Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-29
SOCIETY NOTES.

AT the state dinner given last evening covers were
laid for fiftyfour persons The fable as Is custom
airy When so large a company is to be seated was
III the form OF a vt" The central ornament was a
large shpOf state anchored in the wayeleSS waters
on whose banks ran broad border of blooms of
every hue The hull OF the ship was OF red and
White spicy plnkS, the deck Of roses while the yard
arms nnd maStS We're wreathed in smflaX At
eiher ehd or this were the bronze candelabra wi h
Shaded WAX lights. and beyond wide e-mOuthed gilt
Baskets running over with their load OF orchids
AT each Of the four corners OF the "T, extensions
were oDlong mounds OF pink and white aZalias and
tal baskets or Var1egated tulips. In his aCcuS-
TONED place at the north center OF the table sat
the PRESIDENT. with Mrs. Morrill, ON the right hand
ana Matt'ine Nilsson on the left Opposite sat Mrs
McElrOy. with senator Morrill, on the right and
Senator Cockerell on the left. At the east end OF
tn: tabie the central place OF honor was assigned
TO Mr Ha!stead. Miss Frelinghuysen sitting at the
right hand and Miss WatiSworth on the left OnDO-
site, and at the west end, sat Mr.. Watterson be-
tween mrs. Julian James and Miss Lucy Freling-
hhysen. Large aZal1a trees in bloom stood on the
buifetS and about the room. the manteI shelves
being maSSed with hyac1nthS. tulips and grasses
The parorS and corridors were decorated as usual
WIN pains and eXotcS the top OF the large central
0lvan IN the blue room being SurmOunted by Gala
lilies ana scarlet geranumS. In the east room,
. Wnere the company assembled, the windows were
nlluen from view by luxurious displays OF tropcal
palms and greens, the chandeliers restooned with
snllaX. and the hooks and mantelS banked with
loiiagL ,, plants AT quarter to eight the signal
was given to the marine band, stationed in the
outer corridor and the company entered the dining
nan In the following ortcr ihe President and Mrs
MOrr1l, Senator Dawes and Mrs Maycy senator
MaXey and Mrs Cockerell Senator Cockerell and
Mrs. Dawes, Senator PendletOn and Mrs Voorhees,.
Senator voorhees, and Mrs. Hawley, Senator Haw..
Dolph, Senator Do!ph and Mrs. Pike Senator Pike
anu Mrs Bowen, Senator Sabin and Mrs Hender-
son. Senator Hampton and Madame Nilsson, Mr..
Beiford and Mrs Sabin, Mr.. Henderson aud MRS.
Beiford. Mr. Morse and Mrs. Morey, Mr. Washburn
and Mrs Sprigg5 iir kasson and Mrs. Myers. Mr.
Skinner and Mrs James, Mr.. Morey and Mrs. Skin
=. Wagp pI,r,r,,
and Miss Frellnghuysen, MI. NcEyoy and Mrs.
Julian James, Mr. WatterSon and Miss Lucy Ere
nnshuysen, MIS-. Mason and Mrs. Wa,isworth, Mr..
Myers and Mrs. Wadsworth, Senator Morrill, and
Mrs. McEirOy
After the company adjourned from the dining
room. Madam Nilsson favored them with several
selections from the opera. She wore a costume of
maZirn blue satin mtrvetlleuse with diamond or
namenls, and looked very handsome. Miss FIRE.
with sky blue silk; Miss Lucy Frelinghuy,en in
White satin, with chenille fringe; Mrs. McEiroy.
lilac satin; Mrs. Dolph in white satin brocade MIS-
Voorhees,, black velvet and satin; MIS- Craig Wals
WORTH white velvet; Mss WadSwOrth White silk
brocaded in pink, and Mrs Sabin, white satin ana
dalnaSSe.
the gentlemen composing the committee which
gave their 1irst german on Friday last at the Ma
tlOnal Rifles armOry were so successful In their
hrs venture that they have promised for next year
10 give two large germans, which Will be the lead
Ing ones OF the season.
Lieut.. Huse, L. S. Army, who has been spending
visit TO his home at highland Falls, New York,
pllor TO Joining his regiment In New Mexico.
Both Mrs. Gresham and Mrs Teller will he at
home informally to meet their friends during Lent
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Price who with their son
and two little daughters have been for the past
month staying at Wllards, left yesterday for their
home in New York.
Among the most agreeable of the ante-lenten
entertainments was the reception OF Mrs. General
Clark, on Vermont avenue, on Monday. The occa-
sion was very attractive in every respect and the
guests, both old and young, fingered until the
closing hour and LETT with regrets that it was to
be the last VI its kind fur some time to come.
Senator Fair gave a handsome dinner at Worm
ley's last evening to large party Of gentlemen
There were present Secretary Lincoln, Secretary
Teller, General sheridan, General Beafe, Justice
Miller, Senators Anthony, Logan, CuilOm, Jones OF
Nevada, sherman, Bayard, Platt, Butler, Pugh.
COlqultt, Palmer, Jones OF Florida, Hale, Farley,
Vest, George, lii Ingalls,, Williams, Wilson, Beck,
and Representatives Belmont and Cassidy and
Commissioner Mcfarland