The Washington times., 1913-01-12
Only One or Two Informal
Luncheon Parties, With
Family Dinners, Are the
Rule Today.

| informal luncheon parties and a famil.
dinner party here and there to whicl
cre or two additional guests have beef
asked in, there Is nothing on the calen
| dar
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter enter
| tanned small party at luncheon a
their country place in Virginia; Lieu
tenant Patton had a few guests joil
him for luncheon at the Chevy Chas'
Club. The Counselor OF the French EN-
bassy and Nine. Peretti de la Rocca vii
have a small company of guests at din
ner this evening. and Brig. Gen. Alber
L. Mills, u. S. A.. and Mrs. Mills had {
few guests in for midday dinner.
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Mrs. Dimock will entertain abou
| sixty or seventy guests at an informa
| musicale this evening when Ernest
| Schelling will be the artist.
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The dinner given at the White House
last evening by the President and Mrs.
Taft in honor Of Mrs. Grover Cleveland
was the most interesting of the series
Of brilliant entertainments which have
been given for. washington's distin-
guished visitor, and certainly one of the
most interesting entertainments of the
Taft Administration.
After the dinner a musical program
was given in the East Room by Nine.
Culp, contralto. accompanied by Coen-
raad vos at the piano.
The guests invited to the dinner were
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. the Chief JUS
tice and Mrs. White. Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison, the Secretary Of the Treasury
and Mrs. MacVeagh, Senator and Mrs.
Warren, Senator and Mrs. Newlands,
Senator Hoke Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. ROB-
ert T. Lincoln, Mr.. and Mrs. David R.
Francis, Hilary A. Herbert, Mr.. and
Mrs. John W. Griggs, Rear Admiral
Sidney A. Staunton, Brig. Gen. William
Crozier, Brig Gen. and Mrs. Clarence r.
Edwards. Mrs. George W. Goethals. Hon.
Henry White, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, President and Mrs. John c.
Hibben, of Princeton; President aud
Mrs. John H. Finley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles p. Taft, Mrs. Thomas F. Bay
ard, Mrs. Daniel s. Lamont, Mrs. Letter.
Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. Henry f.
Dimock, Mrs. NJ. E. ingalls,. Mrs. More.
Miss Mary Patten. Miss Cleveland. Miss
Louise Taft, Miss Helen Taft, the So
licitor General the Assistant Secretary
of Commerce and Labor, Dean Andrew
F. West, Prof. Thomas ]. Preston,
Francis Lynde Stetson. of New York;
Games Macveagh. of Chicago; A. Clark
Kerr, Capt. Louis McC. Little, Z. s. n.
c., and Ensign A, II. Douglas, q. s. n.
Mrs John C.-Fremont is spending
some time in Philadelphia. She was the
guest for a few days Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry s. Grove, but is now with Mrs.
George W. Childs Drexel
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Lieut.. Julian WILCOX, U. S. NJ. c.,
and Mrs. Wilcox, the latter for
meriy Mss Laura Wells, of WASH
ington, will leave shortly for Picking.
China where they have been sta
toned for the last two years and a
half, for trip around the world. They
will visit in Spain, Rome, Paris. and
London en- route to Brooklyn, N. Y,
where Lieutenant Wilcox has been or
dered to duty. Upon their arrival in
New York in March. Mrs Wilcox will
with her mother, Mrs. Henry Wells. in
Twenty-first street.
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Mrs. Charles Perry Miller has sent out
cards for a tea in honor of Miss Marie
H. Adams on the afternoon of January
Is at her residence, 26lo Cathedral ave-
nue..
The marriage of Miss Ruth Noyes,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
William Noyes. to DR.. Ralph Walker
Mcdowell. U. S. N. will take place
Monday afternoon. February IL. in st.
Thomas Church, and will be followed
by a reception at the home of the
brides parents.
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Miss Dorothy Williams, daughter Of
Gardner F. Williams. whose marriage
to Monroe Eyre Pinckard. of San Fran
cisco. takes place about the middle
of April, win go over to New York
shortly to spend some time with her
sister, Mrs. William Wallace Mein.
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Mrs. Murray, wife Of Maj. Gen.
Arthur Murray, U. S. A, will leave
Washington shortly to make a brief
visit in New York. Major and Mrs.
Murray arrived in Washington recently
from California and are the guests OF
their son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ord Preston. Upon Mrs Murray's
return to Washington, a number of en-
tertainments will ybe given In her honor.
Miss Sadie Murray, who Is now In San
Francisco. will probably come to WASH
fngton before the season closes to spend
some time with Mrs. Preston.
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The Misses AIeshire. daughters of
Brigadier General and Mrs. Aleshire,
are entertaining as a house guest Miss
Margaret Niche. whose father. Major
Niche, L. 8. A, is stationed at FL
Paso. Tex.
The executive committee of the
Georgetown Assembly will meet this
evening to decide upon dates for the
two dances which II is determined to
have this season. Following the an
some days ago that no
more dances would be held this season
owing to disagreement over the Tur-
key Trot, the news that the Ratchet
had been buried and that more dances
will be held has been gladly received.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. K. Tyler entertained
Chevy Chase Club in compliment to Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Du Puy. of Pitts
burgh.
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The Counselor of the German Embassy
and Mrs. Haniel Won Haimhausen will
return to Washington this evening from