spent. and are now in New York, where
former Senator Foraker and Mr.. Benson
E<Nv~oS to- ,<t,, 1r~A aO1r
and Mrs. Cushman will come here to
spend the rest of the winter at the For
aker 18th street home. Mrs. Foraker,
who is entertaining frequently at her
Cincinnati home, will come here the last
of February.
Mrs. f. B. McCagg Of Chicago, who was
recently a guest at. the White House, is
now in Cincinnati with her sister. Mrs. A.
Howard Hinkle. She will sail February
IA with party of friends. which includes
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page of this
city and Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Lathrop of
Chicago and Mr.. Owen Adds, for Europe,
with Algiers as the objective point.
Mrs. and Miss Hollerith, 31Oo @ street
will be at home Tuesdays in February.
A pretty wedding took place Wednes-
day evening, January II. at $50 pm. at
St. Dominic's Church. when Miss Theresa
Broderick became the bride Of Mr.. Joseph
NJ. Crowell. The wedding ceremony was
performed by Rev. Father James Mulhol-
land, a cousin of the groom, assisted by
Rev. Father r. Meagher, the pastor. The
bridal party entered the church to the
strains of the wedding march, played by
Miss Barbara Bischoff, and during the
ceremony Miss Agnes Whalen sang BE
lieve Me-" The bride, who was attended
by Miss Mary Wise, wore travelling suit
of wistaria broadcloth. with hat to match.
The bridesmaid wore a blue suit and
large picture hat with willow plumes.
Mr.. Bernie Byrnes was best man. The
couple left, after receiving the congratu-
lations, for their honeymoon trip, which
includes Norfolk and other points south.
A buffet supper was served at the home
Of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph NJ.
Crowell will be at home, 476 e street,
Miss Anna Rortner entertained at
bridge and a luncheon today in honor of
Miss Marthena Harrison.
Mrs Norman Luchs is at Atlantic City.
Miss Bert Steiner is in New York and
will visit Philadelphia and Atlantic City
before returning.
The Italian ambassador and Marchesa
Cusani entertained at a breakfast yester-
day in honor of Countess Alexanddrowski
and her daughter of Florence. Italy, who
Others present were the Danish minister
and Countess Moltke. Mr. and Mrs
Chandler Anderson. the military attache
Of the British embassy and Mrs. McLach-
Ian. Miss Nagel. Donna Beatrice Cusani,
Mr.. de Bach Of the Russian embassy,
Mr.. Maugras of the French embassy,
Count Csekonics of the Austro-Hun arian
embassy. Signor VIII and Signor Rosso.
Maj. H. S. Cole, L. S. A. and Mrs
Cole gave a luncheon yesterday at the
Chevy Chase Club in honor of Mrs. Sid
ney A. Cloman, wife Of Maj. Cloman,
u. s. A., who is on a visit to Mr.. and
Leonard Wood. L. S. A, and Mrs. Wood,
Judge Advocate General Crowder, Cos.
George f. Downey, U. S. A.. and Mrs.
Downey. Mrs. e. II. Brooke, Miss Ham,
mond. Col Brainard, U. S. A. and Maj.
Lassiter L. s. A, were also present.
Engineer Commissioner and Mrs. Will
liam v. Judson entertained at luncheon
yesterday at the Chevy Chase Club in
honor of Brig. Gen. w. w: Wotherspoon,
U. s. A., and Mrs. Wotherspoon. who
will leave Washington shortly for At
lanta. Ca, where Gen. Wotherspoon has
been ordered for duty. There were fifty
guests.
Nine. Christian Hauge entertained at a.
dinner last night. when her guests were
the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, Baron
the Brazilian ambassador,
the Belgian minister and Nine. Haven
18th, the Swiss minister, DR.. Ritter; the
naval attache of the Russian embassy
and Nine. Vassilieff, the military at
tache of the German embassy and Nine.
Won Herwarth. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Crowninshield, Mrs.
Emery of New York, Mrs. Wadsworth
of New York, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Legare,
former Secretary of War Jacob NJ. Dick
inson, Mrs. Corbin. Miss Sheridan and
Mr.. George Howard.
Mrs John C. Phillips, the mother of
the American charge d'affaires, is a
guest Of MIR. and Mrs. William Phillips
at their house in London. j. Coleman
Drayton, father of Mrs. William Phillips,
is also staying there. Mrs. Phillips Is en-
PERTAINING the Society of American Wom-
en- in London at her house this week.
where the first Of a series of three salon
lectures under the auspices of the So
ciety will be given by j. o. P. Bland on
"China, Past and Future" The other lee
lures will be given at Sunderland House.
with the Duchess of Marlborough as
hostess. and at the home Of Mrs. Slo-
cum, the wife of the military attache.
Mrs Alexander H. Mccormick will be
at home informally the first two Thurs
days in February.
Mrs Augustus p. Crenshaw and the
Misses Crenshaw will receive tomorrow
for the last time this season.
The tableauX of famous pictures and
dancing to be given at the Playhouse
Wednesday evening, January 81. for the