Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

3 T. season OF l.'I.' goes out IbcS-
day night with the army and
navy reception at the NhHe
House. the swan song. too, Tor
the administrators formal hos
pitalitits The rest will he welcome in
+ many quarters. bit it VII only be a
temporary one. as the gay world has en-
gagements ny the score i'll a week or two.
and some Of the smartest weddings OF
the winter will occu- this month.
White House Inequalities are by no
means over. there are dinners, etc,
yet on it's program. and farewell compl:-
ments to the President and his famlly
will occur frequently III the homes Of
their friends March will have social
schedule of its own after its first eNcit-
ing few days give opportunity To oher
courtesies TO the incoming officials and
those who will be lured here by the nope
of big favor to come. This is the period
o. all others when resident society should
enjoy its immunity from the ambitions
which make the change of political power
an exceedingly glad or "A correspondence
sad experience for the officeseeker. We
shall soon have avoWed among those the
intimates of the new President III an
official or personal way. Inese iuch!
folks will crop up where they We're least
fashionable world will at once present
them will be one of the chief enjoyments
for the next two or three months OF tnose
who have a DhilosOphiZing turn or mind
The Benedcts' ball. in which all the lost
slories of the Bachelors series We're de-
lightfully Incorporated. was the great
event of most of Friday night and early
Saturday morning. The guest list. ellmi-
mating the official and visiting grandees.
showed but little change from similar
ones of the last five or SIX years.
The Southern Relief ball and the con-
gressOnal reception We're tire other Dig
events of the week, though in different
sense. 1t did not seem possible that any
more people could get in the White
House than were there Tuesday night.
and large part of the thronS waited to
see the dancing. very few We're able
to take part. but to the credit of this adj
mnistratfon will be the record that hun
dreds and hundreds have danced in the
east room who never even saw a dance
there before, and that thousands have
enjoyed refreshments in the state dining
room another experience which most
people rightfully regard as something of
q privilege
Following the dinner which the Presi-
! dent and Mrs. Taft will give Friday night
next there will be music. Miss Helen
Taft and Miss Katherine Anderson dined
last night with Miss Emily Tuckerman
and then went on to the dance given by
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Letter. Miss Isabel
Vincent of Minnesota has concluded her
visit to the White House and returned to
her home.
Justice and Mrs. Hughes entertained at
dinner last night in honor OF the French
amba ssador and Nine. JuSserand.
Commander and Mrs. \. l.. Willard en-
tertained at dinner last night before the
navy yard mop.
The Russian ambassador and Nine.
Bakhncteff went to New York yesterday
to be present at the sacred concert given
by the choir of the Russian Church in
that city. They will remain several days
at the Ritz Carlton.
Countess Bernstorff. wife of the Ger
man amba sSador. who has been ill for so
long. is progressing satisfactorily. and
has planned to give q ball on Easter
Monday night. her health permitting.
| Mrs. Dimock Hutchinson viii entertain
at Il large dinner tomorrow night.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Astor Drayton
arrived last night to make visit TO Mrs.
! Richard Reid Rogers.
The Costa Rican minister and Nine.
! CalvO will give a luncheon today.