Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-02
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Many Kept Open Houseand Received Scores
of Callers Yesterday.
The Y. NJ. c. A., w. G. T. U. and the
Legion of Loyal Women Had Pleas
ant Entertainments.

| ant Entertainments.
New Year day was fttingly celebrated by
a number of the local organizations, relig-
ious and social, which kept open house
| yesterday afternoon and evening and ex-
tended a hearty welcome and the good
wishes of the sea son to all their friends.
One of the most popular of all places was
| the headquarters OF the Y. NJ C. A., which
| was open from o'clock until we'll along III
| the evening. During the day more than
| thousand people called and many of them
| fingered for some little time to enjoy the
attractions Of the place. In the evening,
after the general reception. literary and
| musical entertainment was given in the
| gymnasium, when the Y. M. C. A. orches-
| ira and male quartet furnished music, and
| the soloists were Miss Amy Law and Miss
Emma Houchin, and Miss Brockett gave a
| number of clever recitations. Many of the
rooms OF the building were prettily deco
rated for the occasion, and the members of
| the association, each marked by a white
| badge, resolved themselves into general
committee of entertainment and were in
| defatigable in looking after the comfort
ing party was composed of number of
| the lady friends Of the organization and
| included the following:
Mrs. James E. Pugh, Mrs. H. L. Buell..
| Mrs. J. w. Crawford, Mrs F. j. Donovan,
Mrs. G. W. Fearing, Mrs. P. S. Foster,
Mrs T. A. Harding, Mrs. w. c. Henry,
Mrs. D. F. Harris, Mrs. F. w. Lang, Mrs.
G.. A. Lyon, the Misses Wetmore. Miss
| G. A. Wishart, Miss c. Robinett, Mrs H.
w. Olmstead, Mrs. NJ d. Socumb. Mrs.
| F. c. Squires, Miss May E. Smith, Miss
Lena SUNNY, Miss Bessie Todd, Miss EN-
ma o. Topper, Mrs. j. w. Sims, Mrs. s.
E. Tracey, Miss Susanna A. Moore, Miss
Lillian Norton, Miss Beulah Parsons, Miss
Minnie Rothrock Miss Amy L. May, Miss
W. M. Wishart, Mrs. G.. F. Williams, Mrs.
! E. S. Wescott, Mrs. D. R. Whitcomb, the
Misses Brockett, Miss Jennie Barker, Miss
Nellie Brown. the Misses Began. Miss
Mabel Brown, Miss Ella NJ. Chase, Miss
Annie l.. Clark, Miss Belle Cannon, Miss
Eleanor Cahill, Miss Mary Cahill. Miss
/ Lillian Dyer, Miss Mamie Dickey, Miss
Alice NJ Fearing. Miss Emma Folks. Miss
| josephine CLEARWATER, Miss Lutte Gary,
| Miss May V. Hurlburt, Miss Louise Hurl-
burt, Miss Mamie Harper. Miss Emma
| HCuchin, Miss Fannie Kennedy, the Misses
Miller. Miss Elizabeth Mayse Miss Lucy r.
| Merriman, Miss Grace White and the
Misses Wescort and Mrs. 1. c. Buell..
The w. c. T. U.
| Many prominent people of the city. in
Guiding numbers of those who are in
| terested in religious and total abstinence
| work, took advantage of the opportunity
yesterday to call upon the ladies of the
| w. e. 4. U. at their attractive headquar-
! ters in the Central Union Mission building.
| The parlor was prettily decorated, and
handsome luncheon was served. The ladies
| comprising the receiving party were Mrs.
| NJ. E. Griffith. president of the District
ganization; Mrs. r. H.3 Williams Mrs. H.
| A. CLEARWATER. Mrs. s.. NJ. Hartsock, Miss
| Leavens OF Chicago, Mrs. Clinton Smith,
Mrs: Ikert, Mrs. s. NJ: Wescott. Mrs. NJ.
| pIotf md MIRO IDr (Sntu ,b,>
assisted were Mrs. Charles Shelton, Mrs.
| Farrar, Mrs Knowles. Miss Marie Hart
sock, Mrs. Nellie ii. bradley, Miss Emma
| Norris, Miss Maggie Iisrcombe, Miss Miah
| Sietz and others. tu
The New Year reception given by Mrs.
| G.. Fl. La Fatra to the members of the
| Young Womans aChrstian Temperance
| Union of the District Of Columbia, at the
| Hotel La Fetra, from;2 to 6, was a bril-
| liant occasion The visitors were received
| in the south parloc by the officers of the
most cordially with the most generous ana
| hearty handshakng. 81 The parlors We're
sbeautifuHy decorated with palms and ivy
and cut flowers. From the large chande
tletoe. The library, which was also hand
somely decorated used for lunch
| room. Here table laden with all the
| delicacies was presided over by Miss Sadie
| White. secretary of Calvary Baptist ~
| Prominent among those who assisted
| Mrs. La Fetra In receiving were Miss Cora
| Thomas, president OF the MetropOlit tan
| ~" Miss Carrie McGue of Union ~"
| Miss Mary Drown of Vermont Avenue
~ Miss Mamie Moffet, vice president of
the West End " Mrs. Clayton E. Emig,
| recording secretary: Miss Lille Hazleton,
| corresponding secretary, and Miss Matte
| Haines, treasurer of the District "Y."
| Just within the reception room stood a
| corps Of charming young ladies' who pre-
| scented to each visitor a leaf of ivy tied
| with white ribbon as souvenir of the oc-
cesion.
Legion of Loyal Women.
| The headquarters Of the Legion Of Loyal
| Women, 419 10th street, appeared to be
| general headquarters fer the veterans Of
| the late war, as well a most popular
calling place for multitudes of other peo-
pie. Immediately after leaving the White
| House the Old Guard, f1fty-five in number,
headed by Capt. J. NJ. Edgar, and the De-
pal tment of the Potomac, G. A. r., repre-
| scented by Commander Nathan Bickford
| and his full official staff, marched to call
| on the loyal women, and were followed by
| the Union Veteran Legion, with 40 men in
| line, and the Union Veteran Union, who
| came in force, with colors flying. Then
| came the various posts of the G. A. R,
| with from twenty to sixty men each.
! Among the posts calling as body were
| John A. Rawlins, No. l; Kit Carson, No 2;
| Lincoln, No. 8: Meade, No. ;: John A. Rey
| nolds, No. 6; Garfield. No. Z; Burnside. No
| s. and Farragut, No. 10-although every
post in the city was handsomely represent
especially from Logan Camp Gen. S. S.