The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-31
BRILLIANT SOCIAL EVENT.
AN EEEG ANT RECEPTION GIYEN BY
 MR. HENRY L. HOTCHKIS

l Magnificent Floral Decorations Cater
 ing by Delmonlco -The Guests New Ha- ven's Elite.
 The reception rendered by MT. and l Mrs. Henry L. Hotchkiss at their ele- l gant home, 55 Hillhouse avenue, last
 evening was the distinctively social event of the season. The reception be-
 gan at o'clock and was followed by
 dancing at Il o'clock. The house was | elaborately and beautifully decorated
 with costly plants and cut flowers. A
 canopy extended from the curb to the
 door, and on entering the hall one seen- 1 ed all of a sudden to have been ushered
 into fairyland. Wherever the eye rest
 ed masses of beautiful flowers met the gaze. The transition from the bleak and chilly January night to the light, | the flowers, tAe warmth, the music, gai- | ety. dancing and feastmg Of the pala- l tia1 residence on the avenue formed a contrast tEat was as striking as it was | charming and a,luring.
 | Rarely before in this city has there been display of such wealth of flow CTS. Many elegant lamps, whose lighb was softencd by delicately tinted pink shades, enhanced the beauty of the scene.
 The doors leading out of the nall were curtained with asparagus fern, looped
 back with red roses. Large jars of
 American beauties, tied with wide red satin ribbons, placed about the hall, lent beautiful effect to the other hand
 some trimmings.
 Across the hall was a sort of parti- tion of smilax, while the chandeliers were trimmed with red carnations and ribbon loops. In the back part of the
 hall was a table from which refresh
 ments were served to the guests, The
 conservatory was filled with palms,
 potted plants, flowers and beautifully
 colored lanterns.
 The drawing room, or yellow salon,
 in which Mrs. Hotehkiss received, was
 trimmed in yellow and pink, The man.
 tel was banked with pink and yellow
 roses. while a large mirror over the
 mantel was dressed in asparagus fern,
 and from the top hung a huge hoop of
 orchids, which reflected from the glass
 and gave a very pretty effect The
 
 smilax. Over the curtains at the win
 dws were trained pink roses and pink
 satin ribbon. The small library back
 of the drawing room was occupied by
 the Hungarian band of New York, which | was concealed behind wall of palms and lilies.
 The large library opposite the draw ing room was trimmed in red and white | of ho Hit1u l ing room, elegantly trimmed and | banked in maiderhair fern. The stair | case was a beautiful sight. The newel | post was wrapped in red roses, white lilies and red ribbons, and the ban | nisters were coverd with smilax. All | the landings were simply masses of | white lilies, as was also the upper hall, | where also were some fine jonquil | trimmings The window on the stair | way in this hall was another mass of smilax, tied back with satin ribbons | and pink carnations. The first empire l bedroom, so called from it's furniture, | all of which is after the style of that | time, was decorated with English | violets and jonqulls. Back of this room was the pink room, so named from it's trimmings of pink carnations and Dlnh roses, The Due TOOlll was uGtO- rated with marguerites and pink roses. The decorations were among the finest ever seen in this city, everywhere were flowers and satin ribbons, while evry hitch was filled by table banked with tulips, white lilies and elegant vases,
 Mir and Mrs. Hotchkiss received their callers in the drawing room. Mrs, Hotehkiss was beautifully gowned in pink satin, embroidered in gold. She wore a tiara and a necklace of dia- monds She carried a beautiful boquet of roses of various hues. The room in which she received was perfect bower of pink roses and orchids. Over the mirror was beautiful and costly wreath of pink orchids.
 The spacious parlors and library were decorated with palms, roses tulips, lilacs and carnations, the dining room with palms and roses. The reception continued from to Il o'clock and was by dancing in the drawing room. The supper was served by Del monico of New York city.
 Among those present were: President Dwight and wife, ex-Governor c. R. Ingersoll, Professor Cameron, Win throp Dwight and Miss Helen Dwight, Mrs. D. Cady Eaton, Professor and Mrs. Henry w. Farnam, Dr, and Mrs. J. P. c. Foster, Professor Fisher and Miss Fisher, Mrs Gridley, Professor Hoppin and Mason Hoppin Professor and Miss Hadley, Captain and Mrs. Charles H Townshend, eX-Mayor and Mrs Sargent, Henry Russell Sargent and wife Edward Sargent and wife, , Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth and Miss Smyth, Thomas R. Trowbridge, Mrs. Titus, Miss Hannah Whitney, Hon. Lynde Harrison, MT. and Mrs James M B. Dwight, Miss Justine In- gersoll, Judge Simeon E. Baldwin, Miss Helen Baldwin and Miss Winchester.
 MT. and Mrs Justus s. Hotchkiss, ( Prof and Mrs. Verrill, Prof. and Mrs. I Prof. and Mrs. Irving Fisher, f pr. and Mrs. William Daggett, An lrew w. DeForest Dr. and Mrs. Will our F. Day, pr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Russell, Rutherford Trowbridge, Miss Perkins of Litchfeld, Misses Henrietta ! and Grace Ingersoll, MT and Mrs E. H. R. Trowbridge, Miss Cohen of San { Francisco, Prof. and Mrs. Porter, Prof. t md Mrs Neumeyer, Dr. Robert s. ( ives, Captain and Mrs. Petit, MT. and C