Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-22
SOCIAL MATTERS.
What Is Going on I'm Fashionable Cir
cles-PersOnal Notes.


to callers tomorrow, Wednesday. Mrs. J. G..
Carlisle will be at home, and Mrs. S. NJ. Bryan,
Mrs. Judge Bentley. Mrs. Van Reypen. at 1921
18th street; Mrs. John f. Beall 1898 N street;
Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Ball, 1919 Massachu-
sets avenue; Mrs. Robert I. Fleming assisted
by Mrs. yedder. Miss Hawley, the Misses Nor
gan and Miss Weber; Mrs. f. W. Fox and Miss
Fox. Mrs Frank 7. Gross. Mrs. y. III. Warner,
Mrs. W. W. Burdette 1926 Vermont avenues
Mrs. c. N. Hendley, Mrs. A. Armand de Foiard,
1924 r street: Mrs. Mark Brodhead. 1873 10Th
street; Mrs. and Miss Rutherford. 1911 Cor
coran street, the Hawaiian minister and
Nine. Carter, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. and Miss Gle
phane.
The Secretary of State and the Misses Bayard
held their first card reception of the season
Last evening. and the charming rooms we're
tnronged from to II. Miss Bayard received
the guests in the door of the second drawing
room. dressed in a becoming toilet Of pale pink
brocade. fastened on the shoulder and the
drapery caught at one side with punches of
pink rhOdOdendrons. Miss Ellen Bayard. who
stood at her sister side. wore girlish toilet
of white silk gauZe, trimmed with white MORE
ribbons and a broad sash of MORE, and she
wore pearls about her neck; Miss Louise
Bayard wore clinging gown of white China
silk, embroidered in white silk and trimmed
with long white silk fringe and myrtle-green
velvet. Miss Florence Bayard was absent at
the large german given by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r.
Mclean The dining-room open all
the evening, and the guests were served with
all the Injuries OF dainty supper. Among
those present were the Mexican minister and
Madame Romero, Count d. Arco Valley and his
sister. the Countess Leopoldine. the Japanese
minister and Madame Mutsu, Mr.. A. Sato. the
Persian minister. the Baroness Rosen. the
Chinese minister and DIR. Vow, the members of
the Corean legation, Minister Roustan. Minis
ter Quesada. Judge and Mrs. Bentley Mr.. and
Mrs. 5. VI. BRYAN, Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Curtis,
MIR. b. de Ford Webb, Miss Alice Webb, of Bal
timOre. Mr.. Clarence Beall. Mr.. Zachery. Mr.
IsT1lk Law Mr. n n
bill. Miss Nance. Mr.. and Mrs. Babbitt. Miss
Dorsey. Representative and Mrs. Darlington,
Miss Darlington, Prof and Miss Clarke the
wife of Lieut. Irwin, Miss Barbour. MIR. Bar
bour, Col and Miss BIddle. the Postmaster
General and Mrs. Dickinson. the Misses Trow-
bridge. Mrs. and Miss AtchisOn. Mr.. Thurber.
Miss Lister. Gen. and Miss Card, Representa-
tive Breckenridge, Gen. ]. c. Black. Gen and
the Misses Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs. II. s. Ever
EFT. Miss Mamie Eastman, Miss Lee and Miss
Carroll.
The POstmaster-General and Mrs. Dickinson
gave a dinner last night in honor of the Chief
Justice and Mrs. Fuller. The table was laid
with eighteen covers and had a central decora-
ton of round basket Of maiden-hair ferns; at
the ends OF the table were bowls of Marechal
Neil roses. and long-stemmed roses were strewn
over the cloth. The tall branching candelabra
were furnished with white tapers shaded with
yellow roses. The other guests were Secretary
Bayard, Mrs. Folsom, Admiral Porter. Secre-
sell. Representative and Mrs. Lee. Senator and
Mrs. Gray. Mrs. Lister. Mrs. Atchison, and Mr.
II. t. Thurber, of Detroit.
The proprietors of the National hotel gave a
reception yesterday afternoon in honor of their
guests. The hostess, Mrs. Chamberlin. was as
sisted by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. &. T.
Chamberlin and the following ladies': Mrs
Marshall Mrs. and the Misses Rice. Mrs and
Miss jerks. Mrs. Peters. Mrs. and Miss Blount
Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. and Miss Brown. Mrs. and
NJ
Mrs Wilbur. Mrs. Dunnell. Mrs Wright Mrs.
Bell. Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Allen. Mrs Doolittle
Miss Garland Miss Reilly, Miss Tracy, Miss
Hendricks and the Misses Richardson The
new parlor decorations made an effective back
ground for the pretty toilets of the ladies.
collation. was served in the inner parlor and
excellent music was furnished for those who
wished to dance The parlors were crowded
from o'clock till 8. This event opens the So
cial season at the National.
Mrs. Stephen Vail, who is spending the win
ter with her father, Admiral Stevens gave a
delightful tea yesterday afternoon from to T.
when scores of guests crowded the spacious
rooms. Mrs. Vail received her guests in an
imported gown of mauve satin and point lace
She was assisted BY Mrs. Jno. f. Rogers in gray
velvet; Miss Condit Smith. in brown silk; Miss
Agnes Beach, in lowered white India silk;
Miss Edith Card, pink crepe and satin. Mrs
Bradley. in plunl-colored velvet and Mrs.
Janin, in white India silk and lace, presided at
Among the guests were Mrs. Folsom. Admiral
and Mrs. Crosby. Mrs. Queen, Gen. b. II. Rob
ertson. Mr.. Pierre Stevens. Gen. Van Vliet
Capt Rodgers Mr.. and Mrs. J. Kearney War
Trowbridge, Miss Villas, Miss Atchison, Dr. and
Mrs. VIM. Hammond, Judge Drake. Miss
Maury, Miss Brewster. Mrs. Staunton Lieut.
Rodgers. and Mrs. Langhorne
The homes of the Chief Justice and asso-
ciate justices of the Supreme Court were with
the exception of those of Justices Matthews
and Field, thrown open to callers yesterday
Mrs. Fuller assisted by Mrs. and Miss
Breckinridge, Miss Mary Fuller and Miss
Casey in entertaining her visitors. Mrs. Fuller
was IN brown faille and velvet, Miss Mary in
high art gown Of terra Gotta silk and flow
cred black satin; Mrs. Breckenridge, black and
stone gray silk, and Miss Eleanor Breckin-
ridge in blue cashmere. and Miss Casey in
white skirts and garnet velvet body, presided
over the tea table. Miss Fuller and Miss Maud
Fuller were out on a round of calls.
Mrs. Harlan and Miss Hitter saw large num-
Der of callers in the ample drawing-room of the
spacious house Of Justice Harlan all the after
noon.
Mrs. Tucker, in pretty dress of black net,
with body and borders of purple crepe. held
an sll-afternOon leyee in the superb drawing
rooms of Calumet place. She had with her
Mrs. Stephenson Burke of Cleveland and Mrs
Col. Swords of this city. and Mrs Mason who
poured tea IN the dining-room.
Mrs. H. A. Willard and Mr. Harry X. Willard
were among those making the calls Yesterday.
Madame Mutsu. wife Of the Japanese minis
ter, will not receive callers on Friday on ac
count OF giving the tea on SATURDAY. afternoon
IL Is understood that Minister Mutsu has taken
every precaution against having the hospitality
OF the legation overtaxed on that day. and
none but those invited will be received at the
tea from to Z.
Senator and Mrs. Cockrel give the first of
two large card receptions tonight, from Q
to II.
Mrs. hiller's drawing rooms we're most at
tractive yesterday afternoon. The daylight
was excluded, and its place supplied from
lamps shaded in rose silk. Mrs. Miller wore
handsome dress Of black brocade and yellow
satin; Miss Lucy Corkhill wore gray null and
garnet velvet trimming; Miss Williams, gray
silk and pink satin; Miss Brewster. of New
York white point desprit combined with green
velvet; Miss Manice, OF New York, pink brocade
and satin; Mrs. Olmstead, yellow fishnet, trim
med with blue ribbons and fringes, and Mrs.
Willard Warner, who poured tea, was in q rich
toilet Of black velvet and Jet.
Mrs. Lamar, who has recently returned from
her Macon, Ga, home, received callers yester-
day. She wore dress of brown faille, and was
assisted by Mrs. Muldrow. in black silk and
dull jet, and Mrs Lamar. jr., in white corduroy
velvet. Miss Muldrow, Miss Courtney Walthal
and other young ladies dispensed claret punch
and tea in the dining-room. Justice Lamar and
his family viii remove to-day and tomorrow