Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-31
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Elegant Entertainments Last Evening
Personal Mehtion.

tiers and their wives at the tnlrd coDlnet olnne1
| of the season at their home on Massachusetts
! avenue last evening. The oval dining table
was laid in the handsome oval dining room.
| The beautiful drapery, the exquisite glassware
china and silver that women delight their
hearts in were all there in dainty perfection
piece was an oval OF red roses in their leaves
| and some fronds Of maiden hair ferns, and the
/ ive-brsnchsd silver eandslabra had the taper,
| lighted under shades the color Of the roses
The other guests besides those already named
were the Attorney General and Mrs. Miller
| the Postmaster General and Mrs. wanamaker.
| Secretary and Mrs. Noble ana Secretary and
Mrs. Rusk. Mrs. Window received her guests
in becoming gown of lilac brocade. trimmed
| with duchesse lace and tabler drapery OF
pearl beaded net. Mrs. Harrison wore a superb
dress with the princesse back and train OF
heiiotrOpe velvet, the front of rich white satin
and brocsde, trimmed with point lace and gar
nished with white ostrich feathers
The beautiful home Of the Vice President
and Mrs. Morton was thrown open to several
thousand invited guests last night at 9 o'clock
the occasion being the first card reception OF
the host and hostess in Washington. The
rooms were profasely adorned with cut flowers,
La France roses and blooming azalia trees and
palms. The Vice President and Mrs. Morton
stood to receive the guests in the library,
which is the first in order Of the grand suite OF
rooms that ends with the dining room.
white satin, en- train, with sides of EN-
bossed white velvet and front OF duchesse
lace. The decoletts bodice was edged
| with white velvet. About her beautiful throat
was a necklace of diamonds with few emer-
aids in the front and a magnificent emerald set
in diamonds was pendant from the necklace.
She wore cluster of green leaves in the front
of the couture, and held a bouquet of La
France roses and lilies of the valley In her
hand. Everybody was charmed with the cor
n. II IL
The supper room was opened at IL o'clock. The
drawing rooms were then thronged and the
newly acquired space was Immediately occu-
pied. A large table was set at one side OF the
room and had center piece of American
beauty roses and mounds of ferns. From this
table were served salads, oysters confectionery
and coffee. A table in the deep window oppo-
site was furnished with claret punch and
lemonade, and hot bouillon was served
frem . table near the entrance door.
The walls we're lined with chairs, which
were soon occupied by ladies, whose es-
pressure OF the large company that threatened
at one time to crowd the drawing rooms was
much relieved by the occupancy of the large
hall and grand staircase by number of the
young people. The grand staircase, with its
crimson carpetings, presented pretty specta-
Gle with the girls in their dainty gowns sitting
upon it and their cavaliers at their feet. Dou-
bic doors from the drawing rooms open upon
the square hall, which. in the plan of the origi-
nal house, was drawing room. Among the
Mrs. Harrison, Mr.. and 9lrs. Russell Har-
rison, Mrs. Mckee and her guests,
Mrs. Harvey Bates and Mrs. Martindale, the
Chief Justice and the Misses Fuller, Justice
and Mrs. Harlan, Miss Lucy Corkhill, the
French minister, the Turkish minister, the
Hayden minister and secretary, Count sala,
Mr. and the Misses Preston Mr.. Fava, Senator
and Mrs. Dolph, Senator and Mrs. Cockreli,
Senator and Mrs. Squire, Senator and Mrs
Teller and Miss Teller, Mrs. and the Misses
Quay, Mr.. Vim. NJ. Springer, Miss Wickersham
Mr.; Crosby s. Noyes and Miss Noyes, Admiral
Barnes, Secretary Noble and the Misses Hal
stead, Secretary and Mrs. Rusk, Mrs Will
merding, Miss Rusk, Senator and
Mrs. Allen, Senator and Mrs. Butler,
Mrs. Senator Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Senator and Mrs. Call, Mr.. Horatio King, Mr..
and Mrs. Bayley. the Misses Williamson, Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Pollok, Senator and Mrs. Man
derson, Miss Yates, Miss Brown, Mr.. James
Morrill,, Miss Swan, the Misses Houghton. Sem
ator Payne, Mr.. and Mrs. Ely of Cleveland,
the Misses Taylor, Senator Sawyer, Mr.. LOOMS,
Mr.. Du Hanel. MIR. Soule, Mr.. and Mrs. Spinola,
Gen. ROsecrans, Miss Rosecrans and Miss
Campbell, Miss Emma ]. Wilson, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, the Post
master General and Mrs; wanamaker and Miss
Wananaker, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. s. GARRISON,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. J. ConneIl, Mr.
and Mrs. Darlington and the Misses Darlington
Mr.. j. P. Deliver, Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Flower
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Schiey, DIR. and Mrs
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Martin, Mr.. J. o.
Clover, Mr.. and Mrs. Upton, Rev. DR.. Hamlin,
Miss Fox. Miss Brooke, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z.
Britton, Miss Britton, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hardie, ex-hlinister :McLane, Mr.. Richard
Porter. Mr.. and Mrs. George t. Baxter. Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Nordheff, Miss Elsa Nordhoff
and Mrs. Greedy, MIR. Edmund Hudson, Mr..
Robert S. Chiffon, Mr.. B. H. warder,
Mrs. James Parker, Mr.. A. r. Spot
ford. MIR. and Mrs. r. /. Fleming, Mr..
Gresham, Mr.. J. G.. Zachry, the Corean secre-
taries. Miss May Williams. Miss Foote, Mr..
Ferdinand de Janon, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cor
don, MIR. George HELEN, Gen. and Miss
Schenck, MIR. and Mrs. Otis Bigelow, Miss
BlgeiOw. MIR. and Miss Batcheior and Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Whittemore.
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Wanna
maker will give a second card reception on
Monday, February II, in order to acknowledge
In this way the courtesy done them by their
callers. In sending invitations for the first OF
the at homes cards were addressed to as many
as 1t was thought the house would comfortably
accommodate. When that point in the list was
reached Of course no more cards were sent.
DlacG
when cards are sent for the second at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. NJ. Springer have out
cards for an at home to meet their guest. Miss
Wickersham. on Saturday, February l. from 4
to Z, at No. 43 Il street southeast.
Mrs. W. W. Bur detts and Miss Burdette have
sent out invitations for an afternoon enter.
tainment on Wednesday. February 5, from to
., at No. 1026 Vermont avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Browne will give re-
ception on Thursday, February 6, from to IL
at No. 1905 Caroline place, which is between I
and U streets, running from 18th 10 18th
streets, to the ladies of the historical society &c
meet Gen. and Mrs. j. G. Black
Very diffcult would Ii be to find liner az
gregation of military manliness and feminine
beauty than that which tenanted the Washing
ton Light Infantry armory last night The
occasion was the annual reception of the In
fantry corps and in brilliancy it surpassed al
Its predecessors. The armory was magni6
\ Gently decorated and great deal Of taste wa.
also displayed in the furnishing Of the compan,
rooms SET apart for the exclusive use of the
ladies'. The Infantry boys we're out in all the
glory Of their full-dress uniforms, and go were
members of other battalions Of the Distric
militia The brigade staff the second reyi
ment and the cavalry were all represented apt
/ so was the civilian element. The grand marcf
commenced shortly after 9 o'clock, with Cant
Allison Nailor and Mrs. Nailor in the lead. Ar
| excellent program Of dancing followed, and 1
was rot short one either. Members of III,
various committees worked enthusiastically I,
make the affair a success and they succeeded.
One of the pleasantsst and most numerousl,
attended receptions Of yesterday was that o
Heights. Mrs. Casey was ably assisted BY he
1 sister Mrs Marvin O. Ssona and ala, n, AZ.