The Washington critic., 1890-03-23

MIR. Albert Pulitzer gave a theatre party
Thursday evening to the Vokes perform
ance. The guests were Miss Edes, the
Misses Condlt Smith and Mr.. Breckenridge.
Mrs. Blaine is informally at home to her
friends after o'clock each afternoon,
when she receives them In the drawing
room, at one end of which is little tea
table presided over by one of the young
ladies. A large portrait OF Mr.. Walker
Blaine has recently been hung In this room.
Mrs. Blaine has her two little grandsons,
who arrived from Governors Island on
Tuesday, that day being their mothers
birthday.
Miss Mamie Redfern is slowly GONZALES.
cling after an illness of eighteen weeks and
Is now able to sit up for o half hour each
day. Immediately after Easter Mrs Red
fern will take her daughter to Atlantic
City.
Mrs. s. s. Rowland has been so danger
ously III for several days past as to nccessl-
tate ropes being stretched across the street
on either side OF her residence
The marriage of Colonel Jack Brown,
well known as a lawyer, to Miss Marie Rep
Van Leer of the Patent Office, was cele-
brated on the evening of the 10Th inst. at
the residence of Rev. Mr.. Muir pastor of
the E.Street Baptist Church.
A ball will be given in honor of the Dan
Monday by the gentlemen who have been
invited to the various entertainments given
by the class during the season.
Judge and Mrs. Wyle will entertain the
Dancing Glass during Easter week.
Mrs. W. B. Moses has issued invitations
for q musicale to be given at o'clock on
the evening Of the 3lst instant.
Mrs. Irving Winslow of Boston gave the
first Of her two readings from the plays of
Henrik lbsen yesterday afternoon from to
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Hildrup
on Iowa Circle. The parlors were thronged
with fashionable audience, who listened
with interest throughout tho two
hours during which the reading lasted.
Mrs. Winslow occupied au elevated seat at
the rear of the second parlor and presented
picturesque appearance In q gown of
black velvet, with Elizabethian ruff of soft
white null and shoulder perches of old
lace. The reading was given in Mrs.
Winslows usual finished manner, the au-
dienee from time time applauding the
rendition of the most dramatic passages.
"The Pillars of Society," was the piece Sc
leoted and the frequent thrusts which it
contained in regard to society's foibles and
pet sins were received with laughing aD-
probation by the listeners, who evinced the
keenest enjoyment of the various clever
hits. Among those present were Mrs.
alister Laughton, Mrs. Senator Mcpherson,
Mrs. Senator Hearst, Mrs. Senator Cock
rell, Mrs. Alonzo Church, Mrs. Charles
| Nordhoff, Mrs. John G. Bancroft, Mrs. w.
T. Hildrup, Mrs. Henry e. Pellew, Mrs. j.
B. Henderson, Mrs. and Miss Gambler,
Mrs. Senator Chandler, Mrs. and Miss
Bachelor, Mrs. John d. Laughorne, Mrs.
| George Williams, Miss Dawes, Mrs. Charles
Gibson, Miss Aldrich, Miss Ralph johnson,
sr., Miss Mcclellan Mrs. Pugsley and Mrs
| Cultivate.
Mrs. and the Misses Gouverneur enter
tanned their friends at tea Friday after
| noon, when they were assisted in receiving
by Miss Dayidge, Miss Emory, Miss Flem-
ing, Miss Wilcox, Miss Grace Davis, Mrs.
guests present were Mrs. Dolph, Mr.. Crop
per, Mrs. John Beall, Admiral Carter, Mr..
Alfred Elliott, Miss Elliott, Miss Salie
| Wood, Miss Marie Breckenridge, Miss Mel
lie Hunt Miss Emily Thorn, Mr.. Courtenay
Thorpe, Mrs. Crosby, Miss Tiffany, the
Misses Warren Brown, Mrs. Charles Glib
son, Mrs. Charles Hagner, Mrs Langhorne,
Mrs. Senator Gray, Mr.. Alger Mr.. Caper-
ton, Mr.. Veeder and Mr.. Bruen.
General and Mrs. Bachelor gave an elc-
CANT dinner on Wednesday evening, on
which occasion the guests present were
Justice and Mrs. Blatchford, Judge
and Mrs. Bancroft Davis, DR.. and
Mrs. N. S. Lincoln, General and Mrs. Nc
Keeyer, Mrs. B. F. Cummings, Baron
Tavera and Miss Bachelor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lothrop Bradley returned
last evening from a four weeks visit to
Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Barney are in New
York until after Easter.
Mrs. Charles Heintzelman gave pleas
ant party on Friday afternoon to her young
son Stuart, who is home from Grafton for
the Easter holidays. Among the little
folks present were the children of Mrs.
David r. Mckee, Mrs. Thomas Reed. Mrs
Hale, Mrs. O'Reilly and Mrs. Eugene
Fechet.
Miss Mamie jackson, daughter of Gov.
ernor Jackson, the former Senator from
Tennessee, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
John Beall, on Georgetown Heights.
Mrs. N. s. Lincoln will leave the first Of
April for ten days stay in New York,
where she will be the guest of Miss Gale
who will accompany her upon her return tt
Washington.
Mr.. Henry johnson, Consul to Venice, I!
in the city for a visit to his mother, Mrs
Mary Albert johnson.
Senator Higgins gave dinner party
Thursday evening. Among the guest
were Senator Hale, Senator Evarts ant
General McCook.
Mrs. Thomas Wood left the city OF
Tuesday for Key West, with her littl
daughter Katherine.
Professor Sterritt of the Seabury Divin
ity School of Farabo, Minn., is in the city
the guest OF Hon. Josiah Dent. Professo
Sterritt's visit to Washington is for tn
purpose of arranging for the erection of
house on the property formerly occupied
by tie Children's Country Home'
The marriage of Hon. John Mcclure
Wiley to Miss Virginia Cooper of Indian
apolis will take place April 10. The bride
elect is a daughter of Hon. j. f. Cooper
ex-State Treasurer of Indiana, and met he
faHce some years since at Old Point Com
fort, where they were introduced by Mrs
Hendricks.
Miss Minnie Reed, who has charge of tn
files section Of the Army and Navy SUI
vivors' division of the Pension Bureau, wa
the recipient on Saturday of an equist
bouquet of La France roses, presented as
token of esteem and appreciation by twenty
six census clerks, who during the pas
three months have been employed unde
her direction. The population and veteran:
division of the Census Office has durin
that time been making a copy of certai
portion of the records of the Army an
Navy survivors, division, and to insure az
cuTacy in the result Miss Reed, who ha
been in that division since Its organization
superintended the final review of the work
Mr.. Charles Emory Smith, Minister t
Russia, spent last Sunday with his fathe
at Mansfield, Conn, returning the follow
ing day to Philadelphia. Mr.. Smith wi
sail for Russia April 2.
, Last evening a dinner of from forty t
! fifty covers was given to Mr.. Smith at De
monico's, presided over by Mr.. William Il
McElroy, who for many years was asst
: ciated with him in the editorship of th
Albany Journal.
l The French Glass met last evening at tn
residence of the Misses Cullen, where
series of tableauX were given.