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Society Scenes Highlight Washington Dinners and Dances
Grand Duchess Victoria attended a dinner for Mr and Mrs John Hays Hammond with numerous guests including Secretary of War Weekes, Mme Makaroff, Senator McKinley, Rear Admiral Long and other diplomats and officials. Italian Ambassador Prince Caetani hosted a dinner. many society figures hosted and attended dances at the Willard, Wardman Park, and Club Chantecler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Cyril of Russie
John Hays Hammond
Weekes
Mme. Makaroff
Helen Orloff
Petrov
Diamgaroff
Robert Lensing
Frederick Dent Grant
George T. Marye
Mme
Ekengren
William B. McKinley
Andrew T. Long
Richard Tobin
Netherlands
Francis E. Warren
Sidney A. Cleman
David Jayne Hill
John Barton Payne
Elizabeth Hammond
NataHe Hammond
Hammond
Tellory
Mme. Ma
Prince Caetani
John Philip Hil
Robert F. Mackéitsle
Willard
J. Harry Covington
Howard Sutherland
Logan Feland
and Myre
McKenzie Moss
Emerson Hows
Archibald Wells
Key Pittman
Atlee Pomerene
Charles Gregory
Marvyn Buckley
Lawson Treadwell
Loren B. Johnson