The Washington times., 1913-01-16
Postmaster General to Be Host
To the President and Mrs. Taft
Dinner Tonight win Be Fifth of
the Series Given BY Mem
bers Of the Cabinet.

-HE President and Mrs Taft viii
be the guests in whose homo
u the Postmaster General, Franl
n. Hitchcock, will entertain a
dinner this evening, this being the
fifth of the series of dinners giyer
each season by the members of the
Cabinet to the President and the Firs
Lady of the Land.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond will take
her guest, Miss Esther Cleveland, te
the Belasco tonight, to see William
Fsversham in Julius Caesar, Among
other guests in Mrs. Hammond's box
VIII be Ensign wilkinson and Rober;
Scott Hume. and after the play, Mrs
Hammond win entertain Mr.. and Mrs
Fayersham and their box party at sup
per.
Brig. Gen: and Mrs. William L.
Marshall have issued invitations for a
large dinner party for their daughter,
Miss Maitland Marshall. at the Chevy
Chase Club, on Saturday evening. DAN
cling will follow
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y DCNCAlCy adA4uOlPn <hdcOI has Is
sued cards for large tea on the after
noon of Saturday. February l.
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Mrs. Buckner Randolph will be hostess
at tea this afternoon when Mrs. L. z.
Letter and Mrs. Thomas F. Baysrd viii
preside at the tea table.
Senator and Mrs. John Sharp Will
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large reception yesterday afternoon from
4 until 6 o'clock. at the Congressional
Club. to present their debutante daugh-
ter. Miss Sally williams. to Washing
ten society.
The clubhouse was beautifully adorn-
ed 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
xith rhinestone trimmings, and she car
ried a bouquet OF pink roses
Presiding in the dining room at diff
ferent hours were Mrs. Ben johnson.
Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Richmond
p. Hobson, Mrs Henry d. Clayton. Mrs
Arthur Lee, Mrs. McCumber. Mrs. Sell
don Day, Mrs. Ricks, and Mrs. Micou.
Others assisting In the reception of
the guests and the dispensing of the
hospitalities of the afternoon were
Mrs. Hooper. Mrs. Ramsey. Mrs. Bor-
land, Mrs. Gait, Mrs. Charles Nelson
Riker, Miss Genevieye Clark, Miss Full
ton, Miss Nancy johnson, Miss Anne
seymour 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.
The President and Mrs. Taft were en-
tertained at dinner last night by Mrs.
Henry T. Dimoek. who, knowing Mrs.
Taft's love of music, had Horatio Con-
nell, the tenor, TO sing following the
dinner. No other guests were asked
for the music. Dining with Mrs. Dim
ock besides her guests of honor and
her house guests. Mrs. Grover Cleveland
and Prof. T. J. Preston, were the Brit
ish Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce, Mr.
Justice and Mrs. Lamar. the Neither
lands Minister and Madame Loudon,
the Danish Minister. Senator du Pont,
Dr. Charles d. Walcott. secretary of the
Smithsonian: Mrs. Richard II. TOWN.
send, Mrs. Frederick Thompson of New.
York, Mr.. and Mrs George Vanderbilt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reading Bertron
OF New York, and Mrs. Cary T. Hutch.
inson.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Stephen L. ii.
SIocum entertained at dinner last night
in honor of the Russian Ambassador
and Madame Bakhmeten, having among
their other guests Mrs. Henry c. Cor
bin, Mrs. Robert Mccormick, the Brit
ish Naval Attache and Mrs. Heathcote
s. Grant. and the second German Secre-
fary and Madame Kienlin. Later COL,
cnel and Mrs. Slocum with most of
their guests went 10 Mrs. Thaw's dance.
lrs. Hope Slater gave large dinner
last night with the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh as the
guests Of honor. -