Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-01
SOCIAL MATTERS.
Lenten Entertainments Among Fashion
able People-Personal Mention.

First Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs.
GARRISON moved from wormley's to No. 1915
Il street to-day. the house they have chosen
for their Washington home. Mrs. Clarkson
viii return TO Des Moines to close her house
there and transfer her household goods to this
city. in few days, and will be back here to To-
cate permanently about the middle Of this
month. Mrs. Clarkson's family consists of
three sons, the eldest eighteen years, and the
youngest is six years. The second son is six
teen years of age.
Mrs. w. A Hammond gives tea this after
noon in honor Of the Marquise LAMA, and a
breakfast at the Country club tomorrow.
Miss Ida Thompson and Mrs Ross W. Thomp-
son, Mrs. ]. W. Foster, Mrs. Judge Drake and
Mrs. Westcott will be at home to callers this
afternoon. and Mrs. Fairchild is at home to
friends after every afternoon.
Mrs. Endicott will be at home on Thursday
afternoon and the following Wednesday will
leave the city for Salem to make preparations
for her trip TO Europe. Mr.. and Mrs Endicott
will leave on the 9th of this month.
The lady managers Of the Homeopathic free
dispensary will hold tea tomorrow from to
o'clock at SIS @ street northwest.
The Rovers met Saturday night at DIR. Kid
ders. Among those present were Gen. Greeley,
Judge Mott, Mr.. Henry Mcfarland, Col Tren-
holm, MIR. Arnold Hague, Prof. G.. Brown Goode,
NJ. Seckendorf, Capt. Dutton, NJ. Hornblower,
Lieut.. Dyer, and Prof. Adler, Of Johns Hop
kins.
The engagement Of Miss Helen R. Wolf and
Mr.. Myer Cohen is announced.
Mrs. s. 7. Suit will leave the city tomorrow
for her cottage at Berkeley Springs, where she
will spend the summer.
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert d. Ward, the latter
better known by her maiden name Of Miss
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, were among the
callers at the White House last week. They
were on their way to their Andover, Mass,
home from Summerville, s. c., where they had
been spending the winter, and stopped for
few days at the Normandie. Mrs. Blaine took
them to visit the Presidents house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Endicott entertained a COM
pany at a dinner of fourteen covers on Satur-
day night. The guests were Capt and Mrs.
Emery, MIR. Alexander Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. s. s.
Rowland, OF New York; Mrs. Rollins Morse, of
Boston; Mr.. Walter '. r. Berry, Miss Margaret
Blaine, Miss Theron, Mrs. VIM. Morris Hunt,
of Boston; Col. n. l.. Anderson and Mr.. Vim.
G. Endicott. jr.
Mrs. Senator Hearst returned from Network
city last evening. and is in her Highland ter
race house for the spring.
Mrs. General Ricketts, is in the CITY, at the
house Of Miss Neiil. on street, and is living
very i'll. Yesterday her condition was consid-
cred very critical, but this morning the consul
tation of four physicians. among them being
army friends of Mrs. Ricketts, and her late
husband, consider her symptoms more favor
able. They are watching by her bedside and
all medical skill is being used in her behalf.
Mrs. Ricketts, has low fever and Just what type
II may assume is not known, 1t is desirable
that the lady's hosts of friends in the city re-
frain from going to the house to make inquir-
les. as absolute quiet will be greatly beneficial
IN her case. Mrs Ricketts, came on from New
York city ten days ago and was taken ill on
Saturday.
Mrs. Eugene Carusi, Mrs. Eugene D. Carusi
and Miss Berthe Cowing have gone to Atlantic
City for two weeks.