Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-21
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
DINNER AND MUSICAL AT THE
WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.
Other Events Of Importance-Last
Nights Parties-Personal
Notes.

will be given at the White House tonight
prior to the departure of the President
and Mrs. Taft for New York-where they
Will spend tomorrow-and where tomor-
row night they will attend the dinner Of
the American Peace and Arbitration
League arranged in their honor.
Miss Anderson left the White House
this afternoon for a weekend visit to
Warrenton. Va.
Miss Helen Taft will attend the dance
to be given by the military attache Of
the German embassy and Nine. Won Her.
warth at their home tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Eddy are now in
New York for a short stay before COM
Ing here to visit Mr.. Eddy's aunt, Mrs.
Marshall Field. They have just returned
from Europe.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorf entertained at a dinner
last night in honor of Miss Alys Meyer
and Lieut.. Rayfond Rodgers. The other
guests were Miss Julia. Meyer, the assist
ant secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
James Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. Wolcott
Tuckerman. Count and Countess Scherr-
Thoss, Miss Frances Lippitt Miss Dor
othy Williams. Miss Perrin, Mr.. LIE Bach
OF the Russian embassy. Mr.. Herman
Huffer, jr., Mr.. Won Bulow and Baron
Won Lersner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont entertained
at dinner last night in honor of the
Russian Ambassador and Nine. Bakh-
meten. The other guests were Mr.. JUS
tice and Mrs. Lurton, Senator and Mrs.
John Sharp Williams. Senator and Mrs.
Warren. Senator and Mrs. Gore, Senator
and Mrs. Kern, the chief of staff of the
army and Mrs. Leonard Wood, the coun-
selor- of the State Department and Mrs.
Chandler Anderson. the military attache
of the German embassy and Nine. Won
Herwarth. the naval attache of the
French embassy and Viscountess Benoist
d Any. the naval attache of the Russian
embassy and Nine. Vassilieff, the coun-
selor of the Spanish legation and Coun-
Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Story. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Eustis, Mr.. and Mrs. Rollins Morse. Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mrs. Henderson.
Miss Susan Street, Mr.. John B. Hender-
Nine Loudon, wife of the minister Of
the Netherlands who will give musical
February 25 in honor of Mrs. Taft, yes
terday entertained from 3 to In COM
pliment to Miss Leila Harrison. a de-
butante of this season. Miss Flora Nc
Gill with Miss Lucy Brickenstein gave the
program.
A tea followed the musical, Miss
Sophy Johnston and Miss Louise HELEN
presiding at the tea table.
Mrs Nagel. Mrs John Hays Hammond,
Miss Boardman, Mrs. John A. Johnston,
Miss Cannon, Mrs. Reid Rogers and Mrs.
Hemmick are patronesses for the benefit
performance to be given by the Junior
League Entertainment Club at the Play
house Monday evening, February "a. at
6:16. when a cast of clever young peo-
pie will present Mrs. Burnett's play, 1.-THE
Little Princess" Dancing and refresh
.nents will follow the pla-; Mr.. de Pena.
Mr.. Algara, Lieut.. Darlington, Lieut..
Dunn, Mr. Louis Moore and Mr.. Ballard
Moore will be ushers.
The Riding and Hunt Club OF Wash
ington will give an entertainment for
members and guests Friday evening. Feb
ruary 2S at $40 o'clock, at the clubhouse.
The program for this entertainment will
be as follows: Music ride by Fort Myer
Cavalry Troop, stall race by members
Give men and five women). saddle class
members or their guests to ride). con-
formation and manners to be judged:
monkey drill by Fort Myer Cavalry troop.
potato race (six women). novelty event
Give wOmen). jumping class 1.-TWO jumps
three feet six inches and feeO. members
or their guests to ride. performance only
to be judged: steeplechase race O,rofes-
sional riders)
The committee in charge consists Of
A. D. Addison, j., William Henry and
Walter r. Tuckern,2r, viii. j. -. de 81
bour, chairman.
Mr.. P. c. ]. Treanor, now Of New York
and formerly of this city. is here accom-
panied by Mr.. Preston p. Lynn and Mr..
Robert Nixon. also Of New York, all OF
whom attended the Taft dinner last night
Mr.. TreanOr will remain until Sunday
night and will be pleased to see his
friends at the Falkstone Courts. where
Mrs. Treanor and her young daughter
have recently taken an apartment. Mrs
Treanor remains in Washington to be
with her son Paul, who is in his first
year at Georgetown College.
Commander and Mrs Craven enter
tanned at dinner last night at their home
on P street in honor of Senior Don
Joaquin Mendez the minister from Qua
temala, and Nine. Mendez.
Mrs. Richard Butler entertained this
afternoon at the Belasco Theater a box
party: Her guests were Mrs. Scott,
Mrs. Fremont Smith, Mrs. Lemar. Mrs.
Fairchild and Mrs. Rixey
Miss Nell Sahler. daughter Of DR.. c..
o. Sahler of Kingston, N Y. is the
guest of Miss McCabe at the Driscoll
Hotel.
Washington guests at ST.. Augustine,
Fla, this week include Mr.. and Mrs. A.
F. Mason and Mr.. George H. Edwards.
Among the passengers sailing on the
steamship George Washington tomor-
row from New York for London, Paris
and Bremen will be Mr.. Benito Legarda
of this city.
Representative f. w. Roberts of Mas
sachusetts and Mrs. Roberts. Representa-
tive 8. ]. Tribble of Georgia and Mrs.
Tribble and Miss Tribble. and Repre-
sentative l.. P. Padgett Of Tennessee and
Mrs. Padgett will be among the members
of a congressional party sailing March g
for a trip to Cuba and Panama
The engagement of Robert L. Bacon.
eldest son of eX-AmbaSSador Bacon and
Mrs Robert Bacon of Boston, and Miss
Virginia Murray, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Alexander Murray of New
York, is announced. Miss Murray made
her debut two years ago. Mr.. Bacon is a
member of many clubs and is
nephew of John E. COwdin, his mother
having been Miss Martha w. Cowdin.
Mr.. Bacons father served as Secretary
of State under President Roosevelt and
later was made ambassador to France.
When he came back from France Mr.
Bacon and his family returned to their
Boston home. The former ambassador
was some time since made a fellow of
Harvard University. The Bacons have a
country estate on Long Island. where
they spend part Of the summer.
Two years ago Mr.. BacOn's engagement
J;cc Cocilia Nav daughter of Col and