Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-10
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND MRS. TAFT TO
DINE AT RUSSIAN EMBASSY.
Miss Taft's Many Social Activities.
Observation-Disclosures
Notes.

a former Washingtonian, the daughter
of the late Gen. Beale
Miss Helen Taft and Miss Anderson
Will be honor guests at a dinner to-
night to be given by the military at
| tache of the French embassy and
Countess de Chambrun. Today Miss
Iaft and her cousin lunched with Mrs
John r. Williams and Miss Dorothy
Williams at the Joseph Letter place
| In Virginia, and are to attend Mrs :
r. Emmons' tea late this afternoon
DIR. and Mrs Charles w. Richardson.
whose honor guests are to be the Sec
rotary of State and Mrs. Knox and
| the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel. are giving dinners
tonight.
] The Congressional Club has sent out in
vitations for a reception in honor of the
| President and Mrs. Taft Tuesday even
ing. February %, at o'clock at the
clubhouse, 1882 X street
| The annual dinner of the Harvard Club
VIII be held the evening of February -
f! at Rauscher's
! Representative Nicholas Ionsworth.
class OF 81. will DE toastmastcI and the
committee in charge Of the event consists
OF Mr. BCekman Winthrop chairman:
Representative Andrew Peter. john w
navidsc. Carroll Russell Alden Franklin
Fl. Ellis and Charles T. Tittman
TIL" Harvard Club has 100 members
The list OF Speakers at the dinner is not
yet complete
The fourteenth birthday of Miss Lillian
Portion was celebrated at Il party Satur-
day night given at her home in Good
Hope. u. &. There We're present
Misses Sophie Portion. Catherine Haven
ner. Edna Shaw, Katherine Kiplinger
I NlI~ IL isa1tv
Shweppe, Marie Shweppe, May Ander-
son. Rebecca Killer and Rose Greenberg
and Masters Manning Shaw anu Harry
| Portion.
Miss Ramona Lefevre and Mrs. Laura
carter who have been in Baltimore on a
visit, have returned
! Mr.. and Mrs. Banner of Kokomo. Ind
are guests Of MIR. and Mrs. j. l.. Barnard
153 North Carolina avenue southeast
Mrs Banner is Il former classinate of
Mrs. Barnard.
Mrs. Crosley. wife of Commander
Walter Selwyn Crosley. t. S. n. has
| been the guest of Mr. and Mrs FLOYD
stewart Corbin of New York. and en-
tertanments for her We're numerous
! Among them were a bridge party given
| By Mr.. and Mrs. Corbin. IL theater party
| at the Manhattan Opera House l,y Mrs
Oscar Bergstrom. reception by Mrs
Marie Allen Battle, ii matinee theater
party by Miss Susan Patterson and a
bridge party by Mr.. and Mrs. Lcona rd
| l.. Hill.
| Mrs Robert Page. wife of Represent
| ative Page of North Carolina. will he
new residence, 1915 Columbia road She
| Will he assisted by the wives Of the
members of the North Carolina del
9ssalGn who ss are sm in 5s sfE Mrs
man. Miss Bell. Miss Wilson. Miss
Claxton. Mss Roper. Miss Tomlinson,
also by young ladies from different states
here in school. and Miss Margaret Lee
! of Raleigh. y. 4.
Mrs. Cosdon WAS hostess at Il musical
last night III the Naples. when Mrs.
| Ashton Smyth sang. ACCOMPANIED by
Mrs. Lac Page STEELE who also gave a
| program Of instrumental music AS did
several other musicians.
Saturday evening n pink birthday party
! was given at the home of Miss Mary
Miller. 3I:; 10th street northwest. in honor
| of her ninth birthday Music and games
were INDUCED in by the guests until $50.
| when refreshments We're served The
| table was tasteful1y decorated with flow
| ers and greens, and the little folks were
| given pink rose baskets as fsvors. Among
those present We're the Misses Francis
! Couts. Agnes LAWYER. Annabel Hudson.
| Dorothy Lainf1art. Edna, yelling, Lucille
Collins Margaret Gordon and Messrs
| Bradley and Ashton Smith and Clarence
| Shaffer.
| Mrs. A. r. Boyd was at home Informal
! " Saturday from to q. at the Sheridan.
! She assisted by her sister. Mrs. K.
| l.. Allen of Waynesvilie. y. g.: Mrs
Jonas. Mrs. Randolph Hopkins. the Misses
| Shackleford. Miss Fairfax and Miss Viii
| ton.
|
| erty will be at home Tuesday, the 18th, ut
| the Farragut.
| Mrs. Dorcas V. Hicks is at home to her
friends at 1::,O 18th street northwest.
| Mrs. Towner. wife of Representative
| Towner Of Iowa. will DC at home tomor-
| row at the Farragut-
| Til" solicitor for the Treasury and Mrs.
| W. T. Thompson are entertaining Mr. and
Mrs. G. w Sanford of Lincoln. Neb.. and
their four daughters. Mr.. and Mrs San
ford and their family are sailing on the
18th for a Mediterranean cruise.
| Mrs Ollie James entertained ut a
thcater box party Saturday last in COM
pliment to Mrs. Sallie Martin of Dallas
Tex. who is here visiting her daughter
Mrs Jack Bcall. The latter and Mrs
W Il. Lamar. Mrs. Clayton. Mrs. Dent.
Mrs Thomas. Mrs. Matthew r. Scott and
MIS-. DIXON mace UP tne party.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jewell announce
the marriage of their daughter Miss An
ma NJ Jewell and Mr.. Arthur II. Murray.
son of the Rev DIR. S. Reese Murray of
Catonsvillc. Md
The ceremony was performed at the
ca thedral in Baltimore February 4. 1913.
by the Rev. Father F. G. Gavan, chancel
lor of the archdiocese.
homo Saturdays, February II and March
/. from TO q.
Mss Rose Purcell of Capitol Hill has
gone to Florida for the remainder of the
winter.
Mai Gen and Mrs. Wotherspoon, Mai.
and Mrs. Allen and Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Moore had guests with them at luncheon
at the Chevy Chase Club Yesterday.
An interesting social event of the after
noon will be the reception which Mrs.
Henry y. Clayton wife of Representative
Clayton. will give for her guest, Mrs.
John Downing of Georgetown. Ky.
Mrs. Clayton will be assisted by Mrs.
Bankhcad and Mrs. Johnston. wives of
the Ala banla senators: Mrs. John =. Will
!iams. Mrs. Claude Swanson. Mrs. Bailey.
Mrs Wilton J. Lambert. Mrs Charles
Culberson. Mrs. ollie James, Mrs. Jack
Beall. Mrs. Hubert Dent. Miss Mary
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