The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-08


Mr.. and Mrs Henry +. Blount at their hand
. some suburban residence, University Terrace,
on Tuesday evening last The reception was in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Limcke, of Indiana.
Mr.. Limcke is State Treasurer, and one of In
d. dana's most prominent and popular sons The
house. with its rare pictures and articles OF
antique furniture, looked unusually beautiful
with its illuminated interior and circle of Chi |
uesc lanterns the wide piazza without. Mr.. |
and Mrs. Blount were ably assisted by number |
of their friends, and the house overfowed with
guests Mrs. Blount wore an elegant Paris |
gown of amber velvet, with Venetian point lace
draperies. Mrs. Limcke is young and beauti- |
full bruno. She wore white faille gown, en-
train, with richly embossed gold velvet front.
The ladies assisting were Mrs. John w. Foster,
in Worth dress of gray faille, with brocade !
trimmings; Mrs. Judge Baber, in a dccolete
white faille; Mrs William Roger Mills, in rich
black lace: Mrs. Guerdon Wilcox, in white
faie, with lace draperies; Mrs. De B. Keim, in
black lace; Miss Vinton, of Cincinnati, a guest
of Miss Blount's, in handsome gown of black
Spanish lace decollete; Miss Blount, in gown
of white India silk, draped with white Chantilly
lace; Miss Bessie Blount, an undeveloped "bud,"
in pink India silk Princess gown, with gold
e. cord girdle; Miss Kittie Gait, in white China
silk, with solid gold girdle encircling her
slender waist; Miss Minnie SaXton, in white
China silk, with pink brocade front; Miss
Blanch Lightfoot green silk, draped in white
lace, and Miss Woods, white China silk. In the
dining-room the table was prettily dressed with
mound OF La France roses, and there were
pink shades on the wax tapers in the candelabra.
Miss Genevieve Wilcox gracefully poured coffee
and did the honors. She wore white China silk
and pearl draperies. The wide verandah on the
north side of the house prettily decorated
with rugs and tastefully arranged draperies and
lit with lanterns. There was hammock and
divan, and bowl of iced punch, verwhich the
young ladies of the receiving party took turn in
welding the ladle. The 1ndianans were out in
force. Among the guests were Mrs. Mckee,
Mr. and Mrs. Judge Drake, Treasurer and Mrs.
Huston, Commissioner and Mrs Raum, Hon.
t'11rrv M
Mrs. j. B. Henderson, Madame Romero, Mrs.
Wescott, Professor and Mrs Coues, Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. and Miss Butterworth,
Commissioner and Mrs. Hine, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Wilson, Mr.. ard Mrs. Halford, Justice
and Mrs. Harlan, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mullett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nordhoff, Mr.. and Mrs. De B.
Mrs. Presby, Mr. and Mrs. Towles, Judge and
Mrs. Hoge, Mr. and Mrs j. II. Somers, Col
Thomas II. Nelson Mrs Pook, Mr.. Frederick
Owen, Mrs Payne, Mrs. J. W. Powell, Mrs. d.
W. Prentiss, Colonel and Mrs. Rams 1ell, Maj
lockwood, DR.. Rust, Major and Mrs, saxton,
Mrs Spaudug, Mrs. Stone, DR.. and Mrs. Ship
pen, Senator and Mrs. Stockbridge, Dr. and Mrs
Stowell, Mr.; and Mrs. Tuffer, Miss Tiers Mr.
Miss Towles, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Upton, Mrs. Wallace Mrs. and Miss Will
kinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, Miss Alisan VIII
son, DR.. Winslow, Mr.. Wooten, Mrs. Repre-
sentative Walker, Col. Williams, Miss Adams
Miss Barrere Mr.. and Mrs. Baber, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marcus Baker Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon, Mrs. Bond,
of Boston; Mrs Carl Barus, Judge and Mrs.
Bentley, Mr.. and Mrs William and Arthur
Birney, Mr.. Blood, Senator and Mrs. Casey, Mr..
Chase, Representative and Mrs. Connell, Mr..
DuHamel, Judge Drake, DR.. and Mrs. Edes,
Garnett, Mrs. Gilbert, Mr.. and Mrs. and Miss
Croft, Mr.. and Mrs. Heaton, Mr.. and Mrs. Hol-
combe, Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. and Miss
Lacey, DR.. George Lee, Mrs; Lockwood, Miss
Stone, Commissioner and Mrs. Lyman, Miss
Lyman, Mr.. and Mrs. Lightfoot, the Misses
Lightfoot, Mr.. and Mrs. Mills, Mr.. and Mrs.
Moser. Mr. McLane, Mr.. Morris, Captain and
Mrs. Meredith, and Miss Meredith
The lady managers of the Garfield Hospital
Board met at Wizards parlors on Saturday
morning at II O'Clock to close up their work
for the season, The executive of1icers-Mrs
Logan, president; Mrs. Tullock, treasurer, and
Mrs. G, NJ. Clark-were present. 1t was an ad-
journed monthly meeting of the board, and
also a special one to hear reports from COM
mttees on the May sewing circle f6te, recently
held at Calumet The results exceeded expec-
tations, and the treasurer reported that the net
proceeds, above all expenses, were 2,5l5, while
expenses only came to between two and three
hundred dollars, thanks to many generous
friends. All felt If there had not been severe
thunder shower the last night three thousand
could easily have been reached. As it il, the
management feel abundantly repaid for all
their labor and under deep sense of obliga-
tion to the many persons who assisted in max
ing this splendid success. There now remains
only 81, 700 on the debt for improvements to
the hospital, which the ladies feel bound
to lift, and one more baZar Will readily clear
that All the booths and tables did well, and
it would be inVidious to give particular mention
to any, unless it be in favor of the fancy table,
at which Mrs Rutherford, as chairman of the
sewing circle, presided 1t netted 81 1923. Mrs.
Thomas Wilson read a written report as chair
of the committee on flowers, which was a
most excellent showing and reflected great
credit upon the ladies who had it in charge.
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Mckee daily sent con-
tributions to this booth from the White House,
and it proved to be one of the most profitable
corners Of the fete The ladies passed series
of votes of thanks, viz: to the Secretaries of
War, of the Navy and of Agriculture for de-
tails OF men to help on the grounds, also for
the loan of flags and flowers for decorations;
to Mr. Small and other florists for contributions,
as also to Mr.. Hebner, who gave his
services gratuitously. A vote of thanks
was passed for Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
Mckee, Mrs. Parker Mann, Gen. Gibson,
ladies Of the Cabinet, Mrs. c. B. Farwell, Mrs.
A. l.. Conger, of Ohio, and Miss Sarah Cole
ways and to Mrs. Senator SquiTes for fine silk
flag for the hospital flagstaff, to Mr., and Mrs
Staples for the use of the hotel parlors for
board meetings during the year, and to Mrs
John A. Logan, lastly, but by no means least
with emphasis, for the use of Calumet for the
fGte. The fortunate ones who Won by the rattle
were Mrs. Charles Randall, Of Pennsylvania
who drew babys outfit; Mrs. Mcmillan, of the
Shoreham, who drew the talking doll, while
Mrs. A. L. Conger drew a hundreddollar table
cloth, Master Leighton drew the educated
''duden from Paris. There is still one hand
some tablecloth being rallied, the ladies being