Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

Al TdDt1eSl way 10 Speuu oil
evening. this weeks social
life opens with a whirl. There are no
end of interesting events on the calendar.
and all the ramifie0tions of the active
guard will have a chance to be seen
somewhere or other. Excepting the re-
ception and dance at Secretary Meyers
tomorrow night is absolutely free of any
engagement likely to conflict with the
success of the charity bail. The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft will dine with the
Secretary Of War and Mrs. Stimson to-
morrow night. and the former will go on
later to 7he ball. where his entrance will
be maze an interesting Formally. He
will occupy box while he stays to
watch the ball.
Col and Mrs. Downey will entertain
at a dance Tuesday night at Rauscher's.
and Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson.
who have planned several large entertain
ments, will give a dinner and dance that
evening. The presence of Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, the guest during the early part
of her stay of Mr. and Mrs John Hays
Hammond. will bring about great deal
of hospitality. with the former mistress
OF the White House as the central figure.
The President and Mrs. Taft will give
dinner for Mrs. Cleveland and her
fiance Prof. T. j. Preston, next Saturday
night, which will be most pleasant in
cident of her Washington visit. Excepting
for short stay here a few years ago
to attend the funeral of q friend, Mrs.
Cleveland has not been in the city since
she left it sixteen years ago.
Mrs. Hammond will give tea for her
Thursday, and the night following ball
for Miss Esther Cleveland, whose debu-
tante belleship seems to be an established
fact Miss Lucy HOke Smith Will also
have the pleasure of entertaining for
Miss Cleveland. who will be her guest
is over Mrs Henry F. Dimock and
Mrs. Richard Townsend have both ar
| ranged large dinners for Mrs. Cleveland.
Miss Barbara Stephens. daughter Of
| Representative and Mrs Stephens, will be
IA debutante this week. her coming-out
| party being a tea arranged for Tuesday
/ at the Congressional Club. with Mrs. John
| D. Works. wife of the Canifornia sena-
| tor and Mrs. Stephens as the hostesses.
| Miss Claudine Clements, daughter of
! Judge Judson C. Clements and Mrs. Glenn
| ents, will be presented the following day
! at tea also.
| Mrs. Samuel F. Emmons will give a
| ball for her debutante daughter. Miss
| Caroline Ogden Jones, next Wednesday
| night at Rauscher'S.
| Miss Virginia Hammond, daughter of
! DR.. and Mrs. Thomas V. Hammond. Is an
! other debutante this week. She will be
introduced at Il Tea next wednesday,
| The passing holiday season was the
gayest in years, both official and resident
| society contributing to its varied pro-
gram. New Year receptions at cabinet
and. other homes We're thronged, and the
streets were quite as gay with woman
kind as any other bright. sunny day of
the winter. Customs in this regard have
greatly changed. Twenty years ago. when
Mrs. Whitney, or further back still. when
| Mrs Frelinghuysen failed to extend an
| ffaf ha he1I6S that time
! receive at their 1st-of-January parties.
| the new year began with gloom In the
| neglected homes of the West End. and
the sad and forgotten ones remembered
| out-of-town engagements to account for
| their absence from what was the really
! important roundup of the day. The
! streets are not left now to the male
| gender.
| The girls CAD about as they please for
! their outdoor program, and are not whit
concerned about the official receptions or
! any loss they may have sustained in not
! appearing at them assistant to the
hostess. The fine weather of New Year
| day was its greatest inspiration. and con-
| trbuted largely to make the last event
| of it's kind which the present administra-
| ton will hold the largest and most inter-
| esting of the past four years.
Three more evening receptions will be
held at the White House. the judicial on
the 18th, and the congressional on the
2Sth of this month. and the army and
navy on February
The diplomatic reception Friday night
carried out its traditions of social splen-
dor. There were not quite as many New
Workers or other cosmOpolitans present as
have come to similar events. but the few
who We're there more than compensated.
Mrs. John Aston of New York really
beautiful woman, whose prematurely gray
hair is her last becoming touch, attracted
no end of attention Secretary Meyer,
her host showed her the house and It's
throng of guests from every point. and
gave hundreds the pleasure Of seeing her.
The Countess of Aberdeen and Miss Vio-
let Asquith were not as generally seen as
they remained Until late in the blue room.