Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-27
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A Calico Ball the Great Event at New
port
1t Was Preceded by Dinners - Mrs.
Brice Gave One-Events
Nearer Home.

erly attached to the British embassy, and
] is now in the same service at CONSTANT
ncple, is, with his wife, visiting her pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, at Newport
Last night Mr.. Richard F. Wilson, jr., gave
calico ball In honor Of his sister. 1t was
preceded by a dinner, served at an i'm
| mense horseshoe table. followed by cotil-
lion, In which about two hundred guests
participated
Mrs. Calvin 8. Brice gave a young peo-
pies dinner last night, and among the
guests whose names are best known here
are Miss Virginia Fair. MT Raymond LIE
CHAT, Count Boissieret Mr.. T. Sanford
Beatty and Mr.. H. o. Bax-Ironside.
The Duke Of Marlborough is the lion of
the hour at Newport. He was out bright
and early yesterday driving with Mrs. Alva
Vanderbilt and Miss Consuelo. They made
few calls, Mrs Vanderbilt introducing
him to her more intimate friends.
Within the Casino grounds the young
noDleman attracted much attention, being
attired in suit of gray, with tennis shoes.
a dark-bosomed shirt and necktie end
hatband Of decidedly lively coiors. Unfor-
tunateIy, the duke Is a little fellow, and
could hardly be seen in the big crowd. 1t
appears as If the anxiety to see him is
quite as intense as If Newport society had
not already been surfeited with titled per-
sonages. Men. women and young girls tip
toed and craned their necks to an alarming
dukes mail is full OF Invitations Of all
sorts, and he will be kept moving pI city
lively all week.
The fourth birthday Of little Mary Louise
Sparrow was celebrated at her parents
residence No. 1110 Maryland avenue south
west. yesterday by merry gathering OF
little folks. Refreshments were served.
| and those present were Misses Ward of
Rochester, N. Y; Rita Epplsy, Ernie Ep-
pley. Marie Howard, Rose Fellinger, Mas
Ellsworth
| Mrs. NJ. E. Tenney has gone to Atkinson,
N. H.
Mrs. Felix Brannigan is now ct Rye
Beach. N. H.
Hrs. A. A. HUMPHREYS will spend the
! early fall at Richfield Springs.
] Mrs. Alfred Bates, who has been at Mat
| taIoisett Mass, has now gone to Amherst,
N. H.
| Mrs. A. B. Denham will spend several
| weeks at Round HILL Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson are spend
| ing this week at Mountain Lake Park Nd.
| Mr. and Mrs. ]. F. McQuade are summer
! ing at Ocean City. Md.
Miss Lorena Dyer and Mr.. R. Clinton
! Dyer are the guests of Mr.. Giles F. Dyer
| of Leonardtown, st. Mary's county, Md.
Assistant Chief J. d. Kurtz. accompanied
by his daughter Miss Mamie, left Sunday
| for an extended trip north. Before return
| Ing they will visit Boston. Coney Island,
| Manhattan Beach and Niagara Falls.
! Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Dennison went with
! the Washington Commandery to Boston.
! where they will remain this week. and they
| go to Nantucket, returning to Washington
| the middle Of September.
| Miss Laura o. Friebus left yesterday for
Algona, Mich, and will be away three
| weeks.
Mrs. Ellis Hughes is spending this month
he MOI ntain
| Miss Bessie Dodge of Capitol Hill is visit
| ing Miss Ella Driver at Hagerstown, Md.
Mr.. l.. u. L-.rer and Miss Letter sailed
| from Havre last Wednesday, and Joseph
Letter left New York for Europe the same
day. The family will live in Washington
| this winter.
Representative Cannon of Illinois and his
in the northwest and We're last week in
San Francisco
Mrs. Gresham, widow of the late Score
tary of State, has been the guest of Mrs
Potter Palmer the past week at Bar Har-
| Dor.
Mavroyeni Bey. the Turkish minister. ar
rived last week in Newport and will re-
main there for several weeks. He will go
on later to Lenox. Mavroyeni Bey has been
| in the habit of going to Lenox for many
| years, and Is very popular among the cot
tagers there.
V. ]. Dominquez, charge d'affaires OF the
Argentine legation, and Mrs. Domnauez
are among the late arrivals at Newport.
Miss Mary Miller. Misses Cora and Addie
Elwood of street northeast have returned
| from Piney Point Nd.
Mrs. Clarence S. Arr;ck and Master Hugh
| Arr:ck Of 20S C street northwest are visit
| ing the Misses Krebs of Terra Gotta, D. c.
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle returned here
| today. They left Washington almost q
month ago. and spent most of the time in q
| tour Of the great lakes, later making q
! short visit at Buffalo.
Miss lola Lamar Monroe, who has been
| for some time past at La Plata, Md, has
returned to her home In this city.