Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-11
END OF THE SEASON.
The Round of Gayeties Finished by
Ash Wednesday.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
The Reception at the Korean Legation-Re-
turning Numerous Hospitalities-Other Re-
ceptions of Note-Mrs. Dickens "Mate-cito'
Tea-Personal Mention.
Mrs. Ye Cha Yum, wife Of the charge a. af-

fairs of Korea, held her second and closing re-
ception yesterday afternoon and the Korean
legation was thronged for several hours. Mr..
Ye Cha Yum assisted his wife in the drawing
room. Mrs. Moore. wife of Mr.. W. Sturtevant
OF the navy. and Miss Moore, with Miss Towne
and Miss Cogswell, assisted in the dining room.
These receptions have been q very pleasant
feature in the seasons gayeties and have been
greatly enjoyed by the host and hostess them
selves, who thus had opportunity to re-
turn the many courtesies offered them
Among those present we're Mrs. Secretary
Proctor and Miss Proctor, Mexican Minister
and Madam Romero. Col. and Mrs. Hayward,
Senator and Mrs Spooner. Mrs. Cogswell. Miss
Whitehead, Mrs. Senator Faulkner and daugh-
.ers, Senator and Mrs. Casey, Mrs. Senator
Morrill,, Japanese Minister and wife and
Secretary Sato, Nicaraguan Minister and
Madam Guzman, Peruvian Minister and
Madam Zegarra, Representative and Mrs Har-
mer and daughter, Representative Cooper,
Mrs. Cooper and daughters, Brazilian Minister
and Madam Mendonca and daughters, Miss
Shufeldt. Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Chief Justice
Bingham, Gen. Vincent, DIR. Vincent, Secre-
tary OF Agriculture and Mrs. Rusk, Miss Risk,
Acting Secretary of Treasury and Mrs Nette-
ton. Rev. Teunis s. Hamlin, Mrs. Senator STAN
ford, Senator Morgan and the Misses Morgan,
the Chinese charge d'affairs. Mr.. Pung Kwang
Yu, and attche Mr.. Ho Shen Chez, secretaries
of Venezuelan legation and their wives, Mrs.
Senator Teller, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Chopper, Mrs.
s. 4. Brown, Mrs. Senator Wilson, Mrs Brown
and Mr.. Cridler of the State Department, Com
modore Skerrett and Gen. Moore.
Mrs. Francis W. Dickens gave innate cito,"
little tea, in the way that South American
would express it, though very large company
partook of her hospitality. Mrs. Dickens was
assisted In receiving by Miss Mollie Seawell,
Miss Maggie Wood, Miss Sophie Webster and
Mrs. s. Augustine Robinson. Out in the dining
room Miss Skerrett and Miss Henrietta Seawell
did the honors of the refreshment table, while
Miss Helen Tisdel dispensed the mate. Mate
is the common beverage of South America and
consists of holly leaves dried and packed SO
closely in bags of hide that they are reduced to
afine powder. Its preparation j. precisely
like other tea, but Mr.. and Mrs. Dickens accom-
panied its serving to their guests by all the
paraphernalia that the Paraguayans use. The
table where Miss Tisdel sat had as tea cloth q
square Of the cotton cloth. edged by lace.
which is made by the women in the Andes. The
tea was served in mate cups-gourds of curious
shapes and ornamentations-and sucked up
through little silver pipes that had al end like
spoon, but full of holes like q sieve. These
are called bombilia. Everybody took taste of
the mate, but there we're but very few who did
not think that the table of dainties to which
they we're more accustomed was not the better
refreshment. The novelty as well az the inter-
often OF the mate and its important place in
the everyday life of South Americans made
the occasion the event of Shrove Tuesday.
Among those present during the afternoon
were the Venezuelan minister. Mrs. Peraza. Mr..
and Mrs. Carlos Bolet, Mr.. and Mrs. Bolet Mon
agas, Mrs. Leinau the Spanish minister, Mrs.
Suarez, Commodore and Mrs. Farquhar, Com
modore and Mrs. Greer: Miss Greer, Senator
and Mrs. Hawley. Senator and Mrs. Vance, Miss
Bowles, Mr.. Martin. Col and Mrs. Haywood,
~ ,<,fsx- Oath a.
Mrs. Taylor, Major and Mrs. Schwan. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Reyburn, Miss Hosmer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cabell, Commander and Mrs.
McCalla, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Elliot, Com
missioner and Mrs. Mcdonald, Miss
Mcdonald, the Nicarauguan minister, Mrs.
GuZman, Mrs. Orris s. Ferry, Miss Ferry,
Miss Daley, Commander and Mrs. Terry, Mr..
and Mrs. Herwig, Miss Wheat, Mrs. X. X.
Henry, Mr.. J. W. Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. G. W.
Brown, Miss Cuthbert, Commander and Mrs.
Coffin, DR.. and Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Richard
Rush. Paymaster and Mrs. Rand, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Lemly. Capt. and Mrs. McNair, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Noel, Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Mcdonald, Com
mander and Mrs. Davis, Miss Wilkinson, Mr..
G. F. Gibbs, Mr. II. G. Kemp, Paymaster and
Mrs. Frailey. Mrs. r. B. Dashiell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Bedlow, Prof and Mrs. H. ID. Todd,
Miss Todd, Mrs. J. P. Ray, the Misses Ray,
Commodore and Mrs. Skerrett, Miss Margaret
Skerrett, Chief Engineer and Miss Towne,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Fillette. the Misses Jenkins,
Liert. and Mrs. Quackenbush, Commander and
Mira. Train. Capt. and Mrs. Robert Meade the
Misses Meade, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden, the Misses
de Kraft. Miss Day, Mr.. ]. J. Woodward, Lieut..
II. d. Todd, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Mackay, Mr.. G.
A. Robinson. Mr.. and Mrs. F. V. Robinson,
Mr.. Charles Frailey, Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Tisdel,
Senior and Nine. Mendonca, the Misses Men,
donca, Miss Lowrey Solicitor General and Mfs.
Taft. Senior and Nine. Zcgdua the japanese
minister and Nine. Zegarra and Mrs. Browne.
Representative and Mrs. Tracey gave brill
liant reception last Mi ht and their parlors were
thronged from o'clock until nearly midnight
The parlor suite was tastefuily decorated with
cut flowers and the mantels and pictures gar
landed in smilax. The dining room, with the
handsomely set table. made an effective finish
to the decorations of the suite. Mrs. Tracey
wore an elegant gown of light French brocade,
trimmed with fine lace and a cOllarette of gold
beads. Fer guests. Madame Mason and Mrs.
Salliberry, assisted in entertaining the guests.
among whom were Gen. and Mrs. SpinOla, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred May. Senator and Mrs. Carlisle.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Wilson, Representative and
Miss Blount Representative and Mrs. Shively,
Mrs. Faulkner, Miss Faulkner, the Misses Du
Hamel. nr. Preston Sands, Representative and
Mrs. Hatch, Miss Hatch, Representative and
Mrs. Outhwaite, the Spanish minister and
Madame Suarez. Miss Arminderez. Mrs. Hart
ley and Miss Gordon, Representative Gibson,
Miss Merrick, Mr.. Alex. Porter Morse, Miss
Nina Morse, Miss Josephine Soliquae, Mrs.
Sieary, MISS Anna Sleary. Mr.. Cleary, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hutchinson and Miss Hutchinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Barbour gave din
ner last night, and among their guests we're
Dir. and Mrs. Cotton, Miss Clark and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hutchinson.
Mrs. Jacob G. Cilley and her son, Mr.. Fl. B.
Cilley, were Mt home yesterday afternoon to
their friends, and in honor Of Shrove Tuesday
part of the hospitality offered their visitors
were pancakes and cider. Mrs. Cilley wore a
becoming gown of black silk combined with
blue brocade. Mrs Robert Christy, Mrs. Man
nix. Mrs. and Miss Nc Donald, Col. and Mrs. j. b.
Clarke. Mrs Howard Clark, Mrs. Frank Osborne,
Miss Denver, Miss Paulding. Miss Greer. Miss
King. Wiss Wadsworth. Miss Miller, Miss Wul-
WORTH Miss Mendonca and Miss Eastman were
in the receiving party. Among the guests we're
Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. Vance, Mrs. Mcmillan.
Mrs. and Miss WalthEll Col and Mrs. Haywood,
DIR. and Mrs. Mckim. DIR. and Mrs. Owen, Mrs.
Mendonca, the Misses Mendonca. Miss Lowrie,
Representative and Mrs. Cultivate, Mrs. Aims
worth, Mrs. Allen, Paymaster and Mrs. May,
Gen. and Mrs. Browne, Mr.. Decosta, Mr..
Francis, Mr.. Griswold, Mrs. and Miss Faulkner,
Miss Love, Mrs. Spinola, Mrs. ThrocknortOn,
Senator and 1lrs. Squire. Mrs. Talnadge, Mrs.
rutherford, Miss Wyard Mrs. Robert Ray.
Mrs. Meade. Mrs and Miss Darneille, the Misses
Reynolds, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden. Mrs. Major
Powell. Mrs. Spooner, Mrs. Z. b. Wight, Mrs.
Evan Thomas, Mrs. Lander, Commander and
Mrs. O'Neil and Miss BOwes of Kentucky.
l. Mrs. Oates was the hostess of another Of the