Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
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of the Calvary Baptist Church, was celebrated
last Wednesday evening by the members Of that
congregation in a manner which demonstrated
| the high regard in which their pastor is held
Up to the last moment the affair was carefully
| concealed from the reverend gentleman. and il
| was not until he and his wife met six seven
hundred parishioners and friends assembled in
| the lecture room Of the church that they fully
| understood what the occasion for such a large
gathering meant. Prof. R. w. Prentiss, who
had been selected by the committee to explain
matters, in q happy address informed DR..
| Greene and his wife that they had assembled
to fittingly celebrate the occurrence OF the sill
yer wedding of their pastor and his wife, and in
the course Of his remarks alluded very feelingly
| to the relations which existed between them
and their spiritual adviser and in closing in
troduced Mr.. d. A. Chambers, who, on behalf
| of the congregation, presented o magnificent
| hand carved antique oak buffet, with handsome
silver trimmings, together with a coffee urn,
soup tureen and ladol and dozen forks. Mr..
Greene accepted the gifts on behalf Of himself
and wife in a very eloquent and grateful address
and seemed much touched by this new evidence
of the kindness of his congregations. Afterward
| a reception was held and the personal congrat-
ulations of those present were rendered the
| bride and groom of q quarter of a century, re-
freshments being served later in the evening
The choir Of the church, Miss Bertha Lincoln,
! Mrs Bodfsh, Mr.. G. H. Lillebridge and MIR.
Watson, contributed largely to the success Of
| the evening with several excellent musical
selections. The congregation is under obliga-
tons to the committee of ladies who managed
the affair SO successfully, the names OF whom
arc appended: Mrs. William NJ. Gibson, Miss
Martha Hazard, Mrs. Chas. Loucks, Mrs. b. b.
Adams and Mrs. S. 3. Everett The committee
were assisted by Mr.. John H. Olcott, the treas
urer of the church, who acted as master OF
ceremonies.
progressive euchre party was given last
night at the residence of Mrs. Samuel Ross, No.
u street northeast, in honor Of the twenty-frst
birthday of her brother, Mr.. George W. Mont
gomery. The head prizes were won by Miss
Kate Powers and Mr.. A. b. Dawson and the
BOBBY prizes by Miss Blanch White and Mr..
John 7. Parsons. A yellow lunch was served
at 1890 pm. The room and table were extern
sively decorated with yellow ribbon and
flowers, and each guest was presented with
bouquet Of daffodils, tied with yellow ribbon.
After supper dancing was INDUCED in till a late
hour. Those present were Miss Grace Z. White,
Cora I. vickery, Hattie Wheeler, Nellie Cowles,
ALA Vickery, Blanch White, Kate Power, Car
RE Kerr, Mr.. Mercer, A. Blondel, A. b. Dawson,
VIM. W. Horton, Geo. L. johnson, j. b. Waters,
j. L. Parsons, VIM. Seitz and Prof. j. P. Mont
gomery.
The Little Tiddedy Winks Club on last even
ing gave their first pink party to their numer-
GUS friends at the home of one Of its members,
Miss Abbie Began, 9l3 9th street northwest.
The early part of the evening was spent in
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after which refreshments were served. Among
those present were Misses Maggie and Marie
Larner, Etheland Grace Crocton Eva and Lot
tie Waters, Carrie NICHOLSON, Maud Klein
Clancy, Masters W. +. Bowen. Joseph u. Began,
Joseph f. Began, n j. A. Thomas, Alvin B.
NICHOLSON, John Collier, J. A. Whitton, Daniel
Bishop, Moulty Goundie, Charles Little Joseph
Keller, Ed. Wilson, Misses Marguerite and Bern
adine Happ, Lillian A. Wallingsford, Mary 8.
ROpan Mr. I
Messrs. George N. Happ, Charles ]. and N. L.
Began and Frank Bauer.
Mrs. Eldridge J. Smith, 1876 F street, is still
in i'll health. Since victim Of the grip year
ago she has been suffering from attacks of
prostration and is now worse than usual
Several members of the Woman's National
Press Association have been invited to Boston
to the breakfast to be given in honor of Mrs.
Saliie Joy White, the retiring president Of the
New England Woman's Press Association,
April 20.
Mrs. General G. E. Pickett leaves today for
Boston, and after enjoying the hospitality of
the press ladies there will undergo surgical
treatment for complication Of troubles caused
by an accident two years ago.
A charming entertainment was given last
evening at the hospitable mansion of Gen.
Garland by his popular and attractive
daughter, Miss Daisy. The enjoyment Of the
lightful refreshments. Miss Nanny Green's
rich soprano voice blended well with Mr..
Sanders Garland's high baritone. Those
present were Miss Green, Miss Hobson, Miss
Neancey. Miss Plain, Miss Bartlett, Miss Smith,
Bessie Bartlett. Mr.: White, Mr.. Mills,
Mr.. Fugitt, Mr.. Fletcher, Mr.. Lee
Mosher, MIR. Sanders Garland, Mr.. FAINT,
Mr.. O'Halloran. Mr.. R. c. Garland and
the of Misa
her home in Culpeper this afternoon. Sheaud
Miss Garland have been been fast friends since
their school days. Miss Green came down to
Washington especially to attend the bal poudre
been staying at her uncle s-Fish Commissioner
McDonald-is now with her mother at Mrs
English's, 1907 n street.
charity dance, which promises to be quite
a success socially and otherwise will be given
on Monday evening, the 9th, at Mrs. Dyer's,
1917 r street The following are the members
Of the floor committee: W. b. Hibbs. r. C.
Mckinney, c. C.. Tucker. b. B. s. Phillips and
Henry Martin.
Miss Hattie Trembley Of Georgetown, who has
been spending the winter with friends and rela-
tives ill Jersey City and western New York. re-
turned to her hOms on Tesday.
Mrs. Cockrell gave luncheon yesterday in
honor OF her friend, Mrs. Montgomery of Port
land. Ore. who is here for a short stay The
other guests were Madame Romero, Mrs. Man.
derson, Mrs. DOlph. Mrs. Mcdonald, Mrs. ]. F.
Carpenter and Mrs. Shields. The table was
decked with forget-me-nots and the ladies' had
pretty punches Of them to carry away.
The Misses Breckenridge, daughters of Rep
resentative Breckenridge, have gone to Europe.
joining party of friends for an extensive tour
OF the continent
A pleasant dance was given last evening at
the residence of Mrs. Trader, corner lth and
streets, by Miss May Trader, Miss Hines and
Mrs. Hamilton Colman. The spacious house
was decorated with ported plants and spring
flowers and dancing was enjoyed until q late
hour At midnight collation. was served of
salads, ices DC. Among those present were:
Miss Anna Bush of New FORK, Miss Sallie Miller
Miss Bertha Page OF Takoma Park Mrs Ham,
ilton Colman, Misses Trader, Hines, Links.
Morrell, Curtis, Melville and Dayton, Mrs.
Hines and Mrs. Trader, Messrs John w. FRYER
OF Tennessee, Pryor, Duffey. Hines, Curtis,
Blizzard, Hora, Aughinbaugh and DIR. Cannon
and DR.. Garabed and MIR. }. W. fryer.
Mrs. Zaidee r. Smith has been called to New
York on account of the severe illness of her
mother. She will return by May 10.
Commodore W. H. Shock and Miss Shock will
spend the summer abroad. They will sail for
Europe on the 18th of May.
Mr.. and Mrs. John b. Larner have returned
to the city and will be at home to their friends
at the Richmond on the first two FRIDAYS in
May between and O o'clock.