The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06
NOTABLE women
HONOR The FIRST
LADY OF Land
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the women whose personalities woul,
! soon impress itself on the country's do
mestic and social life for the next fou
years.
The honor table, was decorated
with large clusters of jopquils ant
, white blossoms. and vases filled will
them were on each table. The mace
used by Mrs. Scott to call the break.
fast to order was given by King George
1 of England TO the colony of Virginia
and used in the House Of Burgessei
until the war of the Revolution, wher
1t was sold and bought by Col. william
Heth. Of the Continental Army, ar
illustrious ancestor Of Miss Nannis
Randolph Heth, who loaned the mace
and a Washington drinking cup tt
Mrs. Ayres for the occasion.
At the end of the breakfast Mrs
Abhie Gum Baker gave a most inter
esting lecture about the history OF the
White House and an account Of the
wives Of many of the Presidents who
had presided there. The lecture was
illustrated by moving pictures.
Afterward Mrs. Wilson held an in
formal reception. assisted by the other
honor guests, and the assembled COM
pany was presented to them.
Handsome Gowns In Evidence.
Many handsome gowns were worn
Mrs. Wilson wore stylish tailored
suit OF tan, and a large picture hat
draped with golden brown feathers
Mrs. Marshall wore pink crepe meteor
and a modish pink hat.
gowned in lavender tissue cloth trimmed
with handsome lace, and wore a small
violet bonnet; Mrs. Burleson wore a
Worth model gown of pale blue char
meuse, the bodice being trimmed with
lace; Mrs. Daniels wore black chiffon
over charmeuse and stylish hat: Mrs.
Stephen Ayres wore black charmeuse
trimmed with white lace; Mrs. William
3. Wilson's costume was of black char
meuse: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott wore a
rich costume of black crepe de chine;
Mrs. George Lewis Gillespie wore hand
some gown of dark blue crepe de chine
and point lace; Mrs. Charles Howry wore
white embroidered crepe coat suit faced
with green silk: Mrs. Thomas Chatard
was gowned in dark blue velvet and lace;
Mrs. John Miller Horton wore a gown of
Dolly Warden taffeta Mrs. Charles
Cromwell wore black charmeuse with a
tunic and sleeves of Princess lace; Miss
Mamie Randolph Heth wore black char
meuse; Mrs. Francis Chisholm wore olive
brown silk, trimmed with lace Of the same
shade; Mrs. j. William Henry wore black
and white striped silk; Mrs. Philip Sheri-
dan wore dark blue chiffon over white
silk; Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, Of Rich
mond. Va. wore blue silk. and Mrs. F.
x. Lane wore green charmeuse draped
with black chiffon.
In VIC small ballroom handsomely
bound book was filled with the signatures
Of the guests and afterward given to Mrs.
Wilson, and copies were also given to the
other honor guests.
Some excitement was created in the re-
ception rooms when ii was discovered
that Miss Wilson. daughter of the Secrc-
tary of Labor and Mrs Wilson. had lost
a small watch. 1t was finally extricated
from a lace-draped train.
List of Guests.
The guests included:
Honor guests table-Mrs. Redfeld.
Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Burleson, Mrs. William
J. Bryan, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs.
Matthew 7. Scott, mistress of cere-
monies; Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall. Mrs
Garrison. Mrs. Daniels. Mrs. Houston,
and Mrs. William B. Wilson.
Junior table-Miss Margaret McChord.
Miss Nancy johnson, Miss Ethel Bag
ley, Miss Sophie Sweet. Miss Agnes Will
son, Miss Genevieve Clark. Miss Helen
Kelly. of New Mexico; Miss Hildegarde
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, Miss
Belle Bagley. and Miss Janette Ayres-
Special table friends of honor guests)-
Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley. hostess;
Mrs. Anne Hamilton Pitzer, Mrs. Donald
fcT
Burleson's guest, Mrs. Houston's guest,
Mrs. William B. Wilson's guest, re-
served; Mrs. Henry l. Edmunds. and
Mrs. Lewis Dixon.
No. /, Colonial Dames-Mrs. Eugene
Van Rensselaer,, hostess; Mrs. Edward
Fl. Gheen, Mrs. Katherine L. Eagan.
Mrs. J. B. Blodgett, Mrs Butler, Mrs.
Casey. Mrs. Albert J. Hill, Mrs. Bur-
roughs. Miss Amber. and Mrs. Henry.
Table No. Mrs. Martin A. Knapp.
hostess: Mrs. Willis Van Devanter, Mrs.
Ten Eyck Wendell, New York; Miss
Anna Bell Maury, Mrs Eliphalet F.
Andrews Mrs. Mitchell Carroll, Miss
Nellie p. Sedgley, Miss Mary Isabel
Sedgley, and Mrs. Charles Ray Dean.
Table No. 3-Mrs. Samuel Adams host
ess: Mrs. Charles w. Cobb. Mrs. B. II.
Camden. Mrs. James E. Hurley. Miss
Mary E. Foy, California: Mrs. Louis
Bennett, West Virginia: Mrs. Leonard
Hoffman. Mrs. Victor Kaufman. Mrs.
William W. Dixon. and Mrs. Koerner.
81. Louis
Table No. AIRS. Edwin F. Sweet, |
hostess: Mrs. Beverly T. Galloway. Mrs. |
Daniel c. Roper, Miss Janet Richards. |
Mrs. Matthews. Mrs. Wickliffe Rose. |
Mrs. B. F. Thomas. Tennessee; Mrs. |
Wall, Salt Lake City: Mrs. Wallace Rad
life. and Mrs. Otto Tittmann.
Table No. 5-Mrs. Ira Copley. host |
'ss; Mrs. A. F. Fletcher. Mrs. r. H. |
leigh. Mrs. T. J. Sem, Mrs. George F. |
cooper, Mrs. Thomas B. Hutchinson. |
drs. Henry r. Jackson. Mrs Lamar
-ipscomb. Mrs. Gillespie's friend. and |
drs. James r. Mann, Chicago.
Table No. 6-Mrs. Fisk. hostess; Mrs. |
stokes. Mrs. Watt, Mrs. Stanford, Mrs. !
Mrs. Wainwright. Mrs, Potts. |
frs. Padgett, Mrs. Twining, Mrs. Cowie. |
Table No. Miss Mabel Boardman. |
lostess; Mrs. Marshall Field, Chicago; |
drs. Robert Patterson, Chicago; Mrs. |
v. Murray Crane, Dalton, Mass: Mrs. |
Richard Townsend, Mrs. Henry A. |
strong, Rochester: Mrs. E. H. G. Slater.
diss Gwynn, Miss Patten, Miss Wet
more, Newport.
Table No. S-Mrs. Henry F. Dimock,
ostess; Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver, Mrs. |
'hilip Sheridan, Mrs. Henry Cleveland |
Perkins. Mrs. Rollins Morse, Miss Isa-
elle Hagner, Mrs. Atherton, Mrs.