Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

- OCIAL events in official circles
went along in regular succession
the past week. The return of the
President and Mrs. Wilson inau-
rated the White House season,
the diplomatic reception on Iuesday
night being a brilliant event from every
po,ut of view, The several thousand
persons in attendance found themselves
participating in a notable occasion. 1here
were few guests from out of town, but
the hundreds here now who are not gem
erally known yet outside OF their own
particular circles gave many the con-
trary impression. There was no auestlon
as to the importance of the local society
contingent present, as there were rev
absentees from the list of resident hota-
bIes The gowns, and especially the
jewels, We're noteworthy The dozen OF
two diamond taras and necklaces, "hlIh
made their greatly envied wedrers op-
iects of marked attention wherever they
happened to pass, We're as me as any
ever seen in the White House Inc iasl
word in smart modes and elegant 1aDrlcs
was i'm evidence all sides. me pres
ence of several members of the 1att anu
representatives of other cabinet circles
of the past fifteen or twenty years was
q feature which indicated that memory
of other days and deeds holds It's own
herea bouts The debutantes of the sea-
son were present in numbers. since the
invitations went to so many aineren'
circles The hospitality was, IN fact ar
ranged on the big scale to Whlch the
of,icial world has grown accustomed in
recent years and the enjoyment OF Inc
evening was marked
The President, accompanied by MISS
Eleanor Wilson, Mr.. Tumulty and Dr.
Grayson, attended the matinee at the
National yesterday.
Mrs Wilson received Nine. Dumba,
wife of the ambassador from Austria
Hungary. and Lady Sprins-Rice, Wiie u
the ambassador from Great Brltdlh' yes
terday afternoon at 4:3o.
Later other guests We're received ps
appointment and tea was served IN the
red parlor.
Mrs. Edmonds of Princeton VINO mas
spent the past week at the White House,
assisted
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
were guests of honor at large ana Dill
liant reception at the Congressional CLUB
last night The assembly rooms OF the
club were profusely decorated with nov
ers, foliage plants and vines, ana pui
fet supper was served throughout 'ne
evening.
Mrs Duncan A. Fletcher, president OF
the club. received and was beautluny
gowned in white charmeuse ana point
lace, Mrs. MarSnail wore LidlioSo-AAS
gown of wistaria charmeuse. with cream
lace overdrapery. Mrs. Briggs also re,
ceived in line with the honor guests ana
the others assisting in the entertainment
of the occasion were Mrs bryan. MT 2al.S
Daniels Mrs. Houston, Miss Agnes VII
son. Mrs Mann. Illinois; Mrs. La roll
iette. Wisconsin; Mrs Smoot, Itah: MRS.
oliver. Pennsylvania; Mrs. Seth Shepara,
Mrs. Hawley. Oregon: MIS-: sass. PaGs, so Wrs
Rainey, Illinois: Mrs. Gregg, Texas. ana
Mrs. Hardy, Texas. Several hundred
members of the club and guests enjoyed
the occasion.
The Russian ambassador and Nine
Bakhmeteff entertained at luncheon
Yesterday at the embassy, on the Ave
nue. of the Presidents, when their
guests were the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Daniels. Rear Admiral victor
Blue. Capt. H. P. Jones, commandant
of the Washington navy yard. capt;
B. Mclean. the naval attache of the
French embassy and Nlscountess
Benoist day; the counselor of the
Russian embassy and Nine. Scherbats-
embassy and Nine Vassileieff. the
military attache of the Russian en-
bassy and Nine. Golejevski. Capt
vorojerkin. commander of the Rus
sian cruiser Rossa, now at New
port News, and DR.. Melder. Lieut..
Peretersky and Ensign Fedotof. all OF
the imperial Russian navy: Miss Nc
Eeagh. Miss Switzerland, Miss Phyllis
Moore. Miss Helen Patten, Miss Mar
garet Draper. Miss Yvonne Townsend,
Miss Perrin. Mr. C. Medzikovsky and
Mr.. Boris Yonine of the embassy staff.
The Speaker and Mrs. Clark enter
tanned at luncheon at the Capitol yes
terday in honor of Mayor elect James
NJ Curley and Mrs. Curley of Boston
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Hughes enter
tanned at dinner last night in honor
of Chief Justice and Mrs. White.
Mrs Osborne wife of the assistant
secretary of state. entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor of Mrs.
Thomas r. Marshall, when her guests
included Mrs. Ollie NJ James, Mrs
James W Folk. Mrs Thomas W.
Symons and Mrs. Smith of Kentucky
and Mrs. Ostorne's mother who is
spending the winter with her
The Secretary Of Commerce and Mrs.
Redfield entertained at small recep-
tion last night at the Highlands in
honor of the board of managers of the
Association for the Promotion of In
dustria1 Education. of which society
Mr.. Redfield is president
Mrs. Franklin X. Lane assisted Mrs
Redfield in receiving, and there We're
number of out-of-town guests
present.