Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
LAST NIGHTS DINNER AND MU.
SICAL AT WHITE HOUSE.
Pretty Cottillon and Other Interest
ing Events-Personal
Notes.

A large company dined at the White
House last night and a still larger one
came IN later for the musical. when
Nine. Schumann-Heink, contralto: Mr..
Otto Goretz, baritone, and Mr.. Paul
kefer, cellfst, gave the program. with
Mrs. Josephine Hartman Vollmer at the
piano and Mrs. Katharine Hoffman at the
organ. The President and Mrs. Taft left
on the midnight train for New York. The
former will be back tomorrow, and Mrs.
Taft Monday.
Miss Mabel Boardman addressed
large and appreciative gathering at the
Congressional Club yesterday afternoon
on the work and aims Of the Red Cross.
Mrs. Roberts. president Of the club. aft
erward presented the guests to Miss
Boardman, her hospitable duties OF the
event being shared by Mrs. Finley of
South Carolina Mrs. Garrett Of Ten
nessee; Mrs. Foster of Illinois, Mrs. Fer
ris OF oklahoma, Mrs. Edwards OF
Georgia, Mrs. French Of Idaho. Mrs:
Gudger of North Carolina, Mrs. Evans Of
Illinois. Mrs. Francis Of Ohio. Mrs. Bor-
den of Tennessee and Mrs. Geddes were
at at the tea table.
The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
entertained at dinner last night the Ger
man ambassador, Mr. Justice and Mrs.
Lamar, the. Spanish minister and Nine.
de Riano. the Swedish minister, Senator
and Mrs. Hoke Smith. Representative
Underwood, Representative and Mrs.
Peters. Representative and Mrs. Weeks,
the assistant secretary Of the navy and
Mrs. Winthrop. Gen. Crozier. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs. Merrill. Mrs.
Dimock, Mrs. John Hay. Mrs. Norman
Williams, Miss Boardman. Miss Wads-
worth, Miss Biddle, Miss Nagel. Mr.. Nc
Farland, Mr.. Mitchell Innes. counselor OF
the embassy: the military attache Of the
embassy and Mrs. Gage, and Mr.. Ivor
Campbell Of the embassy.
Miss Edith Morgan of New York and
Frederick Eckstein of Cincinnati ar
rived at the White House last night
for visit of several days. and will join
the party which Miss Helen Taft and
her brother Robert will take to Dover
House, in Maryland, this afternoon.
The party was arranged several weeks
ago, and will last over tomorrow.
The minister Of Switzerland and Nine.
Ritter entertained at dinner last night
the minister of Peru and Nine de Pezet,
the counselor Of the French embassy and
Countess Peretti de la Rocca, the military
attache of the Spanish legation. Col. Ur-
cullo; the Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Charles
Wood. Mrs. George F. Becker, Mr.. Maui
rice Lowe and the consul general Of
Switzerland to Canada, Mr.. Henri Martin.
Mrs lockwood Hoar and daughter,
Miss Louise Hoar, are at the Wolcott,
New York city.
Mrs. Edith Sage Emerson was hostess
at beautifully appointed luncheon yes
terday to meet her house guest Mrs.
Julia Emerson Wicksell of Boston. The
decorations were in the national colors
and the floral decorations were asparagus
fern and red and white carnations. Those
invited to meet Mrs. Wicksell were Mrs.
Birch. Mrs. Chase. Mrs. Engie, Mrs. Nc
Creery. Miss McCreery, Mrs. Palmer,
Mrs. Price, Mrs. Schuckers and Miss
Schuckers.
Mrs. Lowry L. Morrill, will be at home
for the last time this sea son Wednesday,
February 26. 3 to g. Mrs. Morrill, will
have with her Mrs. Joseph Stewart, Mrs.
Alexander NJ. German and Mrs. Harry S.
Ridgely. also Miss Helen Grandfield, Miss
Mildred Barnes. Miss Marguerite Brown
and Miss Ruby Nevins assisting in the
dining room.
Mrs. Fred J. Hager Of Hagersville. On
tario with her little son. is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Austin of
142S street northwest.
Mrs. Arthur B. Anderson is visiting rel
atives in ST. Paul, MINI.
Mrs. Dean. Fort Myer. has issued in
for a tea dance at the Shore
ham Hotel Thursday. February p, from
4 to o'clock, which she is giving for
her son, Capt Warren Dean, L. s. A.
Former Senator and Mrs. Charles J.
Faulkner have been called to their home
in Martinsburg. w. Va, on account of
the serious illness of Senator Faulkners
sister, Mrs. Virginia McSherry, wife of
DR.. James Whann McSherry.
Mrs. Arnold Werner Spanhoofd of Hill
yer place will be at home informally to-
day for the last time this season. Mrs.
Warren II. Dunning of Boston will be
Mrs. Spanhoofds guest over the inaugu-
ration and will receive with her today.
Miss. Gussye Holberg of Baltimore is
visiting the Misses Levy.
Mrs. David Levy and Miss Sara B.
Levy have returned from a ten-day trip
TO New York.
The German military attache and Nine.
Won Herwarth again entertained at a din
ner and cotillon last night, when their
home was beautifully decorated with jon
pulls and southern smilaX. Flowers as
we'll as number of favors brought from
Germany were used in the cotillon. At
the f1ower-decked dinner table there were
present the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Meyer. the Portuguese minister the
Danish minister. Senator du Pont. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry White, Gen. and Mrs
Robert Shaw Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. Chand-
Ter Hale. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Ander-
son. Nine. Hauge. Mr.. Marshall Bullitt,
solicitor general: Mrs. Richard Town
send. Mrs Slater Miss Josephine Pat
ten. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair and
Mr.. and Mrs. Beale.
The midnight supper was at small
ables decorated with tulips or jon
quils. and among the guests who came
to the cotillon were Miss Taft, Mrs.
Henry G. Corbin. Mrs. Herbert Shipman.
Mrs. Frank Ellis. Mr. and Mrs Perry
Belmont. Mr.. and Mrs. John Story Mr..
and Mrs. John Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs.
James Curtis. Col and Mrs. Cosby. Mr..
and Mrs. Preston Gibson. Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Westcott. Mr.. and Mrs Mum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs.
George Eustis, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Howard, Count and Countess Scherr-
Thoss. Mr.. and Mrs. George Vanderbilt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Spencer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wadsworth. DR.. and Mrs. Cary
d Any. Count and Countess de Cham
brun. Mr.. and Nine. de Laboulaye. Cant.
and Mrs. Heathcote Grant Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. Moreton Gage. Capt. and Mme,
Vassilieff, Mr. and Nine. de Riano. Mr..
and Mrs. Wolcott Tuckerman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Beveridge. Mr. and Mrs.
Countess Gizycka; the Misses Meyer, Miss
Nagel. Miss Perrin, Miss Britton. Miss
May, Miss Dorothy Williams, the Misses
Noyes, Miss Lippitt, Miss Sargent, Miss
Jennings. Miss Hoar. Miss Oge. Miss
oliver, Miss Hull of Tuxedo Park, Miss
Gamble. Miss Hinckley. Miss Sheridan.
Miss Patten, Miss Louise HELEN, Miss
Wadsworth. Miss Judson. Miss Reyburn,
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