Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-27
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND WIFE AT THE
TOWNSEND HOME.
Mrs. Roberts Entertains in Mrs.
Fletcher's Honor-Other
Events Notes.

| President and Mrs. Taft were enter
| tanned at a large dinner, followed by
musical by Mrs. Richard Townsend
did entertainments which they have at
| tended in private homes in this city
during the past four years American
| beauty roses, white lilacs and lilies, as is
| her wont when Mrs. Townsend opens
| her home, were profusely used in the
| dining room and throughout the main
| floor.
The dinner guests to meet the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft were the British am
bassador and Mrs. Bryce. the German
the Chief Justice and Mrs. White. the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Mac
| Veagh. the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Meyer, the Portuguese minister. the
Danish minister, Senator and Mrs. New
lands, Senator Lippitt, Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair.
Col. and Mrs. Charles l.. McCawley, Mrs
Lawrence Townsend. Mrs Linda Lee
| Thomas of New York, Miss Boardman,
| Miss Patten. Mr.. de Bach of the Russian
| embassy, Maj. RhoadS. Representative
| Gilfett. Capt. Thomas l.. Rodgers and
| Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gerry Goelet of New
| York
| Signorina Lucrezia Bori, soprano and
| Edmond Clement, tenor; Senior A. de
| Segurala, baritone, and Mr.. r. Hage-
man, pianist, gave the musical numbers
| aided by an orchestra of twenty-One
| musicians
| A company of both official and social
| Importance was present at the musical
| including Miss Helen Taft the Secretary
of State and Mrs Knox. the French am
basSador and Nine. JuSserand, the Ital-
ian ambassador and Marchesa CEsani,
the Brazilian ambassador and Nine. da
| Cana. the Russian ambassador and Nine
Bakhmeteff, the Japanese ambassador.
the Swedish minister, the Norwegian
minister and Nine. Bryn, the Swiss min
lister and Nine Ritter the Spanish min
lister and Nine. Riano. the Secretary of
War and Mrs. Stimson. the Attorney
i General and Mrs. Wickersham Secretary
4 and Mrs Nagel the Postmaster General
Secretary Wilson, the Netherlands min
lister and, Nine. Loudon. Baron Zweidinelx,
\ Commander BurStyn, Mr.. Won Masirevick
Mr.. Hedry, Count and Countess de la
ROcca, Commander and Viscountess Ben
DIST d Any. Capt. and Countess de Cham
brun, Mr.. Dejean. Mr.. and Nine. de Labou-
laye Mr.. Mitchell Innes, Capt and Mrs
Heathcoat Grant. Lieut. Col and Mrs.
Moreton Gage. Lord Eustace Percy, Mr.
Haniel, Commander Boy-Ed, Mai. and
Nine Won Herwarth, Mr.. and Nine.
Kienlin, Baron Lersner Capt. and Nine.
Vassilieff. Mr.. Justice and Mrs Meken-
ma. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Lurton, Mr.
Justice and Mrs. Van Devanter, Mr. JUS
| tice and Mrs Lamar, Mr.. Justice and
Mrs. Hughes, Mr.. Justice and Mrs Pit
ney. Mrs. Marcus Hanna, Mrs. Letter.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. Mrs. Dimock
Hutchinson, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs.
Marshall Field Mrs Nicholas Anderson,
Senator and Mrs Root, Senator and Mrs.
Wetmore, Miss p Lippitt, Mr. and Mrs
Colby Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hemmick. Mrs. Elkins.
Miss Elkins Mrs Hit. Mrs. Reynolds
Hit, Mr.. William F. Hit. Mrs. Patter-
son, Mrs. Mccormick. Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Belmont. the Misses Meyer, Miss Dorothy
Williams. Miss Nagel, Miss Catherine An
derson. Miss May. Miss Marion Wise.
Lieut.. Raymond Rodgers, Mr.. Reginald
Hudekoper. Mr.. jerome Bonaparte, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Crawford Mr. and Mrs
| Norman Whitehouse of New York and
! Mr.. Bowie Clark
| The President and Mrs. Taft will dine
| tonight with the Chief Justice and Mrs
| White. while Miss Helen Taft and Miss
Anderson are giving theater party
Other events of mi-careme are the
| Harvard Club dinner at Rauscher's to-
night and dinner at the Siamese lega-
| ton.
| luncheon and bazaar is going on
| today at 1919 9th street for the benefit
| of the Junior League Miss Ruth Parker.
| Miss Bradford and Miss Wilson are in
| charge of the booths today and Mrs
Eldridge Jordan Mrs S. c. Neale and
Mrs. Louis Lehr are in charge of the
event, which continues tomorrow
Mr.. and Mrs. Colby Dodge entertained
at dinner last night Mr.. and Mrs Henry