The morning times., 1895-12-13
CHAFING Dish
TAFFY PARTIES
With Prizes for Winners They Are
the Latest Thing.
Nine. Romero and the Mexican Min
lister Entertain at Dinner-Several
Pretty Teas Given Last Night.

One OF the sweetest novelties of the
holiday season is the chafing dish taffy
pull, and the way it is mana ged is this:
Invitations are to be issued to u certain
, number of couples who can be relied on
to pull together for the one occasion, at
least, each pair to bring with them their
own recipe and dish. Guests and utensils
are to find small tables waiting their
service when, instead OF limiting their
faculties to the usual routine of conven-
tional festivities, they are to immediately
boil molasses and work TO achieve re-
suits.
When the syrup in each dish is ready
fo- t.ir attui,t.c tnrn III ITS affairs genuine
Old fashioned taffy pull is started and
kept up until the hostess toucnes a bell.
That Will mean that the individual batches
are to be submitted TO a triunyirate of dis
interested judges, who will award prizes
according TO color and taste.
These souvenirs may be made an eX-
travagant feature OF tue cIaiing dish party
or consist merely nf TITLES. such as Il
bunch of flowers for the girl and Il bnutoD-
Mere for the youth.
One evening this week the members OF
an uptown li,erary club were waiting the
arrival of the chairman with his subject
for the evenings debate. Somebody played
Some several hodirs started current topics.
but when n literary club has made up
its mind a week ahead 10 spend its
particular evening in company with sci
ence and note books, anything ordinary
distinctly palled.
Several members had brougbt individ
ual friends to witness their literary Goings
and there they sat around in That de-
pressed silence that fairly saturates or
ganiZed- -Tu notions when any little thing
goes wrong. And still tie chairman did not
come.
Finally, one young woman suggested that
il would be a coed thing to ascertain
who, out of SO many learned people, knew
most about so common thing as an apple,
and tha. she herself would furnish the
victor's prize
Ii was al least an excuse for using tab
lets, and so, with a 81 rug at their own
cbil;iishness they started each with the
apples of Eden, Olympia and fairyland until
they became amazed AT the circulation
in Scripture, history, song and story OF
this plebian little fr,:it.
Tie first business transacted after the ar
rival of The chairman with his apology, WAS
q motion 10 include this absorbing novelty
as a feature of lbe dub. 1t was decided
that only the mcst ordinary subjects were
TO Bc SrItCttu anu iudt tteg Ntuhl GtSiu
with the personal history of the torse.
The Mexican Minister and Nine. Romero
enterta ined at a handsome dinner last
evening. The table was beautifully Deco
rated VITA garlands of srnilax and La France
TDses, arranged JiiId siiycr ana crystal
stands of fruits.
Fourteen covers We're laid, and u gold
framed menu card set beside each plate.
1 s,t&
Those present were Mr. and Airs. Nuyes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaufman, Judge and Miss
Morris, eN-tiuv. Shepard, and Miss Shepard
Miss Ida ThompS''h. senator Morgan, air.
Seckencorff and Representative MoCreery.
Gen. and Mrs. Draper. OF Sixteenth and X
streets, entertained at i dinner OF fourteen
covers last evening. The table was ex-
qlisitcly ornamented with a pr"fusion Of
many-hued roses.
Mrs. Rittenbouse entertained at tea yes
terday afternoon, TO meet Ter debutantc
daughter. Miss Elsie Rittephouse. from 4
to O'Clock. Tie Rouse was made more at
tractiye by the vases and lars OF roses set
here and there, and in the dining room
pink SHADES and La France roses in pro-
fusion were used with artistic effect.
Those who assisted i'll receiving the guests
Were Miss Hendriok oil Leesburg, Va, Miss
HichhprH. Miss Grove. TIE Misses tatiiD
Hiss Jennie Hunt Miss Tracy, and Miss
woodward.
AmoEe the large number OF callers were:
General and Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs.
Babcock, General ard Mrs. Breckenridge,
Colonel and Mrs. Gushing, Major Mrs, and
Miss Davis, Colonel and Mrs. Fcrwood.
Major and Mrs. Darlington, General and
Mrs Stanton, Miss Stanton. Mrs. Weston,
General and Mrs. Carr, Miss Margaret Coke,
Mr. and Mrs. W. 4. Cord on, General and Mrs.
Vincent, Mr.. and Mrs. George HUFF General
and Mrs. Dunn, Colonel and Mrs. Gilmore,
Miss Gilmore, Captain and Mrs. Miller.
General and Mrs. Morgan. DR.. and Mrs.
General 5nd rs. SternheIg. Cen
eral and Mrs. Rugglcs, DIR. and Mrs. Smart,
Miss Smart, Col. and Miss Wilson.
Mrs. Robert Bonner Bowler has sent out
cards for a O'Clock tea, at her home. No.
1890 X street, Tuesday. December II.
Mrs. ]. HoIdswurth Gordon of Georgetown
gave a debutantc tea for her daughter,
Miss Esther Gordon, yesterday afternoon.
The decorations were roses, white, pink ard
red, ard flowers IF all varieties were sent
by the friends of the debutante.
Miss Gordon was suwned in white or
candle. and carried large bouquet of
white roses.
Mrs. Gordon wore black yelyet, Win
point lace and diamonds, and carried a
bouquet uf exquisite Russian violets-
In the receiving party were Miss Giovia
Gordon in light blue sii.:; Miss Hyde, white
lace and cream silk: Miss jeanette Love, in
white organdic with blue satin ribbons:
Miss Dodge, in blue silk; Miss Anna Dodge,
in Dresden silk of white aCd pink; Miss
Esther Dodge, in white orgaIdie; Miss |
cambridge of Virginia, in black satin and |
yellow chiffon.
In the tearoom. Mrs Henry, in pearl |
gray crepe and white lace, assisted by |
Mrs. william Dunlop. in black satin and |
ACE. presided over the tea table.
Among the guests were: Mrs. and the |
Misses Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Brice, |
Miss Belle HagDer. Mr.. Jesup Blair, Miss |
Howard Mr.. Davis Wilson. DR.. Stuart, |
Mrs. and the Misses Stuart, Mrs~George |
Dunlep, and the MISSES Dunlop, Mrs. and |
Miss Beal,, Dr. and Mrs Reed, DR.. and |
Mrs. MackalI, Mr.. Thomas Hyde. Mr.. and |
Mrs. Mcpherson, Mr.. Robert Z. Lee, Lieut.. /
and Mrs. KimbalI, the Misses Cox, DIR. |
Mrs. and Miss Ashton, Miss
Busey, Mr.. Bingham, Miss Patten, Mrs. |
Busey, Mrs. and Miss TotteD, Miss Juliet |
Thompson. Mr.. Mills THOMPSON, Judge and |
Mrs. Shepard. Commander and Mrs. Lam
berton. the Misses Riley, Mrs. Ashford,
Mrs. Grant HodgkiBs, and others
Mrs. Browns tea. given yesterday after
noon, in honor of her sister. Miss Cuthbert,
was a very delightful affair, and enjoyed
Nv a large number of guests who called