The Washington critic., 1889-03-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

and wife OF Oak Park, one Of Chcago's |
prcttiest suburbs are visiting Mrs. A. s.
Taber.
Mrs. j. d. Foraker, wife of Governor
| Foraker Of Ohio, who is at the Ebbltt,
called on her niece Mrs j. c. Silcott of
III b street southeast, yesterday afternoon.
Miss Lille Cavanaugh, q blonde is rather
tall, with beautifully proportioned figure,
| Titian's hair, and sly-blue eyes that seem to
| look into the very soul of the fortunate OBJ
server
The engagement Of Miss Hattie Strauss
| Of this city to Mr.. Henry Plant Of Brook
| lyn, n. Y, is announced; at home, 1909
Seventh street northwest, March 3, ID
and IL.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett read for
The benefit of the chapel fund of Wellesley
Co yesterday afternoon at Representa-
tive Darlington's, and large sum was
realized.
Mrs. Harriet Webb, the popular reader
of New York, is spending Inaugural week
with Mrs. j. w. White, No. 1884 Tenth
street northeast, where she will be glad to
see many of her friends
Miss Katharine Yates of Plainheld, n. j.,
is lithesome beauty with blonde hair, blue
eyes, tlear-cut features and delightfully."-
bldSc manner which captivates the hearts
Of her many admirers.
Miss Marie Raum daughter of General
Green B. Raum, is a decided brunette, OF
medium height, dark brown hair, black
eyes, and winning way that melts the
hearts Of the sterner sex.
Miss Hattie Martin, q charming Southern
girl, is q decided brunette, with great, dark
eyes that are always luminous. She is
fascinating in manner and speech, and is
notable favorite with both sexes and all
ages.
Miss Francia Webb is a Washington girl
who has shone brilliantly in the social
armament this winter. She Is dark
haired, brown-cyed beauty, with a com
plexion as fair as lily, and is as popular
as she is pretty.
Judge S. n. Holmes of Syracuse, N. Y,
Is in the city. The Judge is the author of
the Republican League campaign song
book, which was factor in the result now
appertaining TO State affairs. He is a
handsome man, as well as poet and song
ster.
Mrs. Nathan c. Platt will have for her
guests Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Serbia, Mr.. G..
Dundas Serbia, Miss Edith Reese OF New
York, Miss Julia Tompkins, daughter of
General Tompkins of Governors Island;
Miss Carrie Allen, daughter Of the Consul
of the Hawaiian Islands at New York.
Mr.. VIM. D. Cabell has invited the
alumni Of the University of Virginia to
meet lin tomorrow evening at his resi-
dence, No. 1907 Massachusetts, avenue, to
discuss the formation of general associa-
II of all alumni in the interests of the
university.
Miss Beulah Fox, the only daughter of
Mr.. L. w. Fox of the Press, is one Of the
handsomest of Washington girls. She has
q beautiful figure, and her complexion is
the very pink and white Of perfect nature.
She has dark hair and clear blue eyes, and
is most interesting girl.
Miss Julia Wheeler, the youngest daugh-
! ter of General Wheeler, Member of Con
! gress from Alabama, Is of petite and grace
, full figure with features which seem to have
been chiselcd out of marble. She has
clear complexion, with large and lustrous
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in every social assemblage.
Those who during the season have had
the pleasure of meeting Miss Nellie Bayard
: and talking with her are unanimous in
, their praise of her lovely brown eyes. In
n hurried glance their beauty is not appre-
ciated, but when one can look into them
and see their changing shades from light to
, dark he is more than charmed.
, At the concert tomorrow at the Congre-
, gational Church Leo Wheat will play
D Mendelssohn's Flat Sonata on the piano,
accompanied by Mr. Paul NIiersch on the
cello; and on the organ, Adagio Religioso
} by Wolfermann, with Mr.. Mersch on the
cello, the first time in this country the
, organ and cello have been used in duet.
Mrs. Hearst gave an elegant luncheon
yesterday to Mrs. Head of San Francisco,
Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. j. G. Car
q Isle, Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, Miss Mildred Lee,
r Mrs. John NJ. Wilson, Mrs. Gouverneur,
4 Mrs. Henderson Madame Berada of New
York, the Baroness Rosen, the Countess
sponneck, Mrs. George b. Loring and
Mrs Anthony Pollok.
Mss Trenholm, daughter Of the ex-
. Comptroller of the Currency, is such girl
as would grow up among the Palmettos Of
y her native State. OF gentle face and easy
u manner, she has in her dark brown eyes
that irresistible charm which lives ever in
. poetry and song. Her guest, Miss Mae
beth, is brunette of piquant type, with
, brown eyes that dance merrily always. She
is of slender mold and of graceful carriage.
y She dresses prettiy and is always attrac-
tive.
One Of the ''queens of the rose and rose
bud garden Of girls'' in Washington this
't winter is Miss Mary Alice McLaren OF ST.
IS Louis She is tall, with figure that Q
d Grecian goddess might well have worn
}. Her features are almost perfectly classical
+ combining beauty and strength. She is 9
o rich brunette in complexion, the tinting o
% her cheeks suggesting the sun-kissed side
a. of peach. With her wealth o
es golden-brown hair and her magni6
l. cent dark eyes, she would b
II noticeable in any assemblage of beautiful
women. She is a brainy and cultivated
girl, and is one OF the finest amateu
pisnists among the young women of tn
country. In manner she has all the cordia
charm and grace Of the best type of South
ern girl, and though she has only been il
the city about week, coming after tn
great whirl Of the season was past, she ha
| attracte e1 mnph nitentiOn and won many a1