The Washington critic., 1888-02-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Various Happenings Of Interest
About Town.
A NUMBER OF THEATRE PARTIES
Gossip About People who Arc
Well Known.

Mrs j. V. l.. Pruyn gave a dinner
party last night.
Mrs. John NJ. Wilson gave beautiful
luncheon yesterday in compliment to
Miss Kate Willard, Mrs Cleveland's
guest The table was tastefully deco
rated with flowers, and the ladies carried
away with them bouquets of red carna-
tions and smilax tied with scarlet rib
bon. Some of the guests were Mrs. La
mont, Miss Villas, Miss Eleanor Foster,
Mrs. Eley of Cleveland and Mrs. Lang
horne.
Minister Roustan had party last
night to see Mrs. Potter and afterward
entertained them at supper.
Senator and Mrs. Cameron gave thea
tire party to Miss Sallie Loring, Miss
Macomb, Miss Marguerite Cameron, Mr.
Endicott and other gentlemen. The
party afterward supped with Mrs. Cam
cTon.
Mrs. Richard Townsend had in box
with her the Swedish Minister and Nine.
de Reuterskiold, the Italian Minister and
Baroness Fava and the Turkish Min
lister.
Two bouquets for Mrs. Potter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bigelow had
couple of lady friends in the box with
them. Mrs. Bigelow threw down to Mrs.
Potter at her recalls two pretty oorsage
bouquets.
Mrs. John NJ. Glover will give tea on
Saturday from to o'clock, to meet Mrs.
Scanlan Of 81. Louis, her guest
The Cabinet receptions yesterday were
generally well attended. The Speaker
and Mrs. Carlisle returned from Fortress
Monroe and the latter kept to her inten-
ton of receiving. Miss Queen, Mrs. and
Miss Hatch, Miss Perkins, the Misses
Wheeler, the Misses Cannon Miss Clay
and Miss Hattie Stewart were in the re-
ceiving party.
Mrs. Fairchild had thronged house
and number of lady friends to assist her,
among them being Mrs. Burr of Case
novia, n. Y, Miss Maynard and Miss
Beckwith.
Mrs II. G. Gibson and the Misses Glib
son, Washington Barracks, will not re-
ceive on Monday, February G.
Mrs Endicott and her daughter had
Mrs. Putnam, Miss Howard, Miss Biddle
and Miss Lay to assist them.
Mrs. Whitney, as usual, had her ball
room full of charmingly-attired young
ladies to meet her callers, among them be-
. ing Miss Rosecrans and Miss Cullom.
Miss Tiffany and Miss Kate Davis sat at
the tea table. Miss Kate Willard received
with Mrs. Whitney q part of the after
noon, and sang several pretty ballads to
Baron Zedwitz's piano accompaniment.
Last night a few friends joined the
President and Mrs. Cleveland at dinner
and others came in later, when Miss viii
q. lard sang.
NlIrs. Dickinson had Mrs. Slocum, Mrs.
Coolidge, Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Angel as
sistiIIg her, and her reception was among
the most entertaining of the day. Mrs.
Dickinson wore clair de lune velvet and
black lace. In her dining-room attentive
servants waited on the guests.
Mrs. Patten will not be at home on
Saturday.
A Charming Little Dinner.
Senor Quesada gave charming little
dinner last night in honor of Miss
Josephine Patten, Nine. Gomez chap
eroned the party. The other young
ladies were Miss Lucy Corkhill and Miss
Eleanor Foster Mr. Gomez and Baron
ZedwitZ were also guests.
Mrs. and Miss Anthony, who have been
Mrs. Hearst guests, will return TO Bos-
ton tomorrow. Miss Anthony has been
so much admired since her debut ball
here that her return visit will be looked
forward to with pleasure. Miss Butter
field will spend the winter with Mrs.
Hearst.
Madame Romero will hold her closing
reception for this season on Tuesday next.
The Thursday German.
The Thursday German Club give their
third assembly tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Steele will give
dancing party and Miss Grant cotillion
of forty-eight couples.
Mrs. and Miss Stetson gave tea yes
terday from 4to6.
Justice and Mrs. Bradley gave dinner
M lacf nil
Mrs. A. A. Cole and Miss Lawton in
vited few friends last night TO meet their
guests, Mrs. S. j. Walker and Mrs, and
Miss Walker of New York.
Various Personalities.
Representative SCOTS Lafayette Square
house is completed and the family in
possession.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berry Wall have taken an
apartment in ",rhe Crosaic," new house
in New York, where they are leading quite
a domesticated life. They are expected
here shortly on q little visit to Major and
Mrs. Melbourne.
Mrs. DR.. Bland left for two months
visit to Florida on the Shore Line this
morning. She joined ON the train Mr.. p.
B. Knowles and family of Worcester,
Mass, whose guest she is. The party will
stop Mt the Seminole Hotel, Winter Park
Mr. X. is president OF the Knowles Man
uiacturing Company, Worcester, Mass,
and also of the Winter Park Association,
Florida
Mrs. Charles T. o Ferrall, wife of Con
gresham O'Ferrall of Virginia, is still
confined to her apartments, and will dis
continue her Friday receptions until her
physician deems it prudent for her to re-
sumo them.
Feminine hairdressing in Paris now
strictly follows code according to the
color of the tresses. Fair hair is to be
turned back loosely from the face, so as
TO form golden aureole; dark locks must
be parted down the centre and smoothly
arranged, while chestnut tresses may be
piled high on the head in Japanese style,
with few curls straying over the fore
head.