The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-17

egation in the East Room at noon yesterday
The White House has on its summer suit of
linen wrappers and matted floors, and looks
fresh and sweet as daisy. The family kept
unusually late morning hours on Saturday,
the day after their arrival, but at 3 P. NJ. Mr..
and Mrs. Mckee appeared on the portico
ready for an afternoon drive. Mrs. Mckee
says that the journey was most delightful
throughout, but, varied as was its in
cidents, she has not had so much leisure
for afternoon maps as while going the
grand rounds. Each one had a section
berth to himself in the cars and between
stopping places she could go to bed with a
novel and have no fear of ''callern until the
next station was reached. The cities passed
through and the scenery were charming, but
no place is quite so handsome or homelike as
Washington and the south portico of the
White House commands prospect more
beautiful then any seen elsewhere, she SAYS.
Or Monday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee
will return to Indianapolis to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Lyna Mckee, sister of Mr.. Nc
Kee. which takes place on Wednesday. Mrs.
Mckee will be away from Washington some
five days, when she will return here to remain
until she and Mrs. Russell Harrison sail for
Europe, June 3.
Mr.. Halford, the Presidents private secre-
tary, and daughter are expected on the 10Th in
slant.
Miss Sangster, the White House stenographer,
will be back from Syracuse, n. Y, some time
this week.
Dr. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's father, who re-
sides at the White House with the Presidents
family, is preparing to go to Port Townsend,
Wash. on visit to his son, Judge John n
Scott, who is an attorney there.
Thursday evening at the National Rifles
Hall the pupils of the Misses Baden's dancing
school gave their May ball, the closing event
of most successful season. There were two
hundred and twenty pupils present. The in
vited guests, parents, and friends swelled the
company to nearly seven hundred. The
programme presented all the newest society
dances and was beautifully executed. The
first hour of the evening the junior members
the floor. Their exercises began with grand
march, which was led by Master Ralph
Johnstone, Miss Bessie Keach, Master Fred
B. Low, and Miss Elba Dickey. AT the con-
dance, after which came the CROWN
ing event of the evening, ''The
Mfnuet.'' The dignity and grace of
this dance of our ancestors was never more
perfectly carried out than by these twenty
four young misses and masters, all in court
costumes The Minuet was led by Walter
Collins, Annie Fitzhugh, Harold Scudder, and
Elizabeth May. Following these were Eugene
Crandel, Lilly Drany, Scott Magill, Mignon
Nixon, Claude Lunsford, Nellie Nixon,
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Young, Maud Deimar, Reed Magill, Florence
Keach, Lee Crandel, Irene Moore, Howard
Shuster, Ethel Hughes, Willie Abbe, jamie
Carlton, Frank Moore, and Claire Brayley.
The young friends of Miss May O'Neal last
Monday evening gathered at the young lady's
home, 2l11 III street. to offer their congratula-
tions upon her sixteenth birthday anniversary.
Although it was informal, the evening was
pleasantly passed by all present. After en-
joying several hours Of dancing, etc., the
guests were invited to partake of an elegant
supper. Some of those present were Misses
Littlefeld, O'Neal, ,Cobaugh, Hilton, Caldwell.
DAILY, WetZel, Reynolds, Carroll, Bandle,
Stephan, Jones, and Smith, and Messrs.
Haldeman, Haas, Brown, Jones, Carroll ALI
son, Hodge, Blackford, Reynolds, Needing,
Caldwell, and Tarde.
The fortnightly hops of the Potomac Ath-
letic Club will shortly be resumed at their boat
house, the following committee having been
appointed to manage the affairs Messrs. j II.
Horab, Il. III. Brown, Walter H. Pumphrey,
Leonard Bradley, Will T. Norton, j. c.. Nor
ris III. b. Merritt, Walter Butterworth, T. L.
Donnelly, and G. j. Benson. The first dance
will take place the first week in June.
The many friends of Mr.. Samuel A. Foot
will be pleased to learn that he has accepted
an important position with the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad Company, having re-
plBuCu LIE pOblIlOu III Iu6 OeOlOglcdl survey
TO do so. He will leave for his post of duty
in Chicago early in July.
Mrs. Samuel Merrill ("Jean Kinkaid'0
gave an at home in North Cambridge, Mass,
on May Z, In honor of Mrs. Edward Roby, of
Chicago; Mrs. George e. Pickett, of this CITY,
and Rev. Caroline j. Bartlett, of Kalamazoo.
The last meeting of the season of the Short
Story Club will be held at the residence OF
Mrs. G. Crandell, 610 H street northwest, on
Wednesday evening, at o'clock. An interest
programme is being prepared.
Harry j. Tyndale, the indefatigable and
popular agent of the Faber Pencil Company
of New York, spent the week in the city
working up their interest In the Government
Departments.
Mrs. Baggett and Miss Baggett have moved
out TO Rockville, where they will reside foi
the next two months, thence going to theil
villa at Atlantic City.
Mrs. L. De F. Jennings will give tent
lunch On Tuesday at Glen Echo in honor OF
Mrs. Senator Dolph and several other we'll
known society ladies.
Mrs. and Miss Heintzleman are at Atlantic
City.
The BellVue Dairy Farm invite their Gus
TONERS to give their system personal in
spection.