The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-15

Inc FTesluenL MIS-. NllsOH
tanned last evening at the second Of the
series Of evening musicales which they
are giving at the White House during
March.
Out OF respect to the memory of
Senator Benjamin F. Shively, of In
diana, who died yesterday, the Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall have can
Celled the dinners to have been given
tonight in honor of the Russian Am
bassador, and tomorrow night in
honor Of the British Ambassador and
Mrs. Spring-Rice.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
were the guests of honor at a dinner
given last evening by the Brazilian Am
bassador and Nine. da Cana. Yesterday
was the Vice Presidents birthday an
iversary and a number of delightful
surprises were features of the dinner,
the party going later to the White House
musicale. Invited to meet the honor
guests were the Minister of Uruguay and
Nine de Pena, the Minister OF Salvador
and Nine. ZaldivaT, the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Morgan Hill,
Mr.. and Mrs. Osborne, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers. Mr.. and Mrs. Nixon, Miss Burle-
son, Mr. Donald Hearn Cowl, of New
York; Mis- Marjorie YOung-Smith, Miss
Elliott, Mr.. Gordilho, Mr.. Morris Volck,
Mr.. George Bailey Wheeler, of New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Young-Smith. Mr.. and
Mrs. Westcott, Miss May, and Mrs. Lloyd
Bowers.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock entertained at
dinner last evening in honor of the Chief
Justice and Mrs. White and Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. Hughes. There were thirty
four guests, among them Mr.. Arthur S.
Hardy, Of Boston, former minister to
Persia, and Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Fred
eriCk Thompson, Of New York, who are
visiting Mrs. DimOck.
Mai. Gen and Mrs. George Barnett
gave A dinner party of twenty-four covers
last evening at the Marine Barracks.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hollister Chap
man were hosts at a small dinner party
last evening at their residence in Q
street.
Many COngratulatOry notes and tele-
grams were received by the Vice Presi-
dent when he celebrated yesterday the
sixty-seCond anniversary Of his BIRTH
day, including the note dispatched from
the White House by the President.
Among the kilograms sent up to MS
apartment at the Willard early in the
day was n hugh cake designed by the
maitre d'hoteI in the form of telegram
received over the Western Union lines.
II was rectangular in form and iced IN
yellow the top being d precise replica
Of a telegram form of that company
giving the time of dispatch and receipt
and carrying the message: "Congratula-
tions and many happy returns signed
The New Willard"
Mrs Richard Young was hostess at a
charming luncheon Yesterday when she
entertained in honor of Mrs Daniels
wife Of the Secretary of the Navy, at
the New Willard.
The table arranEd in the blue ROOM
was in the form Of a large hollow square
and was decorated to represent sunken
garden, with quantities Of spring flow
ers, palms and ferns.
The guests invited to meet Mrs. Dan
iels included Mrs Thomas p. Gore, Nine.
Yung Kwai. Mrs. Cone Johnson, Mrs.
Joe Eagle. Mrs. 30 Sweeney, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman. Mrs Ernest Roberts, Mrs.
Howard s Reside. Mrs. Charles D.
Helmbold. Mrs. HampsOn Gary Mrs.
Francois Berger Moran, Mrs. Malcolm ;.
MCCOnihP, Mrs Charles W. Richardson,
Mrs. julius Kahn. Miss Richards. Mrs.
: w Dempsey. Miss Herbert, Mrs. Car
roll. Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. George S. Thur
Der Mrs Lewis Forester, Mrs. PickfOrd.
Mrs. StimsOn Brown. Mrs. George P.
White. Mrs Philander johnson, Mrs. Carl
DrOop. Mrs. John A. Peters and Mrs.
Snyder.
Mrs. Willard X. Salisbury entertained
NJ luncheon yesterday Her guests were
Madame Bryn, Mrs. George P. Mclean,
Mrs. John Jacob Rogers, Nine ViEnal,
Nine. de Ircullu, Mrs. Thomas F. Bay
ard. Mrs. Charles s Hamlin, Mrs. Charles
Warren, Mrs. Albert L. Mills. Mrs.
Charles c. Walcott. Mrs. James Carroll
Frazer Mrs. James Andrews, Mrs
Walter Gordon, Mrs. Frank Pleadwell,
Mrs. William D. Leahy, Miss Harlan
and Miss Squire.
Mrs. Rufus Day was hostess at a
prcttiIy appointed luncheon Yesterday
having as her guests Mrs Oliver Wen
dell Holmes. Mrs. Willis Van Devanter
Mrs. John F. Shafroth, Mrs. James r.
Mann. Mrs J. Willard RagsdaIe, Mrs
C. c. McChOrd. Mrs. Joseph A. Van Ors-
del, Mrs. George Z. Martin, Mrs A A
Jones, Mrs. Walter I. Mccoy, Mrs Hus-
ton Thompson, Mrs. John w. Foster,
Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage, Mrs. John Tenn
pie Graves, Mrs. Lloyd w. Bowers, Mrs
Thomas Hutchinson, Mrs. Wade Ellis