The Washington herald., 1912-02-03

The President and Mrs Taft enter
tained at dinner last night in honor OF
the Supreme Court OF the United States
The guests were Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
McKenna. Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Holmes.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Lurton, Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. Hughes. Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
Van Devanter, Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
Lamar, the Attorney General and Mrs.
Wickersham, Senator Clarence ID. Clark,
Senator and Mrs Nelson, Senator and
Mrs CuIberson, Sgnator Dillingham;.
Senator and Mrs. Brown, Senator and
Mrs. Paynter. Senator Root. Representa-
tive and Mrs. Henry ID. Clayton, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Robert L. Henry, Rep
and Mrs. Paul Rowland. Rep
and Mrs. Frank NJ. Nye'
Presiding Judge and Mrs. Martin A.
Knapp, Presiding Judge and Mrs. Robert
NJ. Montgomery. Chief Justice and Mrs.
Seth Shepard, Chief Justice stan
ton j. PeelIe. Chief Justice and Mrs
Harry NJ. Clabaugh. Judge and Mrs.
George E. Martin. the Solicitor General
and Mrs. Lehmann.s the Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior and Mrs. Thomp-
son. Hon. James A. Tawney, Hon. and
Mrs. Frank S. Streeter. Hon. and Mrs.
George Turner, Hon. T. Chase casgrain.
Hon. Henry A. Powell, Hon. Charles A.
Magrath, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, Mr.
and Mrs william c. Heron. Mrs John
HAYS Hammond. Mrs. Sidney Cloman.
MIR. LLOYD w. Bowers. Mrs. Robert W..
Patterson, Miss Taft. Mr.. Rosecrans w.
Piusbury, and Capt. Louis McC. Little.
The table had decorations OF yellow
tonoiF,ss ana maidenhair ferns. and was
a long. narrow one, reaching almost
from wall 10 wall of the great state DIN
Ing-room. Covers were laid for seventy
one guests
The German Ambassador and Countess
yon Bernstorff entertained at q dinner
followed by a musicale, last evening.
The dinner guests were the Secretary
pf the Navy and Mrs. Meyer, Represen-
tative and Mrs Longworth, Representa-
live and Mrs. A. P. Gardner. Representa-
live and Mrs. Underwood, MT. and MIS-.
Robert Goelet, of New York, mouse
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth; MI
and Mrs. whitney Warren, OF New fork'
house guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer; Mr..
and Mrs Hugh Knox. and Mr.. and MIS-
Charles Harrison, jr., Of Philadelphia,
house guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
About fifty guests were
asked for the musicale afterward, when
The programme was given by Alexander
the German "lteder singer
who made a very great success at the
White House recently.
The officers OF the Presidents yacht,
Mayfiower, entertained n company OF
young people at dinner last evening on
board ship.
The Counselor of the German Embassy
and Mime. HanIel Won Haimhausen en-
tertained a company at dinner last even
ing at their residence In II street, and
the latter will be hostess at q tea this
afternoon
The bimonthly hop at the Washing
ton Barracks took place last night at
the oficers' Club, a number OF young
peoples dinner parties preceding.
Mime. Jusserand, wife Of the French Am
oassador. was hostess at luncheon yes
terday at the embassy.
Miss Marjorie Sampson Smith, daugh-
ter OF Capt. Roy C. Smith. U. S. N. and
Mrs. Smith were hosts at luncheon yes
terday in compliment to Miss Anne
GleaNes, OF Ne"pOiAs ~ - an. -'aaSS
Mary Alger, of Annapolis, Md. Covers
were laid for ten.
Mr.. George B. Smith will entertain
at a large dinner on Monday at the
New Willard before the Southern Re
lief ball. His guests will include
number OF the debutantes of this sea-
son.
There is a world Of difference between
an amateur show and a show that Is
1nis fact will be proven
when THE College Hero begins Its en-
at the Columbia Theater,
Tuesday, February E.
There are 500 Washington people in the
production. and every chorus and group
mas been trained to the final degree Of
perfection. Behind locked doors Of the
1aIlrooms Of the various big hotels
,tage secrets and stage business are dis
,losed to the expectant participants until
hey are about as professional as II Is
possible for amateurs to be.
Never was a big piece of work car
led on with more Joy than this great
whose proceeds will go 10
he Noel House. The rehearsals, from
beginning to end, have been festivals of
un. II Is Og AAAN NOAAAAAAAAGN
md the directors of the production that
here will be no delays or waits or re-
,rettable mistakes. The curtain will rise
promptly at s o'clock each night. and the
performance will be over before II.
Numerous large theater parties and
,ox PARTIES are in contemplation, and the
Indications are that The College Hero
will be an unprecedented financial sue
,ess.
There are 50 many groups and dances
md choruses in this much-heralded pro-
luction that It is impossible to describe
hem all. They enter the stage in rapid
go through their parts, and
kit to make room for other groups
equally as large.
The costumes for this army of people
will be as beautiful as they are varied.
L was quite a task for the committee
n charge to design SO many outfits so
hat each one win be entirely different
from the others. This difficulty has
,een overcome, however. and practically
III Of the outfits are now completed.
s. Miss Alice Damrosch and Miss AiIeen
osborn, of New York. are the guests OF
Mrs. Harriet Blaine .Beale.
The Conversational Club had as its
zuest of honor at its weekly at home
yesterday afternoon. at 4 o'clock, Mrs.
Fremont Older, of California, author of
Esther Damon" who addressed the
,lub on How material is collected for
/ novel; Mrs. Ernest Roberts, president
,f the club, received the guests, assist
ID by Mrs. older. Tea was served at
o'clock. when Mrs. Gore, OF Oklahoma,
md Mrs. Graham, of Illinois. presided
n fha tea table Assisting were Mrs
jronna. of North Dakota: Mrs. Gregg.
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