The evening times., 1895-12-09
Kings Palace,


ciety reporters, his engagement being fire.
| Quently reported.
II do not wish to pose as rival OF Senator
| Hill, in the frequency of my reported en-
gagement," )" says Mr.. Miner, land for that
| reason shall marry as soon as can per-
| suade some attractive woman to accept me.
| NY friends in New York aver tha no better
place In the world can be found to seek a
lovely wife than the capital, and probably
will meet my fate before the session is
| ended"
| As Mr. Miner is anxious to win a woman
| of sense who can capably direct his hand
| some home. it is not improbable he viii
succeed some lamented general or admiral
III the affections of charming widow
| Mr. Francis K. Allen of Massachusetts
avenue northwest has returned from a week $
hunting trip TO West Virginia, and VIII
| spend the remainder OF his vacation at At
| lauta and Savannah
The following is chronicle OF events to
occur during The coming weeks, and to
which daily additions will of course be
made:
Thursday, 12-AIiss Hichborn, a lunch
| con.
Mrs. McCammon, a luncheon.
Mrs. Holds worth Gordon and Miss Cor
| don, tea.
Mrs. George Whitfield Brown and Miss
| Cuthbcrt. tea.
Nine. Romero, dinner.
InCiDcinnati, the marriage of Miss Nichols
TO Marquis de Chambrup.
Friday, 13-Mrs. BurchID, wife of Capt.
| Burchin a tea. Miss Kennedy will assist.
Saturday. 14-Mrs. Fuller and Miss Jane
Fuller, a tea
Mrs. woodville Rockhiil and Miss Rock
| hill, tea.
Mrs. Charles Irving Wilson and Mrs.
Peck, n tea.
Mrs. Robert CatiiD and Miss May Cat
lin, tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. N. Curry, dinner.
Monday, 16-Mrs Beriah wiikins. a
tea
Miss May Keyworth Barbour will enter
tain members of the Princeton Giee Club.
stag supper at the University Club to
the visiting Princetonians.
Brazilian ministers Talk on Art"
at the Washington Club, in the evening.
Tuesday, 1T-Miss Mary McCeney, a
tea at the Washington Club for the Misses
Dodge.
Mrs. Mcmillan, tea.
The ChiIdren's Hospital benefit matinee
at the National Theater.
The Brazilian minister and Mrs. Men
donca, dinner.
The marriage of Miss Pelle C.. Bemiss
to George HoIoombe BARRIER, z. S. N,
at the home of Mrs. Wight, No. 1922
Nineteenth street, at $50 p. m.
Wednesday, 1s-Mrs. Sternberg, lunch
con, to meet Mrs. L. S. Grant.
Mrs. AutleDreid, luncheon.
Mrs. John d. Langhorne and Miss Lang
horne, a tea.
Mrs. Charles R. Collins and Miss Riley,
tea.
Mrs. Frances Cotton, tea.
reception to Gen, and Mrs. Miles, at
Washington Barracks.
Today-Mrs. and Miss Hitchcock tea,
4 to 6.
Mrs. and Miss Letter tea, to Z.
Mrs. Condit Smith and Miss Smith,
tea to Z.
The ladies of the Supreme Court receive
Mondays.
The reading of Thomas Nelson Page and
F. Hopkinson Smith, at which Secretary
and Mrs. Lamont will entertain a party.
Mrs. Cleveland is expected to be present.
and both diplomatic and official circles
will be largely represented.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page will
entertain few friends to meet Mr.. Hopkin
son Smith.
Tuesday, IO-Mrs Emmons will entertain
at dinner for her guest, Miss Henry Davis
of New York.
Mrs. John N Norton and Miss Juliet
Norton a tea at O'Clock.
Mrs. Richard Coke Weightman tea at
O'Clock.
Mrs. Joseph K. McCammon and Miss
Edith McCammon a tea, 4 to Z.
Mrs. Bartlett Cromwell and Miss Crom
well a tea at o'clock.
The marriage OF Jessie NJ arle, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Vance Lewis, to Mr.. Ca ssell
Severance at Hamline, NJ. E. Church, $50
O'Clock.
Wednesday, 11-Mrs. william CorcoranHin
q tea, to meet II iss Reynolds.
The Misses Merrick a tea.
Miss Gale a dinner.
Mrs. Stanley Matthews dinner.
The marriage of Miss Jenkins, daughter
of Admiral jenkins, to Rev. w. @. Andrews.
The marriage of Miss Moran and Mr.. e.
G. Burnett, at st. Stephens Catholic Church.
The Mississippi Association will meet at
the home OF Miss H. Tolson, No. 1908
street northwest
And now the mathematical cynic cou-
fronts woman with The number OF sofe
cushions she makes in a year. He de-
clares there are 10000, 900 stuffed atrOci-
tieslumbering up the houses OF this country,
md that the majority of them are SO In
comfortably beribboned and chiffonned and
gold wired as to ruin the usefulness Of
countless lounges and chairs.
He claims that the sofa cushion Is a
woman's conception OF Christmas. He
is wrong. 1t isn't sofa cushions. 1t is
dressing slippers. 1t is needless to specify
The exact sort of dressing slipper, for the
chances are that every other woman in the
city has pair in her work basket this
very minute as gift for some cherished
friend. 1t is the opinion of O certain
fashionable physician OF Washington that
one might as well surprise a cherished
friend with a dose of poison or lead.
He admits the merit OF the dressing
slipper when limited to the mission for
which it was created. but holds its un-
wise abuse as responsible for the unac-
countable colds that women catch. and
their attendant ills. woman comes 10
tagged from calls or shopping. and il she
has an hour for neglige. the first thing
she does is to thrust her feet into the de-
,iciousiy fluffy depths Of Der lambs wool
slippers and there they stay long enough
10 give her all the cold pneumonia wants
for start. She may have suede m1Ils.