New-York tribune., 1891-02-15
LENT IN WASHINGTON.
PROCEEDED BY SOME BRILLIANT SOCIAL
GATHERINGS.
BALLS, DANCES, LCNCHEONs, TEAS WEDDINGS
AND RECEPTroNs-UMQUE DECORATIONS
At THE MEXICAN MINISTRIES HOUSE

many teas. dinners. W.Null-p' lNN'P''''7 '''
gave the happy finish TO a season Which, II not "I
CAV was for the most part a season of eNccpilonai
enjoyment in the full measure OF social entertain
ment,.
Ash Wednesday was a day Of brilliant sunshine, aud
all in all ideal winter day. outside ot tle
churches there was no sign OF Lenten shadows though
the gay world j. supposed to have gone into sackcoth
ard ashes at midnight. In reality. it did no such
thing. At several Shrovc Tuesday balls. the cotlon
began at midnight. and festive jewellers danced on
INTO the wee, sIna' hours Of Ash wednesday morn
ing. one Of the beautiful SlrOve Tuesday dances
"IS at ex-Rcprcsentatve SCOTS house, No. -
Lafayette square, where his daughter Mrs. Scott
Townsend gave "A cOtillon. Many Of the dancing men
"r'e lrNm tn, diplomatic circle on the previous even
ine Mrs. Townsend entertained theatre party OF 100
guests and SITTER the play them an elegant supper
Mrs. Townsend for two seasons, has lived quietly
III her Philadelphia home. but formerly, owing to her
mothers delicate health, presided over her fathers
Washington house. and was regarded as one OF inc
attractive yOung hosteSSes in official circles.
The German Club gave d Shrovc Tuesday cotlon
at MIS-. Dycr's dancing academy in Rst. Harry
Clcy lcf. with Miss Grace BOutcc, daughter oi heP'
rc,entative B0utellc The chaperOneS were hcpie-
sentative Scrantons wife and Mrs. Charles st+t'"i'
The favor, were many pretty cOncet-, includIHS o|
Valentine hcart-plnS for the men. and amusing
japanese turtlcs ribbons and fans for the SouhA
women. and no end Of flowers Miss Ida scranton
drew the souvenir Flower Girl" picture, and in the
fOwer-igurc remained seated until she herself WAS T"
flower girl with her full Of flowers thrown to her
by the dancers The happy ending a the festivy was
MIS- scrantous distribution of her flowers among the
| rest Of the Young women
The Dancing Class also gave the last OF series ol
cot Ion, and mer,v danced ont Shroyc TUESDAY ID
the nagdeckcd hall Of the National Rides ArmoH.
The Hamilton gave a "emall and cary" dance TO
the guest, Of the house ana their friends. Throughout
the wall, and drawing rooms were ferns and alaea''
The ladic, wore their prcttiest gowns ana II was i
charming party.
The Shrove Tuesday wedding-of note was that oI
William T. Wharton, Assistant secretary oi Nta"' anu
N,- Susan G. Lay. daughter Of ElcIAd IT, lay 'o'
,ulGeneral TO ottawa, ontario. who were married
AT half after = O'Clock. Il quitt
iut beautiful wedding. az tie home ~
tie bridc'- aunt, Nh. IIoh-0u, In Nj. Wlerc the
couple -cad in the drawing room bay "liP''N' WIN
IL, background Of palms. and the Rev Dr. M'hlh'
ic,tli of the Churc O.: the Epiphany rsi the service
Thorr were neither bridesmaids best man nor u'lcTS
Tie ,oYug son and only child by Mr. Nhait1nH hr''
wife twho died within TWO years after her mafriaSe
Lad of t,. yr- I ,d by hs fathers side during tle
ceremony Tho ilidc worr gown Of White Nauh'
embroidered in silver. tho high waist finished with
silver c7Iic and her tuc veil held b' 'I'H-c
blossoms, only relatives Of the bride and bridegroom
wer, present at ia" ceremony
.ul,,,ncrh Lay GI not leave his post at
'NithH g tI '4N MS N''i-ii.' '''''''''-' '''
- T. ,aau CatIolir and. II j. stated, va, much opposed
In b.. dau-Lt,r', marriage Ia a PrOo, ant. and g.
re,.:.l, m the ceremony. which h" naturally ceS.rs'
>honM he 90. Catholic marriage service. bN prc-s
81 hi, church. Mr. Wharton would not consent 10 h2
married rs - priest 90 the catholic Church. ana AZ
s,utcly dcchncd u 10 IN" usual conditions lh
uo,d by that Church ON marriage Of : members
with Pror. tnt. Mis- Lay reared In the Cathohc
faith bui ,he had spent much Of her girlhoOd III
ut lpr amt. and tnclNiOl" Ndn Vtu
avn, f.om her fa her, influence when mo'l I'M
pr,.,onablo Vt any rate. she would not permit
these differences Tinc the course of true love %
smooth from he beginning and sh" yielded "lth'n'
,..r,,tou to the wishes 81 her future husband nm
.upi,,ull course her church friends declared \ "en
d.r, brrakfs-t and reception follow d the ''r'
,v and IN Tho lat" afternoon. Mr.. and Ms. Wh'T
go, icf, t,o city ON their wedding jonrnc'. Wi'i
.,,o,- r,uru they viii make their home at No. l'"l
T. , the bond-om, hoii,e rcccn Is purchased b' Mr.
Wharton. ~ Charles Norihof. Among the guests AZ
tfr. breakfast vcr' the secretary 81 N''"' u"
British Minister and Lady Tauncrot" the N"S'I'i'
,..rrn Turkish rrnch ard Netherlands Hih'''IN '''
Mexican Minister AID Nr~. Romero W. ''" '''
n,,.d Kim. Representative. N.,. and Mis- LoNS'
-, ,, ,, Efruud, Nr. ard Mrs. Theodore
p....,.r -.n,ior and Mr., Mcpherson, senator ara
vr. Stanford senator and Mis- Higgins MIS-. ~ T.
Moran SIR. ard Mr.. John Carter Mr. ana Nh
Aul1i.fiu. Count and Comics d'Ar~rh"t, OF ihe
Belgium Lcea'lon senator Allison, tl' p'n-" az"
swedish Nlriste, Mr. Blaine sent a basket Of
beautiful roc t. the bride, but did not attend t''
wedding. she ha- gone ont seldom TINS WINTER al"
,rly when r. seemed a duty to conform 70 etiquette
tc,uirln, her o b "a stio, at two state dinners gwen
bv tlo PRECEDENT tine first I'm honor of th" cabinet
and tho second n honor of the Diplomatic corps ana
tiy, dinner, given hy the NIce-Vrr~dcnt IN honor o
the President. With these exceptions Mrs blaine
h,- gone To DO ,o,lll entertainments.
Handsome ta- and innchcons marked shrovc Tues
d,, and il may l.. added. crowded the day. senator
stanford, VII, gave a luncheon T. company oi
twenty guests Pink aud blue effects were marked IN
Oh, talc decorations. At the end, OF tl" table squanN
Of Irish point lace were laid, ono over pink and The
other over blue SATIN and these were placed glass
pitchers Of rink roses. The central piece was silver
epcrgne of ross diamond shaped bon-bon boxes Of
pink and blue satin, were alteInaCed at the plates
and the les wcIe served in china cups concealed in
pink and blue satin bags, weathcd with Wild ro''s
The guests wcre from the senatorial circle Mrs.
Vance Mr. Walthall, Mrs. Stockbrdgc. Mrs. Ilodr
and Mr.. McMicn. Mrs. John Hay. M. Thomas
Kgs,. Mr., henderson. Mrs, Polloc', Mrs. Miles,
General Nfle-'- wife Mr.. Halliday, Mr.. Wilcox.
Mr,. Mahouc Mr.. shae. Mr.. J. MIL, Brown. Mrs.
Carter and Miss Beo,ie Jud>On, OF Albany, who l.
guest in the house.
senator McPhcrson's wife and Representative
Outhwac's wife gave luncheon parties. Butterflies
attached To the cards and vioct- were part oI
the pretty decorations OF MIS- ou'h"""> taole'
one ot the numerous large tc;io was given by Rep
rc,cntaVe Oato'7 wife at their home, No. LAB st.
The tea company of several hundred gu. u.>is.
but filling 50 evenly the hours of until : that they
made no crush
Mr. aud Mr.. Frank Gordon gave . O'Clock tea to
friends asked meet Miss Corin. austin Corbns
daughter. of Ncw York. who guest az the British
Legation. Tullp,. crOcuscs and narciN'ui blossoms
were thr0u ghout the dra" ing rooms, and on the tea
table there were La France roses Mrs. "oIu0n ie
ceiycd In a gown of white bengalinc with peasant
waist I'm silver pa,scmcntcrc and soft chiffon ruhicS
about the rounded neck Miss Cotbln wore pale green
brocade with trimmings oi Venetian point lace. Hiss
Edith Pattcn and Miss Van Vechen were assistants
in the tea room. II of tie pfe.lc teas OF the
season. In the company were senator and lrs. Me
Phels1n. Lieutenant and Mrs. Andrews. Lady PIunce
foe AID the Misses Paunccfotc. Mi. and Mrs. John
Iity senator and Mrs Ilawley, Mis-, Mitchell, tho
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