Evening star., 1916-01-07

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every eye in the throng was leveled
upon the second left-hand box, where
Mrs Wilson took her place with the
other women of the White House party,
including Miss Margaret Wilson,, the
| Presidents daughter; Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones, the Presidents cousin;
Mrs. George Howe, the Presidents sis
ter, and the latter's daughter. Mrs. An
ME Cothran.
Last nights assembly of the congress.
while it partook of a formal character
because of the Presidents address, and
the comment of Senior Don Suarez-M Mu- :
jica, ambassador of Chile. the president
of the congress. was in the nature OF
| social event. as invitations were by
| card, and the general public was not
| expected. the invitations being con-
fined principally to members of the
| congress. the members Of the cabinet
of the United States and some other
officials. the women of their families
also being invited.
| The assembly was. in fact, the prin-
cipal social event of the day or even
| ing in connection with the congress,
the only other entertainment feature
yesterday having been a special trip to
Mount Vernon in honor of the dele
gates to the congress and the women
| of their families.
Reception at the White House.
| Today there will be reception in
| honor of the wives of the delegates to
the congress, given by the Congress
sional Club, from to O'Clock, and
tonight will come what the delegates
and their wives expect to be the prin-
cipal social feature of the whole, con-
| gress-a reception to be given at the
White House by President and Mrs:
| invitations have been sent out. The
President and Mrs. Wilson have ar
ranged to receive the Latin American
| delegates and the women of their FAM
| lilies half an hour earlier than other
| guests, and they will be accompanied
| by the Latin American diplomatic
corps, the reception having been named
| by the White House pan-American
reception"
At last nights assembly the Wash
| ington men who have been serving as
aids to the foreign delegations acted
ance provided by United States SOL
diers. sailors and marines, soldiers be-
ing stationed at the entrances and on
| the platform, the latter standing at at
which were unfurled and raised upon
| the entrance of the President. Order.
| lies. too, were stationed at the entrance
1 to Mrs. Wilson's box.
Upon the platform was line of red
potted azaleas, alternating with great
| clusters of Farleyense ferns, the line
| being fanked at either end of the stage
| by standards filled with tremendous
clusters cf American beauty roses. The
decorations were made strikingly
| beautiful and thrown into relief
the building by a curtain composed of
southern smilax. making screen of
feathery greenness. The boxes were
similarly draped. The principal dec
| stage, was great grouping of all of
the flags of the Latin American repub-
lies entwined about the Star Spangled
| Banner, and individual Latin Ameri-
drov OF
many points about the interior of the
\ auditorium.
! The box above the Presidents wife
was occupied by Mrs. Robert Lansing,
wife of the Secretary of State, and a
party of friends, including Nine. de
Cana, wife of the Brazilian ambassa-
dor. On the stage were seated the
Latin American mbassadors and min
listers, as well as Mr.. Lansing, John
Barrett, the secretary general of the
congress. the White House aids who
accompanied President Wilson, and the
chairmen of the official delegations to
! the congress.
l., Gowned in Black Velvet.
Mrs. Wilson wore a black velvet
gown SO severely simple that it was
almost princesse in style. The velvet
was draped over one shoulder, showing
a corsage of cloth of silver, laid across
in simple folds. The other shoulder
was draped with black tulIe. edged on
| either side with narrow band of
| black velvet. The sleeves were formed
of long. flowing folds of tulle. At the
point formed by the crossing of the
| velvet with the black tuIle. a little
! above the waist line, was a large silver
| rose. Mrs. Wilson wore no jewels nor
| any ornaments in her coiffure, which
| cleaned with dusky sheen almost as
| black as her gown. She carried a large
|
| Mrs. Wilson occupied the corner of
| the box most closely concealed from the
audience. preferring an inconspicuous
place behind the folds OF the curtains
the audience when they applauded to
| greet her distinguished husband.
Miss Wilson. the daughter of the
| President, wore very charming gown
like. draperies. trimmed with silver
| passementerie, which hung from the
| shoulders and crossed at the waist line,
extending to tunic drapery about the
| knees. She wore short lace sleeves,
with streamers of white tulle fastened
| at the shoulders.
| Miss Helen Woodrow Bones wore a pale
| pink satin gown. made with a bolero
jacket. brought together at the corsage
| in a point, where the two sides were
| Joined. 1t was edged all about with
silver trimming. and there was a wide
band OF silver trimming about the knee
| length tunic.
| Mrs. Howe wore a modish gown of
black satin, combined with black net
/ Mrs. Cothran wore a pale blue taffeta
gown, draped and trimmed down the
front with silk buttons and about the
| corsage and sleeves with blue tulle There
was a cluster Of pink roses on one shoul-
der.
Gown Worn by Mime. da CANA.
Nine da Cana wore a handsome gown
Of gold tissue over cloth Of gold. She
carried a large satin fan. hand painted,
which was gold at one end and pale blue
at the other. the sticks being Of tortoise
| shell.
Mrs. Lansing wore very becoming
gown OF American beauty satin, with a
kimono draper and tunic Of black
| thread lace.
Mrs. Daniels. wife Of the Secretary of
the Navy, wore a black velvet gown and
| a white ostrich feather boa. Ars Swan.
son. wife Of Senator Swanson of Vir-
ginia. was in pale blue taffeta, trimmed
| with cream lace.
Mime. Pezet, wife Of the Peruvian min