Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
A Short Resume of the Week Gone
By.
PINK COAT BALL AT CHEVY CHASE
Where the Fashionables Met Each
Other Yesterday.
S ME- SIN ALL T A L X

ear Jay PROMISES dS well dS the uOHtu
already passed. December has been busy
enough to suit nearly everybody. especial
ly the tea goers. and from the dates al
ready announced Jsnuary will provide as
long q record There are lots of teas on
the cards yet. much to the seaeYal ap-
prevail. but there are also so many dancing
events that there will be TO lack of OPP
portunities to Keep wrinkles out of ball
gowns Evening receptions as converse
tional gatherings have not been numerous
az yet. What the winter will develop in
this line 1t IL hard to say. There seems to
be an idea that evening entertainments
are best enjoyed where there Is q definite
purpose In the gathering. To hear good
music Ii always q treat. whether 1t Is to
listen to or to dance by. The Christmas
entertainments have been full of pleasure
BILE moments. The home circle was the
chief consideration Of the week until
Thursday and Friday. when Inequalities
resumed their usual forms. Mrs. Letters
musicale on Thursday night, when her
guests were RECALLED by an unusual treat
in the Russian choir singers. and the dane
ing parties at Mrs. Hearsts and Mrs.
Diapers were each very successful. The
debut teas for Miss Hay and Miss warner
yesterday brought together large COM
panies, and there II no doubt tonight Of
the entire success Of Mrs. McLean's re-
ception and dance The last dancing day
of the old year presents q full card. Mrs.
Mrs. Charles Hayward another at marine
headquarters and Mr.. William Brttton an
other at his own home. There Will be also
two more debutsntes introduced, Miss
Bryan and Miss Goodwin.
President Cleveland's Christmas gift to
his wife was a pair of sidecombs. each
having fourteen diamonds glittertng In II.
and, of course. these were just the things
Mrs. Cleveland wanted. Little Ruth had
prepared q great surprise for her parents
and waited until she and Esther were
brought in with their father, mother ana
grandmother to see their tree hghted up
Christmas morning. Without giving them
any previous warning she recited Clearly
and distinctly and with scarcely a fal.er
the twenty-third Psalm. She had been
taught 1t by her nurse. but the greatest
part Of the surprise. as far as her parents
were concerned, was that she had kept
the secret so we'll The White House babies
received at Christmas fifteen or twenty
dolls and q wonderful collection OF rag
dolls in the number.
The Chinese minister's Christmas gift
to Mrs. Cleveland was two rolls of en-
broidered crepe for dresses, and the ladies'
of the cabinet received one roll apiece, anu
all in the daintiest and prettiest shades
The second annual Hunt Club ball took
place last night in the new ball room OF
the Chevy Chase Club and was brilliant
decorated with Christmas greens. to which
streamers Of scarlet bunting, trophies of
the hunt, fox heads and brushes, whips
and crops, saddles, ETC., and other remind
ers OF the sport gave the right IniSh. 1t
was a regular country dance, where every
one went In for a good time and had 1t.
A blazing log fire on me wide hearth
seemed the prettiest ting In the ball room
when the guests er.ered. Mrs. Charles NJ.
Ffoulke. the wife Of the president of the
board of governors. was the hostess Of the
evening, and after the late supper Lieut..
Clarence Edwards led the german. The
other memi0rs of the board of governors,
most OF whom were present, are Mr.. Guy
Fairfax whiting, Mr.. c. c. Glover, Senator
Brice, Mr.. Thomas Nelson Page, Mr.. VIM.
III. Slack, Mr.. Montgomery Blair, Mr.. Fran
els q. Newlands, Mr.. John A. Baker, Mr..
Carroll Mercer. Mr.. II. Rozier Dulaney,
MIR. Harvey l.. Page. Baron Won Ketteler.
and MIR. Henry Nj. Earle. The members
of the club wore their pink" coats and
many of the LADIES had the same color in
their gowns. Among the guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Henry May. Mr.. and Mrs. Trux-
ton Beale. MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson
Page, Mrs. John A. Baker. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Z. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs Frank
Noyes, Miss NoyeS, Mr.. and the Misses
Hamlin. Mrs. and Miss Sheridan, Lieuten-
ant Commander and Mrs Rush. Miss Rush,
MIR. and Mrs. Il. b. NJ Mason. Mr.. ard
Mrs. Clifford Perrin. Mrs. W. ]. Boardman
and the Misses Boardnan, Mrs. and NJ SIS
Lindsey, Mrs. and Miss Mcpherson, Miss
Amy, Mr. and Miss Curtis. Miss Draper,
Mrs. and Miss Rochester, the Misses Letter
Miss Lindsey Poor. Mss Marrow, Miss
Skae, Miss Alenc Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs
Wc.gntTan. Mrs. and Miss CoEdit Smith,
alrs. and Miss RUggles, DIR. and Mrs.
Chatard. Mr. and Mrs. ChattieId-Taylor,
MIR: and Mrs. s. s. Rowland AIRS. and Miss
Fuller, MIR. and Mrs. George H. Howard.
Miss Howard. Mrs. Hazen. Mr. and Mrs.
arnold Hague. Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Bloomer, Mr.. and Mrs. De Pyster Mrs.
Reginald de KOven. Mrs. and Miss Cassels,
AIR. and Mrs. Charles Bell Mrs Z. G. New
lands, Mrs. and Miss Hazeltine, Mrs Har-
vey l.; Page. Mr.. and Mrs. John Hay
Carrie Thornton. Mr.. w. c. Whitternorc,
Mrs. and Miss LemIy, Mr. Charles II. Poor
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. H. Warmers coming out
reception yesterday afternoon for their
daughter, Miss Warner. brought together
ono of the largest gatherings of the week.
Their house was profusely decorated with
palms and potted plants the martels bank
ed with roses and the bouquets sent the
debutante made a fragrant pile by them
selves. Mrs. Warner received In an ele-
CANT gown of pink satin, trimmed with
sable. and Miss Warner wore a most be-
coming toilette OF white chiffon and white
saun RIBBONS and carried bunch of long
stemmed roses. In the house party there
were Miss Nevins of Princeton, who was
prettily gowned in white silk and chiffon:
Miss Mann and Miss Doty of Pennsylvania
INC III gray CFepOn ana the latter
In pink silk-Miss Anna Warner. green
crepon. and Miss Phillips. sister of the
hostess. who wore white silk and chiffon:
Miss Helen Parker, In figured silk, with
cerise ribbons and viOlets; Miss Bryan.
gray crepon and ribbons: Miss Wyville.
pink satin and lace: Miss Smith, pink Gre
pom and lace; Miss Stickney.. blue crepon.
and Miss Morrill, of East Orange. n. J..
pink-hgured silk and chiffon. were also
assisting in entertaining the guests. among
whom were Mrs. Lamont, Representative
and Mrs. Washington. Mr. and Mrs. s. M.
Bryan, Mrs. Ross Perry. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T.. Curtis, Mrs. l.. B. Webb Mrs. and
Miss Robinson. Mr.. and Mrs. whittemore.
Miss Aline Wilcox. Mrs. j. w. Foster, Mrs.
and Miss Worthington. Miss Ida Thomp-
son, Mrs. Edward T. Platt Mr. F. A. Rich
ardson. Solicitor General and Mrs Max
WELL Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Noyes. Miss
Noyes. Mr.. and Mrs. Hichborn. Commo-
dore Sampson, Mrs. an. Miss Bynum Dr.
and Mrs. Hamlin, Mrs. mo Logan Major
and Miss Carmody. General and Mrs Stew
art. Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann
Miss Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. wyville,
Col. and Mrs Parker. Mrs. Butterworth,
Mrs. Mary Butterworth Howe Mr. and
Mrs. Rutterworth. Col and Mrs Cotton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Dulin, Mrs. Sea-
ton Perry. Major and Mrs. Tucker Justice
and Mrs Harlan, and the Misses Harlan
Mr. and Mrs. John Hay entertained
large company yesterday at an afternoon
reception. when Miss Hay made her debut
Mrs. Hay wore rich toilet of cerise VEL