Evening star., 1914-03-04
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
DINNERS AT EMBASSIES AND
OTHER HOMES.
A Dance on Tonight's Program.
Buffet Luncheon.
Notes.

| She British ambassador and Lady
| SprlnS-Rice entertained at dinner last
night the Secretary OF State and Mrs.
| Bryan. the French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand. the Secretary of the Interioa
and Mrs. Lane, the Belgian minister and
Nine. Havenith Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood
| Representative Flood, the Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Osborne, the
| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and
| Mrs. Hamlin, the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt.
Mr.. Henry White. Mrs. John Hay. Mr..
! John Barrett. Mrs. T. Borden Hartman,
Mrs. Hope Slater. Mrs. Griswold. Miss
| Patten. the counselor Of the Russian
embassy and Nine Scherbatskoy. Com
mander Burstyn. naval attache of the
| Austrian embassy: NJ de Sartiges of the
French embassy. Sir Lionel Garden, Brit
| ish minister to Mexico: the counselor or
| the British embassy and Mrs. Coiville
| Barclay, Mr.. Thomas Spring Rice and
Mr.. d. G. Osborne of the British en-
| bassy.
| Mrs. Townsend entertained at dinner
| last night the Austro-Hungarian arlbas-
! sador and Nine. Dumba. the Spanish am
minister and Mnle. Ekcnsren. Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. Ptney. senator Root, the charge
d affaires of Mexico Mr.. AlaSara: Mrs.
Henry Clews. Mrs Marshall Field. Col.
and Mrs. Charles L. McCawley. Mr.. and
! Mrs. Woodbury. Blair Mr. and Mrs.
! Charles Carroll. Representative and Mrs.
| A. P. Gardner. Miss Margaret Cameron.
Mrs. Norman Williams Admiral William
! Sheffield Cowies. Mrs. Lee Thomas, Rep
| resentative Gillett. Miss Wetmore. Mr..
| { Enc pofh of oa
| German embassy and. Count CziralSi of
the Austrian embassy.
| Surgeon General EiXey t. s n re-
| tired. and Mrs. Rixey entertained al Il
| dinner last night in honor of the Secre-
! tary of the Navy and Mrs. Josephus Dam
| iels. Their other guests were the com
nlandant of the navy yard and Miss
Jones. the surgeon genera! of the navy
and Mrs. Braisted. Medical Director and
mer Secretary of the Navy: Mrs. Julian
James, Mrs. Bagley and DR.. Cary Gray
| son.
| Senator and Mrs. William II. Thompson
were hosts at a dinner last night in honor
| of the Vice President and Mrs Marshall
The other guests Were Senator and Mrs
Kern. Senator and Mrs. Reed, Senator
and Mrs. Sheppard and Senator and Mrs.
| Myers.
Mrs. Jack Beall. wife of Representa-
tive Beall of Texas. was hostess yes
terday at a buffet luncheon at Rauscher' s
| in compliment to Mrs. Houston, wife of
the Secretary of Agriculture.
! Assisting Mrs. Beal We're Mrs. Ollie
James, Mrs. Culberson. Mrs. Schulter.
Mrs. Clayton. Mrs. Eagle. Mrs Henry,
Mrs, Rufus Hardy, Mrs. S. Hubert Dent,
Ansberry, Mrs. William Bailey Lamar
Mrs. Gregg and Mrs. Robert L. Owen.
| The Congressional Club has sent out
Invitations to a reception and dance
Tuesday evening March 10, at $50
| o'clock.
| Miss Hanna Taylor was hostess yester-
day at card party followed by a tea.
The guests were Miss Anna Portner, Miss
! Maitland Marshall, Miss Edith Oracle.
Miss Marta Cavo. Miss Fisher. Miss
Frances Dunn. Miss Mary Chase of Bos-
ton, Miss Frances Effinger. Miss Nancy
Jones, Miss Sallie Williams. Miss Shuey.
Miss Helen McCumber. Miss Power, Miss
Hildreth Gatewood. Miss Slemp, Mrs. AL
ston Simpson, Miss Godoy and Miss Ele-
Ma Calderon, who later presided at the
| tea table
Mrs. Fred bennett will be at home ~
| formally tomorrow at her home, 1889 Q
street She will have with her Mrs. Percy
Quin, wife of Representative Quin of
| Mississippi
| Miss Sylvia Metcalf is giving a theater
party this afternoon in compliment to the
Misses Mcfarland. She will take her
party afterward to the New Willard for
tea
Mr.. and Mrs. William Z. Shannon sail
on the Celtic Saturday. March I. for a
three-month stay in Italy and France
At the fiftieth wedding anniv ersary re-
| ception Of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Hum
phrey at their home, 507 Rhode Island
avenue northwest, Monday evening, the
five children. Mrs. Charles Miller, J. Wal
ter Humphrey. Thomas Humphrey. jr.:
Ernest r. Humphrey and John Hum
phrey, assisted their parents in receiving
the many friends and acquaintanceS who
| came bearing gifts and congratulations.
The house was beautifully decorated with
roses and potted palms. Conspicuous
among the presents was jewel box
filed with gold, which was presented by
Judge Hosea B. Moulton, a lifelong
friend of Mr.. Humphrey, as a token from
the official board of Hamline NJ E.
Church.
AT the Congressional Club Friday after
noon when Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett
will be the honor guest. Mrs. Fletcher
will receive. assisted by Mrs. Briggs and
Mrs. Cooper. Mrs. Aiken and Mrs. An
thony will be at the tea table. Mrs.
Bartlett. Mrs. Barchfeld. Mrs. Alex
ander. Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Borland. Mrs.
Ainey Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs.
| Bathrick. Mrs. Blackmon. Mrs. Aber-
combie. Mrs. Avis. Mrs. Baker. Mrs.
Barclay. Mrs Beakes, Mrs. Bel. n.rs.
Barnard, Mrs Andrews. Mrs. Belmont,
Boardman will assist i'm entertaining. and
Miss Smith Miss EolStead, Miss Thacher
and Miss Trimble will be ushers.
Mrs Matthew T. Scott, who has been
spending some time here. has left for her
home in Bloomington, Ill. Her daughter.
Mrs. Carl Vrooman, will remain at the
Shoreham for some time.
| Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey has returned
| from u stay of several weeks at Atlantic
City She will spend the month at the
Valois, and after Easter expects to go
north.
The annual meeting of the Twentieth
Century Club will take place tomor-
row morning at All Souls Unitarian
Church There will be an election of
officers, and the revision Of the con-
stitution and bylaws will be con-
sidered There will be no speaker for
the day, as the business of the club Will
take up the time.
Miss Fay Milburn, da ug hter of Mr.. Frank
r. Milburn. left last night, accompanied
by her mother, on the California limit
ed for San Francisco. where she sails