Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-16
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY.
The Successful Tea for the Ohildren's
Hospital
Readings, Dinners and Receptions
Still Interest Social Circles
Some Personals.

The tea given yesterday afternoon in the
Mclean building for the benefit of the Chi
dren's Hospital was great success, both
socially and financially. The young ladies'
who worked SO hard for this end deserve
the highest praise. From the sale of tick
cts alone $3.50 was realized, and at every
booth and table there was the liveliest
business done, SO that the total amount will
make most creditable sum. The rooms,
each decorated in a special color and crowd
ed with familiar faces, made most at
tractive sight. 1t was quite like a house
party, for the guests as they entered were
received b. Mrs. Marshal Macdonald and
Mrs. Faulkner Miss Daisy German, Miss
Boydie Faulkner and Miss Teachey scld
flowers and plants in a pretty nook ar
ranged in the bay window, and Miss White
and Miss Locltett served lemonade III the
same room. Miss Rose Macdonald and
Miss Faulkner were in charge Of the tea
room, Mrs. Sutherland sitting at the head
of the table TO pour the tea ana Mrs. Good
loe at the other end. The assistants in
handing around the dainties were Miss Bes-
sic German. Miss Goto, Miss Norton Miss
Rochester, Miss Proctor, Miss Fowler, Miss
Caffrey. Miss Curtis. Miss Gay Miss Cos
Ter, Mrs. Thomas Mccormick and Miss Me-
Cormick. Miss Hamlin and Miss Berry had
the ice cream table, on the other side of the
house. and in the same room "A booth for
the sale of stationery was presided over by
Miss Brewer and Miss Reed. The fancy ia
BILE was in charge of Miss Breckinriige and
her mother, Mrs. Joseph c. Brecxinri,lge
Miss Deering, Miss Wilcox and Miss Bayne
helped her to sell the pretty things Miss
Maitingly and Miss Nina CaD.ll lid the
hOnors of the candy table and disposed Of
all IL contained several times
Mrs. Cleveland was present yesterday af-
ternoon at the residence of Mrs Letter,
hon NJ
series of readings. Her selection yesterday
was Maaterlink's Blind, a dramatic rhan-
tasy-a study of human nature under ey-
ceptionally hopeless and somewhat morbid
circumstance. Mrs. Cleveland did not
come in till the audience OF about fifty la
dies and two gentlemen had been seated.
She was particularly well dressed in a
gown of gray cut velvet, the flouace around
the hem bordered with sable. The Jacket
was OF black velvet, trimmed with Jet and
a shoulder cape of Russian sable that Was
edged with a heavy white lace was the te-
coming finish to the toilet.
Count Henri de Frankensten will spend
the coming Sunday in this city and three
days after his marriage, which will take
place in New York city on March IS. will
come here with his bride for a visit 10 Mr.
and Mrs. Pollok.
Mrs. l.. l.. Reamey has just returned from
a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Braws-
ter. in New York.
The Argentine minister and Mrs. Zeballos
gave dinner last night in hon1r of the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Gresham. As
Is Usual at this legation, the table ieco-a-
tons were unique. The friendly relation 3
between the two republics vas suggested
b. representation of the ocean, on which
sailed a tiny Argentine steamer. to portray
the transportation facilities how existing
between the two countries. Thu United
states nag toated from her maSts and en-
the yards were the cJlOrs of rne other coun-
tries whose representatives were 1t the Ia
be. The ocean was crossed at another
point by bridge, indicative If the coming
inter-continental railroad. and i NINA; are
train of cars was on it. The guests who en-