Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-07

White House.
Miss Helen Taft will attend the dance
at Col and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson s
home tonight.
The President and Mrs. Taft were en-
tertained at dinner last night by the
Secretary of War and Mrs. Stimson.
To meet them there were present the
Chief Justice and Mrs. White, Col and
Mrs Goethals, Col. and Mrs. Harry F..
Hodges. former ambassador and Mrs.
Robert Bacon, Dean Ezra r. Thayer of
the Harvard Law School, and Mrs.
Thayer, Mr. and Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth, jr.; former Representative and
Mrs Herbert Parsons Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Jennings of New York. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard NJ. Hurd of New York, Mr..
Brownson Winthrop of New York and
Mrs Robert Gamble of Haverford, Pa.
Invitations are out for the second re-
ception of the winter at the White House
for the evening Of Tuesday. January II.
1t is in honor of the judiciary, and the
hour is 9::'0.
The Secretary of the Navy entertained
at luncheon yesterday in honor OF the
officers of H. Nj. s. Natal. who were
the Natal: Engineer Commander Francis
John Sutton. Gunnery Lieut. Ralph Ell
lott and Assistant Paymaster Charles
Frederick King. The other guests were
the Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Winthrop. Rear Admiral
Twining, Rear Admiral Vreeland, Capt.
Rodgers. Capt. Potts. Robert .. Bacon.
Commander Sypher, Commander Belknap,
Lieut.. Commander Bricker and Lieut..
Commander Palmer.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Meyer gave their first official reception
last night.
Mrs. Knox. wife of the Secretary of
State. will receive tomorrow from to 6
o'clock. and will be assisted by Mrs.
Chandler Hale. Mrs. r. S. Reynolds Hit,
Miss Sheriff. and Miss Maury
The British ambassador and Mrs Bryce,
the Countess of Aberdeen and Miss Vio-
let Asquith were the guests for whom
Mrs. Henry f. Dimock entertained at a
large dinner last night. The other guests
were the Netherlands minister and Nine
Loudon. the Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. MacVeagh. Senator and Miss
Wetmore. Baron Zwiedinek, charge daft
flares of Austria Hungary: Col and Mrs
Robert NJ. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Schelling of New York. Mrs. Nor
man Williams. Mrs. Biddle Porter Mrs
Dimock Hutchinson. Miss Ruth Wales.
Miss Marie Stevens. Mr.. Hilary A. Her.
bert, former Secretary of the Navy; Mr.
Mitchell Innes. Mr.. John Barrett. Dr.
Charles Walcott. and Mr.. Godfrey Dodge,
Mr.. Lester Jewett and Mr. Cyril Judge,
all of New York.
Gen and Mrs. WOtherspoon gave din
ner last night. their guests going later to
the charity ball. Those present included
Mr.. and Mrs. Ord Preston of this city
Fh,,t, of
Violet .Asquith went to Philadelphia this
morning for two-day stay as the guests
of DR.. and Mrs r. TAFT Mckenzie, who
are friends of the former
DIR. and Mrs. Mckenzie gave a luncheon
for them today, having in the party to
meet them Mayor and Mrs. Blankenburg.
DR., Neff. DIR. Brumbaugh, Mrs Owen
Wister. president of the Civic Club, and
Otto T. Mallery of the Fairgrounds AS
socia ton
The program for the countess outlined
for the afternoon includes visits to sew
eral of the city Fairgrounds and a tea
for the visitors to meet the directors and
others interested in that movement Miss
ASquths day is to be similarly occupied.
Their hosts give dinner for them tonight,
when some of the guests will be Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cadwalader. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles +. Dana, DR.. and Mrs. William
Campbell Posey. DIR. Norman Gwyn and
Dr. George 3. Gordon
Mrs. Charles Grayson Dulin will be at
home informally tomorrow afternoon at
the Connecticut, from to 6.
Mr. Charles J. Faulkner of West Vir-
ginia and Mrs. Faulkner are at the New
Willard Hotel for the rest of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Trimble Houeh cele-
brated their golden wedding yesterday by
a reception and tea at their resirence on
Cathedral avenue. The house was
haa ntiful1V decorated hy nrOfnSian
of roses. Mr.. and Mrs. Hough were
assisted i'm receiving by their daugh-
ters Mrs. William Sage Dalzell of
Pittsburgh. Miss Hough, Mrs VAIN
right, Mrs. Barnard, Mrs. Edison, Mrs.
Sturtevant. Mrs. Norton. Mrs. Lyman
and Mrs. George D. Ali of New York
dispersed the Inequalities. Numerous
and beautiful presents bespoke the ap-
probation of friends and associates. A
Christmas tree. laden with buckskin
bags. filled with golden coin. gave a
unique touch to the decoration of the
table, where the gifts were displayed.
Close by were two tall golden candle