Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-25
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Two Pretty Weddings on the Cards To-
morrow.
The Dinners and Ounces of Satur-
day Night Interesting
Social Events.

ceptions during Lent. Her last card re-
| ception this season will be held tomorrow
| afternoon.
! At the marriage of Miss Edith Draper
and Mr. Montgomery Blair tomorrow, Mr..
! Woodbury. Blair will attend his brother as
| lest man. Rev. DIR. Mackay-Sm1th Will
perform the ceremony, which Is fixed Tor
| 12:3O A wedding breakfast will follow,
| and number of the Massachusetts rela-
| tives OF the bride will be present
| At the marriage OF Miss Stetson and
Lieut. Fletcher OF the navy, at st. johns
Church at noon, Bishop Clifton Pennick OF
Baltimore and Rev. DIR. MackaySmith will
oticiate. The bride will be attended by
| Miss Florence Brown and Miss Grace
BoutelIe as bridesmaids, and Lieut. Laird
| will be best man. The ushers will be
Lieuts. Barnett Hodges, Keys and Tap
pen, MIR. Roland z. Phillips and Mr.. Caleb
! r. Stetson. reception for the bridal
party and relatives will follow at the res
idence of the brides PAL ents, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Stetson, on Highland Terrace.
| The farewell birthday dinner to Sir
Charles Rivers Wilson, who sailed on We'd
| nesday last was given at the British en-
| bassy, and was unique affair. huge
birthday cake was presented to the nnan-
cier with twenty-five candles surrounding
it, the number being intended as compli-
| ment to his youthfulness of appearance,
| and decorated with eight bleeding hearts.
| which were supposed to be typical of the
despair of the eight ladies who sent it,
Three pretty luncheons were given today.
| Miss Voorhees, had company of twelve to
| meet Mrs. Manning Miss Noyes enter
| tanned at another, where the guests were
nearly all young ladies, and Miss Edes still
| another. where the guests were asked TO
| meet Mrs Bahkmetiff.
The Brazilian minister and Mrs. Men,
| donca gave a dinner Saturday nigDe
when their guests were the Chilean MIN
| lister and Mrs. Cana, the Argentine min
| lister and Mrs. Zeballos. the Nicaraguan
| minister and Mrs. Guzman. the Venezuelan
| minister and Miss Andrade, the Austrian
| minister and Mrs. Hengelmueller the Qua
| temalan minister. the Danish minister, Miss
| Pitts and Miss Lockwood.
| The Japanese minister entertained at
dinner Saturday night. The guests were
| Secretary Herbert. Justice Harlan, Sena-
| tor Sherman, Justice Gray, Senator Chand-
| Ter, Senator Frye, Assistant Secretary Uhl,
| Assistant Secretary McAdoo, Representa-
| tive McCreary, Mr.. Gardiner Hubbard. Mr..
Letter. Mr.. John Hay, Mr.. Ffoulke, Mr..
| Thomas Wilson, Capt. Resinger, Mr. S. H..
| Kaufman, Lieut.. Reamey. Mr. Chas. j.
| Bell. Mr.. Stevens, Capt. Miyaoka and Mr..
| Nakayama.
Senator-elect Elkins and family have gone
| to Mexico to spend some time in travel
| there.
Mr.. George w. McLanahan and Miss Nc
| Lanahan, who were passengers on La Cas-
cogne. have arrived in the city and are at
their home 21st and Q streets. Mrs. Nc
| Lanahan is visiting friends in New York.
Mrs. Charles Tracey will receive tomor-
| row afternoon at the Arlington, from 80
| to 6.
Miss Florence Bayard will sail for Europe
dor and Mrs. Bayard in London. Her sis
| ter, Mrs. Warren of Boston, will be here
| tomorrow for visit and to attend the con-
| cert and cotillion which will be given by
| Mrs. Hearst in honor of Miss Bayard.
Representative and Mrs. Cultivate will
| go abroad next month and spend the next
! six months In travel. Their youngest son
| will go with them and later they will be
! joined by their oldest son. now in college.
Gen. and Mrs. Schofield, after the retire.
| ment of the former, also contemplate a
| year of foreign travel before settling down
| in this city for their permanent residence.
Miss Margaret OConnor of lexington, D.
c., gave a reception at her home last Fri
| day evening in honor of the Misses Mar
| garet and Agnes Purcell Of Cambridge
| Mass, and Miss Ellie G. Costello Of Bos-
| ton Mass. Piano selections were rendered
by Miss Costello and Miss Emily How
| lett, a song by Mr.. E. c. Sweeney was
| much enjoyed and Mr. Edward Walsh re-
cited in his usual acceptable manner. A
| banjo recital by Mr.. Steve Clements was
| dancing by the Miss Anna May and Rhetta
| O'Toole was feature Of the evenings d.
| versions. sumptuous repast was served,
| the table being covered with Harvard, col
! ors, as a mark of appreciation for the
| guests place of residence Among those
| present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Pur-
cell. Mr.. and Mrs. William O'Connor, Mr..
| and Mrs NJ W. Quinlan, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Jackson MeSdameS Brennan. Sullivan
| OToole, Hewlett and NJ M. OConnor, the
| Misses May Walsh, Margaret. Mamie and
Sullivan. Misses May Bell Mccarthy, Cath
crime Quinlan, Mamie OConnor, Mary Nc
| Ardle, Fannie Howser Anna May. and
| Rhetta O'Toole, Ellie G. Costello. Margaret
and Agnes Purcell, katherine Purcell and
Lizzie Kelly and the Messrs. H. P. Mars
| ton, John Masterson, E. c. Sweeney, Geo.
Lehman. Ed. Walsh. ]. T. Fletcher, Will
Hewlett, P. J. Mcdonald of Pittsfeld.
| Mass, Steve Clements, Michael OConnor,
| Will Purcell, Rooney and Mack.
Washington folks who are at the Hygeia
| Hotel, Old Point Comfort, are: p. P. r.
Foster, Geo. Howard Sanders Garland,
| Lieut.. w. A. Shultz, U.S.N., and r. H. Nc
Call.
The children's fancy ball at 1917 R street
| on Saturday evening was a pretty affair.
The guests brought pounds of groceries,
which resulted in a very liberal supply for
the poor of the West End of the city
Marie Fisher, Cracovienne; Maggie Betz
Spanish Girl; Cora Maxey, Silver Bells;
| Elise Heiskell, Morning Glory; Villete An
derson, Italian Flower Girl; Maude Ander-
son, Skirt Dancer; Ethel Lochart Taren-
tilla; Irene Cahill, Terpsichore: Florence
Dyer, Peasant Girl; Eta Dyer, Tam
BOURNE Girl: Gladys Mccarthy, German
Peasant Girl; J. Crosby Mccarthy, Little
Boy Blue; Florence O'Brien. Spring; Elsie
Smith, Summer; Annie Dunn, Court Lady;
Helen Williams. Queen Isabella; Mary
Anderson, Winter; Louisa Lord. Holly;
Clara Williams, Society Lady; Walter Will
liams. Mexican: Westcott Clarke, Chinese;
James Thorne, count costume; Frank
Fisher, Louis XVI costume; Eddie Fisher,
prince; Clarence Fisher, Prince KARL Gay
Freeman, c. Slater and l.. McCreary
gentlemen; Ed Hay and Bonnie Guy lords;
Ralph Burgess, James Dewey and Archie
Water. brigands; Sherwood Brown, James
Whalen, Dan Calladay, Eppie Cockrell,
Louis Cuvilier and Paul White, freeboot-
ers: Fosby Lockart. Little Boy Blue; Ed
Marri and Richard Williams, princes;
Robert q. Dennisou. cadet. and Ernest