The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20

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The gaieties of the past week have broken
the record of this ante Christmas period of
the year. There is so much to be done and
so much to be enioyed--and only twenty -four
hours in each day! So society every year
shows more and more pronounced incliua-
ton to have the really gay time "Come
early and stay late"
Mrs. Harrison's Tuesday afternoon recep.
ton was largely attended. She received in
the beautiful Blue Room, attired in most be-
coming gown of olive brocade relieved with
touches of pink. Mrs Mckee, Mrs. Parker,
aud Mrs. Dimmick were present, and Miss
BreckinIidge poured tea. Among the callers
were Major and Mrs. Totten, Miss Agnes
Markoe, Mrs. A. A. Wilson, Surgeon General
and Mrs. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Swords,
Mrs and Miss Condit-Smith, Miss Stephie
Whitrey, Mrs. Frank Hatton, Mrs. Lincoln,
Mrs. Gould, Mrs r. E. Boyd, Mrs. Guthrdge,
Senat r VOORHEES,, Miss Voorhees,, Miss Key
Mrs. McLanahan, and Mr.. Acklan, Mr.. and
Miss Kelly, Mrs. Deb. Randolph Keim, Mr..
William a. Hunt, Miss Hunt, Mrs. and Miss
Phoenix.
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Mckee gave a
luncheon on Wednesday at which thirty six
ladies sat down. 1t was served in the state
dining room. The table was decorated with
pale yellow orchids, and the corsage bouquets
were of Marechal Neil roses. The guests were
Mrs. and Miss Waite, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. J.
b. Henderson, Mrs Ernst, Mrs. Andrews,
Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Hazen, Mrs. Bugher, Mrs. r.
G. Parker, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Lay, Mrs. A. F.
Magruder, Mrs. Halliday, Mrs. McCammon,
Mrs. j. NJ. Wilson, Mrs. Ashton, Mrs. Hay
wood, y Mrs ,,S Sheriff., Mrs. John Beall,
Miss Breckinridge, Miss Gouverneur,
Mrs. Mlchener, Mrs. j. w. Foster. Mrs.
Audenreid Mrs William Thompson Harris,
Mrs. Sanger, and Mrs. Mason.
Mrs. Harrison sent beautiful basket of
of roses to Miss Beatrice Cameron Tuesday
evening. At the end of the second act of
"Don Juan' on Thursday Mr.. Mansfield was
presented with basket of white chrysanthe.
NUNS from Mrs. Harrison.
The Vice President and Mrs. Morton enter
tained company at dinner on Tuesday even
ing in honor of Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Solely. The guests were Min
lister and Madame Romero, Chevaler Tavera,
the Austrian Minister, Mrs. Philip Sheridan,
Colonel and Mrs. Bonaparte, Judge and Miss
Cox, Colonel and Mrs. Ferguson, Mr.. B. III.
Warder, and Judge Hunt.
The debut of Miss Worthington on Tuesday
evening was notable social occasion. The
reception at the Worthington mansion to
mark the event was given in very elegant
handsome and effective. Marguerites, set
against the dark green of ferns and palms,
were used in great profusion in the Railways,
drawing-rooms, and supper-room. In the
first drawingr room, where Mrs. Worthington
and Miss Worthington stood, the decorations
were chiefly American beauty and La France
roses. Mrs Worthington was attired with
extreme elegance in gray brocade. She held
large cluster of Jacqueminot roses. Miss
Worthington's gown was of white crepe, cut
Princess w nf
France rosebuds Among the throng of
guests were the Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Noble, the Misses Halstead, DR. and
Mrs. yelling, General and Mrs. McCook, Mr..
and Mrs. Blair Lee, Colonel, Mrs. and M ss
Woodward, Senator and Mrs. Walthall, Miss
Courtney Wathall, Mr.. and Mrs. Jules Guth-
ridge, Mr.. and Mrs. s. H. Kaufman, Mr. and
Mrs. Jeremiah Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Hay
and Mrs. William R. Riley, Minister and
Madame Romero Mrs. Charles Bradley, the
Misses Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson,
Miss Allisan Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. G. e.
Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Wilson, Mrs; and
Miss Darneille, Colonel and Mrs. Totten, Hon.
Benjamin Rice, Miss Rice, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
cox Mr., Mrs, and Miss Burdette, Mr.. and
Mrs. }. w. Pilling, the Misses Schmidt, Mr..
and Mrs, Albert Seip, Mr.. and Mrs: Frank
Hatton, Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Mattingly, Mrs
Otis Bigelow, Miss Nab Bigelow, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Taylor Armes, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Truesdell, Mr.. and Mrs. Britton,
Miss Noyes, Mr.. James Morrill,, the
Misses James, Senator and Mrs. Dolph
Mr. and Mrs. c, j Hillyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald
Greenlees Mr.. and Mrs McCammon, Senator
and Mrs. Teller, Mr.. and Mrs. e. Kurtz John
son, Mr.. Chaplin Brown, Mrs. Butterworth
Judge Bingham, and Captain and Mrs. Tyler
Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Hutchinson, of 1907
Massachusetts avenue, gave a very elegant
reception, Friday evening, to announce the
coming out of their second daughter, Miss
Grace Hutchinson. The handsome house was
beautifully decked with palms, flowers, and
artistic draperies. The debutante wore a
lovely gown of white satin and embroidered
chiffon, the corsage cut low in the neck and
the sleeves short. Mrs. Hutchinson was in a
rich robe of silver and gold brocade, made with
court train; superb diamond and pearl orna-
ments completed the richness of her toilet
Miss Hutchinson wore light blue more, made
Recamier style and trimmed around the low
bodice with lace. Miss Lena Hutchinson was
in white mousseline dc sole. There was q