The herald., 1894-06-20

Last night from 8 to IL O'Clock Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Foster were rendered 1
reception by Mrs. w. w. Stilsen o
Carroll avenue, Angelefio Heights,
whose guests they have been since ar.
irving in this city last Monday evening
from Coronado Beach.
The house was beautifully decorated
with sweet peas, glsdiolus. roses, fern
and various ported plants. Mrs. Still.
son received in the front drawing room
being assisted by the following: Mines
Chas. Monroe, Pickering, Earl B. Millar,
W. A. Spaulding. Walter A. Taylor, S.
@. Hubbeli. Chas. s. Gilbert and Miss
Charlotte Breskey. The porch was en-.
closed with canvas and was decorated
with palms, flowers and vines. During
the affair, Mr.. D. H. Morrison, the
bass0, and Mrs. W. I. Botsford and
Miss Whiteley, pianists, rendered de-
lightful musical programme.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster have just come
from Japan, and are now completing a
tour around the world. He Was one OF
the Representatives OF this government
at the Boring sea commission held at
Paris last year. While there he more
than once asserted his ability ss a
| fighter, and managed TO let even Sir
Charles Russell, the great advocate of
/ England, know that he was around.
When the commission was concluded
Mr.. Foster. in company with his wife.
left Paris on the tour, which is nearly
finished. They passed through here
last Friday night en- route to Coronado
hao knr ir,o n M
ing to Los Angeles. Yesterday they
spent on Mount Lowe, and this after
noon leave for San Francisco. Mr.. Eos.
ter succeeded James G. Blaine as secre-
tary of atate when the latter resigned
from Harrison's cabinet, previous to the
national Republican convention at Min.
neapelis.
The guests last evening were as fol-
lows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Cogswell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Gilbert, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S.
Taylor, Rev. and Mrs. F. w. Flint, Mr..
and Mics Mcclellan, Mr.. and Mrs. Hemp
ton, Mr.. and Miss Hampton. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ. Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs. SEES
sions, Mr.. and Mrs. George Fl. Stewart,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Ayres, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Barrows, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Sayles Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Averill,
Mr.. and Mrs. Breakey, DR.. and Mrs.
George S. Cole, Mr.. and Mrs. o. II.
! Churchill, MIR. and Mrs. George a. Cas-
well, Mr.. and Mrs. @. @. Carpenter,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cockins, Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Dunn. Major and Mrs.
Elderkin, Rev. and Mrs. ]. Q. Fletcher.
Judge and Mrs. R. M. Widney, DR.. and
Mrs. Fl. Wing, Mr.. and Mrs. G.Wiley
Wells, Mr.. and Mrs. John Wigmore,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Joe Wilmer, Col. and Mrs.
Ii. G. Otis, Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Wash
burn, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Herriott. Mr..
and Mrs. W. ]. McClosky. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H. Stimson. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Ssr-
tori, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Spalding DR..
and Mrs. S. S. Salisbury. MIR. and Mrs.
E. S. Stimson, Mr.. and Mrs. II. @.
Whitehead, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Nj.
Danskin, Judge and Mrs. E.
D. Silent, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
D. Willard, Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill.
Mr.. Sam Parsons, Mr.. George Psrson,
Misses Denham and Parsons, Mr.. and
Mrs. l. B. Newton, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Parsons, Mr.. J. I. Newkirk, Judge and
Mrs. Minor, Miss Bingham, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. w. King, MIR. and Mrs. Albert Nc
Farland, Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. Nj. Russell,
Misc Whitley. DR.. and Mrs. j. H. A.
Patzki, Mrs. G. M. Severance, Miss Sey-
mour, Mr.. aud Mrs. t. ID. Stimson.
Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Stimson, Mr..
and Mrs. e. S. Stimson, Mise
Soule, Rev. and Mrs. j. B..
Stewart. Mr.. Pierce, Mr.. Clapp.
DIR. and Mrs. W. G. Cochran, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. N. Flint, Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Croft. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gibson, Mr..
and Mrs. q. E. Day, Mr. and Mrs. W, F.
Botsford, Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner ?. Hunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Howes, Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. @. Hubbell, Dr. and Mrs. John
Haynes, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Il. Judson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradner Lee, Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Innes. Mr.. and Mrs. H..
Monroe, Judge and Mrs. Mckinley
and Mrs. Albert Hadley. Mr.. ana Mrs.
D. Il. Morrison, MIR. and Mrs. H. G..
Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. White. Mr.. and
Misses Stewart, Kelso, Hssse, Croft,
Clemens, Mrs. DIR. Wilson. NJ. S. Dim
mick. Mrs. Pickering, Florence Hardie,
DR.. Follansbee, Marion Wigmore.
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The Barnegat theater. under the Joint
mana ement of Mines. Carson, Burnett
and j. F. Conroy, was opened aet night
under most favorable auspices. Every
seat in the house was occupied, and
there was a large enough crowd about
the doors to have required the use of
two "S. r. o." signs. AS it was, the
swell set of Los Angeles jostled with
each other and helped wake up the
large and fashionable audience which
applauded the various actors and &C.
tresses in their presentation OF j. Pal
grave Simpsons comedy drama, A Scrap
of Paper. The play was given by the
Bsynegat Theater company, stock or
gapization composed OF the foremost his
trionic talent of the west end of the
city, and WAS caet as follows:
Prosper Couramont .. Mr. Orr 2. Cash
Baron de la Gls ciere. ..... Mr.. Otto Wedemyer
Brismouche, landed proprietor anu II
Anatole, his ward -. ..........M Mr.. L. Wigmore
Bapukte, servant. ...........Nr. Cyril Wismore
Baroness de la Glaciere. Miss Marie Burnett
Mile. Suzanne de Russvl e, her
Mathida, sister TO Louise Miss Bessie Bonsall
Nile mobile, sister 10 nrismouch
Observation-Disclosures. MISS b. Chanoler
Nine dupont, houaekeeper. Miss Theo burnett
The elegant new thester is located
out on Twenty-third street. 1t is the
cozy barn in the rear of DIR. Burnett's
residence. The young men of the neigh
borhood rugged up stage in one end
of the barn, and the walls were decor
ated in artistic style. Everything was
in charge of the joint managers. In
fact. they would have caused the ubi-
quitious reporter to take his hat off tC
thap, and ack nowladOe that he WAS a