Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-29
SOCIAL MATTERS.
Entertainments in Official Circles-Per-
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sonal Notes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goddard Of Rhode Island en-
| tertained the President and Mrs. Harrison at
dinner last evening. Judge VIM. s. Groesbeck
OF Cincinnati, who is the father of Mrs. God
at the dinner last evening When young
benjamin Harrison graduated at Oxford. Ohio,
Mr.. Groesbeck was q trustee Of Miami Univer-
| sity, and the two men who became friends at
tnat time have remained friends to this day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goddard, whose home is in
providence, RI, took Captain Wheeler's house
| on the corner of X and 10th streets for the
season. 1t was profusely decked yesterday
with palms, rubber plants and blooming
pushes. Prominent among the flowers
were the large, sponge-like pink blossoms
OF the hydrangea and large yellow roses
The dinner guests besides those already named
were Justice and Mrs. Field, Senator and Mrs
sherman, Senator and Mrs. Payne, Senator
and Mrs. Aldrich and Mrs. James Worthington.
covers were laid for fourteen guests. Col and
Mrs. N. L. Anderson were invited to meet the
dinner guests later in the evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Russell Harrison received a
number OF visitors in the city from Montana
yesterday at the White House, among whom
was Senator-elect Saunders and Senator Pierce.
Minister Whitelaw Reid, accompaniedby Mrs.
Reid, is expected to arrive in this city today.
Elaborate preparations have been made for the
their stay in the capital. Col. and Mrs. John
Hay will entertain them at a dinner tonight, at
which Mrs. Mckee will be one of the guests. The
Vice President and Mrs. Morton will give a
reception in their honor tonight at 10 O'Clock.
and the President will dine them at the White
House some day next week. Mrs. Reid has
recently lost an uncle by death and will proba-
bly, appear at only the smaller entertainments.
The 'Theater Club, which is composed of DIR.
and Mrs. A. F. Magruder, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
Corcoran Hill, DR.. and Mrs. Hammond, Mrs
Phillips Lieut.. and Mrs. Logan, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lothrop Bradley, Commander Dewy,
Lieut.. Selfridge. Lieut.. Kellogg and Mr.. E. W.
Very, witnessed the opera OF "Ermine" last
evening. Afterward the party drove to "Bel-
court" where DIR. and Mrs. Hammond enter
tanned them at a superb supper.
Baron George and Madame Bakhmeteff were
out paying visits yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt of London is in the
city. the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McCul.
loch, at No. 9l2 18th street.
Major and Mrs. Powell gave a very elaborate
reception on Friday evening in honor of Miss
Maud Powell.
Mrs. John A. Logan entertained company
at dinner last evening at Calumet Place to
meet Bishop Newman. Mrs. Newman had been
Unexpectedly called to New York city. The
other guests were Senator and Mrs. Stanford
Gen. and Mrs. Spinola, Rev. DIR. and Mrs
Corey, Mrs. Emory, Capt Lemon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tallmadge and Major and Mrs. Tucker The
table was decked with violets and maiden hair
ferns.
Miss Ida Rolf has returned to the city from
week. absence in New York and is at No. 9O6
massachusetts avenue for the season.
Mrs. Frank P. Gross has gone to New York
city to spend the Easter holidays with friends
Mrs. Gross will also visit her friends, Gen.
Grants sisters, who live at Orange N j., be-
fore returning to this city.
Mr.. Joseph Nimmo. jr., has gone to Boston
to be absent fortnight.
Mr.. LIE CHAT, the Belgian minister, gave a
box party at the opera on Wednesday night,
followed by supper. Among his guests was a
quartet of married bellies, Mrs. Gordo n
Mackay, Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Cameron and
Mrs. Townsend, whose beauty of person and
beauty OF dress as they appeared in the pro-
scenium divided the attention of the audience
with the stage pictures.
Mrs. Lily Manchester Laughton, who has been
In mourning retirement all the past season for
the death OF her cousin, Mrs. BroadweIl of Gin
clnnati, has left the city this week for Phiia-
delphia, where she will spend a short season
with her friends and relatives, and on her re-
turn here will again go into society.
Mrs. Lemon G. Hine has with her as her
guest Miss Otis of Chicago. The ladies of the
Commissioners family will not be at home to
callers on Friday of next week, but during the
season following Easter Sunday they will again
stay at home on Fridays.
Miss ingalls, has again extended her visit and
will not now return from Rochester. NY, until
after the Easter feast. Miss Ingalls, is the guest
of Mr.. Fitch, the editor of the Rochester DEMO
crdt. and his family, who was a college mate
and friend of Senator ingalls,.
Mrs. George Gray has returned from short
absence in Baltimore.
Mrs. Z. X. Bowen and Miss Clarence Almy of
New York city, who have been at the Hotel
Arno for the past week, received a large num-
Der OF visits yesterday from their friends in
town.
That the Easter season will be an unusually
gay one in official circles this spring is being
demonstrated at this distance by the number
OF invitations that are flying about as thick as
snowt1akes in a Canadian January storm
First i'll order of time will come some Easter
breakfasts, invitations for which are out: one
that Is TO be given on Easter morning, and Miss
Wanamaker's invitations for more than sixty
guests. all young people, are for Easter Mon
day morning
The President and Mrs. Harrison will dine
the Supreme Court at the White House on
Tuesday evening.
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Wanamaker
will give dinner in honor of the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Morton on Friday night, the
18th of April, and a small company has
been asked in for an after party to meet
the guests OF honor. Mr.. and Mrs. Wanna
maker will also hold reception on
Friday evening the 18th instant, at
which they hope to see those friends for whom
they had prepared invitations for February
II, portion of which had been issued and
were recalled after the tragical death of Mrs,
Tracy, OF beloved memory.
Mrs. Harrison will hold Saturday afternoon
drawing room on April IL. On Tuesday
nights of the 22d and 29th of April from to
IL the President and Mrs. Harrison will hold
the army and navy and the public receptions
respectively.
Several of the cabinet ladies will resume
their Wednesday afternoon receptions after
Easter.
DIR. and Mrs. William A. Hammond will give
the first Of a series of rosebud or debutante
dinners on the evening of the 1eth at BelcoGrt,
In honor OF the debutantes of the season.
Commander William cambridge Hoff has out
cards for q reception and dance to be given at
the navy yard on board the U.SS. Dale on
Friday, April IL, from to Z. The event is as
sured to be one OF the most enjoyable of the
season from its novelty of environment and the
well-earned reputation of the host for giving
his friends royal good time.
dinner of fourteen covers was given We'd
nesday evening by Gen. Foster, President Ar
thurs minister to Russia, and Mrs. Foster for
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Emory Smith, at which
the remaining guests were Mrs. Mckee, Mr., de
Strive, minister OF Russia; Mr.. Muruaga, min
n