The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-18

Gen. Sherman at handsomely appointed din
ner on Wednesday night The table was set in
the family dining-room. There were covers for |
twenty-four The floral decorations were a
centre piece and end pieces of roses and ferns. !
The shades of the handsome candelabra were of |
white For the ladies there were loose punches |
of long-stemmed roses, held together by satin |
ribbons. Besides Gen. Sherman and Miss
Rachel Sherman the guests were Secretary
Proctor, Senator and Mrs. Stanford, Senator
and Mrs. Henderson, Representative and MrN.
Butterworth, Representative and Mrs CoggsA |
WE'LL Representative and Mrs. Cutcheon Rep
resentative and Mrs. Dalzell, Mr.. Steele, DR..
Gallinger, and Representative and Mrs. Hen
derson.
The annual May festival and ball of Mrs.
Flora G.. Dennisons dancing school is one of the |
most pleasing spectacles of the spring season.
1t took place on Friday night at the National
Rifles Armory, and the children's friends were
out in force. The three rows of chairs around
the hall were pretty well filled. The children
were all looking charmingly picturesque in
their well.chosen costumes suitable for the
various national dances The May Queen, Miss
Maggie Fletcher, wore pure white, and was
crowned with wreath of white flowers, carried
by wee tot, Flora Britton. The maids of
honor were Miss Clara Williams, Miss Rena
Pease, and the herald Master Robert Ruther-
ford. The Goddess of Liberty was Miss Marie
Cassn, who wore the red and white silk stripes
for skirt, with blue field and stars for bod
ice. liberty cap was set jauntily on her
head. The maids of honor all wore pure white
gowns, ana Jne neralu looked magnlllcenU IN q
white satin tunic and silk hose, with crimson
velvet mantilla depending from his left shoul-
der. He led the queens march to the throne
and the stage. The throne was under
dered with choicest flowers. Pots of
palms and hydrangeas in bloom stood on either
side and in the windows. When all the retinue
of gaily dressed little ones were seated around
their chosen queen it was very pretty sight.
The first dance was the queens quadrille. The
blushing queen and her gallant herald led off,
and the figures were danced and displayed the
fine drill of their teacher. Mrs Dennison. The
s'Irish Washerwoman," by little three-year-old
Flora Britton, was piquantly charming. The
''skipping-rop dance by fiaxen-haired little
girl, Florence O'Brien, was gracefully done.
She skipped of one of her her slippers but she
kets of flowers. ''The Village Hornpipe' was
we'll done by a little girl, Ethel Lockhart, in
sailor costume. Her heeling and toeing could
not be beaten by anybody There was charm
ing ''Baden Badenn dance and the ''Highland
Fling" in costume, by Miss Rena Pierce, and
Gle ARIEL" by Flora Demonet. The Swedish
dance, in costume, was very pretty, but the
"Holandaise,'' by sixteen girls, was a legato
waltz movement that was most gracefully done.
The ''Irish Tilt" by Miss Florence O'Brien and
Master Tarbel Dyer, was excellent and dance
round the May pole never fails to charm. The
fancy dances, all of which were as near perfec-
tion as possible. After that the floor was given
up to adults.
On Friday morning the ladies of the Garfield
Sewing Circle held their final meeting for this
season. Mrs. Capt. Haycock enter tanned the
society most Hospitality in her handsome home
on Nineteenth street, and the last stitches were
set by nimble fingers on the unfinished articles,
of which no adequate idea of their beauty can
be bad without seeing them. The f6te coming
off this week will be one of the most interest
ing events of the spring season, and Calumet
Place, where it is to be held, will be scarcely
less brilliant than during the pageant held there
by,t1 t1,nK ,tf,ht Nnf al Iaet f,n xtl
be many special attractions. Beside the fancy
tables, there will be supper table to tempt
an anchorite, presided over by Mrs. Jennings
and others, with candy booth under the care
with assistants, where the ''sweets'' will have
neither Indigestion nor toothache lingering in
ambush Indeed, the ladies of the circle are
competing with each other to make
that debt of between four and five thousand
dollars still due on the money borrowed by
these indefatgable workers in 1883 to improve
the Garfield Hospital buildings The ladies
Rutherford, Mrs. Burrows, Mrs. j. Ford Thomp-
son, Mrs. Staples Mrs. Bentley, Mrs. Chaplin,
Mrs Cohen, Mrs. Grose, Mrs. Hastings, Mrs.
Hall, Mrs. Haywood, Mrs. Haycock Mrs. How
land, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. Sickles,
Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Wolf, Mrs. Watson Miss E. B.
Johnston, Miss Rutherford, Miss Snsabaugh,
Miss Taylor, and Miss Covert.
The ladies of the Homeopathic Hospital held
their weekly luncheon at Mrs. DIR. WadsWorth's, s.,
1923 Vermont avenue. The interest in these
luncheons seems to be as keen as ever.
Mrs. Wadsworth was assisted by Mrs Ben But
terworth and Mrs. Maj. Powell, while Mrs.
Nordhoff and Mrs Wilcox rendered efficient
aid. Miss Richards, as usual, presided over the
treasury. The ladies in charge of the refresh
ments served most appetizing luncheon, un-
der the direction of Mrs. William Birney. A
corps of young lady assistants were on hand
looking as charming as the roses in June. They
were Mrs. White, Miss Heaven, Miss Sypher,
Miss Kate Sypher, Miss Lyman, and Miss Hill.
Lemonade was served in the hall, and the
drawing-room and reception-room were we'll
filled with guests. Among them were Mrs.
Senator Squire, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Painter,
Mrs. e. ID. Wight, Mrs. Baily, Mrs. Freeman,
Miss Browning, Mrs and Miss Sayles, Mrs.
Babbitt, Mrs. Frick, Mrs. Hopperton, DR.. and
Mrs. King, of Watkins Glen; Mrs. Wood, Mrs,
Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, Mrs Webb,
Mrs. Barbour, Mrs. Wight, Mrs. Walker, Mrs,
Thomas, Mrs, WILL DIR. Frere, DIR, Dennison,
DR.. Edison, DIR. Swormstedt, Miss Bates, Mrs.
Mrs Littell, Mrs. Crandall, and Mrs. Hart
Miss Rodgers sang charming solo,
Pupils of Washington schools who would like
to show their love for and appreciation of theil
fayorite teacher can do so in no more effective
way than byYoting to give him or her vacation
in Europe free of expense this summer Read
the announcements about this free tour in an
other column.
There was a very interesting lecture delivered
by DIR. Clara Bliss Kinds at Mrs. Ii. l.. Cool
idges residence on Monday before those anxious
to become acquainted with the ''Model Nursery