New-York tribune., 1891-03-08
MID-LENT IN WASHINGTON.
ENTERTAINMENTS FOR CHARITY-DINNER
PARTIES


Lentcn festivities and fashionable charities In past
seasons the largely welcomed micareme ball came III
10 dispel and shorten Lentcn gloom anu shaoo"'' ''
There are still the lingering and delghtHii mehoie'
OF mi carcme halls given at the British Legation wheh
Miss Victoria West, the former BRUSH ministers u's
| ter, the charming young hostess Les".'oH
neghbor Miss Dora Miller. the daughter Of the late
senator Miller. OF California, also gave bail IN io'
Lent which passed into social annals as one or inc
brilliant mask and fancy dress balls ever gwen II,
| Washington. Then there was the Lehteh pie"9uro Va
looking forward the Esster balls at the ChleSe h
CATION when the representatives OF HIS Ceiesti Aa'o"
were less exclusive and more progressive In socai
ways. The present Minister has changed all tla! "''
Ten holds aoof from all social gayeties. inc Les'
| tion wear, a silent and solemn air, and the young
secretaries now lead routine life Of dulnoss ana Sc
| chs!on.
Last year the British Minister and Lady Paunce-
fote gave beautiful ball. 1t was IN the nlsV "eoh
OF the new year and was regarded a. soi'cun.e "a
gay send off TO the season. This year eir Julian a'
Lady parpceotc have given no balls. They have iol-
lowed line OF hospitality, which is growing more anu
more in favor In the way OF dinner paFucS 0I
Wednesday afternoon however. the Brtsh h1hls,ef anu
Lady Pauncefote opened the Legation 10 d id9"'o
charity having given the Of the ballroom ior co
cert to aid the Woman's Hospital. Not only the largo
and handsome ballroom. but the whoie nrs' Hoo' Vi
the Legation were kindly offered TO the patrVhcses
| Of the hospital Tie Misses Paunceiote )oihed tie
patroncsscs in receiving and taking tickets Inc 'ii
lister and secretaries OF Legation were he!pi ass's'O'
| In seating tho large company. Al S2 uc"c'' "'o'0
at once the proms, fulfilled OF generous sum lo'
| ills worthy charity. The programme was long oHc'
filing the hours between and O'Clock. ana all was
the music Of amateurs with the exception OF three
professionals Miss Marie Dccca and Slenor Mama anu
tho pianist Miss Amy Hare. But IL was so
well given that the audience showed no sign OF Wearl
| ness The amateurs were Miss Louisa shepard, MISS
IIarian Justice Ilarian's daughter; Miss Hyde, Oh
Lewiston. Me- who /, the guest Of the Misses Patton
Mrs, spencer Irving OF Philadelphia; Mrs Mauro, MISS
Nellie Hunt daughter Of the late Secretary OF inc
Navy; Mr. Elliott Mr. Rice and Pierre Stevens vocal
| ,t,. and Wlln Curtis, Of Georgetown violinist.
| In the audience were the Russian and German MIN
istcrs and Maruu, lmreIla Secretary Of the ltaiiah
legation who are fine musicians; Mr.. and Mrs Michael
Herbert Madame Romero Mrs. Mckee and Mrs Russell
Harrison. from the senatorial circle. Mrs Mcpherson,
| Mr., Casey. Mrs. Dgph. Mrs, squire Ns' swami anu
Mis-, Mitchell DR.. and NJ. Hammond, The Nlca'ag''an
| Mni.t,. and Madame Guzman, the Misses Patton Inc
Hawaiian Arr,tcr ard Mrs Carter, Mrs. John Hay
| Mrs. r. VI. sander, Mr.. william Dali. Mr. and Mis'
| Anthony Pollock Mr.. John ". Foster Lieutehah'
Cowlc, Justice Harlan, wife, senator Iaweys WIFE,
Dr. Burnett, Mr. ard Mr.. Francis Coloh' M'S A. D
| Lincoln and Repre- itt's vile.
\ second charity In which society people were In
! tcr.,ted WI, the tca and package party given oH
Wednesday aud Thursday t. aid the Founding Hospital
| Mrs William T. >wop. and Mrs. f.. r. Wallace oi uo
board OF lady were the ho'teN'cN receNis
visitors Me>. James VI. Green MI. y. II. f'rquh'H
and Mrs. N. Il. Moses wcrc among ho'te''eS In
| cb,rrc of the t,hl" Young women Of the
Forget Ne Not Club disposed of lemonade ana
mucy articles Among the latter were beautiful
| Japanc,c name and menu cads, given by
| Madame Tatcno the Japanese Minister'S Wiie' NJ
the auction sale Of packages the bidding was spirited
| and afforded much amusement The entertainment
| closed Oh Ihur,day evening with " small ana carb
dance The Founding Hospital was opened aoo1'
four years ago The vie Of senator Jonc>. Of Nevada
senator Clloms wife. Ms Francli Collin eAsccFc'aFy
| McCulloch's dau.htcr ard Commander Fapulns wlil
are among the pltfon"Sfcs.
The dinner oi note Ms that given on IhuT9L'
evening IN honor oi senator Spooncr, Of WISCONSIN,
Mr Spooncrs refinement from the Senate on Wcdncs-
day 80 recent that BE = not yet called ex-senator
,pooncr The dinner wa, gwen at ChamberiIns and
the hosts were the mor.bers Of the Committee on
! Claims Of which Mr. oPooncr was the chairman
| They wcrr not only the members Of recent service
| I'm, also senators who had served the committed
| from time 10 time since the beginning OF III cAAlr
| nlaushp. The number included senators MltchcI
QUAY, Dolpl Ilolr, stewart. Higgins "ocou' "i7'y
| Jones. Of Arkan-a.; Faulkner, Pasco, AHcn' Mor1
Jones. Of Nevada Alli,on. Chandler Mandcr'on. But
lcr GDrnnn Vt,t. came on. IHwley, Plumb iIl'coc"'
Hale Ndrirh. E,tr;, McAllan Paddock sanders ana
Cullou The c1lc,t. a,ncd % meet Mr.. SpOoner were
the President ti, Voc President. thc secretary oi
Agriculture aud senator sawyer, Mr. spooners colleague
from the same -ta;r. Tie dinner was superb IN All
| H., appointments. The floral decorations OF the tab'e
| were a triumph II the florist, au American beauty
roe- smil,x and He, ol the valley used in pro
| fusion on the table. \ ball VI carnations hung from
The central chandelier with sarlands Of smilaX The
| corner, of the room were filled with palms. and tho
wall and stalrwny leading up TO the room were dccked
with tropical foliage. The menu book at each plate
wa, "A beautiful souvenir. The outside was heavy and
| broad covered with white SIX, on which was en-
sfaycd a picture OF the CAPITOL the Interior OF tho
Committee Room and portrait OF Mt Sp""her on
| the inside OF the covers the menu was printed on
A leaf Of white silk and n leaf OF blue silk We're
the names Of the thirty hosts printed ia the far 'lmc
sgnaIr, OF cach senator. Tho aitcr dinner speeches
We're fclcltols aud complimentary. But while uni-
yor,al rc.rct was expressed over the IrtNment ot
| he brilliant younE stntc-nnn whose service had non
oro1 h, state oui given addoG honor to the 7cnaW'
| There was, nevertheless through aI the speeches a
tlo ring Of prophecy In the beHct tlit HIS return
| will H. In the future
From A social point Il view. official circles lose a
charming family. i,r, SpO0ucr IS an accomplished
musician and gifted With sweet voice, OF rare power
which retains TO remarkable degree the frcShncS, Of
youth iicr voice In, been charm TO many people in
ocial circles who have had the pleasure OF hearing
her sing In her own dm"lngroom or OCCASIONALLY IL
| II small company elsewhere.
Among other dinner parties on Thursday evening
was one given by ir. and Mrs. John Il. Mclean, In
honor Of Miss susan Il. Anthony.
The Misses Pat;cn gave a ball on the same evening"
opening their house social gaycy for the FIRST tim'
since the death OF their mother, three years ago TIE
cotOn led by Alan Johnson, second secretary VI
| the British Legation and Miss Josephine Pattcn.
| ON Monday evening senator and Mrs Dolph gave a
theatre party and supper after the play. The guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mr.. ana MIS-
| Albert Seeming. the Swiss Minister; Mr. ana Mrs
| Franklin steele. Mr.. and AIRS. Richard NlNoh MIS-.
| Chapman and Miss ThrOckm)rton, Of Ncw'loIh
| General and Mrs. W. l.. Jefues gave dinner 10 u
company Including senator and Mrs. Casey, Mr. ana
Mrs j. Fairfield Carpenter, Miss Iastcad daughter OF
Mura IIal.tead Mrs Rogers and Mrs Brown OF New
York: Rcprc.entative and Mrs. Flower, j. Eynn Iay-
lOr william Earle and Miss Armstrong.