The Washington times., 1913-04-05
Official Society Abandons Functions
For Midday if. Mrs. Wilson's Honor
Misses Isabel and Cecilia May
Entertain Guests at Lunch
con at Country Club.

Miss Isabel May and Miss Cecilia
May entertained a number Of guests
at luncheon at the Country Club to-
day. They have recently returned to
this country with their parents. Col.
and Mrs. Henry May. after lengthy
visit abroad.
Mrs. James ". Pfnchot. who went TO
New York for the marriage of Miss
Ethel Roosevelt and DR.. Derby. has
been detained in New York at the
home of her son and fdaughter-in-law.
not return to the Capital until SuIr-
day.
Mrs. John w. Kern, wife Of Senator
Kern of Indiana, will not reach WASH
ington until April 20, having been de-
tanned at her home
One of the important features of the
social and musical season will be the
presentation by the Washington Sym
phony Orchestra at the Columbia Thea
ter, on April 10. Of Atlantis a SYM
phonic opera ballet OF the elements, by
Mrs. Christian Hemmick. This superb
tone poem gives Mrs. Hemmick great
scope for fantastic treatment. The COM
position is in three acts and six scenes,
but the first act depicting the welfare
of Atlantis and the sea. has been select
cd by Mrs. Hemmick for performance
by the orchestra. Louie Won Gaertner.
an American of distinction, is the COM
poser OF the music.
Mrs. Hemmick, with her accustomed
art, has designed the following motive
for the first act of this most excellent
work: Vague protoplasmic vapors fili
the space and then give place to night
scene of great beauty-the Albanian
coast of a phosphorescent sea. Golden
fish splash and swim about and Titans
sport and sway and support the form
of a beautiful woman. The Earth
Creature. dancing the Joy Of life with
his tiger cubs, sees her and longs to
possess her. She refuses. He shows
her the gold and Jewels of the earth.
and she is about to give herself to him,
when the Sea Monster rushes from the
deep and the two monsters clash In
combat. The Sea is victorious and At
lantis is lost.
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The Russian embassy will he located
at Newport for the coming summer and
the Ambassador and Nine. Bakhmeteff
will close the winter quarters here in
June and go to that resort.
F.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague have gone
to New York to remain for some days.
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Miss Alice Shepard, daughter of Mrs.
Robert Fitch Shepard, is spending some
time in Baltimore.
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Mrs. Robinson Downey will entertain
at tea today in compliment TO Mrs. S.
A. Ammon, OF Pittsburgh.
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Former Senator from Missouri and
Mrs. John B. Henderson last night en-
tcrtained one OF the largest dinner par
ties yet given in honor Of the new Ad-
ministration, the Secretary OF State and
Mrs. Bryan being the guests of honor.
Others in the party were the Secretary
of War and Mrs. Garrison: the Attor-
ney General. the Swedish minister. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry White, Col. Charles
Page Bryan, Miss Jennie Byrd Bryan.
Senator and Mrs. Gallinger. the Second
Spanish Secretary and Countess San
Esteban. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Van
Rensselaer,, Mr.. and Mrs J. VanVech-
ten Olcott Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs.
Thomas +. Walsh. Countess Gizycki,
Mrs. Albert J. Bevcridge. Baron Zwiede-
mex, Austrian charge d'anaires: Alfred
Mitchell Innes, British counselor; John
White. Arthur Peter, and John B. Hen
derson, ir.