The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-07
IN THE sw M.

Saturday the ladies re- di " on Connect
icut avenue and the adjacent ncighbor-
lood generally receive their friends
among them Mrs. Ilinckley, 1907 Fif-
toenth street; Mrs. II. st. George Tucker
corner De Sales street and Connecticut
avenue; Mrs. Augustus Macomb, 1903
Twcnty-iirst street; the Misses Shepard
No. . Dupont Circle; Mrs. Otis Bigelow,
1901 Eighteenth street; Mrs. Merriam, the
wife Of Lieutenant Merriam, u. s. A., No.
1916 Nineteenth street; Mrs, j. ID. Lang
horne, No. 1910 Eighteenth street; Mrs.
Lay, Jefferson Place: Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jefferson Place; Mrs. and Miss
Cammack No. 1908 Nineteenth street;
Admiral and Mrs. Greer and Miss Greer,
Hillyer Place; the Misses Routh, Hillyer
Place Mrs. Renard and Miss Key, Il
street.
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The near approach of Lent Is already
foreshadowed IN the lessening of the vol
umc of social business. The indica-
tons are that there will be good deal of
quiet and informal entertainment during
Lent however. The chains and fetters
beauty has been throwing about the ty-
rant man will be riveted during the season
of fasting and meditation, and with the
coming of the roses In June there will
doubtless be the usual list of engagements
announced. The gay season is only the
preliminary skirmish The battle always
comes off in Lent, and those who are not
slain outright live to be captured and pa
rolled by maidens who have the nerve to
undertake to transform their admirers into
dutiful, obedient and bill-paying Bene-
diets.
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Mrs. George Whteiield Browne, 17l0
Connecticut avenue, will not receive this
afternoon, but will on the following Satur-
days in this month.
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General and Mrs. J. W. Foster leave for
Florida on Monday for months So
journ.
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Mrs. and Miss Painter have issued cards
to tea on Monday. Miss Painter has not
been going out great deal this winter,
but when she does there is no one more
admired and sought after by those who
appreciate n cultured mind, n handsome
person, and an unusual charm of man
ner. She sometimes assists Mrs. John w.
Foster In receiving her guests, and Is al
ways an attractive personality on such an
occasion.
Mrs. Lamont will return to New York
laden with messages TO Mrs. Cleveland.
Yesterday at Mrs. Albert A. Wilson's,
where she assisted in receiving, every one
asked after the former gracious occupant
| of the White House and sent messages of
| love and remembrance. Miss Elliot, the
| pretty daughter of Colonel Elliot of the
| Army; Miss Berry, that superb type of
| Kentucky womanhood; Miss Corinne
Black ckburn, the bright and winsome
| daughter of the Senator, and Miss Queen
ne ta1 Mru INt1gnt, ,t,r nttr, IL no
a most enjoyable and agreeable affair.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. Il. Emmons gave q
| dinner to Miss Van Vechten of Albany
last night. Mrs. Senator Mcpherson and
Senator Mcpherson, Mr.. Hansen of the
| Russian Legation, Mr.. Becker and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry May We're among the
| guests.
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| Mrs. w. II. Il. Lee, who was the beau
tiful Miss Tabb Boiling all Virginia raved
about in her girlhood, is one of the hand
soonest and most popular of the represen-
society. Yesterday at Mrs. General
Payne's reception she was the observed
of all Observers" and held quite little
court of her own, formed of her friends
and those of her distinguished husband
the Representative from Virginia, a son
Of General Robert Il. Lee.
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Mrs. Henry Il. Pellew did not receive
yesterday on account of the indsposition
of Mr.. Pellew, who, however, was much
better ana rapidly recovering.
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In the absence of Miss Elliot, who was
pouring tea yesterday at Mrs. Wilson'S
Miss Lily Duncan, her guest, assisted Mrs
Elliot in receiving the many Army ant
Navy friends of COlonel and Mrs. Elliot in
their cosy home, No. 1903 o street.
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Miss Corbin, daughter of Austin Corbin
esq, of New York, had tea given in hel
honor by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gordon
Miss Edith Patten and Mrs. Van Vechter
assisted the hostess IN doing the honors.
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1t is a mistake to suppose that all of the
most eligible and agreeable men arr
among those who go out the most. Or
the contrary there are large number o.
men who could 20 out of course, if they
wished to, but they really care little ol
nothing for going the rounds daily. They
are many of them Army and Navy men
professional men and visitors, who ar,
| content to go out only occasionally to
few swell things, and are willing to leav,
to the tea trotters and reception fiends th,
gruesome duty of being perpetually ant
inevitably en- epidencc daily and nightly
There is very little matrimonial timbe
among the gilded youth one may mea
everywhere. They live and die socet,
men; but husbands rarely.