Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND MRS. TAFT TO
ATTEND WILSON DINNER.
Several Mi-Careme Dances Will Be
Given-Personal
Notes.

ia TTeSiuent ana MIS-. Iaft VIII dine
tonight with the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Miss Wilson at the New Willard.
and Thursday night with the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor and Mrs. Nagel.
Friday night dinner. to be followed by
a musical will be given at the White
House. The army and navy reception.
the last of the winters series. will be
held tomorrow night at the White House.
Miss Helen Taft and Miss anderson will
is entertaining for her guests, MI. and
Mrs. William .AStor Drayton.
Cardinal Gibbons will be in Washing
ton tonight to attend d dinner at the
Patten residence. and Archbishop Ireland
will dine tonight at the French embassy.
4 number of bachelor diplomats have
arranged for Mi-Careme ball on the
evening of Wednesday. February &c. 1t
will be held at Rauscher'S and as the
first event of it's kind it is anticipated
with great interest. The invitations will
go out this week
The Mi-Careme date is Thursday. the
9th. On Friday. the 18th. another dance
Will be given by bachelors. Mr.. Butler
Ames, Mr. John Barrett and Postmaster
General Hitchcock being the hosts named
With Mrs. Townsends musical on the
10Th the Mi-Careme never had a more
elaborate celebration than these events
fOreShadOw
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean
are again enjoying the pleasures of
Palm Beach. They will return here in
time to entertain the annapolis cadets
at luncheon at their home on the 18th of
March, carrying out hospitality which
was planned four years ago at the home
of -'.r John r. Mclean, but which did
not occur, as the bad weather prevented
the cadets from reaching this city.
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Reid Rogers have
Mr.. and Mrs. William Aston Drayton
staying with them. Mr. and Mrs. Dray-
ton came from New York Saturday. The
latter was formerly Miss Squires, daugh-
ter of former American minister to
Cuba.
Miss Loring and Miss Louise Loring
of Boston are the guests of Mrs. l.. Il.
Letter.
Mrs. Gray of New York sister of Mrs.
Charles McCawley. is here on visit and
receiving many social attentions. Mrs.
Thomas +. Bayard gave a luncheon for
her today. AS Miss Title Frelinghuysen,
daughter of President Arthur's Secretary
of State, no more charming hostess ever
lived at the capital than Mrs. Gray.
Miss Helen Taft attended the dinner
given last night by the solicitor general,
Mr.. Marshall Bullitt, at the Shoreham
The others present included the Attorney
General and Mrs. Wickersham the Sec
rotary of the Navy and Mrs. George
Meyer. the Postmaster General. the Ger
man ambassador Senator Burton. Sena-
tor du Pont, Mrs. Thomas K. Laughlin,
the military attache of the German en-
bassy and Nine. Won Herwarth, Count
and Countess Scherr Thoss. Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Wilkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Wander
bilt. Mr.. and Mrs Woodbury. Blair, Col
and Mrs. Spencer Cosby, Mrs. Townsend.
Mrs. Fearing, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Hit,
Miss Meyer, Miss Celia May. Miss Perrin
Miss Elkins, Miss Dorothy Williams. Miss
Wise Miss Iasagi Miss Wadsworth. Mr.
Bulow of the German embassy Lord
Eustace Percy and Mr.. Clark Kerr Of the
British embassy. Capt. Raymond Rod
gers, Mr.. Scott Bullitt, Mr.. Henry du
Pont, Mr.. Huidekoper and Mr.. Glover.
Mrs. Dieffendurfer, wife of DR. William
E. Dieffendurfer. will give a reception at
the New Willard, from + to 6, Thursday,
White. the newly elected president of
the District of Columbia section of the
Womans National Democratic League.
The receiving party will be Mrs. John
Miller Horton, Mrs. j. c. Linthicum, wife
of Representative Linthicum; Miss Kath-
arine NJ. Dabney, Mrs J. De B. Gardner,
Mrs. Albert j. Carrico. Mrs. j. Easily
Smith and Mrs. ]. B. HarrelI. All men,
bers of the District of Columbia section
of the Woman's National Democratic
League and also all members of the Ma
tional Democratic League and friends are
cordially invited
A brilliant entertainment for the for
elgnerS in Teheran, Persia, was given by
Lady Susan Townley, wife of the British
ambassador to that capital 1t was a
fancy dress ball to see the New Year
in, and at the stroke of II her little son
of four came into the ballroom, with 1913
marked in red on his nisht-clothes to
wish her guests Happy New Year
Among the costumes worn by the hum
dred or more guests were many striking
and beautiful ones. Kurdstan, Bokhara
India, China. Japan and other countries
were represented. and Mrs. Russell, wife
of the American minister, in a. Parsee or
L0roaStrian dress. was voted the first
prize, as having the most pleasing cos
tune.
small tables, the jingle of camel and
donkey bells. that had ushered in the
little boy, was begun again, and the
dancing continued far into the morning
The next day little Stephen declared he
had been in fairyland.
Owing to the sudden and serious illness
of Mr.. c. w. Porter the Misses Mary and
Harriet Porter have Cancelled all their
social engagements
The Dominican minister and Nine de
Peynardo entertained al dinner last night
at the New Willard. Their guests We're
the Bolivian minister and Nine Calderon,
Mrs. w. +. Pulliam. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
lin Adams. Mrs. Robert III. Norfelt. Mr..
Walter Penfeld and Mr.. y. A. Cernuta.
Mrs l. T. Mann Will not be at home Ash.
Wednesday, but will receive the remain
ing Wednesdays in February.
Mrs. Charles G. Stauffer and the Misses
Stauffer, 1913 2Sth street, will be at home
tomorrow from to t.
Mrs. Palmer, wife of Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer, will not receive tomor-
row, but will be at home Tuesday, Feb
ruary II, at the Grafton
Miss NJ. V. Bolts of 3O2l 18th street
northwest. left today for New York city.
Miss Eta Taggart is giving a masquer-
ade dance tonight in compliment to Miss
Grace Helen Zane and Miss Helen Rock
well.
Mrs. William Herbert BiXby will not be
at home tomorrow. but will receive on
the remaining Tuesdays in February