Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-01
Extended to Vice President-elect
Stevenson at the Ebbitt Today.
SWEET FLOWERS AND FACES
Adorn His Reception Parior-A Constant
Stream of Callers Receive an AfabIe Greet
ing From the Distinguished Son Of IL.
linois.

breakfast as possible the friends and admirers
Of the Vice President-elect began TO come in.
/ There was no attempt to send up cards
| by the bell boys, as the clerks were soon
showed under the shower of cards that began
to fall the desk soon after O'Clock.
Everybody was invited to go right upstairs,
and in the parlor of the suite on the
third floor occupied by Mr. Stevenson and
his party the Vice Presideut-elect had a
| pleasant smile and a hearty grasp of the
hand for all callers. Mrs. Stevenson was there.
! too. and her daughters and other ladies in the
party. and they gave cordial reception
I to all. There was no formality. Mr.. Ste
venson WAS the center of group of friends,
the most of whom had come in to bid him well
come again TO Washington. The members of
| the congressional de.egs ion from Illinois, Ilh-
nois people generally and the lost of people
whom he had met here during his residence in
| this city member of the House and first
assistant postmaster general during the Ceve-
land administration.
THE BRIGHT WELCOME OF FLOWERS
Red and yellow tulips on the piano, red roses
on tine mantels, banks of lilies on the window
| seats, frightened the parlor.
| Mrs. Stevenson robed in a trained gown
Of black silk. with grav satin and black lace. in
| empire effect. Assisting her were the ladies Of
| the party. Mrs. George Euston. Mrs. J. T.
Foard. Mrs. James s. Ewing. Miss Blanche
| Burnett. Mrs. William Stevenson and Mrs. John
c. Stevenson. Mrs. Scott of Lexington, Ky.,
| sister of Mrs. Stevenson, does not appear in
| the reception room for long at a time, as she is
| in mourning
The young ladies of the party are particularly
charming. None Of them are in society, but
for the occasion they are ''out." and how they
| do enjoy it. just from school-'picked up as
| mamma and papa came along, Miss Letitia
Bessie Stevenson said They are joyously
happy over their very first great ball
do let me see the dress, mamma." said the
little maid as she and her cousin came dancing
like sunbeams into the room where the ''dry
goods was heaped up like q shivered rainbow
or doubled and twisted prism-just as
though there was but one dress in the
worid-and from the mass of silks and
laces. the dress of this youngest daughter was
| fisheG out by the French maid. How her merry
| ewes sparkled as she held the quaint frock up.
81 have not seen il before and il is my first ball
| gown" she said. with a comical little shake of
! her auburn curls. do you think it really very
/ pretty?" she questioned earnestly. and wooden
| woman would have said yes, because il the
frock itself had been ugly. which 1t isn't, it
would have at once become transmogrifed
with that happy bright-fsced girl inside Of it at
her very first ball and an inaugural ball at that
Just taste of society life in the capital city,
| and then the Stevenson girls all go back to
school. Miss Stevenson. who is much indis-
a lily. She will stand by her mother at
the Morton reception tonight, but Miss Julia
and Miss Letitia Bessie will not appear, being
altogether too Young. Miss Letltia Scott,
cousin of the Stevenson girls. is a tall, willowy
girl of most engaging manners and adds
much to the brightness OF the picture.
She will be at the Mortons'. Her sis
ter, Miss Julia Scott, who is just the
age of her cousin Bessie, is a piquant little
lady with quantities of red-brown hair hanging
below her waist in heavy curls. The abandon
and innocent unspoiled girlsnness with which
| they trip like sunbeams in and out among the
people who come and go is really refreshing.
woMASLY WOMAN.
Mrs. Stevenson is unaffectedly gracious, Q
true gentlewoman. and wins friends at sight.
While not devoted to society she has the engag-
ing ways of a thorough society woman, but is
far from being woman of the world.
She has cultivated literary and musical
tastes and is devoted to the interests of
her husband and children. The home life
of the Stevensons in Bloomington. ILL.,. has
been charming always, the center of attrac-
tion for the culture of the city. Mrs. Steven
son has always been devoted church woman.
"My husband and myself are old-fash-
| ioned Presbyterians," she said with
smile when asked what church they
! favored. While belonging to the Pres
byterian Church her labors are by no means
| confined to that organization. for she does
vast amount of charitable and benevolent work
outside OF church lines. Mrs. Stevenson. who is
president general of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. has many ancestors who distin-
guished themselves at the time of the countrys
first war. On the maternal side she is de-
| scended from Col Joshua Fry, who was sent
by the English government from Oxford to oc-
cupy the chair in William and Mary College as
professor of mathematics. He sfterward COM
manded the Virginia forces at Fort Duquesne
| when Washington was only q lieutenant.
MR.. LEWIS STEVENSON,
who will be his fathers private secretary, is
slender blonde gentleman, affable and court
eous, and quite ind ispensable to his mother and
father. He greets all comers first and
presents them without reserve to the
general, who stands first and from
then they are passed to Mrs. Stevenson and on
round the room He is devotedly attached to his
small mother and bevy of pretty sisters, and
having been a newspaper man knows just ex-
acuy how to treat everybody, which
is great praise for Mr.. Lewis Steven
son, as he well knows. That it is
not misplaced confidence was evidenced
ner in which he engineered all those people up
to the receiving party and out again, instead Of
letting them stand round taking up room when
hundreds Of others were clamoring to get in.
The Stevensons viii remain at the Ebbitt for
the season, and will probably receive there as
attempted to find a house vet. and are not even
sure that they care to leave their present
pleasant quarters.
THE TWO cHAIRMEN.
Chairman Berret and Chairman Norris called
and talked with Mr.. Stevenson in regard TO
the arrangements for the inaugural ball and
about other matters connected with Mr..
Stevenson's share in the inaugural ceremonies
Mr.. Noble ID. Larner was also among the
callers, and although he is chairman OF the
committee ON public orSsr he did not call
officially, but ON . personal matter. During
the former residence Of Mr.. Stevenson in this
city he attended the New York Avenue Church
and Occupied the pew where Mr.. Larner sts.
So Mr.. Larner called to invite Mr.. and Mrs
Stevenson to come to his pew next Sunday and
until some permanent arrangements could be
made.
There il no set program for today. This
afternoon Mr.. Stevenson in company with
Senator Villas went up to the Senate, where he
met with . cordial reception This evening he
will attend the receps'"" Rivsn In his honor BY
Vice President Morton 1t his S>sidAncs.
TIE T1EAsUlY DxBr S1Arxnxxr.-1n> pub
lie debt statement for February, which Will b
Issued this afternoon, viii show . decrease in
cash during the month of about ESQ.,, 200, maxi
ing the cash about "a, 500, 900. The receipts
have foosed $50 ,000, 900 and the sxpsnditurss
nearly 81, ,00o, 900