The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19


"Oberammergau." A large company of ladies
and gentlemen of distinguished social position
responded to the invitation. and the banquet
hall was well filed. Pots of blooming flowers
stood on stands in the windows and on table
beside the chair of the speaker. Mrs. Sher-
wood received her guests in lavender silk
gown, yelled in Chantilly lace. and black
velvet bonnet trimmed with lavender plumes.
On ascending the platform Mrs. Sherwood
said she took this opportunity of discharging
the great debt of social obligation under which
members of this community had placed her,
and since she could not hope to either rival or
equal those splendid entertainments with
which she had been honored, she had chosen
this method as slight testimonial of her
high appreciation of the honors showered upon
her. She then proceeded to read very enter
tanning account of the impression the
Passion Play had made upon her.
She presented series of graphic
word pictures of the religious spectacle,
which she said sis neither opera, drama, nor
tableau, but all of these and much more. SO
imbued are the actors with the spirit of the
presentation that it affects one with all the
pathos and power of reality, and cannot fail
to quicken the religious interest of all who be-
hold it, and she knew that its impress would
be felt by her through life and even in death
itself" Mrs. Sherwood was listened to with
wrapt attention. for the paper was fine
specimen of description and analysis COM
bined, and at its close it was greeted with
hearty applause. Among the guests present
We're Minister and Mrs Guzman, of Nicaragua;
Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. and Miss Bigelow, Dr. and
Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Audenreid, Mrs Menocal.
Mrs. Laughton, Mr.. aud Mrs. Mcleod, Mrs.
Cilley, of Cambridge, Mass; Hon. and Mrs.
Simon Wolf, Mrs. Babbitt, Mrs Brown, Mrs.
Stockbridge, Miss Anna Dawes, Mrs. Field,
MIR. and Mrs Ffoulke, Mrs. John D. Lang
horn, Senator and Mrs. Chandler, Mrs.
Cockrell, Hon. and Mrs. George B. Loring.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Halliday, Mrs. n. 8.
Lincoln, Mrs Lothrop Bradley, Mrs. Nc
keever, Miss Van Rensselaer,, Miss Hardie.
Judge Embry, Mrs. Winlock, Mrs. Enoch
Totten. Mrs. Dana, and many others.
On last Thursday evening reception was
rendered to Miss Eleanor c. Donnelly and
her sisters, of Philadelphia, by Sister Angelica,
Holy Cross, 1912 Massachusetts avenue 1t
was genuine feast of reason and flow of
soul. The Misses Donnelly gave some very
fine musical numbers, both classical and
ballad, and the pupils Of the house added to
to the general pleasure by their charming Sc
lections, among which we cannot refrain
from particularizing sGrandmas Minuet," by
Miss Eveline Sickles; Miss Marie Plants rcci-
tatien from James Whitcomb Riley, an instru-
mental trio by the Misses Kieckhoefer, and
Miss Trainor's rendition of Miss Eleanor G.
Donnelly's poem, save Maria" Several very
striking selections were given by the youthful
elocutionist, Miss Mary Lloyd Among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Il. Smith,
Miss Ella L. Dorsey, Mr.. Coady, Mr.. and Miss
Watson, Miss Morrison, the Misses Leveque,
Tunis Lee, Lafferty, and Bannon, and Mr..
Plant.
Washington society will turn out at the
Academy of Music on the 9th of May to hear
some charming music by those two organiza-
tions of artists-the Schubert quartette and
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difficult TO imagine anything finer in the way
of concerted music than that furnished by
these local quartettes. Students in the highest
sense of The word, they have preferred study
to exhibition, and have been heard only in a
semi-public way, chiefly in society circles: but
at last the solicitations of their friends have
prevailed, and the Academy of Music will be
crowded to hear them publicly in a programme
of their choicest music. The Schubert quar-
tctte is composed of male voices, and has a
repertory of seventy-five pieces from which to
select its numbers, and the SiXteenth-street
quartette of mixed voices will make its selec-
tions from arepertory of about forty pieces.
Wednesday evening, at $50 o'clock, Cal
vary Baptist Church was the scene of the i'm
pressiye wedding ceremony of Miss Gertrude
L, Nelson and Mr. Edward j. Watts. Rev.
:. III. Green performed the ceremony in the
presence of large number of friends of the
bridal pair The ushers We're Messrs. Harry
and Ernest thompson, Mr.. Frank Swartout,
Mr.. Percy Seufferle, Mr.. Fred s. Nelson, of
Philadelphia, and Mr. Harry Aver. Miss Mel
son wore an elegant robe of white silk and
embroidered chiffon. Her veil of tulle was
surmounted by a wreath of lilies of the valley,
and the only ornament worn was brooch
over hundred years old, presented by her
grandmother. She carried bunch of lilies of
the valley. There was no reception after the
ceremony Upon the return of Mr. and Mrs
Watts from their wedding journey they viii
be at home to their friends at 412 Second
street.
Mrs. and Mrs. Villain Daingerfeld Peachy
haveissued invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Annie Weem Peachy, to Lieut..
Frank Edmund Beatty, of the Navy.
The wedding is set for the evening of We'd
nesday, April s29, at s O'Clock, in St. Johns
Church, Sixteenth and H streets.
DIR. and Mrs. Samuel Houston have sent out
cards for the wedding reception of their
daughter, Rose Eva, and Samuel z. Lewis
Thursday evening, from to $780, at No 1410
Tenth street. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis will be at
home Thursdays in May at 1913 p street.
Mrs. Clayton McMichael received many
social attentions during her visit TO this city.
Among others who gave entertainments in her
honor were Mrs. Dr. Lincoln, very elegant
tea on Monday, and Mrs, r. b. NJ. Mason a
luncheon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lowell have returned
from their Northern trip and will be home at
800 street northeast to their friends Wednes-
day.