The Washington herald., 1913-01-13

Nine Loudon, wife of the Minister OF
| the Netherlands, gave a luncheon yes
| terday in honor of Nine. Culp, and later
| in the afternoon a number of additional
| friends came in to meet her at an in
| formal tea.
Maj Gen. Leonard Wood. Chief of
Stan, entertained the majors general and
brigadiers general of the army as
| sembled in Washington at luncheon
yesterday at Fort Myer. Members of
] the Military Committees of the Senate
and House were invited to meet them.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Letter gave a
luncheon at their country place in vir-
ginia yesterday.
The Counselor of the France Embassy
and Nine. Peretti de la Rocca were
hosts at a small dinner last night.
Representative and Mrs Underhiil are
at the Cairo for this session of Congress.
Mrs. Underhill will be ut home informally
tomorrow afternoon.
hrI. Bates. wife of Representative
| Bates, will receive at the Corcoran Hotel
| tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. 1. l.. Lenroot will be at home in
i At neT III ltt tNtlit-
raw tomorrow afternoon from 3 until s
| O'Clock.
Mrs Henry F. Dimock gave an in
! formal musical at her residence in
| Street last night. Mrs. Ernest Schelling,
\ the famous pianist, who is Mrs. Di-
mock's house guest, rendered a delight
| tul programme.
Representative and Mrs. John Dwight
entertained at dinner last night in
| honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank {. Low
| den. The other guests were the Assist
\ ant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
| bury Blair. Mr.. and Mrs. George Eustis,
| Mrs. Henry G. Corbin. Mrs. lockwood
| Hoar. Miss Phelps Representative J. J.
| Gardner. DR.. Walcott. Secretary of the
| Smithsonian Institution, and Maj
Rhoads, U. S. A. personal aid TO the
| President.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt. who
! remained later than usual at their coun-
| try place in Sayville. Long Island. have
| returned to Washington and opened theic
| residence in Massachusetts Avenue for
| the winter.
Mrs. William Carroll Rafferty,, wife Of
| Col. w. c. Rafferty,, of Governors Island.
| will give on Saturday, January y. n
! luncheon at Sherry's in honor Of Mrs.
| Thomas Barry. wife of Maj. Gen. Thomas
| Barry, u. S. A, commander OF the De-
! partment of the East. Mrs. Rafferty, and
her daughter. Miss Mercedes Rafferty,,
| will soon go to Europe. where Miss RAT
| ferty will pass year at school before
| her introduction to society. Miss Raf-
| ferty is the granada lighter of Mai Gen.
Judson Fitzpatrick, OF civil war fame.
gagement of her daughter. Margaret. 10
| Mr.. Richard Dana Skinner, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Whipple Skinner. Of
| Boston and Detroit. The wedding will
take place in the early spring.
| Mrs. Grover Cleveland spent quiet
Sunday with her host and hostess Mr.
and Mrs. John Hays Hammond. follow
ing her usual custom of declining in
| vitations for the Sabbath. Earlier in
the day she attended services in the old
| First Presbyterian Church in John Mar
shall Place. where she and President
| Cleveland formally worshiped.
! Mrs Cleveland will be entertained to-
! night at I dinner in her honor given
| by Mrs lockwood Hoar. and later in
the evening she will attend a musicale
| given for her by Mrs. Henry r. Dimock
| Tomorrow and Wednesday Mrs Cleve-
land will be the house guest of Mrs
DimOck at the latters residence in
| Street During her stay she will be en-
| tertained by Mrs. Letter. Mrs. BENJAMIN
! Micou. and Mrs. Richard Townsend.
| Miss Esther Cleveland will be enter
| tanned at a tea and dance this after
! noon by the officers Of the Maylower
1 aboard that ship. Miss Cleveland made
| one of tennis party at the Chevy
Chase Club on Saturday afternoon.
| Mrs. y. s. Lincoln will not be at home
| this afternoon. but will receive the fol-
| lowing Mondays during the season.
| .uT5. Benjamin Harrison left Washing
| ton at 6 o'clock last night for her home
| in Indianapolis. She was the guest Of
| Representative and Mrs. Richmond T.
Hobson at luncheon yesterday afternoon.