Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-31


society in ITS largest sense found plenty amuse
I ment at Land.
Some Of tie dinners were notable ones. Al
the Shoreham Mr.. and Mrs J. L. Montgomery
gave dinner, at which Mrs. Mckee was the
guest OF honor. The Hover pieces or .he table
were great ovals of maiden hair fern studded
/ with large pink roses. The other guests were
Senator and Mira. Cockreil. Senator and Mrs
Bolph. Mrs. CYRUS EO.ph Gen. and Mrs. Miles
Senator Mitchell Senator Dubois Mrs. ]. w
Iinchpt. Mrs. Henry Emo. Mrs. William T. Emo
Mr. l.. " iihlfnrd, Col Long, Or. Wyman and
Gen. Ba!Chelder.
The coaiion ct the English legation last
night WAS M especially brilliant event Gen.
eral dancing commenced about . ard the ger.
| nan at II. Lady falJcefcte wore a becoming
/ toilet Of = 2j;e shin. Miss rauuccfote was in
| pink ard Miss Sibyl wore 4 white tullc gown
| The latter danced with sir. Jesse Brown, who
, led the cCtiiion- The fgvors we're very pretty
/ IN one figure tho men got sashes the ladies
1u;tert'Ies. and III another, the ladies dainty
t, little hats, trimmed with silks of different
| colors.
Among The guests were Mra. Mckee. Mr.
! Russell Harrison. Mr.. ard Mrs Frank Gordon,
! Miss Caroline Gordon, Mrs. Don Cameron,
Mrs. nnmick Llent and Mrs: ParLer. Mr..
John Mclean. Miss StUrS!J OF Philade!rhisl.
Miss Morris of Baltimore. Darquise dc Tailey-
/ rand PerSOrI. Miss Elaine Miss Naran!aker
I the Misses Berry, the Misses Walach the Misses
I Wilson. Miss Carroll, Miss ODoEael, Miss
/ Lodge. hiss Cox, Miss Carlisle Miss stout the
| Misses James, Mr.. and Mrs. Wharton. Mrs. and
/ Mss Brown. Mir. and Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss
Roosevelt. Miss JACKSON. Miss Narder. the
/ Misses Letter, 1Ir. and Mrs. Blair Lee. Miss
} Cameron. Aiss cambridge HofT. Capt. aid
'ladSme Lo''en, The Misses Del Monte. Senator
anu Mrs Cameron. Representative and fiTs.
Lodge, Capt C1wlcs. Mr.. Thayer. Mr. FL
Hfiise, Nh. AUllIgan. Mr. Mott Mr. NoatgoI3
cry BAR. Ar. Arnold Hague, Mr.. hass0n,
Representative Sanford, MIR. Clifford Rich
arisen. Miss Eonaparte, Ars Briae,
JIisS HenGletOn. Mr. Lawrence Heap, MIS-.
| slater Miss Gwynn. Miss Bliss. Mr. and Mrs..
! frank Riggs, senator and Mrs. Nclcott, SEN
G;or Gibson. Alr. and Mrs. Linden Kent, Sen
ator ana Mrs. Hale, Gen. and Mira Berdan.
Judge an'i Mrs. John Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
May. Miss AEtOInCtte pinchot. Hon. Alan
Goanst0nc, 1ir. ard 4trs. Slack, Capt. and Mrs.
A Rodgers. 4IE and MIS-. john HAY. Assistant
Secretary and 3irs. Solely. Mr.. and 5t.s. Amber
son. tine Misses H0rsey, Sir. Guiilar,l Hunt Nix.
Woodbury. Lowcry. Capt and Mrs. HoG, Nr.
Alfred Ihcrndihe, Mai. iiAtLbOne anu NJ. an..
Mrs. William Lay.
Mr. and Mrs. john Mclean are entertaining
this afternoon at a brilliant ball for their
youlg son. Master Edward Beale Mclean, the
little folks of their acquaintance. The
guests were invited for $50 and at 3 o clock an
assemhlaEe Of little ones, halt grown girls and
boys. each and all alfred in fancy dress,
rhIoHged the long suite Of drawing rooms. ball
room and the spacious new dining room. thrown
open today for the first time. The ball room
Was a fairy land not one Christmas tree, but "a
forest " them, ali sparkling with tinsel and
heavily hung With lovely presents for the little
guests. Mrs. Mclean received in her French
drawing room surrounded by her guests. Miss
Lulu Morris OF Baltimore. Miss Susie StIrgis
of Philadelphia. Mrs. Rust lIurdekoper OF New
York and Mrs. Robert Garrett Of Baltimore.
When the great folding doors of oak were
opened another beautiful scene attracted all
attention. The spacious room is tinted in an
Old red shade like the ball room. At one end
is the superb mantelpiece. reaching to the cell
ing. with wide fireplace under it, Tall bronze
figures holding electric lamps are at each side
OF the bay window. The table decorations to-
day We're a small Christmas tree hung with
fancy bon ton-, and gariands of holly ran all
aioand the cloth. between which the fancy
dishes were set.
In the throng OF guests there were kings and
QHeens, peasants and princes, babes and ladies'
dukes and duchesses. fairies and SYPHILIS, quak-
ers and students, monks and nuns, and in fact,
every fancy that mothers or costumers could
devise. The hail was without exception one of
the most fairy-like pictures that was ever seen.
Mrs. Mckee was among the few of the older
people invited 10 look on the pageant. Among
the children themselves were Alice and Mary
Nor ton, Gladys and Thomas Hinckley, Master
Bonaparte, Misses Hattie and Alice
Ward, Master and Miss Carlisle, Miss
ter John Wentworth Greeley, Miss Elise
ainter, Misses Constance and Lucy Adee
kilbourn Gordon. Marjorie Mott Sadie and
Flora Britton. Thomas Hutchins, the Misses
Newands, Marie Mcmillan Brown, Annie and
Phelps Brown, Jean and Pierce Crosby Mitchell
and Hobart Handy. Miss Efouike, Sarah Coch-
ran Walker, the Misses Leech Miss Steele
Evans Helen, Button and A. &c Brown, the
Misses Barney. the Misses Schroeder, sydney
Herbert. Edith Marmion. William V. alarmion,
Will Van Reypen. Gwendolen and Gladys
Young, Burns and Pauline Magruder, Miss
Gordon Cumming. Fred. G. Van Vliet. Daisy
Wilson. Charlotte and Brvson Taylor Alice l..
Bacon. Fitzhugh and the Misses GOldsborough,
Anita Poor, Helen Steele, Ethel and Allen
Merritt. Miss yelling, Master woolcott, Master
the Misses Lanier Dunn, the Masters
Reeves, Master and Miss DENLY, the
Misses Key. Genevieve Mattingly, Miss
and Master Hyatt, Masters hepburn,
Robert s. Chew, Ada and Bessie German, Kath-
crime McCook, Masters Jackson. May Arms,
Alice Belknap. Mary Stone. Rose wallach. Grace
Jarvis, Misses dc Peyster, Miss Bessie Ashton,
Bessie Glover. Alice Rochester, Alice Neill,
Marion Cockrrli, living CocArcll, Frank Cock
rell Alice Wilmerdfng. Misses Solely. Master
aud Miss Solely, Master Logan Tucker Miss Alice
Hay. Miss Eisie Andersen, Master Chauncey
Hackett, Master Willie Hackett, Master Jamie
Hopkins. Master johnson, Master Montrose
Adee, Master Daniel, Miss Daniel. children Of
Senator Daniel; Hiss Daisy kusk, Master Alex.
L. Magrude-, Miss Isabel Magruder, Miss Daisy
Letter, Master George Gould Lincoln, Miss
Natalie Lincoln, Miss Mary Raymond Henry ].
Raymond Miss Marion Pelle9, John Rodgers
Margaret Montgomery,
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. ii. Kaufman gave a bril-
liant reception last night in honor of the mem
bers OF tine National Capital Press Club and
! their wives. NJ. Kaufman was recently
reelected president Of the club for q second
term. \ strinSed orchestra played during the
evening The entire suite OF parlors was
fraSrantly decorated with roses The guests
began assembling shortly after o'clock and
| did not leave uatIi close to midnight. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Kaufman were assisted in receiving
| their guests by Mr.. Walter Weilman, vice pres
| ident of tho club, aud Mrs. Wellman, Mrs
| Rudolph Kaufman and Miss Louise Kauff-
mann. Mrs. Kaufman wore a dark blue
| velvet gown combined with light brocade
and fae point lace. Mrs Rudolph Kauff-
mann in white crepe de chene and black
velvet, Mrs Walter Wellman in white and
blue silk and Miss Louise kaufmann
| IN white mouseliine dc sole, assisted in enter
| tanning the guests, Among those present were
| Major and Mrs. Carson, Miss Carson, Major and
Mrs. Noah, Miss Chambers, Mrs. w. E. Curtis.
MIR. and Mrs X. Wynne. Mr.. and Mrs. Gill;
land, Mr.. and Mrs s. L. johnson. Mr.. Walter
Il. Stevens. Mr.. Cornelius Gardiner Mr. Alfred
J. Clarke, Miss Mira Noyes, MIR. and Mrs. 4.
W. Noyes, Miss Prentice. Mr.. and Mrs W. e.
Bryan, Mr.. Rudolph Kaufman, Mr.. Victor
kauffmann. Mr.W. J. Hampton, Ir and Mrs. y.