Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY.
CABINET DINNER FOLLOWED
BY MUSIC AND FAIRY TALES.
San Francisco Day to Be Honored
Other Events of Note.
Personals.

The President and Mrs Wilson enter
tanned last night at their first state din
ner, when the table in the state dining
room was adorned with Killarney roses.
Astilva japonicas and maidenhair fern.
Following also custom of the White
House of recent years, as Well as of many
other notable homes. there was an en-
tertainment after dinner, when two DAN
ish artists, Miss Ellen Arendrup and Mr.
Holger Birkerod, gave musical numbers
and Mr. Filth Reumert of the Royal
/ Theater Copenhagen recited some Hans
Christian Andersen fairy tales.
I'he guests or the President and Mrs
Wilson Were the Vice President and Mrs
Marshall, the Secretary OF State and
Mrs. Bryan, the Secretary OF the Treas
ury, the Secretary of War and Mrs. Car
rison, the Attorney General, the Post
master General and Mrs. Burleson. the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels,
the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
Lane, the Secretary OF Agriculture and
Mrs. Houston, the Secretary of Com
merce and MRS. kedtieid. the Secretary
of Labor and Mrs. Wilson, the secretary
to the President and Mrs. Tumulty, Mr.
and Mrs. E. NJ. House. Miss Wilson, the
Misses Wilson, Miss Bones, Mr.. CIeve-
land H. Dodge and DIR. Cary L. Grayson.
Following the reception which the
President and Mrs. Wilson will give to
the visiting u. y. X. delegates this
afternoon, Mrs. Wilson will receive d
few invited guests at $40 o'clock. when
Miss Jessie Wilson. Miss Eleanor VII
son and Miss Bones will assist her
Miss Margaret Wilson went to Phila
delphia this morning to spend the day.
Mrs. Alfred Wilson of Franklin, Pa
arrived at the White House today on ii
visit.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
will dine tonight with Judge and Mrs
Howry.
Mrs. Wilson will occupy box at the
benefit for the Starmont Aid for Con
sumptives. to be given at the Columbia
Theater Monday, April 2s. Among the
Bryan. Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Walsh. Mrs.
Johnston. Mrs. Stotesbury. Mrs. Jen-
nngs. Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Elkins. Mrs.
Copley Thaw. Miss Lawrence Mrs. Fin
ley Miss Blount, Surgeon General Blue,
Mr.. Berliner and Mr.. Browne.
The Congressional Club will give re-
ception in honor of the Misses Wilson
Thursday afternoon. May ]. at . o clock,
at the clubhouse 1872 X street.
Mrs. Franklin X. Lane. wife of the
Secretary of the Interior. has invitations
out for reception tomorrow from to =,
i'm honor of San Francisco day, which
celebrates the rebuilding of that city after
the great fire of 1905. The women OF the
congressional circle are to make up the
company. Mrs. Lane will be assisted in
receiving by Mrs. John d. Works. Mrs.
Francis Newlands. all the ladies of the
California delegation and Mrs. \. r.
Fechteler and Mrs. Ira Bennett.
The cabinet receptions yesterday were
limited to those held by Mrs Daniels,
who had assisting her at Single Oak Mrs.
David Houston. Mrs. William n. Reyn-
olds of North Carolina. Mrs: john II.
Small Mrs. Edwin Y. Webb. Mrs. Robert
Fechteler. Mrs Ransom. Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Basley and the Misses Bagley, and
by Mrs Lane. whose assistants were Mrs.
William f. Borah. Mrs. Miles Poindexter.
Mrs. Thomas P. Gore. Mrs. De Vries,
Mrs. Cobb. Miss Janet Cobb and Miss
Margaret Fechteler.
Members of congressional. naval. army
and residential society circles were among
those present at the silver tea and m,lSl-
cal given by Chaplin Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of the District at the
Raleigh Hotel yesterday afternoon In
all about 7G0 persons We're present at
the function These included large
number of both District and out-of-town
delegates to the Daughters of the Amer-
can Revolution.
Mrs. John w. Gibson. Mrs. Bessie
Latham Gibson, Mrs. Sanford A. Taylor.
and Mrs J. II. Shinn presided at the
three tables. Mrs. Mary Seitz Parker
had charge of the musical program while
Mrs. Helen Nelson DOGGY was i'm charge
companied on the piano by Miss Mary
Deeds, gave the casl1et scene from THE
Merchant of Venice.
All the patronesses we're in the re-
the w c. T. L., including Mrs. Emma
Sanford Shelton. Mrs. Theresa A. Will
liams, Mrs. Jennie Robinson. Mrs. Theo-
dore T. Moore and Mrs. +. H. Henry.
Mrs. S. c. Van Emon and Miss Ruth
Thompson presided at the silver bowls.
Presentations We're made by Mr.. Leroy
e. Reed and Mr.. Franz. L. Peckham.
last night at their home. Al Hobart
street northwest Mr. and Mrs A. II.
Frear. Mrs. Jennie Benson, Mrs. r.. V.
Carr. Mrs, Minnie Johnson, Mrs. Jennie
panied by Mrs. e. V. Carr. gave mu-
steal numbers. Others present were Mrs.
Olive Ayers, Miss jamie Carter of Nir-
gina, Mrs. Lennie Ersfeld. Miss Eta
Clements and Miss Clara Dodge of New
York.
Mrs. Charles O'Hara Craig:e of Buffalo
Chapter of the d. A. r. has come to
she was the guest of the State Fedora
ton Of Woman's Clubs and made an adj
dress at the convention at Shreveport.
Mrs. Craieie was also the guest of the
Era Club of New Orleans at Il luncheon,
while many other social functions We're
held in her honor there.
Dr. Max Baf of Worcester. Mass, is
visiting his brother William e. Baff of
T. Grant place northwest.
The District of Columbia Fedora ton of
Women's Clubs have invitations out for
Monday evening. April II, at 9:3O at the
Raleigh. to meet the officers OF the Cen
eral Federation
Col W. w. Brown Of Pennsylvania.
formerly auditor for the War and Navy
Departments and assistant attorney gen
eral, and Mrs. Brown, are in the city for
few days. They are guests at the
Dewey Hotel.
surprise party was given last even
ing by Mrs. Charles S. Jones to her
grandmother. Mrs. Brandebury, in
honor of her eighty-fourth birthday. Miss
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