National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-09
A GALA WEEK.
The Record Of the Social World, With It's
Brilliant ROuts.
Gayeties OF Fashionable Life in This
Gay Winter,
A Resume Of SOCiety'S Doings, With Chronicle Of
the Present and the Future.
Mrs. McEIroy's Reception mt the white
House This Evening.


House This Evening.
Mrs McElroy will hold her third drawing
room reception ct the whitelhouse this after
noon from to o'clock. She will be assisted
in receiving by Mrs. Frelinghuysen, Mrs
Brewster, Mrs. Groome, of Maryland; Mrs
J. p. Jones, of Nevada; Mrs Dorshemer, of
New York; Mrs. Theodore Lyman, of
Massachusetts, Mrs. Drum, Mrs. Rockwell,
Mrs. Howard Carroll, of New York;
Miss Stewart, of Vermont Miss LARA
bee, of Albany, who is visiting Mrs. Hugh
McCulloch Miss Eisonbrey the guest of Mrs.
McMichael, and Miss L. Forbes, Of Now
York.
Tho calendar of this week has shown FIVE
days of disagreeable weather and five after
moons ana evenings crowded with social events.
On Monday Mr.. Robson gave q dinner, Mrs
Hartshorne musicale, Mrs. Beach recep-
tiOn, and the Illinois association q reception
and hop to the visiting editors from their
state. On Tuesday Mrs. Hill gave q break
fast, Mrs Walter Wood q lunch, Mrs. Hildrup
q tea, and Col. Bonaparte dinner In the
evening there was the first public reception
ut the white house, the first Of Senator and
Mrs Shermans Tuesday evening receptions,
and the fancy dress ball at Senator Miller's.
On Wednesday the callers were out in full
force despite the damp and enervatng atmos-
phere, and in the evening there was the
Presidents annual state dinner to the diplo-
matte corps at the white house, and the GER
man of the Wednesday club at night. On
Thursday Mrs. Blatchford gave lunch in
honor of Mrs. McElroy, Miss james gave
lunch, Secretary Chandler gave gentlemens
dinner party, and there was large reception
at Secretary Frelinghuysen's. On Friday
Mrs. Warner Miller gave lunch, Mrs. Samp-
fna aud atar, al rlt
dinner party; Gov. and Mrs. Wells gave
card reception in the evening, and there was
tho usual ball at the Russian legation.
Miss Dora Mller's fancy dress party of
Tuesday was considered even pretter and
moro successful fete than the one of last year.
There were many pretty and well considered
costumes and several added to the mystiica-
ton by shrouding themselvs in dominoes
during the early part of tho evening. Mrs.
Ricketts, wore q black domino and mantilla
for the first hour, and later appeared as Lady
Teazle, in white wig and black and gold
gown. Miss Green, Of Portland, wore black
domino over the costume of
lady of the court of Louis XIV,
and Miss Eddy, companion domino over
Miss Irwin, as the Ice Spirit, wore a white
tulle covered with long pendant icicles and
other glacial adornments; Miss Beach was u
Lady of the Regency; Miss McKeever a
Russian peasant and Miss Wallach as Rosa
lind the BRIDE wore a most elaborate set of
stage jewels, her neck being covered with a
breastplate of diamonds, rubies, emeradls, and
sapphires. Mrs. Emory wore n white tulle
dress covered with gilt arrow points, Miss
Forbes, of New York, was Folly, with cap
and bells, and Miss l.. Forbes Bo-Peep, with
shepherds crook and pendent lambkin. Miss
Stewards Topsy was tho funniest character
OF the evening, and was best carried out.
Tho theater party at the National Thurs
day evening numbered eighty-seven people.
Miss Dora Miller was the instigator of the
scheme and president of the club of young
ladies who subscribed to the fund and made
the party. Senator and Mrs. Miller, the Rus
sian minister and Nine. de Struve, Mrs. Nc
Keever, Mrs Berry, and Miss Schenck were
marshals and chaperones for the occasion.
The party met at Mrs Berry's house. and
went to the theater, and at the conclusion of
the play went to Mr.. Blaine's residence,
where supper and dancing party rounded
out the evening. The young ladies taking
Wallach, Miss Myer, Miss Stewart the Misses
McKeever, the Misses Berry, Miss Irwin, Miss
Berghman, Miss Stoughton, Miss Emory, Miss
Porter, Miss Dodge, Miss Darlington the
Misses Beach, Miss Macomb, Miss Wads-
worth, Miss Nogueiras, Miss Eddy, Miss
Mitchell, Miss Royal, Miss Myers, Miss May,
Miss Morgan, Miss Leavitt, Miss Rockwell,
Miss Patterson, and Others.
direct descendant of the Plantagenet
kings has been recognized in our midst, ac-
cording to q veracious western man, who
claims to have recognized her in the person
of distinguished looking aud handsome
woman who drives about the city in n stylish
cart. She is supposed to be Pauline Beres.
ford natural daughter of tho wild" Marquis
of Beresford, who was killed by being thrown
from his horse in 1859. After many adyen-
lures in her own country she came to
America and has u career in the west for
several years. She was then fearless horse
woman, and 1t was by her skill in managing
horse and by her black hair and unmis-
taxable beauty that she was recognized here.
She disappeared from tho west n few years
ago, and the man who vouches for her
identity had nearly forgotten the picturesque
Pauline until she suddenly appeared to him
here sitting jauntily erect behind fine
trotter.
. Mrs Harrison received on Thursday after
noon, assisted by her daughter Miss Harri-
N, by her sons bride, Mrs. Russell Harrison,
BY her sister, Mrs. Lord, and by Mrs. Mason
and Mrs Heistey. Tho curtains were drawn
to exclude the outer gloom and gaslight and
pretty tea table added to the pleasant well
come given to those who brayod the storm.
Mrs. Harrison wore q dress Of black satin,
with front of white satin strewn with chene
figures. Mrs. Russell Harrison wore superb
dress OF pale gray ottoman, trimmed with
flounces OF lace covered with raised design
of white liacs Mrs. Lord, black velvet and
point lace; Mrs, Mason, pearl gray SATIN with
steel trimmings; Mrs. Hester, smoke colorod
ottoman, and Miss Harrison, pomogranate
silk, trimmed with ecru ombroideries.
Secretary and Mrs. Frelinghuysen gave a
dinner of twenty-five covers last evening tc
members Of the dipl ouiatic corps. The guest:
were the Haytien minister and Nine. Preston
the Swedish minister aud Countess Lewen'
haupt, the Portuguese minister and Wis
countess Noguoiras the Italian minister and
baroness Faya; NJ. Bouuder, the Belgian
minister; tho British minister and Mis-.
West the Chinese minister; Baron Shaeler,
the Austrian minister; Senator and Mrs
Miller, Of California; Mr.. aud Mrs, Henry
Sanford, Assistant Secretary Davis, and
Miss Grace Worden, daughter of Admiral
MOTden.
Tho wife Of Justice Blatchford gave lunch
party on Thursday In honor Of tho Presidents
sister, Mrs. McElroy. Those ladies invited to
meet her were Mrs. Miller, wife Of Justice
Miller, OF tho supreme court; Mrs. Field
wife Of jugtco Field; Mrs William H.
Chandler, Mrs. +. V. kinslcy, Mrs. Nichola;
Anderson, Mrs, l.. u, Letter, Miss Waite
daughter OF Chief Justice Waite; Mrs Leon
ard, wife OF tho rector OF ST. Johns church
Mrs Anthony Pollok, Mrs. 4. Il. Rockwell
Mrs Cummings, OF New York, and Mis-;
Blatchiord, cousin OF Justice Blatchford.
Mrs. Warner Miller gave q handsome lunch