The Washington herald., 1913-02-22

| House. Covers were laid Tor forty, tne
guests including many distinguished
members Of the army. Six hundred
guests were invited to the musicale
which followed the dinner.
| The artists were Mime. Schumann-
Heink. contralto; Mr. Otto Goritz, barry
tone, and Mr.. Paul Kefer. 'cellist. The
programme was as follows: Aria from
Der fiiegende Hollander'' (Wagner), Mr..
Goritz; "Chants Russes'' Ualo). Hun
garian rhapsody tPopper). Mr.. Kefer;
Spring Aria from Samson ct Dalila'
(Saint-Saens), "Agnus Dei'' (Bizeo.
'cello-organ-piano impairment, Nine
Schumann-H Heink; Itch grolle nicht'
| "WohI auf noch getrunken'' (Schumann),
| "Spielmannslied" (Hoffmann), Mr.. Cor
itz: Tod und das Madchen' (Schuberp.
| Die Forelle" (Schubert), .'Spinneriied"
(seventeenth century, CReinman), when
the Roses Bloom" (seventeenth century,
(Reichardt), Down in the Forest Uan-
don Ronald. Cry Of Rachel MARY
Turner Salter). Kerry Dance" CMalloy).
Nine Schumann-Heink.
] Mrs. Taft wore the superb necklace
presented to her yesterday by her many
friends in Washington and other cities
as a token Of their high regard and
affection.
The President and Mrs. Taft and Mrs.
| Thomas Laughlin. the latter's sister. left
| Washington on the midnight train for
New York. They expect to return to
| Washington tomorrow evening.
Mr.. Robert Taft reached the White
House yesterday morning. and Miss Cath
crime Anderson. who has been here for
several weeks. went to Warrenton. Va.
to spend the weekend with friends
Miss Helen Taft is entertaining Miss
Edith Morgan. of New York, and Mr..
Frederick Eckstein, OF Cambridge, Mass.
to-day at "Dower House." Nd. They at
tended the dance given by the Military
Attache of the German Embassy and
Mime. Won Herwarth. after the musicale
at the White House last night.
| The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce
entertained ut dinner last night at
the embass" Connecticut Avenue.
Their guests &c the German Ambas-
sador. Mr.. Jusiic, and Mrs. Lamar. the
Spanish Minister and Nine de Riano.
the Minister of Sweden, Mr.. Eckengren:
Senator Hoke Smith, the Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop. Representative Underwood,
Representative and Mrs. Peters. Repre-
s. ).
William Crozier, L. S. A: Mr.. and Mrs
Edison Bradley. Mr.. Mcfarland. Mrs
Henry F. Dimock. Mrs. John Hay. Mrs
Merrill Mrs. Norman Williams, Miss
Mabel Boardman. Miss Harriet Wads-
worth. Miss IIildegarde Nagel. Miss Bid
die, the Counselor of the British En-
bassy. Mr.. A. Mitchell Innes: the Military
Attache of the British Embassy and Mrs
Moreton Gage. and Mr.. Ivar Campbell
| Cf ha enha1sN
The Minister of Switzerland and Nine
| Ritter were hosts at a dinner last night
| at their residence in Hillyer Place. their
| guests being the Minister Of Peru and
Mime Pezet. the Counselor Of the French
Embassy and Nine. de Peretti de Ia Roc
ca, the Military Attache Of the Spanish
| legation and Mime. de Urcullu. the Rev
DIR. and Mrs Charles Wood. Mrs. George
F. Becker, Mr.. Maurice Low. and Mr..
Henri Martin, consul general of Swift
zerland in Canada
Nine. Ritter. wife OF the Minister OF
Switzerland, will not be at home this
afternoon.
The Military Attache of the German
Embassy and Nine. Won Herwarth were
hosts at a dinner-dance last night at
their residence in Rhode Island Avenue.
Their dinner guests included the Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer. the
Portuguese Minister, the Danish Minis
| ter. Senator Henry A. du Pont. the AS
sistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Oliver.
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mr.. and
Mrs Chandler Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry White Mrs. Richard Townsend.
Nine. Hauge. Mrs. Hope Slater. Miss
Josephine Patten. the Solicitor General.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair and Mr..
and Mrs. Truxtun Beale.
y DINNER AND DANCE Won HERAR
About 40 additional guests ATTENDED
the dance later. among them Miss Helen
Taft. Mr.. Robert Taft and their house
guests There WAS general dancing until
midnight when seated supper was
served after which there was cotillion
which lasted until the wee sma hours.
Most of the favors were imported. ana
some were brought by Nine Won Her
warth when she came from Germany
some weeks ago. They included match
boxes, cigarette and card cases. vanity
boxes silver pencils, bouquet holders.
and small mirrors of dainty design. The
stairway and drawing rooms were dec
Grated with palms and the dining-room
with American beauty roses In silver
vases. Those present at the dance were
the Spanish Minister and Nine. de Riano,
, Mr.. and Mrs. George Vanderbilt. Count
and Countess Scherr-Thoss. Mr.. and Mrs.
IH. B. Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Howard. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Story. jr.. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward 4. Mitchell. DIR. and Mrs.
Jack wilkins. Mr. and Mrs. Chondler
Hale. Col and Mrs. Cosby, Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Gibson, Mr.. and Mrs
Horace westcott. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
A. Mann, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence r. Will
son. Mr.. George Eustis. Col. Charles
McCawley, L. S. NJ. c.: Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend. DIR. and Mrs. Cary
Langhorne Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Merriam,
viscount and Viscountess day, Count
and Countess de Chambrun. Mr.. and
Nine. de Laboulaye, Capt. and Mrs.
Grant. Col. and Mrs Gage. Mr.. and Mrs.
Haniel Won Haimhausen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kienlin. Capt. and Nine. Vassilieff.
Mr. and Mrs. Walcott Tuckerman, Mr..
and Mrs. Choate, Miss Gladys In
gals. Miss Meyer. Miss Margaret Perrin,
Miss Margaret Britton. Miss Isabel May.
Miss Dol othy Williams. Misses Ruth and
Elizabeth Noyes Miss Elizabeth Rogers,
Miss Rebekah Wilmer. Miss Frances Lip
pitt. Miss Katherine Jennings. Miss Hill
degarde Nagel, Miss Frances Hoar, Miss
Oge, Miss Gamble, Miss Hull Miss Jud-
son, Miss Marian Oliver, Miss Gladys
Hinckley, Miss Eleanor Reyburn. Miss
Louise HELEN, Miss Helen Patton. Miss
Sheridan, Miss Chanler, Miss Wads-
worth, Mrs. Corbin. Mrs. Shipman. Mrs.
Frank Ellis. Mr.. W. F: Hit, Mr.. Basil
Miles, Mr. Henry May. Mr.. II. F. du
Pont, Capt L. C. Little. Paymaster E.
c. Little. Mr.. Chauncey Hackett. Mr..
Franklin Ellis. Capt. T. s. Rodgers. Lieut..
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