The Washington times., 1895-03-20


Judge and Mrs Winfield. of Jersey City;
Mr. and Mrs Maggie, OF Philadelphia; Miss
Headley, of Philadelphia; Mr.. Benz Butter
worth, jr, Miss Turah Cuttings, Capt. and
Mrs. e. W Wilson, and DR.. Baldwin.
Mrs Hearst has loaned her house on New
Hampshire avenue for the Goth instant,
when from 1 1 o'clock in the morning until
8 o'clock at night it viii be open to the public
for the benefit of the Home for Incurables
The ladies in charge OF the entertainment,
planned for that occasion, will charge an
admission fee in order to raise much needed
| funds for this deserving institution. No
other private house in Washington is so rich
| in paintings by the most famous masters OF
the past and present, and no other single
house has in it 30 large and valuable a col
lection of rare and curious things, gathered
!. from every quarter of the globe, as Mrs.
! Hearst's.
In the afternoon tea will be served in the
| Holland dining room. As the entertainment
! is TO be under the most fashionable pat
ronage, it goes without saying, that it will
be eminently successful in every way.
st. Joseph's Day was observed yesterday
in the usual annual fashion in the Home for
the Aged under the care of the Little
Sisters of the Poor.
The French Ambassador, Mr. Jules
Boeufve. chancellor of the embassy, Mr.
Paul Johnson, Mrs. W. F. Downey, the
Misses Riggs and the Misses Patten We're
among the prominent persons present
who enacted for the occasion the role of
walters, and served the poor and decrepit
inmates Of the Home.
bountiful dinner was served of the
most substantial description, after which
ice cream and cakes with fruit Were en-
joyed by the special guests of honor,
the inmates, for whose enjoyment moth
ing was left undone in order that as
usual, St Joseph's Day should be to them
time OF unalloyed pleasure and happi
ness.
Mrs. Sturgis, who has been visiting ex-
Postmaster General and Mrs. Bssell for
a fortnig ht, returned yesterday to her
| home in Geneva, \. Y.
Mrs. Bissen has returned from New
York.
Mr.. William Carlisle sailed for this
country from Southampton by the City
| of Paris on Saturday last. Upon his
| arrival in this country he will come
| direct to Washington and join his family
| here for n little visit before returning with
them to Chicago. The trip to Europe
| has been entirely successful in restoring
| Mr.. Carlisle to health
Mrs. John G. Carlisle will be at home
| TO her personal friends this afternoon and
on Wednesday hereafter throughout during
! the spring.
Two lectures viii be given at MetZerott
| Music Hall for the benefit OF the House of
| the Good Shepherd. The first of these
| lectures Will be on Thursday evening, the
| 21st instant, when Rev. Bishop Keane
! will take for his subject, THE End of the
| Century The second lecture VIII be given
on Monday evening, the 25th instant, when
Rev. John j Prendergast, S. j., will talk on
Two Views of Immortality"
Tho ushers on these occasions viii be: Mr..
| Jules Boeufve, Marquis de Chambrun. Mr.
Robert S. Chiffon, DR.. Crossan, Mr.. George
Howard, Mr.. Charles McCauley, Mr.. Alejan-
dro Padilla, Mr.. p. Lee Phillips, Mr.. Ed
| ward Redfern, Mr.. Louis Redfern.
Two recitals of Musical Fragments with
| Words will be given by Mrs Charles
Cornwell at the house of Mrs. r. c. Dean,
1876 l street, on Monday, March 20, and
ION Monday, April /. In the first pro-
gramme ''Tristram and Iseult' of Mathew
Arnod's, will be the attraction. Mrs.
Cornwell, in her charming and original
way, has adapted it TO the music of Tristan
and Isolde of Wagner.
Mrs s. s. Howland has issued cards for
an afternoon tea from to Z O'Clock on
! Thursday.
The Br itish Ambass ador and Lady
| Pauncefote will celebrate Mi-Careme on
! Thursday night by a ball at the embassy.
| Dancing the minuet in costume by we'll
known members of society will be one of
| the especial features OF the occasion.
Mrs. Douglas, wife of ex-Commissioner
| Douglas, will go to Elizabeth, N. j., to-
morrow for a visit to her niece, Mrs. William
T. Thomas.
Miss Bessie Jennings has returned to
Washington after a most enjoyable winter
| spent with relatives in New York.