Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-27

spending the autumn with her married sis
| ter, Mrs. Carrick, in Boston. Miss Bessie
| Brewer, who will make her debut this win
| ter, is most attractive young lady and
| has a charming voice. Both sisters, in
fact, are intensely musical, and keep up
| their studies in that direction from pure
| love of Ii.
Justice and Mrs. Harlan have another
| attractive member of their family 10 pre-
| sent to society this winter in the person
| of their youngest daughter, Miss Ruth Har-
| Ian. Miss Harlan has had all the advan-
| tages of foreign travel, while her educa-
| ton was in progress and was last year
| away at school.
Justice and Mrs Brown spent the past
summer in Europe and have brought home
quantities Of beautiful things TO adorn their
| new home. Justice and Mrs. Gray were
also In foreign lands during the summer.
| Justice and Mrs Shiras are living in the
| cutter house on Massachusetts avenue and
| II Is expected will entertain handsomely
| there. II good wishes could have short
ened Judge Fields Illness he would not
| nave been Obliged to remain indoors all
| the past week, as IT is, everybody was glad
TO hear yesterday that he was so much i'm
proved.
Mrs. Grant who is here with her daugh-
yer, Mrs. sartoris, has not by any means
| given up her idea of having Washington
| nome or her own, where she can spend the
| winters and springs when so inclined and
which she can beautify with the superb
| collection gathered during her trip round
| the world with Gen. Grant and the MANY
| rare and beautiful things presented to them
| both, all of which have been stored away
| since she disposed of her New York house
| Mrs. Grant is growing younger in appear
| snce and has not enjoyed such good health
| for years. Algernon Sartoris is going back
10 England In January to enter oxford, but
| has not changed his intention of becoming
full-fedged American citizen when he
| finishes his college course. Miss Vivian
Sartoris. who is now fifteen, is in England
with her aunt and will remain until her
| education POrnnlptn1
the younger daughter, is with her mother
| busy with her books, and as thoroughly de-
| voted to Washington as IL II had always
| been her home.
The engagement is announced of Miss
| May Huyck, youngest daughter Of Mr.. and
! Mrs. j. Van Ness Huyck, to MT Frank Cor
| nellus Bates of Boston, son of the late
| Joshua and Lucy How Bates and nephew
| Of Charles How of Boston. The wedding
| will take place the latter part OF next
| month.
The Washington CluL is now at home in
its fine new quarters, and Mrs. Lee, the
| president, will have The pleasure Of pre-
| siding at the first formal gathering there
! next Tuesday afternoon. For the past week
| the new club house has presented an ami
mated appearance every afternoon, the
| members dropping in to admire the build
| ing and its new furnishings The house.
which has been already described i'm The
! STAR is admirably suited for tlr. purpose
| 1t has been thoroughly redecorated and
| transformed from cellar to attic. On the
| main floor are located the parlOr, the tea
room and the lecture hall. ON the secor q
is the library, a writing room and a card
room, and ihe third are apartments already
| occupied by two members of the club. The
| lecture room is the new addition, and is
| well lighted and arranged. il has a good
| stage, nicely placed In an alcoVe Outside
| is wide Enclosed veranda. Under the lee
ture room is supper room, kitchen and
pantries. Throughout the entire house the
walls are tinted in hight, pretty shades, and
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library is becoming quite an important fea-
| tUre, as gifts are constantly being made
by the ladies. Many of the fine belongings
of the house have been presented by some
of the Weather members. The club did
not have TO purchase much OF the furniture,
| as Mrs. William Earle has loaned all OF her
household belongings until the club Is able
TO make its permanent selections. nne
| pool table has been set up In the supper
| room downstairs. The card room upstairs
| will give the ladies all the facilities they
| need to enjoy an occasional game OF whist,
| in which so many OF them excel
| 1t is not the purpose at the start TO run a
| very extensive culinary department, but
| there will be a good cook and the simpler
things which go to make a cup oil Tea ana
its fixings palatable may always be had No
| stronger liquids than tea, coffee and choco-
| late will be served, however. Readings, lee
lures and classes for the study of languages
SC, will be continued during the winter.
| The custom heretofore, which VIII probably
| be continued for this season, Is for one even
ing In the month to permit the members TO
bring either lady or gentlemen friends win
| them.
The Washington Club has been very sue
| cessful from the start and later on VIII
| make itself power in all things, either
| literary and social. in which IL will take
| part Its membership includes many women
| of wealth, cultivation and leisure-three I'M
portant clubable qualities. The So,"n nee
| essary for the purchase and Improvement OF
| its present property was subscribed among
the members with no difficulty at the trst
meeting called for the project, last spring:
The ostensible purpose In the establishment
of the club was to encourage friendly rela-
| tions among women OF the same social
| sphere and its list of nearly 800 could be
| doubled inside of an hour II all those VINO
| desire to Join were named for membership.
The club is managed by board OF COVER
nors, two-thirds of whom must know per,
| sonally the lady who has been named ana
| seconded as a candidate for membership. IL
| is understood that the formal opening OF the
| club will be made brilliant evening gamer
| ing The officers are: President. Mrs. Lee,
widow of Admiral Lee. vice president Mrs.
l.. NJ. ID. Sweat and Mrs. ID. p. Morgan;
| treasurer Miss McBlair; secretary, Mrs.
| Sarah Magruder, and board OF governors
! Mesdames Lee. Sweat, Hawley, Hearst,
Chatard, Field. Mann, Morgan, Lowrie Bell,
Richey, De Sibour, Mckee, Emory and
| Earle.
Mrs, Margaretta Gray OF Franklin, Pa, is
visiting her sister, Miss Mcdowell, at l.U5
| X street northwest
| A meeting of the Tyro Crokinole Club was
held at the residence Of Miss Duanna
Mitchell, No Ill Sd street northeast last
| night Those present were Misses Kate
lett Dalrymple, Parker, McCurdy. Gratia
| Webster Bertha Jet, Eva Webster, Howe
and Mitchell, and Messrs. Rodertck, Lukei.
| Wilson and Bishop. One new member was
| admitted The next meeting of the club
will be held at the Residence of Miss Jett,
No. 4l9 Sd street northeast on Friday, No
vember q.
Mr.. ALFRED lie CHAT, the Belgian minister.
returned several days ago. and is located
at his old quarters, 1896 street.
The marriage OF Miss Ida b. Roach,
daughter of Mr.. Thomas b. Roach. to Mr..
William L. Glover took place on Monday
evening at her home, 200 ID street. Rev.
Dr. Addison OBLIGATED. The parlors We're
decorated with palms and flowers. The
bride entered with her father and was met
by the groom and his best man, Mr.. +. l..
| d. Roach. After the ceremony, the guests
| were served with refreshments, AMI the
couple departed for their new home I'm this
| city. Among those present were Mr..
Thomas Il. Roach, Mrs. NJ. Glover of Balti-
| more, mother of the groom; Mr.. L. G.
Roach and wife. Mr.. William +. Roach. jr,
! Mr. and Mrs. Charles g. Mansfield Of Bal
timore, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel W. Derr, Miss
| Carrie Donaldson of Baltimore, Mr.. and