Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-19
SOCIAL MATTERS.
What Fashionable People are Doing in
aQuiet Way-SOcial Mention.

Mrs. Harrison yesterday called upon her
sister. Mrs. Scott-Lord, who lives on 18th street.
and the two ladies went out for prolonged
walk.
Gen. and Mrs. Black were in the city yester-
day. They are staying at present in Laurel,
Nd. where they will remain until the lst of
May, when they go with their interesting fam
lily to Chicago to make for themselves a new
home. Before coming here they lived in Dan
vile, III.
Dir. and Mrs. T. r. Jones. of Kearney. Neb,
are in the city, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs JAS
y. EdmOnds. The two ladies are sisters Mr.
Edmonds. who has been confined TO his room
for the past fortnight by an attack of rheuma-
tlsm. Is now convalescing and will go presently
with a company of his friends to VISIT number
OF the Virginia Springs resorts.
Mrs. and Miss Sheriff. will go over to New
York city to spend the Easter holidays with
friends. Mr.. Charles II. Sheriff.. who is at
Yale, will meet them there. The ladies will
return here early in the week.
Ex-Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle left the city to-
day for Covington. by.
The fine weather of yesterday brought ont
large numbers of ladies, who were making
calls or driving about the city. Mrs. T. ".
Palmer was making farewell visits. Mr. Palmer
sails Tor Spain ON the oth of May.
The art loan exhibition that was held in the
early weeks of Lent was so popular an event
and so great was the number of people who
participated in il that il is interesting to know
the financial results of il, and how much money
was cleared for the Garfield Hospital fund
The admission fees to the exhibition
amounted to s2,6S2.S3; sale of catalogues.
S30l 20; four o'clock teas, 5000 Sc making total
receipts S3.592.1S. The total expenses were
Sl9O73S, leaving the ladies 81, 6S5. 40, when the
sum needed is q 900, and Mr. and Mrs Gardi-
~ trih h.
70 complete the amount. The work Of building
the additional rooms for the accommodation
OF the hospital nurses will now go forward
Over 200 ladies assisted in dispensing the after
noon teas each one donating some portion of
the refreshments sold. More than 20 anna
teurs and professionals gave their services at
the concerts, and So American artists loaned
their paintings, and one, Mr.. Bierstadt, gave a
painting the proceeds of which are not in
cluded In this showing. Mrs. Stanford, Senator
NoicOtt, Mrs. Ednunds, the Misses Pope Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett and others made con-
E1butlons of money. The lady managers are
highly gratifed at the result of their venture.
Col and Mrs. Jno. Hay will go to their Cleve-
lAnd. Ohio. home early next month in order to
prepare for their trip to Europe.
The Yale Glee and Banjo club will give its
annual concert here in the Congregational
church on Monday night. and as the BOYS have
always had good audience in this city they
Will doubtless have the same this year.
Lieut.. S. c. Robertson will leave to-day or
tomorrow for the city of Mexico on business,
10 be absent several months. He intends tray-
ching IN comparatively unexplored portions of
Mexico.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr.. William
Newland and Miss Auguste Mann, at st. Mary's
church, next Wednesday. at O'Clock. They
VIII leave for trip to Europe at p. IN. that
evening.
Cards are out for the marriage of Paul P, De
Mario aud Miss Mary Schwarzbach. at ST. Allow
slus church, on Tuesday, at 6 o'clock. They
viii leave that evening for a northern trip.
Mrs. c. ID. Willard, accompanied by her
daughters, Miss Bessie and Blanche. left the
CITY to-day for New York from which nlace
they sail tomorrow for Europe, to ioin the
members OF the family now there. The entire
party will spend the summer in travelling upon
the continent.
The apartments in the eastern end of the
Smithsonian Institution were converted last
evening into reception rooms and beautifully
decorated with plants, rich hangings and rugs
Instead of the usual sober atmosphere OF
science and somber furnishings all was gayety
and Light The Marine band, which was sta
toned at the end of the corridor on the second
Moor, played during the evening The oeca
sion was the reception given by Prof. Langley
who was assisted In receiving his guests by
Mrs Justice Miller and the Misses Henry ant
Fuller. Among the guests were many distin
golshed men, The presence Of the member
OF the Academy OF Science and their ladiet
helped TO make the reception one of unusual
brllianee. Among the guests were Secretaries
Blaine, Window, Noble, Rusk, and Tracy, Post
master-General Wannamaker, Chief Justic,
FULLER, Senator Morrill,, ex-Sscretary Bayard
members OF the Chinese, Corean, and Japanes,
legations, Justice Miller, Justice Blatchford
hon; Horatio King, Mr.. A r. Spofford. Dr. J.
", Toner, Major J. W. Powell, Miss Margare
6tAlnS, PROT. and Mrs. s. +. Emmons, Prof
Tvs y Mason, Col. Garrick Mallery, Ministe
wniseis~ Reid. Senator Morrill,, Miss Morrill,
ynaSe ana Mrs. acArthur, Gen. A. W. Gree
ley. and Senator Hawley.
WORK has been resumed on the North rive
tunnel at Ne~ York. n is believed that Their
x1l De no furtner stoppage until the work
nnished.
Isaac Jones, coaored, Of Msns.ee, Fla. muir
dsrsd his wife ana f9ur-year-old child with a,
troe bar On Wednesday night He bad no pro
vocaSion.