Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-28
GAY TINES AHEAD.
Many Plans for Pleasure Made fol-
the Winter.
GERMANS AND WEDDINGS
Social Events in Washington-The Winter
Program of the Bachelors Cotillon-Wash-
ington Women and Club Life-Romances
About Recent Weddings In This City.


tions are beginning to fly about and dinners
and luncheons are heard of in every quarter.
Before the snow flies. perhaps, the debutartes
will have chance to make their bows to an ad-
miring public. At least several of the largest
parties talked Of before Christmas are Of this
order and n very nice order it is. There are q
few more weddings yet already announced for
December and the gossips say several others Of
highly interesting character will punctuate
the season.
The Bachelors Cotillion has been feorgan-
lied and will give four entertainments at the
National Rifles Hall January and 20 and
February and II. MIR. VIM. Hall Slack is
president, Mr.. P. Lee Phillips secretary and
Mr.. John Van Ness Philip is treasurer. Tho
rest OF the committee on membership are Mr..
Jesse Brown, vice president; Lieut. b. H.
buckingham, Hon. Michael H. Herbert, Mr.
Woodbury. Lowery, Mr.. Alfons Won Mumm
and Mr.. John G. Poor. Active membership is
limited to sixty-five The subscription for the
series is s25. There is no question but that the
invitations to enter this cotillion were warmly
received and quickly responded to. The
Bachciors Cotilllon has a pleasant record and
Its revival is matter Of genuine congratua-
ton all around. Its officers and leading spirits
are men of unusual experience who cannot but
manage Its affairs well. A glance at the rules
which have been adopted shows that every eff
fort Is going TO be made to correct the evils of
late hours and eXtravagant suppers, as well as
into which the givers of the large germans fire.
quently fall. 40
First Of all these entertainments are to be
simple affairs. dancing to be the feature rather
than an elaborate supper or expensive decora-
tlon. The music will commence at 9:15, the
cotllilon at 10 pm. and to end at 1890
10 encourage the early attendance of the
ladies'. those who intend to dance the cotillion
Will draw tor seats in the german at the door
as they enter, first come. first served. There is
DIT OF leap year privilege about this that the
girls will appreciate, like the fact that every
member III entitled to Il seat in the cotillion
provided he has partner to draw one for him.
The leader will be selected outside of the COM
mittee and will receive two weeks notice of
the honor and shall have given him four or
eight seats, as he asks. Every name for MEM
bership or invitation shall besubmitted to the
committee. Invitations to any of the as
semblies outside of the immediate families Of
members, shall be limited to 200. The last Sec
tion OF the rules will be rather hard on the
bellies, since it ordains that no hdy will be al
lowed to carry bouquets into the ball room.
The marriages lately have made very inter-
estlpg reading. but if somebody could tell all
the stories OF the ronances leading up to them
they would be decidedly more SO. One of the
prettlest OF the brides within the past fortnight
had as witnesses to her marriage three or four
gentlemen who had hoped to stand in the posi-
tlon OF the groom upon that occasion, but the
each engagement and in the end selected
man who was not supposed to be in the field at
all. In this practic age deaths from love are
not frequent and the enjoyment these rejected
lovers manifested in the marriage ceremony
was something delicious. They had the cour-
age to come to church in a body and take a
front pew, although all their girl friends were
there and laughing at them.
At another large wedding one of the ushers
was responsible for the entire performance.
since 1t was he who introduced the groom to his
future bride. The gentleman was visiting here
and Mr.. Usher. in the broad-minded spirit
which characterizes Washington beau took
made several visits, bat after emerging from
the last house the stranger found Just enough
breath to say: Don't take me to see ANYBODY
else. please have found my fate" All this
was only last winter. BY spring the engage
ment was announced and society looked on ut
the wedding the other night and envied, Just
little, both bride and groom.
distinguished gentleman who will ad orn a
chair in the Senate for the first time this ses-
sion smiles every time he hears of a marriage
which will take place here before Christmas
He introduced the lovers last winter and is
Just tichled to death over the happy turn the
acquaintance has taken.
The Washington Club is constantly receiving
quantities Of valuable sug( estionsfrom outsiders
as to the ways Of increasing it's general useful
ness, but one of the best hints lately has been
given by high-up member 1t Just is this: That
the club act as n clearing house for the distri-
button OF cards. visiting and otherwise. For
the wives Of officials, who are numbered among
the elect in this club, the plan, if adopted.
would lift a burden which only those who
have felt can appreciate. For ladies in private
life with large acquaintance and a laudable
desire to extend ii the scheme would be useful
also There Is considerable curiosity, ANYHOW.
TO see exactly what aims the club has tor the
coming winter outside the weekly social meet
ing called afternoon tea. form of amusement
which, it Is currently supposed, is just trife
under the ban for private hospitality because
people say they are tired of its endless repeti-
ton. OF course nobody presumes that the
club is obliged to answer this or any other con-
undrum propounded, and, in fact. there are
all sorts Of dreadful penalties hanging over
anybOdy's head who is SO weak to diyuge
what goes on at either the business or the
social meetings.
Rather All amusing scene was witnessed one
day lately when gentleman. who is member
of the Metropolitan Club, and his wife passed
along street. The former suddenly remem-
bered an engagement at his club, and asked his
wife to walk slowly and he would soon over
take her. He stayed longer than he anticipated,
and his wife having the fact slowly dawn upon
her that she could avail herself of her clubs
privileges crossed its threshold for the first
time since last spring. Hers was the only football
IN the deserted rooms, and the loneliness of
the situation compared with the activity to be
go plainly seen across at the Metropolitan 70
impressed her that she sat down to think il
over. Her meditations we're protfacted and
when sho came out she found her husband
impatiently pacing to and fro on, the sidewalk
Waiting for wife to come out OF her club is a
new experience for Washington husbands.
This couple enjoyed the humor Of it, and last
week the husband, who was out of town en-
business, smiled grimly when he got telegram
reading: Dear Jack: Please get home carly
Wednesday. Both nurse and the children are
sick and want to go to the club for the OPEN
ing tea"
The engagement of Mr.. William Butterworth
of this city and Miss Katherine Deer of Moline
ILL.,, is recent matter of pleasant comment
since the return Of the former from, Chicago.
Here is something for baby DOM to, look for
ward to in holiday week. Mr.. and Mrs John
Mclean, who having a large. addition to
their house built in the spacious new dining
room, expect that the interior decoration viii
be finished in time for them to celebrate by a
fancy dress ball the sixth birthday of their
manly little son. His Christmas balls hereto
fore have heen dreams Of fairyland, and this
one will surpass them all. ..T----.
But here is an engagement much closer for
the little folks 80 happy as to be invited Mrs.
Hawley has cards out for birthday party for
her little girl, Marian, on Tuesday next, De-
cemberl
A member Of the diplomatic corps was in