Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-12

The Coming Meeting es Mount v~r.~> m.
gcnss-Per~cnsl Not>a.


Tomorrow afternoon the regent ana 49,
regents Of the Mount Vernon Ladies' A..ors.-
ton viii go down 10 Mount Vernon and their
annual council win commence on THURSDAY
The council will probably last until NEXT Mon
day or Tuesday, n shorter time than usual bus
thought by the ladies 30 be sufficiently lone 20
dispatch all the business requiring their stten-
ton at this time II IL expected that
sixteen or eighteen Of the vice reseuts manv
OF them from far distant states, VII IL
present and the deliberations OF the council
are expected 20 be unusually interesting. The
usual routine business the reading OF the re-
port Of the regent. Mrs. Laughton. and that Of
of the superintendent. the gardener, &c, will
take up the entire time on Thursday and locis-
lative business will not be reached perhaps
until the Saturday sessions. OWING 60 the in
terruptions caused BY the presence Of visitors In
the afternoons. at which time the more i'm
portant meetings of the council are usually
held. the Manchester will only make the norm
ing trip 20 Mount Vernon during the holding a
the council.
presented 20 the association the past year. As
there h but q limited space in the mansion
where they can be conveniently displayed the
plan which has been discussed nj several % the
late councils OF erecting a fireproof building
for their reception will in all probability be de-
cided upon at the coming session The loca-
ton OF this building will also be determined
upon while the ladies are together.
During the council IL always q favorite time
Tor the friends OF the regent and vice regents
TO make up Mount Vernon parties, 90 that the
ladies, Mrs. Lsughton. Mira Barnes and Mrs.
Sweat, who go down from this city will be able
to keep quite in touch with all that is going On
at home.
Miss Longfellow, the vice regent for Mssss-
chusetts, viii not attend this council Her
health has not been good and she has gone
abroad. Mrs. Letter. the vice regent for Illi-
nois, will be enjoying her first presentation 20
Queen Victoria ON the day of the assembling OF
her sister councillors. Mrs. Hearst who rep
resents California. has betrayed the expense Of
the spacious new shelter which lately
erected at the landing, the little house that was
there being found totally inadequate for the
comfort of visitors while awaiting the boat.
The lady managers OF the House Of Mercy,
24Os street. will give q tea tomorrow after
noon at the home between the hours of and 6.
Justice and Mrs. Blatchford will leave town
the last week of this month. going 10 New
York, as usual, for stay Of several weeks be-
fore going on 20 Newport
Mrs. ]. Thompson Swami has deferred her
departure until Thursday. She goes then TO
her home IN Princeton and in a few weeks LAT ter
to Sing Sing. \. y, to attend the wedding of .
young relative.
Mr.. Basil st. Claire and his sister, Miss Paw
SAIL as soon as arrangements can be made.
cite St. Claire, have been recalled 60 Paris BY
the severe illness Of their grandfather, and viii
Owing to a death in the family Mrs. Butter
Field will not entertain her "Wednesday evening
whist party.
pleasant little party Of the young friends
Of Miss MAY 0'Neal gathered last evening at her
home to tender their congratulations upon her
sixteenth birthday anniversary. The affair
was entirely informal, but the evening proved
a delightful one TO ali present After dancing
to the strains of exceptionally good music the
guests enjoyed a handsome repast. Among the
guests were Misses Reynolds, Metzel. DAILY, HIl-
ton, Cobaugh, Eva Caldwell, Ada Caldwell,
Littleheld. Mary ONeal, sally Neal Boudle,
stephan and Carroll, Messrs. Haldeman, Haas,
Brown, Carroll, Allison, Hodge, blackboard,
Reynolds, Needing and Caldwell
Mrs. Gen. A. V. kautz and her two daughters,
Miss Francesa and Miss Navarro. have gone 20
Cincinnati, where they will remain several
weeks with Col. and Mrs. Markbreit. Mrs.
Markbreit will give Miss Navarro a garden party
on Saturday.
Mrs. and Miss Pullman Of Chicago, who have
been at the Arlington for some time have gone
TO New York. Mrs. Pullman will 20 abroad
with Mrs Logan, sailing Thursday. Miss Pull
man will return to Chicago and later with her
sister will pass the summer at Elberon ss usual.
Mrs. Judge Anderson of Salt Lake City is
visiting her mother, Mrs. r. A. Mccoy, nj 1900
street northwest. Mrs Anderson will re-
main in Washington until July, when Judge
Anderson will meet her here and go 10 the sea-
shore.