Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-28

They filed the mantels in each room and dec
GRATED the table in the dining room. Mrs.
Pilling received in pretty house dress
of pale blne crepe. She was assisted in ex-
| tending her charming Inequalities by Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, the Misses Schmidt,
| Miss Louise Kaudmann. Mrs. Lane. Miss Arm
| strong, Miss Pilling, Miss Soule and Miss Gle
plane. In the hallway Miss Ford presided at the
bowl Of frappe and at the dining room table
Miss Lottie Schmidt and Miss Bartle were
| seated. The company fingered until after
o'clock
Mrs. ". Schoield Hoge gave tea company
| also yesterday which was the rendezvous Of all
her friends after O'Clock. The receiving party
in the drawing room stood in front OF q bower
| of tall palms and on the mantels and tables
| there were vases of pink roses. Mrs. Hoge
was pleasantly assisted by Mrs. Shields, Miss
Crenshaw Of Philadelphia. who is visiting Miss
Hoge, Mrs Collier Of Connecticut, Miss
Brewer, Miss Nannix, Miss Sample and Miss
Shields. The young ladies did the honors OF
the tea room. where they played hostess for the
guests who fingered about the well-laden and
prettily decorated table.
Mrs. Hichborn began yesterday her recep-
tons and her coy home on N street was the
meeting place of many agreeable people after
4 O'Clock. In the daintily decked tea room
Miss Hichborn, who is still a school girl, had
circle of young friends about her who made
stay there seem very short. Among them were:
Miss Wsdsworth, Miss Batcheldor, Miss Jansen
and Miss Huntoon. Mrs. Hichborn will be at
home the remaining Fridays Of the season.
The Brazilian minister and Mrs. Mendonca
gave a dinner party last night when their guests
sat about beautifully decorated table, with
green and white the chosen colors. There
was a scarf of antique lace down the center Of
| the table and ring OF maiden hair fern and
white carnations around the tall silver lamp.
The cards had the names painted in green
al he yJ1nG fha
Japanese minister and Mrs. Tateno, the Mica
raguan minister and Mrs. Guzman, Minister
Claparede, representative and Mrs. Cable,
Baron Andrada, special Brazilian commissioner,
| and Mrs. Mckay.
Representative and Mrs. Dalzell gave whis
party last night in honor of Justice and Mrs.
Shiras, the former being such an adept in that
game The other guests who sat at the gayly
covered tables were Col and Mrs. Haywood,
Col and Mrs. Hough, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Cummings, Miss Irwin, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hopkins, Gen. and Mrs. W. W. Dudley, Mr..
and Mrs. ". E. Curtis, Representative and
Mrs. Cultivate, ex-senator and Mrs. Hender-
son, Judge and Mrs. McCammon, Miss Gray of
Pittsburg, Representative and Mrs. HUFF and
| the Misses Huff Mrs. Bittinger. Miss Lock
wood and Mr.. Lynn Of Columbus, Ohio. fine
supper concluded the evenings pleasures.
Representative and Mrs. Dalzell will move into
their new house next week.
The charity ball on Tuesday night next
promises to be one of the most brilliant of the
long series of entertainments given for the
Children's Hospital. The Marine Band under
the leadership of Signor F. Fanciull, will rem
esses are Mrs Levi P. Morton, Mrs.
John W. Foster, Mrs Charles Foster,
Mrs. Stephen b. Elkins, Mrs. Wilmer
ding, Mrs. John W. Noble, Mrs J. M. Rusk. Mrs.
John Sherman, Mrs. James Nc MILAN, Madame
Romero, Madame Guzman, Madame Mendonca,
Mrs. Herbert. Mrs. Melville W. Fuller, Mrs.
Stephen ]. Field, Mrs. Horace Gray. Miss
Strong, Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. j. D. Cameron,
Mrs. Ed. o. Wolcott, Mrs. John NJ. Scofeld,
Lady Pauncefote, Countess de Sponneck,
! Madame Dupuy de LONE, Mrs. R. r. Hit, Mrs.
Henry Cabot Lodge.
The following ladies will receive the guests:
| Mrs T. NJ. B. Mason, Mrs. James Mcmillan,
Mrs Kate Henry, Mrs. I. S. Phelps, Mrs. Edw.
McCauley, Mrs. Charles c. Glover. Mrs. G. G.
Goodloe, Mrs. Ralph C. johnson, Mrs. John A.
| Rodgers, and the attendance Of all the promi-
! nent people in society points conciusively to
the brilliant success promised. The list of floor
managers seems to include all the popular men
| in society and there will be an abundance Of
| partners.
A comment on the bad manners so notice.
able in fashionable theater parties was made in
| these columns last week. The rebuke con-
| veyed, however, did not reach in severity that
| bestowed on a fashionable gathering who was
present one night the past week with the osten-
sible purpose of listening to "Robin Hood"
| This party filled two boxes. upper and lower
ones, and some of the members of it had
| the impertinence to shout up and down
| from one group to the other until those near
by had about as much chance to hear the opera
as if they had remained at home The gallery
gods came to the rescue and when the curtain
dropped Kissed the occupants of the boxes
until at last it dawned on them that it was
meant only for them. For the rest of the evening
their behavior was all that it should have been.
Mrs. r. F. Pctigrew recalls her invitations
for Monday on account OF the death of Mr..
! Blaine.
| Miss Hinkel and Miss Baker will be the
guests of Mrs. NJ. J. Adler, 1925 street.
| Mrs. and Miss Baggett will be at home
Wednesdays in February, 1920 10th street.
They have with them Miss Riggs and Miss
Helen Kaufman, daughter Of Maj. A. b. Kauff
man, eighth cavalry.
Miss Clara Barton received yesterday. as
sisted by Mrs. De Witt Warner, Miss Coggswell.
Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber Miss Matthews, Mrs.
George ii. Wright, Miss Pierce and Miss Bal
com Of Worcester, Mass. Among the guests
were Mrs. George F. Hoar, Mrs. J. Fl. Walker
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic S. Coolidge, Miss Coolidge
Rev. and Mrs. Rush r. Shipper, Mrs. w. H. Cate,
Mrs. Dan Waugh, Mrs. Owen Scott, Miss Scott,
Mrs. L. C. Houk, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Bushnell,
Mr.. and Mrs. A J. Falls. Mrs. b. F. Costop
Mrs. Vance, Mrs. Holman Vail, Mrs. s. Z.
Siegel, Mrs. p. Y. DeGraw, DIR. Jerome Chase,
Mr.. Parks, Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Guinness Rog-
ers, Mrs. Edward Lane, Mrs. J. Thornton Wood,
Mrs. H. A. Davis, Francisco de P. Sunrez, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Z. Owen.
The Neighbors' Club will be entertained at
its next meeting, Monday. February 6. BY
Miss Ethel Swope, 214 street southeast. The
last meeting, and the first of this season,
with Mr.. and Mrs Ward, New Jersey ave-
| nue.. The attendance of members and their
friends was in goodly numbers, and a very en-
joyable reunion followed Rev. DR.. w. E.
Parson, the president Of the club, furnished
the paper. REGULATIONS by Grace Greenwood
and W. A. Croffut, vocal selections by DIR. john
| ston, Mrs. Parson and Mrs. Bodfish and a we'll
contributed-to anonymous box formed the en-
| tertainment of the evening.
The Ladies' Historical Society met Friday
afternoon at the residence Of Mrs. Horatio
King, tine presiding officer being Mrs. Judge
Weldon. The historian. Mrs. Amos Draper,
| gave a sketch of Scandinavian history of the
| twelfth century. The "Hemskringla," BY
Snorre Sturlasen, was the subject Of Mrs. Tai
bolts remarks. Mrs. W. Ross Browne read Of
the Poetic Edda." Mrs. Lehman followed
reading the Saga OF Creation" Mrs Gen. W.
II. Browne gave an interesting account of va
rious Sagas. At the request of Mrs. King
Mrs. Florence Jam Williams. daughter of
G.. X. P. James. the novelist, guest Of the So
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