Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-08
OF SOCIETY
Mrs. Harrison's Public Reception
Saturday.
A NOTABLE OCCASION
Who Assisted the Mistress Of the White
House-Mrs. Macartney's Tea and Mrs.
Romero's Dinner-Society at Marine Head
quarters.

quarters.
Mrs. Harrison's drawing room reception on
Saturday afternoon was not only the largest.
but in other ways the most interesting she has
ever held in the White House. When she came
down stairs at O'Clock, escorted by ColErnst.
the blue parlor was already lively by the pres
ence there Of her large reception party, whose
pleasing duty it was to entertain those who
came in the room during the reception. Nearly
all these ladies were in pretty afternoon toilets
and added greatly to the general effect. Mrs.
Mckee was suffering from a bad cold, SO Mrs.
Russell Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick repre-
sented the family. The former was dressed
in a wave striped mauve satin with pretty lace
trimmings. Mrs. Dimmick wore black silk
with jet trimmings The others in the receiv-
ing party were Mrs. Butterworth, Mrs. A. S.
Worthington, Mrs. John c. Black, Mrs. J. G..
Payne, Mrs. John d. Langhorne, Mrs Frank
Gardiner, Mrs. Anthony Pollok Mrs. Earl
English, Mrs. Richard Dean, Mrs. Richard
Nixon, Mrs. W. H. circuit of Buffalo. Mrs. E. G.
Rathbone, Mrs. W. W. Sloan of Buffalo, Miss
Breckenridge, Miss Mary Sherman, Miss Wal
worth, Miss Anna Brewster, Miss Madge Fuller
ton. Miss Elizabeth Stillwell, Miss Warfield and
Miss Williams, the Misses Newberry
Miss Farquahar and the Misses Tappan. Mr..
Russell Harrison was valuable assistant in the
blue room, as we'll as in every other part Of the
house. He made a journey upstairs to the
nursery and when he got back had good
story to tell of the instruction that he had
quelled there. The White House babies we're
playing with lot Of flags that their parents
had received the night before as cotill:on
farors at Mrs. McLean's ball Among them was
the flag OF Erin and the babies all wanted that
one, it being less familiar to their eyes than the
stars and stripes. As Mr.. Harrison only had
one Irish flag he vas obliged to hide it away
from the youngsters before peace could be re-
stored and some other novelty introduced
which would please them as well.
Mrs. Harrison had receiving with her on the
line Mrs. J. c. Breckinridge and Mrs. Cockrel.
both charming, affable women and useful as
sistants. Col. Ernst stood at Mrs. Harrison's
Left and presented each person by name, Lieut.
Parker having the same duty for the other
ladies.
During the first hour or so the ladies took
several rests, but the last of the callers did not
pass through the blue room until few min
utes past 5. The throng was dense then in
the corridor that it was with difficulty that q
passageway could be made for the receiving
party to pass upstairs. As is her custom, Mrs.
Harrison entertained her assistants at pretty
tea in the corridor upstairs. Mrs. Harrison
wore a favorte gown of black brocaded satin
combined with mauve crepe. Mrs Cockrell
wore white bedford cord, trimmed with light
brown fur, and Mrs. Breckenridge had on a
pale blue brocaded satin and duchess lace
trimmings.
In the blue room from time to time were
Mrs. and Miss Foster, Mrs. and Miss Ruck
Madame Bonaparte, Mrs. James Dudley Nor
gan. Mrs. Howard Clagett. Mrs. Robert J.
Wynne, Mrs. Wharton the japanese minister and
Madame Tateno, Senator Sawyer, Mrs. Howard
Ganson White, Miss Wanamaker. Miss Grace
Davis, Mr.. de Lamar of Idaho, Mr.. E. G. Rath-
bone, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Staples, Mrs. De Witt
Mrs. Bentley, Mrs. ]. G. Cilley, Mrs. Dolph,
Mrs. Henry ID. Green, Mrs. N. s. Lincoln, Miss
Montgomery, Mrs. Arthur Brice, Miss Pendle-
ton, Miss Sheriff., Mrs. John Mclean, Miss Ida
Thompson and Miss Goldie.
Mrs. Harrison will hold her last Saturday
afternoon reception on the Goth from to5.
Mrs. John W. Macartney's tea on Saturday
afternoon brought her large circle Of acquaint-
ances together in the most delightful way. Her
house on Connecticut avenue was fragrant with
roses, and the light Of pretty shaded lamps
threw roseate hue over everybody. Mrs. Ma
cartney was daintily gowned in gray bengaline,
with deep fiounce of lace around the Shout
ders. She had assisting her Mrs. Grim of San
Francisco, who wore garnet more and point
lace; Mrs. 1ileston Granger of New York, in
white silk; Mrs. Chambers, in mauve striped
brocade; Mrs. Francis r. Lane, in black Brus-
sells net; Miss Pierce of Rochester, in white
silk. and Miss Mccartney in pink silk. In the
second drawing room Miss Chambers who wore
white bengaline with silver trimmings, presided
at the tea table, and Miss Kaufman. who wore
yellow crepe trimmed with Russian point.
served either punch or lemonade from two big
bowls near her In the dining room collation.
Of all daintes and substantals was mos. at
tractively served.
Among those present were DIR. Lane, Mr. and
Mrs W. W. Burdette, Miss Burdette. Col.
Cotton, Miss Clarke Mr.. and Mrs.A.T Britton,
and Mrs. S. E. Payne, Mrs. Charles F. Lee, MIR.
and Mrs. Staples, Mr.. and Mrs. G. De Witt,
Mrs. and Miss Emory, Mrs r. ]. Fisher, MIR.
and Mrs S. PresDrey, Rev. and Mrs. . P.
Green, Mi. and Mrs. W. d. Gurley. Mr.. Charles
L. Gurley, Mr. and Mrs. ]. Fairfield Carpenter,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Semken, Mr.. and Mis-. c. c. Bassett, Miss Rice,
Senator Pettigrew, Senator and Mrs. Casey,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Brown, Miss Cuthbert, the Misses johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman. Mr.. anG Mrs.
Bryan. Mr.. and Mrs. W. V. Cox. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Swope, Mrs. W. P. Saunders, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. c. Willard, Mrs. Mary Le C. Dunlap,
Mrs. and Miss Hough, Miss Mcllhenny, Mr..
and Mrs. J. C. Boyd and Mr.. and Mrs. Parks.
The pleasant strains Of music which had filled
the house during the tea were put to practical
use by the young people after the greater part
of the guests were gone, winding up the pleas
ant occasion by dance.
Miss Keuna and Miss Tarr will give tea on
Friday, February IL, at o'clock.
Senator and Mrs. Quay's cards are out for an
evening reception, 9 to IL, Friday, February IL,
to introduce their daughter, Miss Coral Quay.
Mrs r. 7. Hieston will give tea, to 8, on
Thursday, February II, to meet Mrs. Walter
Hieston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ffoulke will give tea
on Saturday, February IS, 4to7.
Mrs. Parker, wife of Lieut. Parker, is recov-
ering from her recent illness, but will not be
able to go out for the present week.
The engagement of Miss Madeline Town
shend, daughter of the late Representative
TOwnshend Of Illinois, to Mr. ]. W. Weeks of
Palmer, Mass, is just announced. Miss Town
shend was among the most admired of last
winters debutantes and spent last summer
travelling abroad with her mother, Mrs. Town
shend, and her brother, Mr.. Orville Town
shend. The marriage will take place on Tues
day, March l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fitch Shepard have sent
out invitations for the marriage of their sister,
Miss Christiana Marie Newton, to Mr.. John
Lawrence Boggs, jr., at St. Johns Church at
noon next Thursday.
Minister and Mrs. Romero gave dinner on
Saturday evening in honor Of Secretary and
Mrs. Elkins The other guests were Senator
and Mrs. Mcmillan, Senior and Mime. Guzman
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l. Henderson, the Chilean
minister and Madame Mont, Gen. and Mrs.
schofeld, Mrs. Audenreid, Senior Quesada,