The Washington times., 1913-01-07

Mrs. Hugh Roland French, wife OF
Captain French, OF the British army, is
spending some time in Washington with
at London and Mrs. Robert j. Wynne.
As Ida wynne, Mrs. French was one Of
the prettiest and most popular debutan-
ties of several seasons ago. Mrs. Wynne
is recovering from an Illness incident
10 the rough voyage over.
The President and Mrs. Taft were the
guests at dinner last night of the Sec
retary of War and. Mrs Stimson. who
invited to meet them the Chief Justice
- the Supreme Court and Mrs. Edward
White, Colonel. Goethals. L.. S. A,
lead of the Panama Canal Commission.
and Mrs. Goethais: Col Harry F.
Hodges. u. s. A. also of the commis-
sion. and Mrs. Hodges: Mr. and Mrs.
Richard II. Hurd, of New York; DIR.
Ezra Thayer. dean of the Harvard Law
School. and Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. Robert
: Gamble. of Haverford, Pa; Bronson
Winthrop. of New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Parsons, of New York. and Mr.
and Mrs. James w. Wadsworth. jr, of
Nv York.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer held their first formal card re-
ception of the season last night. receiv-
Ing until 12:30 o'clock. when the younger
guests danced TO the music of the Ma
rine Band orchestra. Mrs. Meyer re-
viewed alone, her guests including Of
fetal society from army, navy, and dip
lomatic circles.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Macyeagh will entertain at dinner
on January 10 for Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land s
The Secretary of War will give two
stag dinner parties this week, one on
"Wednesday and one on Friday night.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock was hostess at
dinner last evening at her residence In
j street in compliment to the British
Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce The addi-
tional guests were the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh, Lady
Aberdeen and Miss Asquith. the house.
guests of the Ambassador and Mrs
Bryce; the Minister OF the Netherlands
and Nine. Loudon, Senator and Miss
Wetmore. Lieutenant Commander BiddIe
Porter. L. S. A, and Mrs. Porter, Col
and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs.
Norman Williams. Miss Marie Stevens,
Miss Ruth Wales. Mrs Hutchinson, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Schelling, Geoffory
Dodge, and Lester Jewett, of New York,
house guests of Mrs. Dimock: Baron
Erich Zwfedlinek. of Austria Hungary;
Mitchell Innes.. of the British embassy,
former Secretary of the Navy Hilary
Herbert. John Barrett, Charles ID. Wal
colt and Cyril B. Judge. of New York
p Mrs. John Astor, who was the guest
of the Secretary Of the Navy. and Mrs
Meyer for several days, is now staying
with Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
. Longworth.
M.s. L. q. Letter entertained at dinner
last night preceding the charity ball
and her guests later occupied her box
next TO that OF the President. Dining
with her were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lei
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Hit. Mr.
and Mrs. James f. Curtis, Mr.. BuIitt,
solicitor general: Benjamin s. Cable,
Miss Dorothy Williams. Eames Mac
veagh and John B. Henderson, jr.
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Senator Bacon is entertaining for the
winter his granddaughter, Miss Shirley
Curry.
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Mrs. Hennen Jennings opened her
ball room today for the third of the
series of Tuesday morning musical re-
citals given this season by Harold
Randolph OF the Peabody Conservatory
of Music in Baltimore. The first mU-
sIcale was at Nine. Loudon's, and the
second at the home OF the Attorney
General and Mrs. Wickersham.
Mrs. Jennings guests included the
Netherlands Minister and Madame LOU
don, Mr.. and Mrs. William Coreoran
Eustis. Congressman and Mrs. Nicholas
r xongworth. Miss Laura Harlan. and a
humber of people from social and
nusicai circles. '--. '---.---'-''.
CoioneI and Mrs. Downey will also
1--we a dance tonight, Their guests. un-
lks those Of Colonel and Mrs. Thomp- |
eon, win be more from the debutante
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