The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-16
IN TIE SWIM.

The first meeting o, the Dancing Cl,ss takes
place tonight II the NationA Rilcf Armofy.
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Mrs. Senator Carlisle OF Kent ,cky viii be-
gin her receptions on Thursday, January ID.
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Miss Farauhar, the daughter of Commodore
and Mrs. Farquhnr, will make her dobu this
week at tea to be givcnuy her parents.
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The marriage OF Miss Elena Porter daughter
OF Admiral u. u. Porter, to Mr.. Charles IL
Campbell, took place last night at the Church
of the Ascension, which was illcd with the
friends and acqunlntancos OF the happy couple.
Colonel Kellogg, Major Turnbull, Lieutenant
Selfridgc, Lieutenant Cowlcs, Mr.. clifford
Richardson, MIR. Lowcry, Lieutenant Slidell
Rodgers, Mr.. Hugh Legarc, Mr.. Hunt Mr..
Arthur Addison and Mr. Charles McCawcy
were the ushcrs The bridesmaids were Miss
Nellie Hunt, Miss Kate Mycr, Miss Stoughton,
Miss Lydia Blddle. Miss Lulic Hon, Miss shcr
rlll and Miss Audenrcid Tho wedding was II
very handsome. afrair, and attracted large
number OF notable and prominent people In tho
Army Navy Diplomatic Corps and civilian
society. The bride was dressed In admirable
taste, and the service was performed with great
solcmnlty and lmprcssvcnesa.
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The ladies and gentlemen who arc to take
part In the performance Of the great burlcaqne
on Meyorbeor's opera "LAfricaine." met
yesterday afternoon at the residence OF Mr.
avenue, and made very. spirited and salts.
factory rehearsal under the direction OF the
Missos Hunt. The performance OF this cx-
tremely amusing burlesque will take place NJ
Lincoln Music Hall on the 9th OF January, and
will he for the benefit of the Washington Home
for lncurables, Meridian avenue, Mount Pleas.
ant Washington. ID. &.
The officers and managers OF this noble
charity arc: President-Mrs. II. Sidney Everett,
t7iS Rhode Island avenue; yicc-presldcnts-
Mrs. y. Snowdcn Bell, 9ls Fnrragut Squares;
Ing secretary-Mra. Z. G. Halliday, 1874 y
street corresponding sccrotary-Mrs;. r..
phillips, 1907 II street: trcasurcr-Mr II. s..
Everett, Metropolitan Club; mnnagers Mrs.
George n. Boale; Mrs. j. =. Billings, 1927 y
street; Mrs. J. o. Evans, 1902 !. ptrcct; Mrs. IL.
G. Gilmore Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Horace Gray,
1901 street; Mrs W. u. iIazen, 1884 ! street.;
Mrs Lcdyard Hodge, IiOs |. street; Mrs. Archi.
bald Hopkins, 1876 Massachusetts avenue; Mrs.
J. u. jackson, 1904 Connecticut avenue: Miss
McBlair sii3 II street; Miss MeCency, 1918 X
street; Mrs. d. =. Morgan, 1901 Sixteenth
street; Mrs. Carlisle Patterson, absent; Mrs,
II. Francis Riggs, 1911 Massachusetts, avenue;
Miss Trescot, liiO u street; Miss Voorhees,,
1909 n street; Mrs. &. &. Willard, 1918 p street;
Mrs. J. Il. Wilson, 1915 p street; committee on
admissions-Mrs. Lcdyard Hodge, Mrs. j. G..
Billings,
Portable and permanent home for persons
afflicted with any incurablc physical disability
or disease, for whom no provision exists else
where. Any person contributing So annually,
or over $50 In one sum, shall be member OF
this association, and entitled to vote at the
annual meeting for the election OF the Board
OF Managers. Six memorial rooms have been
furnished in the Home. one in memory of the
Rev. Dr. A. A. Hodge OF Princeton by the
Misses Alexander and McBlalr the others by
Mrs. Horace Gray, Mrs. f. q. Halliday. Mrs. f.
y. Owens, Miss Trescot and Miss Helen G.
Coolidge.
This benevolent object was frat undertaken
by Mrs Il. s. Bell and Mrs $. e, Hill. There
are now thirteen inmates, among them two
paralytic women and one child years old
| The institution Is sadly In need of funds TO In
crease Its accommodations and enlarge II.
sphere OF work, and strong effort viii he
made to impress upon Congress its claims fol
| an appropriation, as IL IL dependent now en-
tirely upon private charity.
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Miss Mildred Fuller will be married at st
| Johns Church on January 8, at s O'Clock, tC
| MIR. Hugh Campbell Wallace. Chief Justic,
and Mira Fuller have invited all their frionds u
| the church, and have also asked number g. d
| reception at their residence after the ceremony
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| The Bowling Club viii give dance at III,
| National Rifles Armory January 4. Dancln!
begins al o. The cotillion ut II.
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Mise Wardef il TO make her debut on Satur
| day, December 20. ut a 5 o'clock tea given bl
MIR. Warder for the occasion.
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Mrs. Phenix OF 1877 II street has sent oil
| cards for Friday evening December o. the oc
| casion being In honor of Miss Cox.