The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
SOCIETY'S GAY WHIRL
IS CALLED TO A HALT BY MONDAYS
TRAGIC EVENT.
Cabinet Receptions, Card Parties and
other Social Gatherings Were
Mapped Out-.Lenton Prayers VIII
lie soon In Order.


down on record as one of the most
tragic which Washington has ever
known. 1tvirtually came to close Mon
day morning when the first sad tidings
of the frightful calamity in til, Tracy
household brought everything to q
sudden standstill. A few private en-
tertainments will yet be given before
Ash Wednesday, but the crush is over.
The White House receptions, with the
State dinner to have been given last
Thursday, together with the dinner to
have been given last night by the Vice
President and the second card reception
for the 18th instant, have all been post
poned until after Lent The Cabinet
houses will also be closed until after
Lent. Among the various card recep-
tions to have been given by the Cabinet
were those on the Sth, 14th and 18th in-
stants by Secretary and Mrs. Noble; one
on the nth instant by PostmasterGe
eral and Mrs. Wanamaker; two recep-
tions by Secretary and Mrs. Window,
and two by the family of the Secretary
of the Navy. The cards for the latter
receptions were all addressed and neatly
piled in the top bureau drawer in Mrs.
Wilmerding' S room, and, with the eXcep-
tion Of the damage done by water, were
brought out by the firemen and laid on
the terrace, where n number were taken
by people in the crowd to be kept as
relics.
Monday
Mrs. Lincoln will give a small tea, to
which the invitations are verbal, in
honor of Mrs. Winthrop.
Mrs. Macdonald will give tea from
to at her residence, 1914 Z street.
In the evening the subscription ger
man of forty couples will be given at
the National Rifles Armory under the
auspices of the following committee:
Mrs. Richardson Clover, Miss Porter,
Miss Stoughton and Miss Myers. Mrs
Hale will receive the guests and Mr..
Fred Poor will lead the cotillion, for
which the favors have nearly all been
prepared by the committee. Mrs. Nc
Kee will take no part in the entertain
ment, as she had intended prior to Mon
day last.
Ex-senator and Mrs. Henderson will
give a reception to the Pan Americans
at 8 o'clock.
Tuesday
Mrs. +. c. Walthall will give tea
from to at her residence, 11l4 Rhode
Island avenue.
Mrs. De Ford Webb will hold her
second reception.
Mrs. Barney will give tea from 4 to
ESQ at her residence, corner of Six
teenth and K streets.
In the evening the Dancing Glass will
be entertained by Mrs. David r. Mckee
at her residence, corner of M street and
Connecticut avenue.
Wedn esday-
Mrs d. p. Morgan will hold her sec
ond card reception from to z.
Mrs. Lyman Tiffany and Miss Tiffany
will give tea from to Z.
Mrs. VIM. Dunlop will give tea from
4 TOT
In the evening the last of the series of
assemblies will be given at the National
Rifles Armory.
Thursday
Mrs. Outerbridge Horscy and the
Misses Horsey will give reception at
o. clock.
In the evening musical and dramatic
entertainment for the benefit of the
! poor of West Washington will be given
at the Seminary building at s clock.
Saturday
Senator and Mrs. Dolph will give a
dinner party.
DR.. Louis Maczall and the Misses
Mackall have issued cards for recep-
ton from to IL on the evening of the
18th instant.
Mrs. Lewis, wife of the Right Hon
orable Bishop of Ontario, after a stay
of several days at the Arno, left
Wednesday to join her husband at the
Brunswick in New York and be pres
ent with him the following dav at a
dinner given in their honor by Mr.. and
Mrs. Pierpont Morgan. The Bishop
and his wife will return to Washington
on the nth instant, as Sir Julian and
Lady Pauncefote have rendered the
use of the legation ballroom on the
18th instant in order that Mrs. Lewis
may meet and interest the social world
in one of her many charitable projects.
As Miss Ada Leigh she visited this
country several years ago and, assisted
by Miss Okie, after meeting held one
morning in Mrs. Endicott's parlors,
succeeded in raising quite large
sum of money for the establishment
of home for young American and
English artists and students in Paris.
The object of the meeting on the 18th
instant, for which occasion cards will
be issued, is for the purpose of raising
the amount necessary to pay off the
debt now resting on house to be called
the "fHelping Hand" situated near the
Care st. Lazare, in Paris. The building
was given by an American woman for
this purpose, with the proviso that the
money should be raised to pay for the
ground on which it stands. During
the past summer the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales were present at q bazar
concert given by Mrs. Lewis at the Lon
don residence of Hon. Cyril Flower,
in aid of the same project Baroness
Rothschilds and Princess Mary, Duchess
of Teck, are warm personal friends
of Mrs. Lewis and materially aided in
the accomplishment of her charitable
work.
The tea given yesterday by Mrs. G..
NJ. Matthews and the Misses Matthews
at their home in Georgetown was an
unusually enjoyable event, the pretty
rooms, with the lights and flowers, form
ing welcome contrast to the steady
downpour outside. In the library was
spread small tea-table, with a centre
piece of yellow jonquils, while La
France roses decorated the table in the
dining room, where Mrs. Samuel
Wheatley presided and served coffee
The hostess wore a gown Of black silk
and jet, and was assisted in receiving by
her daughters, Miss Emily and Mis-;
Lucy Matthews, in white India silk