Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-26
IN SOCIETY,".
On the Verge of the Gay Season-Per-
sonal Notes OF Interest.

Secretary and Mrs. Blame took long drive
together yesterday afternoon and made few
calls.
Mrs. Miller, wife of the Attorney General,
was paying round Of visits yesterday.
Mrs. NOBLE, who has been spending the past
few days in New York city, returned to her
home yesterday evening.
Mrs. Justice Miller. with Miss Lucy Corkhill
Is making visits during the pleasant DAYS Mrs
Miller has almost recovered her usual good
health and spirits.
Among the washingtonians who witnessed
the launching eff the ship Orizaba at Chester
on Saturday we're Col. j. ". Foster, ex-minister
10 Spain and to Mexico. and Mrs Foster who
were guests OF honor On this occasion. Miss
Eleanor Foster was invited to christen the yes
sci, which she did by breaking bottle of cham
payne that vas tied with ribbons of the ma
tlonal colors over the bow and saying. Il
chrIsten thee OriZaba!' The ship is destined
Tor the Mexican trade. The Mexican minister
and Madame Romero, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Hal
ford, Mr.. John W. thompson, Miss Ida Thomp-
son, Miss Lacey. daughter OF the controller OF
the currency; Minister aud Mrs. Naras, Mr..
and Mrs. W. L. Curtis, ex-senator and Mrs.
Davis and ex-senator Henderson OF Missouri
were also OF the party that went over from this
city and participated in the festivities. When
the companion ship of the Orizaba was
launched a short time ago, the Iumari. Miss
tanned by railroad accident from getting to
Chester in time to participate in the ceremony.
Senator and Mrs. Mcmillan of Detroit are ex-
pected here this week to take possession of
their yermont-avenue house, which has been
put in superb order for their arrival.
Mrs. j. Thompson-Swann returned to the
city on Saturday from Princeton, n. j., and is
now occupying the residence of the late Chief
Justice Waite, No. l4l5 street.
avd * L,,- A.
city and their charming home.
party of gentlemen composed of Mr.. Hub
bard Smith, Mr.. Stealey, Lieut. Truxton and
others have hired Mrs. Ricketts, house on G.
street and will keep sort OF cooperative
bachelors hall in the spacious chambers of the
mansion that are full OF the spirits of by-gone
hilarItes OF the brilliant and cordial hospitall-
ties that made 1t one of the most charming
houses IN the city to visit when Mrs. Ricketts,
presided in the dining room or received her
friends in the drawing room.
Mrs. and Miss Kelley, who have resided in
West Washington for the past two years, have
taken the house No. 1919 n street for the sea-
son. Ex-senator Kelley OF Oregon is expected
to join his family here in a few days.
Representative NJ. S. Brewer Of Michigan,
Representatives and Mrs John D. Lacey and
children of Iowa are at the Hamilton. and
Representative j. ID. Taylor of Cambridge,
Ohio. who will return here from Berwick, Me-,
with his bride next week. has taken apar tments
at the Hamilton for the winter.
Mir. and Mrs. J. L. Johnson of Topeka, Mr.
Albert Wood of Worcester, Mass, Mr. E. w.
Metcalf OF Ohio and Mrs. F. V. Hayden, Mrs. j.
Z. Carpenter, Miss Webb. Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Offerman and Mrs. Richard Liriok of Philadel-
phia at the Hamilton house.
Mrs. Whitfield, wife of Lieut.. Whitfield, US.
n, is quite i'll at the Hotel Buckingham.
Mrs. Chenoweth has rented her home on YER
mont avenue for the season, and, with her
daughter, is located at the Hotel Fredonia
Mr.. John A. B. Cutter of Boston is a guest
of his brother, General Cutter, at 1915 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest.
Mr.. Joseph Roy, who was formerly chief clerk
of the Post Office department, but is now en-
gagged in business IN this city, has removed his
residence to IlZ5 18th street northwest.
Major and Mrs. Sniffin, U.S.A., are at 1882
street for the winter.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. j. '. Mar
shall of 1872 / street northwest for the mar
rage of ner daughter Emma Franzoni to Mr..
Harry p. West tomorrow evening at Epiphany
church.
Hon. Joseph McKenna and family of Cali
fornia are in the city, the guests of Mr. E. o.
Leech. the director of the mint, at No. sis 4th
street northwest. MIR. McKenna, who repre-
scented the third congressional district of Cali
fOrnIa in the Forty ninth and Fiftieth Con-
crosses, has been reelected to the Fifty-first.
n. Bolet Paraza, the new minister from Vene-
zuela, has taken Mrs. A p. Okie's house, 1225
ayanua