Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

and the Misses Hurley of Capitol Hill are
at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. King of 459
Massachusetts avenue are at Atlantic City.
Miss Bessie Stevens Of Santa Barbara.
Cal, and Mr.. Harry Spencer Ballard of
home last evening. Mr. Ballard is son
Of w. s. Ballard of Washington. They left
this morning for this city.
Mrs. J. H. Moore and children have re-
turned from Old Orchard Beach. Me.
E. B:ereI jr., and wife have gone to spend
several weeks with friends in Pennsylvania
and Kanss s.
DR.. Joseph Taber Johnson and family have
returned from Halifax. Mrs. Johnson and
the younger children will remain at the
farm in Alexandra county, Virginia, till
November I. The boys. Loren and Bascom,
sophomore class at Yale, the latter to the
senior class at Worcester Academy. Massa-
chusetts.
Mr. and Mrs Angelo Ghiselli have re-
| turned from Atlantic City.
Miss Lulu Barker has returned from Cam
bridge, Md, where she has been visiting her
uncle. Senator Johnson.
Master Lenox Lohr celebrated his fourth
birthday last evening by the assemblage OF
about forty of his little friends at his nome;
$50 18th street southeast. A Punch ana
Judy show in the early evening entertained
the little ones in the summer house and
grounds, which were brilliantly lighted by
Chinese lanterns. The children were pre-
scented with paper swapping crackers. each
of which contained tissue paper nat OF
| bonnet of ancient pattern. These mats were
dcnned by the lads and lassies and FORM
ing in line, they marched to the me, s unhins
NJ and v. Waltemeyer, M. Clendanie,, A
Burdine. c. Martin, J. Martin and X. Mar
| tin, V. Barnett B. Keane. c. hutchinson;
B. Offutt. r. Offutt, E. Giacchetti, L. ana
| o. Padgett, V. and r. Gates. E.. Langley
H and NJ Manning. and M; and X. san
derson, and Masters A. and T. Hntcnlhson
| q Cohill G. Padgett, c. Bright. W. Thomp-
| son. T. Offutt. w. Cords e: and X sander
son Messrs. G. and H. Scott cray anu
Chase entertained the children WIN seq, se.so
| tons on the mandolin. guitar and PANIC.
| Mrs. Stephen ]. Field was patroness OF
| one of the recent large dances at Stock
| bridge, Mass.
Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris. with the
| spirit and vivacity characteristic OF neT
| girlhood days, is entering into the social
| life at Hot Springs.
IT Mr. Belmont's ball comes of Monoay
night at Newport it will be the christening
| of his new villa, combination OF mouse
| and stable The favors will represent the
! Belmont colors and also the family coat OF
| arms and they will include imported lans
| from Paris, inclosed in satin bags. satin
| slippers filled with French flowers, sashes'
| folly sticks and bouquets OF french arul-
! ciaI flowers silver and ivory tablets arg
! rettes live canary birds in gilt cages, naSs
| Of all nations three standards, rum
| pets, bisaue pin cushions embroidered rams
from Vienna in painted bags. SATIN lace
| ribbons and French flowers, the nheSt ever
| imported. The above are all for the Wo-
! men.
For the men there will be English four
| INLAND whips, one-half the regulation SIZE
| with silver tips, which, when unscrewed,
| will reveal a useful silver mounted lead
] PENCIL and these as well as the other prin-
| cipal faycrs are marked "Belcourt %.
! The other favors for the men include JOCK
| ey CABS miniature horse blankets, mou-
| choirs with "Belcourt" and the Belmont
| coat of arms embroidered thereon, French
| foils court orders, Sashes with jeweled or
ders, walking sticks trimmed with rlpbons
| of the Belmont racing colors and tinsel
| horses heads on sticks thermometers, bou-
| tonnieres of French flowers. cribbage boards
| and whist counters in silver, pipe racks OF
| burnt leather tobacco pouches, metal ASH
| receivers from Berlin. fishing nets on
| standards to catch the women, who are
( also supposed to be on fishing bent" bells,
| horseshoes, ink stands, etc.
All these unique and costly faVorS Will
| be displayed before the bali on morse
! shoe figure, surmonnted with manmotn
| jockey cap of the Belmont colors, and the
| prominent feature will be the limb of a
| big tree in full leaf. More elaborate or
| costly favors were never purchased Tor a
ball in America before. They were bought
abroad 1t is said they will cost nearly
two thousand five hundred dollars.
Miss Alisan Wilson has just returned
from Newport, and is about to go to Deer
Park, where she will be the guest of Mr..
and Mrs Philip f. Chaplin.
Mr.. and MIS-. Philip f. Chaplin. who have
keen entertaining constantly during the
| summer at their Deer Park cottage, gave a
dog show last week, and will give card
] party on Monday next.
| Capt. Dovener, who will represent the
Wheeling, w. Va, district in the coming
Congress- has been here a few days with
his wife, and next winter will be at VIII
| iard's. ~
Mrs. U. S. Grant is now at Saratoga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merfwether have returned
from a pleasant stay at Atlantic City. Mrs.
| Meriwetker leaves tonight for Harpers
Ferry, with her daughter where the re-
maEder of the season will be spent.
Washington is represented at the Allan
tic Hotel, Ocean City. by M. G. Secken-
dorff and family. John F. Waggaman and
family. Daniel J. Logan. VIM. Edward
b bSs5Sn I Fox and and f mTa MRS @
bens. Chas. Bayley. w. Kesley Schoept
and family, Mrs. VIM. Stanley. C. F. Cros-
by, Miss McLain, Miss Agnes Robinson,
Mrs. John Page Burwell, Miss Warning
ten, Chas. NJ. Young, Harry C. Moses, J
H. Hunter and family, R. E. Bradley and
family and DR.. T. Richie Stone and fam
lily.
The Misses Groves of Gapland, Md, gave
] delightful plcINC III Inc IlOuuldlHS last
Tuesday IN honor Of their guests. Miss
Lamph of Washington and Misses Brown
and Miller of Baltimore. Among those
present We're Mesdames Groves and Brown
and the Misses Easton, Groves, Miller,
Brown and Lamph and the Messrs Hays
Lewis, Easton and Groves.
Mr.. and Mrs. James H Hopkins. who
have been spending the summer at Cazen.
ovia, have returned, and at Chevy
Chase for September. Mr.. and Mrs. Hor.
ace Wylie are at present in Paris. and are
expected home in the fall
Representative ard Mrs. Newlands have
spent the summer at Narragansett Pier.
Judge and Mrs. Shepard still at Deer
Park.
| Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Marie L. Bailey of Charles
ton, s. c., to Mr.. John T. Suter, jr., oil
Washington, d. C. The wedding will be a
quiet home affair, the LIST Of October
Mr.. Suter has neen for a year or more
connected with the Washington bureau Of
the Chicago Record.
SIGHTSEEING SINGERS.
The AriCn Society of New York ON a
Visit to Washington.