Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-30
IN THE WORlD0F SOCIETY
MRS. TAFT WILL TAKE PARTY
TO CONCERT TODAY.
Other Sociabilities Hereabouts-The
Tunstall- Davis Wedding.
Notes.

Notes.
Mrs. Taft will attend concert at the
Columbia this afternoon, entertaining In
her box Mrs. McClintock. Mrs. Westcott.
Mrs Francis and Mrs Rae.
Mrs. Nagel will not receive tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Reid Rogers.
who are giving a cotillon tomorrow night
at Rauscher's for their debutante daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers, have as
their house guests Miss Betty Carson Of
New York. Miss Dorothy Payie Of Balti-
more, Mrs. English and Mrs. Harrison of
New Haven and the Misses Thompson Of
Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore w. Noycs will
give dinner tonight in honor Of Miss
Gwendolyn High Of Chicago. who is also
member Of Mrs. Rogers house party.
At the marriage on the evening of Feb
ruary IA, at st. Margarets Church Of
MISS Maud Morrison Davis, daughter of
Mrs. Eidle ed Griffith Davis and Mr.. Alex
amer Ldggett Tunstall, the bridal party
Will consist of matron Of honor. Mrs.
M. Merryweather of Philadelphia; q
Ter OF the bride. and the bridesmaids,
Miss Helen Shepard of Hartford, Conn.,,
anu Miss Florence Kirkland OF this city.
MT Gray Tunstall, brother of the BRIDE
groom. Will be his best man. and the fol-
lowing will serve as ushers: Messrs. AL
fred Gray of Richmond. Va; Charles
Slaughter Of New York: Gordon Rowe OF
New Haven, Conn.,: Tucker Brown OF
Brerfield. Va; John Tunstall. and John
Snyder, brother-in-law of the bride. No
reception will follow the ceremony, and
the couple will make their home in Provi-
dence, r. I.
The marriage of Miss Adelaide Chat
field-Taylor to Mr. Hendricks Whitman.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Whitman Of
Brookline, Mass, will be celebrated June
70 at the country residence of Miss Chat
eld-Taylor's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
The French ambassador and Nine. Jus
serand entertained at dinner last night
in honor Of the Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Knox. The other guests were the
ambassador. the Bra
lillian ambassador. Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
McKenna, Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Lurton.
Senator and Mrs. Rayner, the minister of
Mrs. Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler An
derson, Mr. Cyrus Mccormick Of Chi
cago. Mrs. Robert Mccormick, Mrs.
Hanna. Mrs. Richard Townsend. Miss
MacVeagh. Count Pulligny and Viscount-
esS BenoiSt day.
The Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel entertained at dinner last
night. Their guests were Senator Bran
degee. Senator and Mrs. Guggenheim
Representative Cannon, Miss Cannon, the
assistant secretary of war and Mrs. OIL
yer. the solicitor general, Mr.. Lehman;
Gen. Crozier, Mr.. and Mrs. James Ma
rion Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Cor
don Cumming. Mrs. Charles c. Glover.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and Miss Bid
die.
Representative and Mrs. George E. Foss
Of Chicago entertained at dinner las,
night in honor of the Secretary of the In
terror and Mrs. Fisher. when the others
present were Representative and MRS
George w. Fairchild, Representative and
Kinley, Maj. Gen. and Mrs Biddle, Mr.:
and Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Biddle of Philadelphia, Mr.
and Mrs. John Callan O'Laughlin and
Miss Maths.
The assistant secretary Of the navy and
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop entertained al
dinner last night, when their guests were
the Postmaster General. Senator and Mrs
Warren, Senator and Mrs. Murray Crane
Representative and Mrs Andrew j.. Pc
| tiers, the assistant secretary of state and
| Mrs. Wilson, Commander Retzmann. ma
| val attache Of the German embassy; Capt
and Mrs. Tempiin Potts, Capt. Thomas 5
Rodgers, Mrs. Frederic Bronson of New
York, Miss Mabel Boardman and Miss
Mary Patten.
| Miss Della c. Torrey of Millbury,
Mass. will be here Saturday night on a
visit to the President and Mrs. Taft
Mr.. Robert Taft will escort his great
aunt and her nephew. DR.. Samuel Tor
| ton of Worcester, will also accompany
her here.
Of her receptions today at her home
| Mrs Knox wife of the Secretary OF
State, will assist her daughter-in-law
and Miss Laura Merriam and, Miss Jean
Oliver will be at the tea table
The leap year subscription dance with
debutantes of the winter as hostesses
| was given at Rauscher's last night
Supper was served at midnight at small
tables and dancing continued two hours
later. Miss Elizabeth Moves, Miss Eliza.
beth Munford, Miss Lemira Gillett Hill
and Miss Estelle Crane formed the COM
| mittee of debutantes from resident cir
| cles. Miss Emily Beatty. Miss Margaret
Smith, Miss Kathryn Hitchcock and Miss
Dorothy Brooks from the army and navy
families and the congressional commit
tee was represented by Miss Ruth Hitch
cock, Miss Carrie Lee Chamberlain. Miss
Anne Seymour Jones and MISS Laura
Burleson. Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp re-
ceived for the ball committees.
Count Francis Luetzow, a Bohemian
scholar and author. arrived in New York
yesterday. Count Luetzow is chamber
lain to Emperor Franz Joseph and was in
the Austrian diplomatic service from 1878
to 1890. He is a fellow Of Oxford and
Prague universities and is the author OF
seven books on Bohemian history and
literature. He and the Countess Luet-
zow while in this city will be the guests
of Mrs. John Hays Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. James McCrea.
Mrs. 8. Pemberton Hutchinson, Mr.. and
nj. C. Smith at dinner last night at Palm
Beach.
The rehearsals for the tabieaux for st.
Thomas Church tomorrow night, January
81, at the Playhouse, have been most
satisfactory. Among the pictures will be
the Angelus, Feast of the Tapers. Count
ess Potocka, A Reading From Homer.
The Laughing Cavalier, Priscilla and John
Alden and others. Another attraction
will be the minuet. There will be some
fine music rendered by well known
quartet and several fine soloists.
Mrs. Foster, wife Of Representative
Foster Of Vermont, has returned from
lakewood, where she has been with Miss
Mabel Foster, who Is recovering from q
serious illness. Mrs. Foster has been I'M