Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-11
SOCIAL MATTERS.
Mrs. Cleveland's Reception--What is
Going on Among Fashionable People.

Going on Among rasnionaoie Feopie.
Mrs. Clevelands public reception announced
for February % will be omitted, and instead
she will have public reception on Saturday,
February L. from 8 to 5p. m.
Among the many who will receive callers to-
morrow are: Mrs. and Miss Norton, 927 Farragut
Square after o'clock; Mrs. Spinola, assisted by
Miss Jeanne Whitford. Of New York city, at the
Abingdon. On street, Mrs. r. r. HIT Mrs.
j. H. Coyle, Mrs. Kearney Warren, Mrs.
G.. b. Loring, Mrs. J. b. Edmonds. Miss
Edes. Mrs. B. II. Warder, and Mrs. b. DeFord
Webb; Mrs. Jas. f. Campbell. Mrs. Macarthur,
Mrs. John Blair Hoge. at the Portland: Mrs
s.y. White. az the Arno; Mrs. c. N. Pepper,
1881 l. street; Mrs. Mn. and Miss Tiers, l441
Rhode Island avenue; Mrs. Louise Hillard Pat
terson, e1s 18th street; Mrs. James L. Barbour
Mrs. d. p. Mccartney. Mrs. W. VI. Irwin and
Miss Barbour, 724 9th street; Mrs. Seney
and Mrs. Grouse of Ohio, at the Riggs; Mrs.
Catchings, 1903 street; Mrs. Z. L. Gay and
Miss NJ. Gay, 1855 street; Mrs. and the Misses
Billings; Mrs. Starring, Mime. Guzman, Mrs. s.
II. Kaufman and Miss Kaufman assisted by
Miss Guthrie, of Passaic, Mrs. La Toilette, 40
10th street; Mrs. Nathan Golf. Mrs. W. III. +. Lee,
Mrs. II. l.. Muldrow and Miss Muldrow, Mrs.
John r. Thomas, Mrs. and Miss Fitzpatrick,
Mrs. W. T. Moore and Miss Moore Mrs. j. B.
Thompson and Miss Thompson, to 6. at the Eb-
bitt; Miss Julie Kennedy, 2l26 street; Mrs.
ODonnell, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Reed. and Mrs.
2uOtt Sulitu. at the Mdudlne IO-
nero, Mrs. NJ. B. Baker. AS o street; Mrs.
Edward Brooke, Mrs and Miss Audenreid,
and uiss Smith, the Misses Herbert, 1720 II
street, assisted by Miss Black, Mrs. Oates and
her guests, Miss Oates and Miss Burge, Miss
Blount, Miss Cooper and Miss jerks; Mrs s. b.
Harbert, Mrs. Robt. McMurray, jr., and Miss
AcMurray, 1905 9Th street northwest: Mrs.
Charles NJ Clarke, 1897 X street, Mrs. Findlay
Harris, 1910 Q street.
Mrs. Cleveland held her third afternoon levee
of the season, from to 5, on Saturday after
noon The state drawing-rooms were elabo-
rately decorated for the occasion with the floral
display that gladdened the esthetic hearts of
the guests at the dinner to the Judiciary
Nearly half mile stretch of people waited
outside the doors, to pay their repects to
the retiring lady of the executive mansion.
The day was warm and fine, and the prospect
inspiring. Mrs. Cleveland was escorted to the
blue room. attended by her ladies in waiting
and escorted by Col Jno VI. Wilson; Mrs. j. c.
Carlisle had the arm of Lieut. Duvall Miss
Gussie Wilson and Miss Mary Wilson walked to-
gether. These four composed the reception
party in line. The ladies invited to receive be-
hind the line walked in pairs after the others.
The band played the march Of the Amazons,
an; and the Spectacle wa. was highly dramatic
few. As soon as the ladies were in
position the reception began. Mrs. Cleveland
wore becoming gown made with a front of
pleated white crepe, across which were run
on the sides of the skirt were panels of blue
crepe, and the body and back of the skirt were
made of blue silk, the ground strewn with
roses. The low bodice was filed with drawn
yoke of blue crepe, held about the throat with
collar OF the green-moire ribbon, fin ished
with fiat bow at one side. There were knots
and ends of the ribbon on the shoulders and
the front of the bodice was adorned with fes-
toons of ribbon, in which was twined pink
coral necklace. There was full bow and long
n rlh at fba Sffi afNfS he al,
The sleeves were short puffs of blue crepe.
ending IN band just below the shoulder from
which fell full sleeves of white crepe over the
arms to the wrists, where they were gathered
into a shocked band. Her hair was dressed
high upon the crown of her head
and was fastened with a coral-edged
comb that matched the necklace in
her corsage. Mrs. Carlisle wore a trained
dress of green and brown in a striped silk of
Persian design, the long train edged with fur.
She held bouquet of Papa Gautier roses Miss
Gussie Wilson wore a low dress of yellow SATIN
yelled in black Spanish roses, and held a large
round bouquet of Puritan roses. Miss Mary
Wilson wore pink silk. trimmed with lace and
revers of green velvet and held a bouquet of
La France roses. The receiving artv behind
the line were Mrs. Folsom, in black silk; Mrs
Lloyd Bryce, pearl brocade and pearl necklace:
Mrs. Daniel Lord, of New York, garnet velvet;
Mrs s. s. Rowland, of New York, steel gray
velvet; Mrs. Russell, lavendar silk and black
Spanish lace; Mrs. John +. Rodgers, gray
plush; Miss Farnsworth. gray faille; Miss Lord
of Kentucky, white India silk and net: Miss
Matte Thompson. gray ottoman silk; Mrs.
McAdoo. electric blue satin and pink crepe:
Miss Ledyard. black silk; Miss Mary Sherman.
black lace; Miss Blunt, gray faille; Miss Nico-
lay, white silk; Miss Dawes, white China
crepe; Mrs. Senator Gray. black velvet bod
ice over skirts of black satin; Miss
Sunderland. pale gray silk; Miss Lee, white
lace; Miss Herman, black silk; Mrs. Janin. black
velvet; and Mrs. Crary, pale blue silk. Among
those admitted behind the receiving line were
Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Henry Whitney, of Bos-
ton, Mrs. Fairchild, Mrs. Dickinson Mrs Dolph
Mrs Fitzhugh Coyle, Mrs. Douglas. Mrs. La
mont. Mrs. and Miss Weber. Mrs. A. Leo Knott
Miss Herman, Mrs. Brown, of Baltimore; Mrs
and Miss Hodge, Mrs. r. C. johnson. Miss Sui
Ivan, Mrs. Page, Mr.. Arthur Herbert. Mr.. Geo.
Barclay, Miss Tardy. Mrs. Harmony, Mrs
Seney, Mrs. VIM. Gibson. Mrs. B. DeFord
Webb, Miss Alice Webb, of Baltimore; Mrs A.
A. Cole, Miss Lawton. Miss Audenreid Miss
Queen. Mr.. and Mrs. Youmans, with Mr. Jas
w. Shoemaker, of Elmira, n. Y, and Mr. John
Shoemaker, of Newark, y. j.; Miss Villas, Miss
Florence Bayard. Minister and Madame Guz-
man, and Miss French. Mrs. Cleveland shook
hands with over thousand people in the two
hours of the reception, and at the close of it
half that number had been unable to get into
the White House. At the close of the recep-
tion she and her party went up stairs for a re-
freshment Of tea and cake.
Mrs. Hearst entertained most charmingly a
couple of hundred guests on Saturday night
with series of exquisite tableaux- The beau
tiful pictures were arranged by AE. Philip
Wores. who was assisted by Miss Ada Butter
field. The long salon parlor was filed with
chairs, and the sliding-doors of the dining
room were used for stage curtain, behind
which tie pictures were arranged Miss But
terfeld read with fine dramatic effect the lines
illustrating the tableaux, and Mrs J. C. Ere
mont, jr., sang the accompanying songs. The
hrst tableau was scene from 'Ehie Deans"
that was as beautiful as a dream OF a fair wo-
man could be. 1t was personated by Miss
Nellie Biddle and Mr.. Morrelos. Koto-player was
good piece Of character PRESERVATION by Miss
Conway, of New York, who looked to perfec-
ton the impressive little woman Of Japan play
ing upon her piano" Miss Head realized the
wrapt religieuse in an ecstacy of devotion as
she knelt before a cross in the robes of a Car
melite nun. "A Serenade in Sayille" was
Spanish picture given by the Marchesa
dAragon, who leaned from a balcony, her
bosom covered with flashing jewels and her
head and shoulders draped with Spanish lace,
while Senior Galvan sang to her a melodious
chanson 30 melliluously persuasive that it
might have lured a nun from a cloister, much
less maid OF Aragon to her balcony. Miss
Ellen Bayard stood in a garden of flowers
dressed IN a dainty costume and broad hat
bordered with roses, and received the plaudits
Of the company. Mr.. Jack Biddle and Miss
Jones, Of New York, portrayed the Huguenot
lovers so well that ali the men in the house
were eagerly inQuirinQ for the name of tba