The Washington times., 1895-01-09
SOCIAL SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

| Highland Terrace resounded with the almost
continuous roll of carriages as one after an
| other the equipages rolled up in quick sue
cession to discharge at the doorway OF the
| embassy the smartly dressed occupants
| Within doors the brilliant surroundings were
well carried out in the decorations for the at
home given by the German ambassador to
formally introduce his daughter. the young
baroness, or as he prefers to have her called,
Miss Won Saurma.
From the entrance door the Railways were
lined with palms, the effect of which was en-
larged by having the broad stairway lined on
either side with potted plants. At the height
of the entertainment, when the elegantly
dressed company passed and repassed up and
| down this stairway TO the drawing-room
in which the ambassador stood with his
daughter to receive, the feeting picture made
by the rich massing of color, the flashing OF
Jewels together with the scent OF flowers, the
sound of music the fiutter of gauzy fans, the
general hum OF conversation, broken now and
then by the light laughter coming from some
interested little group of friends, went to
make up scene that would have seemed
well to perpetuate by photography if only the
accessories OF tone, light. color, and sound
could have been therein embodied.
The coming-out gown worn by the Baroness
Won Saurma was pink ball gown sent from
Paris for the occasion and was eminently be-
coming 10 the young hostess OF the evening
In the ballroom the musicians were hidden
4 behind Il screen of glossy leaved laurel. Ihis
screen was utilized to hold the fayors for the
colillion, which was danced at midnight and
| led by Mr.. Heese of the German embaSSy.
The fayors brought by the ambassador from
abroad were exceptionally handsome and
made a brilliant appearance, the gay coiors
set of by the background OF greens. Among
the favors were exquisite little Egyptian
| figures bright with Eastern celoring and Il
plentiful besprinklng OF gilt; coqueitisa little
muifs in satin of every hue ami shnde that
must have created no end Of friendly rivalry
among the dancers; horseshoes, .synl ollzing
I good luck. i'll gold aud silver aud foreign
decorations in the shape Of sashcs, and ribbon
| decorations TO be worn across the breast
after the manner of a diplomat when in full
! court costume.
Iu addition to all these there were bouquets
and boulonnieres that filed in every ayaia-
bic space on the screen and as the dan ers
moved about in time TO the music waited
their sweet odors throughout the ballroom.
Supper was served On small tables placed
later in the evening in The reception-rcom,
drawing room. and diniGg-goom.
Among the guests were the British aGbas-
sadcr and Lady paunceiote, The Misses
Paunce!ote. the FreDCh II ambassador aud Nine.
Patenotre, the Belgian minister. the Mexican
minister. and Nine Romero the Turki-h min
lister, The Nicaraguau minister and MIS-. Gnz-
man. the Spanish minister Prince ItGroide,
MIR. Pafii.a. Mr. Cough and Lady GcorgiHa
Cough. Secretary and Mrs. Carls.e. Pos
master General and Mrs. Bissell, Sec
retary OF the Navy and Miss Her
bert. Assistant Secretary OF state Rock
hill. Miss Brewer. Senator aai Mrs Charles
Gibson SIR aud Mrs. :. :. Howiuads. Sen
ator AMI Miss MrAi:i.an, Assistant Attorney
General and Mrs Maxwell. Senator, Mts..
and the Misses Brice, Mr.. Montgomery i}tnir,
Mr. Woodbury. sir Mrs. BuSher. senator
vi, .as.4 ssltg
Senator and IIr-. Chandler. Mrs. aad the
Misses P;iyson. M. and Ms. Henry May. Sir.
Bucaer. Mr.. AMI EigS. josiah Piece. Ar. aai
MrS. Cbu' field Taylor, Mr. Donald hc"5o--
son, Nj. Van Ness Philip. Mrs, aaJ Hiss
Belknap. Reprssentativr, MIS-. aud Miss
Draper. the Missus Pa;ten, Miss CaTe-on,
Mr. ani the Misses B0arinea, AT tfeofce
Howard the Austrian Minister anu Baroness
Hengenmuei;er Baron Won Uechtrit2e. aud
Count S.erstorpf.
TIE marriage of Miss Mary Alexander
Nalach, daughter OF the late Mayor Na'lac0,
TO Mr. EGwa-d Anthony Mitchell. only son
OF the late Repre-. erta,ive--M tcf-cft. -of--ton.
nectlcu;. was celebrated quietly at noon yes
I teriay at the residence OF the tsrids : mother
corner of Eighteenth and | streets. in, the
presence o. the iu!me hate family. Inc a7Et
irawing-room in which the ceremony tooa
place was appropriately decorated for the oc-
roses. eV DR.. Nackay-Sm;tt- ieters0s st.
Johns Church of1iciGted. The bride wore +
handsome travelling gown, in which. after
the wedd ng breakfast. she left wiki he
groom Oh their Wedding trip To New York
iom where they will sail for Europe. ant
then 20 direct 10 Cairo. where they will spend
the W w.nler and early spring.
Mrs Mitchell. mother OF the groom. ca ne
on 10 Washington for the marriage, rs did the
brides brother. Mr Richard Waiach OF New
York. accompanied by his wife, The other
memi ers OF the family present ut the cere
lach, Miss Rose Douglas WalIach. Mr
Robert Wallach Mr.. Jesse Brown, and Miss
Stith.
This marriage is case of ''happy The
woOing that's not long doing, as the en-
gagement has Teen Il very brief one, the mar
riage following within fortnight after th'
announcement Of the engagement. As th'
groom has Inherited a large fortune from hi
late father the lines OF the young couple art
likely TO fall in pleasant places.
The marriage Of Mr.. Skerritt, son OF Ad
miral Skerritt, TO Miss Preston, OF Baltimore
will take place in that city on the 18th in
stunt.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Gresham
set the ball of Cabinet dinners rolling by CIV
ing the first Of the series last night. Th;
: President and Mrs. Cleveland were, of course
the especial gus SIS of honor. The Dime
was served in the private diBing-room of b.
Secretary OF State IN his suite OF apartment
at the Arlington. The decorations of tn
: table were of ferns and American BeaGt,
roses. The center piece was plat OF grace
ful ferns IN which the long-stemmed. rich re-
roses were imbedte with fine effect.
a.. TIE hostess wore a gown OF pale blue sill
! and embroidered chiffon.
2 The guests were the President and Mrs
Cleveland, the Secr:.tarf OF the Treasury au,
Mrs. Carlisle, the Secretary of War and Mrs
: Lamont the Secretary Of the Navy and Mis-
? Herbert the Secretary of Agriculture an,
Miss Morton, the Secretary of the Interior
; the Attorney General and Mrs. Oiney tn
= Postmaster General and Mrs. Bssell, Mrs
Perrine. Mr. Otto Gresham, and Mrs. An
: drews. of Chicago
The residence of the Chief Justice was tn
scene of brilliant tea yesterday afternoon
given in honor of the guest of rhe family
Miss Rosalys Jones. who has recently re
turned from London with her literary honor
thick upon her. Miss Jonos is the exponen
of DR. Reeves hypnotic theories, and ha
written several books upon the subject tha
have brought her into prominence in tn
!. literary world. The most recent book. "Th
Last Toast illustrated by Walter Paget, ba
+. been received with warm encomiums c
:, . and other literary centers.
Tue house was ptofusely decorated wit
palms about the hallway and parlors. th
stairway was twined with smilax. and tn
mantels banked with roses and lilies. Th
profusion of roses was in especial honor t
: the guest of the evening. whose name sign
iies ''roses.