The Washington herald., 1913-02-27

The President and Mrs. Taft were the
guests of honor last night at a dinner
| given by Mrs. Richard Townsend IN
her residence in Massachusetts Avenue.
| II proved to be one of the handsomcst
and most notable entertainments ever
given in Washington.
The other guests at the dinner We're
| the British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce.
| the German Ambassador and countess
| Won Bernstorff. the Chief IustiC" Of the
Supreme Court and Mrs. White, the Sec
retary of the Treasury and Mr.. Mac
| VcaGh the Secretary of tn" Navy and
Mrs Meyer. the Portuguese Ministcr.
the Danish Minister. Senator and Mrs.
Newlands Senator Lppitt. tn" Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs Beck
man Winthrop, Col. and Mrs. Charles
| McCawley. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury.
Blair, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Miss
Mabel Boardman. Mrs. l.. l.. Thomas,
Miss Patten Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
ir: Representative Gin It. Representa-
tive-elect and Mrs. Peter GoClet Gerry.
Capt s. l.. Rodgers, l. 5. n: MAJ
! Rhoads l. s. A. and Mr.. de Bach. Of
the Russian Embassy.
Following the dinner SFnorita Lucr"zia
Bori soprano of the Metropolitan Grand
Opera Company: Edmond Clement, the
French tenor; Senior \. de SeSurola.
barytone and r. HaGcman. at the piano,
gave thn programme. an elaborate on"
embracin several numbers from each
artist.
After the musicale the guests danced.
Among the 2cl guests invited to the
musicale. most of whom were present
were the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Knox the Secretary OF War and Mrs
Stimson. the Attorney General and Mrs
Wickersham. the Postmaster General
the Secretary of Agriculture, Miss Will
son. the Secretary OF Commerce and La
bor and Mrs. Nagel. the French Ambas-
sador and Mime. Jusserand. and the
members of the embassy stan: the 1tal-
ian Ambassador and Marchioness Gu
sani. Donna Beatrice Cusani. and the
members of the Italian Embassy staff:
the Brazilian Ambassador and Nine. da
Cana and the members Of the Brazilian
Embassy staff: the Russian Amba sSador
and Nine. Bakhmetef and the members
OF the embassy staff; the japanese Am
bassador and the members of his staff:
Senator and Mrs. Root, Senator du
Pont. Baron Erich Zwiedinck. Austrian
charge d'affaires. and the other mem
bers of the Austrian Embassy staff. also
those of the Mexican Embassy staff: the
Justices Of the Supreme Court and their
wives: the Netherlands Minister and
Nine. Loudon. the Norwegian Minister
ana Mime. BrNn. IN" SNedlSn Minister.
the Belgian Minister. tn" Spanish Min
lister and Nine do Riano. the Swiss Min
lister and Nine. Ritter. tn" Argentine Min
lister and Mime. Naon: many of the
younger diplomats and their wives. and
the bachelors of the corps: Mrs. l.. H.
Letter and her dinner party. Mrs. Mar
shall Field and her dinner guests. Mrs.
Robert Hit, Mrs. Elkins Mrs. Henry
+. Dimock. Mrs. Dmock Hutchinson.
RI Ni.I
son. Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh. Mrs. Rob-
crt Patterson. Mrs. Robert Mccormick.
Mr.. and Mrs Perry Belmont. Mrs Hope
Slater. Miss Mary Gwynnc. col. and
Mrs Robert Lincoln. tho Misses Fatton.
Mrs Corbin, Miss Taft. tho Misses Mcy-
or. and number of tho younger people
of society.
The Russian AmhasSa'lo and Nine
Bskhmetcf were hosts at a large din
ner last night at their residence in Far
ragut Square.
The Counselor Of the German Embas-
sy and Nine. Won Haimhauscn gave a
dinner Of fourteen last night. And
among their guests were Miss Helen
Taft and Miss Catherine Anderson
Later in the evening the entire party
attended Mrs. Townsends musicale.
SeTdtOT uu Iont was most AT large
dinner last night at his residence in
Massachusetts Avenue.
Mrs. L. z. Letter entertained at a din
ner last night at her residence in Du-
pont Circle.
Mrs. c. Peyton Russell was hostess
at an informal luncheon yesterday.
The officers of the L. S. s. Mayflower
gave a luncheon yesterday aboard that
vessel.
Guatemala. had as her guests in aer |
ooS Miss Ampara Rivero. Miss Manpela |
de Pena. Miss Elena Calderon, AMI Miss
Margaretta Symons. ..
With Mime. Won Herwarth. wife Of the
military attache of the German Embas s. |
sy, We're Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs. Trux- !
tun Beale. Col. Charles l., McCawley |
L. $. NJ. C.: Mr.. Algara. and Mr. de |
Bach.
Mrs. Katherine GilIett Hill who enter |
tanned another box party had with her
Nine. da Cana, wife of the Ambassador |
Of Brazil: Nine. Pezet. wife OF the Min |
lister of Peru: Mrs. Walter Mclean. Mrs |
Robert Lansing. and Mrs. Edgar Logan |
Hill, of Worcester. Mass. |
Mrs. Downey and Mrs RsisinCer had |
with them Mrs. Cummins. Mrs. Andrews. !
Mrs McChord, Mrs. HicklinS. Miss Tenn |
pie and Mrs. Stone.
beautiful house wedding took rIaca
last night when Miss Marguerite Kath-
crime Stutz. daughter of DIR. and Mrs
John A. Stutz. and Mr.. James D. Grcnna,