The Washington times., 1894-12-15
soCIAL sAILNGs. AND D0ENG.3.

given as a matinee at the New National
rhcater
The fine house that greeted the eyes of the.
young performers, as tie curtain rose. could
not fail to have INSPIRED them with confidence
no less than qualification, for the entire
orchestra a well as the greater portion o.the
orchestra circle was filed. while in the second
balcony there was scarcely a seat 0 be had by
tie late comels
As first performance il was Il most cred t
able one and Tho players demonstrated The
lact that they would in the future. Wiz On op-
porunity offered. prove themselves atle IL
va of the Mask and Wig Cub. of Ph!!adal
b n, and tEe Paint and Powder Club, OF Bal
timoge.
Ire lit e opera was pnt on the STAGE with
good SCENE surroundings aud had all the a.
Nantages OF accessories in the way Of pretty
costumes. good orchestrution. ana able stays
D Management. from the start 20 the ita 81
lie Interest OF tau au3iegae WIS not allowed
to Eag and though like al am4teI- pcrTo H.
Rucss there Wai deeIicliy long vat be-
tween Gct-, tie company rnmaiaei seated un-
"a! the carta was finally rang daUa in TIC
clio sing scene.
N the opening act the dance about the May
pole was stieHdiiiy executed. the Guv cos
tunes OF th0ss taking part being added 10 hy
the long bow aGA ends o! riahou in the COL
!eGe c0iors, Whch each dancer wore en- hls
arm. This received an cuc0.e i'm lru3 Coz
iGab mn s.y .e. aad ta t,a, whtch Wavtd ffon
oaeo tae upper BOXES Ia which the young
e5licliaa SIT. was waved about IN ;,l en-
thuSiast.c nanaeC tina. serEad 70 attract lhe
a;tration o. the cAure house Gul thereby
alle4 tea.o.d 10 tau applause.
good dramatic eiIe,t was prodacad in the
scr0ad ac by the Introduction OF ie master
cftAo hoaaas with iHe leash oi hounds,
whIeh Teua ned surg0guCioE hiu or he stage
during tlg singing ot 4 spirited hunting song
il waica { be e2tile chorus finally too pare
Harry Wei on Hughes appeared as Sau 70
Bcr.ram, Theodore Fr.cbus as Godfrey
Wilder, Melville j.. HeRsey as Harry s&ec-
wood. William Heasne Grimes rs Phyllis
3uWi!t, Fred VI. auppea rs Tom Grass
William Hunting on GCney ns Lafcher,
Samuel IaIen Bond rs Dorothy. Milton Ln
o. Cough rs Lydia Hawthorne. Bennet
Boyuton CGsaTaA as Priscilla Puyet. auI
Ian"s Taylor Crouiu as tie Village landlord.
Zach acquitted himself with great credit.
In The sacont acl gu incorporation .bat was
app.audcd the echo was the lal!et apc.ng
OF Ar. Sheridan. who WIS repeatedly called
Leiorc the fOotIGh,s and maze % t.aEca agout
iu his gauzy tg!le skirts and show OF his
finely ;O-med l.G.s until tte orchestra ;iIa!iy
intarvednd in his ochuf ant boldly s.rucS up
the mu-ic for lie continuation o the esu ar
programme.
Cmc OF the stage boxes was occupied hy
hirs. Carlisle who had as har guests drs.
HcrndOn. OF Aiaaaa:a. and Mrs and Miss
Draper. OF Mas araasets Ia he adjoining
hoN lLTs. l. :. Lincoln aaI as her "a ST Hiss
Dram. The remaining boZ,s wesc occupied
By The young fri n45 ol The playass, who seat
them an agandant sarp.y o! flowers during
each II
Among The audieace were tho Chj'iaa min-
ister aud Nine. Cana. Bliss Cana. Irs S:au-
leg aIatHewz Mrs. Josiah Pierce MariQts de
r.i. r. A-fs A.tI
tie Misses SJtc.'. l--ss Ea'isch, Ass s.alE Sec
rotary Curtis Mrs. Hazel,in. Mrs. Walter
Nncaticy Mrs William Ehca.lev Mrs Her
hest Gill. Mrs. Charles Fitch, and the Misses
German.
Miss Martha Hiehborn. daasn.er of Chlof
Naval Constructor Ti.htoru. maie her Debut
Yesterday afternoon ut one ci the pleasant
teas OF tbe season. The young n ~ was well
rsIeulieEcG by iser friends or this Eapgv oc-
casion. and Us she stood vita her motaer 10
receive the coz pany galhcrei in her honor.
was suTroGnGed bv the flowers sent ear:ier IN
the afternoon The rooms in which the re-
ceiEinE patty entertained their friends were
decorated with roses aad PAINS.
Mrs. Hic5bo-u received in IN imported
costume o. black trocada satin. The tOice
OF Dresden striped light silk was trt ni.Gd
with antique .aee and green yeh el ril hons.
Miss Hichbsrn's gown was of white muslin
over White silk striped with Taieneiennes
lace in Eayadere eject. The rOrsase or tho
sane was t7!mmeI with white satin ribbons
and tie bouGue. carried was Of Eiolets and
lilies Of the valley.
Miss Wainwright. Miss BaEoT. VI IS Crow.
Miss Rittenbou5e. aid Miss Wise were the as
ss;ants. In the teatoom j Pickett Ma
cruder q ID Mss EeeGer presided at the prel-
t3Y sci taaie. --,-,,
The company WIS mainly composed Of the
young people OF society. rs invitations Tor he
debu;anto tea did not include any Of the
matrons.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. CabeI aud the
Misses G1bei entertained about 100 Of their
friends AZ a charming little raceHtioh last
evening at their new residence on Mcphers
square. During the evening an informal bat
charming musical program WAS rendered
with Siguor Mama AID Mis3 2uckner as the
yocalists and Nr. john Perbcr Lawrence as
the iianist.
Mrs. John Rodgers gave tea 10 young
PEOPLE yesterday afternoon in honor cf Miss
sheridan. who male her de9ui .eG DAYS
since. Ine pretty gowns cf the receiving
party ana the flowers about the rooms gave Il
iFetty eject, that was heightened by tile
bright lights and tAe gay spirits OF the com
Iauy, who sgioyed the afternoon in manner
that eould ret iaii to have been gratifying 10
the hostess.
The Andrew and Philip committee of the
\. p. S. c. E., OF The Vermont Avenue CHRIS
tan Church. held an entertainment ana
social +cr young men at the church on
Wednesday night \ number of yonug men
were present in response 10 personal invita-
tions by the members OF the committee. After
a programme OF music and recitattons. those
present were invited to partake Of refresh
men:s provided for the occasion. The even
ing was pleasantly spent b. all present, vino
were enthusiastic in their appreciat on of the
hospitality OF the committee. whose names
are as follows: Asa W. Piper. chairman:
Andrew Clark, DeForest GRAY, William
ScEell. Parker Trent William Moulden, AL
fred Carlton, Roy Marean, Ottimer Saum and
Rolla Pope
Mr. and Mrs J. W. Speake. of East Wash
ington. have issued cards announcing the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Sadie ].
Speake. to MIR. Lucian L. ChauReey, of Alex
andria, Va, to take place on the 25th instant
at 7:30 p. M, at their residence, No. 511 Sixth
street southeast.
Capt. Harry Douglas King, of No. 122 Fifth
street northeast, private secretary to Hon. !
Henry A. Cooper, of Wisconsin, has just re-
turned to Washington. He has been on
two months trip to his old home in James,
vile, Wis, and has also visited Chicago,
Kansas City, Denver, Ogden, Utah. and
Helena, Mont.
Gen. John A. Logan Camp. Sons of veter-
ans, gave an oyster supper and smoker
Thursday evening, December IS, at their hall, |
419 Tenth street northwest, which was an
enjoyable affair. The programme was opened |
at o'clock by the Mount Pleasant Brass
Quartet, composed of Reynolds, Williams, |
Benjamin. and Madert. Messrs Bayne and |
Marshall followed with comic songs The |
Montrose Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar Club |
rendered excellent selections at intervals dur |