The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-17

| ner. and afterward there was informal
dancing.
DR.. and Mrs. Van sweringen will en-
terrain at dinner Monday evening In COM
piiment to their house guest, Miss Sling
luff. Of Baltimore.
Col. George Goethals arrived at the
Shoreham yesterday from New York and
, will be Joined to-day by Mrs. Goethals.
who had been visiting Gen. and Mrs.
J. B. Aleshire in Washington for the
past week. They will be here for sew
eral days.
Miss Helen varick Boswell. of New
York, has been spending a few days with
Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce at the Portner.
Miss Boswell is chairman of the Wom-
ans Department OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee, and is also active in
the general Federation OF Women's
Clubs and ID. A. r. work. Miss Boswell
remained over to attend the reception at
the White House on Tuesday night.
What promises to be a social as well as
musical event Is the coming concert of
the Philadelphia Orchestra. under the
direction of Leopold Stokowski, with
Ysaye. the worlds greatest violinist, as
the soloist, on Thursday afternoon, Feb
ruary Is, at the New National Thester.
The boxes have already been taken by
a group of prominent people, which viii
include a visiting delegation from Phil
adelphia, I'm which Mrs. Stotesbury will
be a conspicuous figure as an occupant
of the box held in the name of Mrs.
Leopold Stokowski. In the other boxes
will be Mrs. Taft. with a group OF dis
tinguished guests, Mrs. John L. Rey-
burn, Mrs. L. H. Letter. Miss May II.
Williams. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend,
Nine. f. Havenith, wife of the Belgian
Minister. and Mrs. r. r. Hit. In addi-
ton to Mrs. Stotesbury, Mrs. Stokowski
will have as her guests Nine. Louden.
wife of the Minister OF the Netherlands,
and Postmaster General Hitchcock. Mrs.
Andrew Wheeler. a great beauty in Phil
adelphia, will be in Mrs. Stokowski's box,
and a large number of social leaders in
Washington have already notified the
local representative of the Philadelphia
Orchestra that they wish to be present
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Weinberg cele-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of
their wedding yesterday. reception was
given them at the home OF their niece,
Mrs. ]. V. Schmitt, to which only the
immediate members OF the family were
invited.
Mrs. Edward Qualtrough entertained at
delightful tea yesterday at her resi-
dence in ] Street.
Senator and Mrs. John Sharp Williams,
of Mississippi. entertained at a large re-
ception Wednesday afternoon from until
o'clock, at the Congressional Club,
to present their debutante daughter. Miss
Sally Williams TO Washington society.
The clubhouse was beautifully adorned
for the occasion with pink and white
blossoms and a string orchestra played
throughout the afternoon.
Mrs. Williams wore white satin draped
with black lace with touches of blue
on the bodice. and the debutante's gown
was white charmeuse and lace with
rhine stone trimmings, and she carried a
bouquet OF pink roses.
Presiding in the dining room at different
hours were Mrs. Ben Johnson, Miss Mabel
Boardman. Mrs. Richmond p. Hobson,
Mrs. Henry d. Clayton. Mrs. Arthur Lee,
Mrs McCumber, Mrs. Seldom Day, Mrs.
Kicks, and Mrs. Micou.
Others assisting in the reception of the
, guests and the dispensing of the hos
pitalities OF the afternoon were Mrs.
Hooper. Mrs. Ramsey. Mrs. Borland.
Mrs. Gait. Mrs. Charles Nelson Riker.
Miss Genevieve Clark. Miss Fulton,
Miss Nancy johnson, Miss Anne Sey-
mour Jones, Miss Mary Howry, Miss
Mary Lee Fleming, Miss Florence
Schneider. Miss Jeanette Ayres. Miss
Mildred Needham, Miss katherine
Storch, Miss Alice Mcclellan, Miss
Lanette Smith. Miss Helen Hardy. Miss
Frances Finley. Miss Margaret Nc
Chord. Miss Eloise Orme, and Miss
Helen McCumber.
Mrs. Thomas A. Dobyns and Miss
Mi he
February and, IL
Nine. Calderon and Miss Calderon,
wife and daughter Of the Balivian Min
lister, will be at home this afternoon.
Nine. Vassilieff, wife Of the Russian
Naval Attache. will be at home this
afternoon and the following Friday after
moons in January.
Mrs. Fremont Smith will be at home
to-day.
Mrs. Thomas L. Casey will be at home
in her apartments at Stoneleigh Court
this afternoon from 5 to O'Clock.
Mrs. Samuel Mattingiy and daughter,
Mrs. David d. Porter, will be at home
this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mat
ingly. in Q Street
Miss Caryl Crawford gave a small tea
yesterday for Miss Alice vandergrift.
Mrs. Roscoe C. Bulmer, Mrs. George
Summerlin. and Mrs. Richard Harlow
presided at the tea table.
The United States Minister to Argen-
tina and Mrs. John W. Garrett have ar
rived in New York. accompanied by Mrs.
Werder, mother Of the latter. Mrs. Gar
rett remained in New York. but Mr..
Garrett and Mrs. Warder came to this
city. Mrs. Warder, after a stay of sew
eral weeks at her home here, will 60 to
Colorado Springs to visit Mrs. Ward
Thoron. Mrs Garrett Will spend the rest
Of the winter In North Carolina with her
sister, Mrs. Ralph Ellis.
Mrs. Frederick w. Pratt and her
daughter, Mrs. Francis w. Dickins, gave
a delightful tea yesterday at their nome
a15 Columbia Road.
Those assisting included Mrs. Dutton,
Mrs. s. II. Delano, Mrs. Charles H.
Wright, Miss Tisdel, Mrs. Joseph Wall,
Mrs. F. X. Adams, Mrs. F. A. Walker.
Mrs w. H. Heron. Mrs. r. X. Dixon,
Miss Harriet Conger, Miss Sutton. the
Misses Adams, and Miss Dorothy Decide
Invitations were received yesterday
Thursday by her friends in Washing
ton to the wedding of Miss Ruth Sven.
who for three years was physical d.
rector OF the Young Women's Christian
Association in this city. Miss Swem will
become the bride of Roy Collins, a ma
tive Of Washington, but now a civil en-