St. Paul daily globe., 1886-02-28

cup OF coffee or glass OF punch was offered.
SO late a the Hayes administration when
Senior Mantllia gave a reception at Worm
ley's in honor of the marriage Of the
king Of Spain. champagne and ter
rapin were served. and il was con
SideTed 3 princely extravaganza.
But now the finest and most expensive
wine are served as freely as claret punch
was ten years ago, and terrapin is as com
mon as chicken salad. The Letters and
the WhitneyS and other wealthy people
who have recently come TO Washington
have set fashion that has prevented many
people. from entertaining who would like to
do so. Until last year many who have
always given receptions every winter usually
served coffee, claret punch. salad, oysters
and that sort of thing and it has cost them
$500 or 5000, including the music and
flowers But they cannot make such a
spread with champagne at S35 case and
tenapin at $40 a dozen. If only one
family were doing this sort of thing there
would be no difficulty. but it has got To be
the style. Mrs. Whitney'S entertainments.
she believes. cost her not less than 81. 500 a
week. And there is the same degree of
display and dress. There were never So
many handsome toilets or so many valuable
jewels in Washington, as this winter. So
the people who pay the bills will welcome
ASH Wednesday with all their hearts and
all their pOcketbOOkS, too.
THE WEEKS DoINGS.
The week has been a busy one The
weather has been good. and there is de
termination to make the most of the re-
manning time.
Monday set out with matinees at the
theaters. and everybody enjoying the hOli-
day. There is no place in this country
where HOLIDAYS are SO thoroughly enjoyed
rs in Washington. The theaters We're well
patTOniZed, and there were a good many
quiet dinner parties. The army and navy
german was especially brilliant. 1t was
the last of the series, and therefore very
well attended. Mrs. Whitney received the
guests. Lieut.. Reamey, United States
navy, led the cotillion, which was began at
II o'clock.
On Tuesday Senator and Mrs. Cockrell
gave an afternoon tea from to at their
residence, 1902 Q street, in honor of Mrs
Thurman. Mrs. A. l.. Monroe and Mrs.
+. \. Hopkins gave an afternoon tea from
to O'Clock at their residence on | street.
The great social event of the afternoon was
the matinee performance Of Mrs. Burton
HarTisOn'S adoption of the Russian Honey
moon" 1t was given al the National thea
ter at o'clock. Mrs. James Brown Potter
appeared in the leading role of POleska. In
the evening a small dancing party was
given at the Chinese legation. Invitations
10 this had been issued by Mr.. Cheng Han
sen, nephew of the minister, 70 such ladies
and their daughters who have shown
social attention to the attaches of the lega-
ton during their residence in the city. The
continued ill-health of the minister pre-
vents the giving of any large aSsemblage.
The party, therefore, was a comparatively
small one, and was farewell entertain
ment given To the attaches of the legation
prior 10 the departure of some of them in
March for the Celestial empire. Early
hours were observed; invitations were from
to IL.
On Wednesday Mrs. Hugh McCulloch
and Miss McCullOch gave au afternoon tea.
In the evening Mr.. and Mis- Cruger Pell
gave large german 10 their daughters, the
Misses Pell. Miss Lille Duncan had issued
invitation for a german on this evening.
On Thursday. Mrs, Townsend, daughter
of Representative Scott of PENNSYLVANIA,
gave her third afternoon tea. Mrs. Hurst
Of California held her third lat home" In
the evening Secretary and Mrs. Whitney
gave their regular card reception.
On Friday Col. aud Mrs, WhittmOre gave
an afternoon tea from 4 to Z. In the even
ing President Cleveland gave a reception TO
the army and navy. Secretary and Mrs.
Whitney gave dinner party to the house
and senate naval committees, and Miss
Camille NerghmannS gave a german.
For Saturday Miss Cleveland has issued
invitations for luncheon to the wives Of
senators and members, similar to that given
on Friday of last week.
THE RUSSIAN HONEYMOON"
An especially interesting feature of the
week was the presentation by some society
gentlemen and ladies of New York and
Washington of the Russian HONEYMOON"
1t was given at the National theater on
Tuesday afternoon, for the benefit of the
Mount Vernon association. The manager
and leading figure in the play was Mrs.
James Brown Potter, who has been the
guest of Secretary and Mrs. Whitney for
the past week, and whose beauty has been
the subject Of much comment in society.
She has long been leader in New York's
fashionable circles, and her success in anna
tenr theatricals there has been almost phe-
nOmenal. She has earned in that way over
S33, 600 for charities. Mrs. Oliver Summer
Teal, who is remembered here, having
often, as Miss BiSsel, visited Miss Waite, is
now again a guest at the residence of the
chief justice and she also took part. Miss
Alice Lawrence and Messrs. Coward and
Johnson, all of New York, and Mr.. Bedloe
of Newport came here to appear in this
play. These ladies and gentlemen have
often played together IN New York to large
audiences. The lady patrOnesSes were
Mrs. Lily Macalaster LaughtOn, the
regent of Mount Vernon, and Mrs. Barnes.
Mrs. Sweat. Mrs. Letter, vice regent of
Mrs. Frank Riggs, Miss Cleve-
land. Mrs. Manning, Mrs. EndicOtt, Mrs.
Whitney, Mrs. Villas, Mrs. Waite. Mrs.
Field, Mrs Bancroft Davis, Mrs. Robeson.
Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Nelson Brown, Mrs.
Beale, Mrs Townsend, Mrs. Iale, Mrs.
Mrs. Raymond Rodgers. Miss
West and Miss Meigs. The drama of the
Russian Honeymoon" was Originally pre-
pared for amateurs at LenOx, Mass, bv
Mrs. Burton Harrison of New York. and
was success from the first. 1t was re-
peated by amateurs in New York and was
so enthusiastically received that it was
brought out at the Madison Square theater
by professionals, where it ran for three
months. Mr.. BelascO, the stage manager
Of that theater, was here to superintend
the rehearsals and stage business. The
costumes were all very handsome and those
OF the ladies were imported from Russia.
The decoration and arrangement of the
stage was done by Miss Tillinghast, whose
taste in decorating the houses of Mr.. ID. p.
Morgan and Mr.. Graham Bell have been so
highly commended. Mrs. Townsend Oh
Tuesday evening gave supper at the resi-
dence of her father, Representative
Scett, 10 those who performed in