National Republican., 1883-01-13
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS.
Justice Nintthcws's IIouse warmisag IIop
at NViIiiatsi's- Othcr Items.

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open to the social world by reception to
some three hundred leaders of society. The
guests wero received by Mrs. Matthews, her
three daughters, and Miss Waite, daughter of
| the chief justice, in the music room, directly
facing the entrance hall, and after paying
their respects passed into the reception rooms
all of which communicates The floor above
was devoted to cloak rooms for the ladies'
except the library, which was turned into an
impromptu smoking room. The splendid
proportions of the house were much admired,
and IL Is one Of the ornaments of the West
End. Mrs. Matthews wore a steel gray otto
silk with black lace Miss Matthews, white
silk grenadines Miss Grace Matthews, white
muslin over blue silk Miss Eva Matthews,
white muslin; Miss Waite, white satin and
lace. During the evening a sumptuous colla-
| tion was Served in the dining room. Among
| the guests were:
GEN and Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Fred. Grant, the
| japanese minister the chinese minister aud his
| first secretary, Mr.. Bart ett American secretary,
| Senator iioar, Senator WindOm aud wife, senator
| Hud Ms. sherman, Gen. and Ms. Van Nlet the
| Brazilian minister, Hon John W. Thompson and
| vie, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury French
nnd vile, Speaker and Ms. Keller, Hon Il. r.
! MarriCk, Judge Wylo, 4. ". Niles, wife and
| daughter senator Jones. of NcvadG Associate
| Jus ice Woods, the British minister and Mss West
| Senator PvndlctOn aud wife, Judge 4. W. Burtleyi
| Associate Justice Gray, Gen. Poe and wife, Chief
justice waite ana lnulCS, Associate JUSTICE Miller
and wife, Henry Wise Garneu, Associue Justice
| Field and wife, Gen. sherman and Miss Rachel
| sherman, Dist Atty. e.. d Corkhll, Mr.. Ricketts,
! Senator Jonas, Senator aud Mrs. Euaenc Hale
| Representative and Mrs Walker ana Nj Lolan,
ASS. Dist. Auy Coyle and wife, Commissioners
Ms Gnd Mss Loingi Mr. aud Ms. Reginald
and wifi, Miss Halco, Secretary and
Miss Freinghuy en-, Gpn and Ms. Haaen aud
! Miss Davis, OF Cincinnati Mrs Brewster, Col. ami
Mrs WiCkhum hoffman, Miss Rosebud Jonas, Sen.
ator and Mrs Cameron, Mr. aud Ms. Ju Davis,
| Gen. and Nj. Emory Judge aud MIS-. MaeArtnur
Judge and Mrs. W. L. Core, Chief Justice aud Mrs,
| d. X. Cartier, Judge and Mrs. llagnrr Gen. and
| Mrs. Mckeevcr, the Portuguese minister, and Wis.
cuuupss NOrgineras, Admiral aud Mrs. Rodgers
| the Chilian minister Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mlgru.
| der tho Russian minister, Mrs Goodman, of Chi.
| cago; Prot and Mr.. Gallaude and many otner
| distinguished peTsonages.
| Secretary and Mrs Frelinghuysen gave n
| dinner last evening to the President and the
officers of his cabinet, a custom that is OBJ
served each season by the different members
of that body of cOunsclors. The table was
handsomely decorated with flowers, and COW
ers were laid for twenty-five people. The
| guests were: President ArthIr, Secretary Fol-
ger, Secretary Lincoln, Secretary and Mrs
Chandler, Secretary and Mrs. Teller, Attorney
! General and Mrs. Brewster Postmaster Cen
eral Howe, Senator and Mrs. Logan, Senator
and Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Bigelow Lawrence, Miss
| Wright, Of Newark, and Judge McGee, Of New
| jersey.
| OCl, anu DlIS' bIullb were bulbTIllucu ~ u
handsome dinner party last evening by Gen.
and Mrs. HaZen. The decorations and ap-
| pointments of the table were most exquisite,
and most congenial company was assembled
around the board. The guests invited to
meet the ex-president and his wife were Rep
rGsentative and Mrs. Hit, eX.Mnister and
| Mrs. j. w. Foster, Representative KassOn,
Gen. Joe Johnston, Mrs. Biddle, and Miss
Therese Davis, Of Cincinnati.
Gen. aud Mrs Anderson, of Cincinnati, gave
a large dinner party ut their residence on
Lafayette square last evening
EX-Gov and Mrs Curtin entertained q large
company at dinner last evening, their house
on II street being the scene Of brilliant
gathering.
Mrs. Senator Hill gave handsome lunch
party to a company OF twelve ladies yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs, Hornsby entertained number of
ladies at lunch party yesterday at her
beautiful house, DE Sales street and Connecti-
| cut avenue.
One lady prominent in society owns to hay
| ing refused invitations to seven different
| dinner parties for last evening in order that
'she might accept the eighth, and afterward
1 attend u reception and german on the same
night.
Mrs. Ricketts, tea was the event of ycstor-
day afternoon, and there was such u full
representation of the fashionable world in her
parlors that it was difficult to move through
the thrOng. Mrs. Ricketts, wore handsome
black satin and jet toilet and was assisted by
Miss Ricketts,, Miss Brewster, Miss Stanton,
Mis- Van Buren,, Miss McKeever, and several
other young ladies.
Mrs. Febiger gave german last evening for
her daughter, Miss johnson, and there was
large attendance Of the popular young people
of society.
The wives of Representatives Humphreys
and the other ladies residing on Grant place
will observe Monday as their reception day
this season. as heretofore.
EX-Minister Sandford gave q good large
dinner party ON his Florida estate last week to
the scandinavian settlers who are cultivating
his immense plantations.
The Misses Bradford, of Ingle place, on
Capitol hill, gave dancing party last night.
The marriage ef Miss Blanche A. daughter
of the late Col w. T., NJ. Wood, of Virginia,
to Mr.. G.. Tyler Suit, of Prince George coanty,
Md, was solemnized at the residence of the
brides mother, 6i2 Eighth street northeast
on Thursday afternoon, Rev. Wilford Downs
performing the ceremony. After q brief re-
ception the happy couple departed for their
future home in Maryland.
That famous hostelrie, Willard's, held its
| initial soiree for the season in the hall at
tached to the hotel last evening. The hall
has been thoroughly refitted, and the floor
has been put in condition which entities it
to rank among the best in the city for dancing.
There was a strong attendance of the distin-
gushed guests who are s0journing at the ho-
tel, and u feature of the evening was the ex-
qusite dressing of the ladies. The programme,
embracing sixteen numbers, lasted until mid
night, and at its conclusion mine host Cook
was showered with compliments by his many
guests for an evening of perfect enjoyment.
Among those present We're:
Gen. and Mrs Grant, Mrs Geo. Parsons, Mrs @.
Green, NJ Mss LotIa, Mrs .Brockway, Mrs. p. b.
| lOOmis Mis-, Senator Kellogg, Mrs. w. d.. HnVpn
| Mrs. W, W. Rapley, Mis- RGpley, Mrs. George W,
| Cassidy, Mrs. w. Il. Morrison, Mrs. Gov. Ham
mond, Mrs. II, f. Page, Mrs. John W. Starr,
Mrs. James M9sgrove, Mrs. Thomas Kinnard,
Mrs w. II. Hatch, Miss j. @. Harrison,
| Mrs. II, B. Scott, Mrs Senator GrOome, Mr. aud
| Mrs. Edward Collauan, Mrs Gen. Creswell, Mrs.
snend Miss Austin snead, Mrs. Col. George w,
| Hooker, Mrs. A.A, Hard nOursh Mrs. Van Horne,
MIR. and MS. John 4. Biyens, DE-, aud Mrs. Flint
| Rev and Mrs, j. j, Bullock, Miss Bullock Ms,
! Hayden and daughters Mr.. Butler Malone, Mr.
]. W. Singleton, Miss Singleton MIR. j, j. Mecca .
| um Col, George B, COrkhill, and Mrs, s. p
Brown and daughters
Mr.. Abner Davis and wife, Mrs. L. r. Bar.
kcr, wife ofPostnaster Barker, and her niece,
Mrs. G. S. Johnson all of Bethel, Me-, arrived
here yesterday to spond the winter in this
warm climate, but We're not n little surprised
to find more Of winter here than at the home
they left.
Mrs. Barker is stopping with her sister, Mrs.
| A. X. Browne, on Massachusetts avenue. Mrs.
Johnson is quite a iayorte in musical circles
Mrs, Fassett will receive as usual to-day at
her home and studio, 1ilS N street. from 2 to
| 5p, m,
AS was the case during her engagement here
last winter, Mile. Rhea has during the past
| week beeu the reciDipnt of mugh gopiol ar