Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
in THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
STATE DINNER FOR SPEAKER
TAKES PLACE TONIGHT.
Recent and Coming Hospitalities.
Teas and Dances-Per-
sonal' Notes.

Teas and Dances-Per-
sonal' Notes.
| The state dinner in honor of the Speak
| err Of the House will be given tonight at
| the White House.
Miss Helen Taft attended a luncheon at
Senator du Points home today, and will
be present this afternoon at tea at the
British embassy.
President and Mrs. Taft entertained a
| large party of young persons at dinner
| last night for Miss Taft and her house
guest. Miss Isabel Vincent Later the
guests went to the dance at the Country
Club given by Mr.. and Mrs. James w.
Wadsworth, jr., and Mr.. Clarence Hay.
| The Country Club, which for the past
twenty years has been identified with
the doingsof smart society. was beautifully
adorned with flowers last night for this
dance, which filled the late evening for
| nearly eco young people who had previ-
ously been at various dinners.
| The social glories of Calumet Place,
| Mrs. John A. LOgan's old home. We're
| charmingly revived there yesterday, when
| tea In compliment to Mrs. Matthew 7.
Scott. The house SO long and pleasantly
familiar to most OF the guests had flow
ers in the accustomed places, fires burn
Ing on Its hearthS and tea table with
up-tO-date furnishings and dainty refresh
ments awaiting the guests.
| Mrs. Logan was handsome figure in
| an elegant gown of black and white bro
cade and many fine jewels and Mrs. Scott
was also in black and white embellished
| by fine jeweled ornaments.
Assisting Mrs Logan were her dauSh-
| ter. Mrs. Logan Tucker, and their house
Mrs. e. d. Scott Of Toledo, Ohio. Mrs.
Prescott III. Galley, Mrs t,em Mrs. Hill,
Mrs. Price, Miss Gillett. Miss Hammond
and Miss Padelford. Lieut.. Price and
Col. Glen made the introductions.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Johnson of Wash
ington, D. c., are at st. Augustine, Fla.
Mrs. William c. Woodward of 1766
Lanier place will be at home tomorrow
from ) to T..
Miss Mary Kennedy Boone gave a
dance last night at the Baltimore Coun-
try Club in honor of her debutante cOu-
sin. Miss Dorothy Courtney Lee, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ODonnell
Lee. Assisting Miss Boone and Miss
Lee to receive were Miss Lees parents
and Mrs Columbus O'Donnell Lee, Miss
Gertrude Lee. Miss Margaret Randolph,
Miss Bowling Of Richmond, Va. and Miss
| Brice of Washington. The invitations
We're limited to about 200 of the younger
| set of girls and men. Among the out-Of-
| town guests were Miss Leita MontgOm-
| cry. Mr.. Gouverneur Hoes Mr.. Ralph
| Hill and Mr. William Mitenberger Of this
| city.
| Mrs Buckner Randolph gave a tea yes
| terday in honor of Nine. Ritter. wife of
| the Swiss minister. who has lately re-
turned from Europe. Nine. Loudon and
| Mrs. Livingston Hunt were at the tea
| table.
At this afternoons reception at the
Congressional Club a musical. in which
Mrs. Grace c. Dobyns. Mrs. w. \. Won
Bayer and Mr.. r. Lorleberg will give the
program. will fill the first hour.
| Mrs. Ernest w. Robert. president of the
| club will be assisted by Mrs. Andrew J.
Volstead of Minnesota. Mrs. Joseph r.
McDermott of Illinois. Mrs. John w.
| Langley of North Carolina. Mrs. John j.
Kindred of New York, and Mrs. Daniel v.
Stephens of Nebraska. Mrs. Gordon Lee
of Georgia and Mrs. IrTin l.. LenroOt of
Wisconsin will be at the tea table.
Mrs. Clark Jones will have Miss Edith
Oracle of New York with her for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Maury Dove. ir en-
tertained at a beautiful dinner and dance
last night at. the Shoreham. The table
was decorated with pink Killarney roses
and ferns. The dance was held in the
ballroom. which was decorated with pots
Of white lilacs and pink azalea blossoms.
A seated supper was served at midnight.
The guests at the dinner We're Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Max Kaufman. DR.. and
Mrs. Evans Browne, Mr. and Mrs. Dea-
gin Mr. and Mrs. Alan p. Hume Mr.. and
Mrs. Alan Walker Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Nally. Mr.. and Mrs. lie Roy Cough, Miss
Kaufman, Miss Mccartney. Miss Dove.
Miss Oliver. Mr.. Thilman Hendrick, Mr..
John H. Clapp. Mr.. Robert Dove. Mr..
Holman and Mr.. H. r. Willis. There
were about 100 additional guests for the
dance.
The College Womens Club has arrang-
ed to give it's fifth weekly tea at 3 o'clock
next Monday afternoon. February >, at
Comstocks' studios, 1929 F street north
west. The hostess will be Mrs. Isidor
Bermann. who will be assisted by the
members of section ;. DR.. Abram Simon
and all college women of Washington are
invited to attend.
Mrs. Lee Stubblefeld is leaving for
New Orleans tomorrow to join her hus-
band there for the Mard Gras. They will
be back here for inauguration week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Moon of Phila-
| delpha are here for weeks visit. They
| will attend a White House dinner on the
evening of February Z.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Mclean have
returned to Florida for their second visit
| this year
| After the marriage of Miss Florence
| Tenbroeck of South River, n. j., and
| Passed Assistant Surgeon A. Herbert
Allen. L. S. N. Wednesday. the BRIDE
groom surprised her by giving her a
| thousand dollar diamond necklace. The
ceremony was performed in Holy Trinity
| Church.. South River. The brides at
| tendants were Misses Dorothy White
head. Dorothy Spaulding. Marjorie Howe,
| Gertrude Chapman and Marguerite
! Simonson. Ensign Frank F. Harris. L.
| S. N, of the Maine was best man. The
| honeymoon will be passed in Bermuda.
| Mr.. and Mrs Finley J. Shepard the
| latter formerly Miss Helen Gould. will
| leave Lyndhurst today and go to New
| York to remain for few days at the
| New York home of Mrs. Shepard. so 9Th
avenue. They are making arrangements
to leave on board the Mauretania for
Europe February II. They will go to
| Paris to stop for a while with the Duke
| and Duchess de Tallyrand, who will have
| preceded them about a week. After that