The Washington times., 1895-02-26
RECEPTION TO THE COUNCIL.
Compliment rendered the Visitors b
Their Washington Sisters.

Iheir washington SISTERS.
The National Council OF Women was the
recipient yesterday Of the most sincere and
appreciative courtesies of their co-laborers
OF washington The idea OF tensiering the
council reception from the wornen's clubs
and affiliated associations was channngly
realized at the Ehbitt House, where for two
hours the people of the city, organized and
unorganiZed, We'd in doing honor to the dis
tinguished visitors.
The parlors were crowded during those
hours with callers who kept the introducing
party and the receiving party so busy that
there was time only for the mere announce
ment OF the names.
The reception was held in the ladies'
parior from 8 until O'Clock. The band
OF the Ebbitt House discoursed sweet music
and the parlor was pTettily decorated with
flowers.
AS many of the general officers of the
council attended the Douglass funeral only
a few of them were present to receive the
callers.
The receiving party was composed Mrs.
Weep President Bagley, in black velvet,
duchesse lace diamonds; Mrs. Emma K.
Wallace, black satin; Mrs Sarah c. Mink
heliotrope silk; Mrs Rachel Foster Avery,
plum cloth and velvet; Mrs. Louise Barnum
Robbins black crepon, light blue silk waist,
antique lace, diamonds; Mrs. DR.. Green,
black silk and jet.
The ladies or the introducing party were
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, chairman of the
| focal reception committee, president Legion
| of Loyal Women, black silk and white lace;
| Mrs. Jeanette NJ Bradley, general chair
| man of the local committee of arrange
| ments, black silk, antique lace; Mrs. Ruth
| d. G. HavenS, Wimodanghsis, and Mrs, Belva
| Lockwood, Universal Peace Association,
/ old gold white lace; Mrs. John Davis,
| District Suffrage Association; Mrs c! nton
| Smith, black silk, white satin po mt and lace;
| Mrs. Stoner, Mrs. CowlinT, Mrs LaFetra,
/ president OF the Society oCLoyal Women OF
| American Liberty.
| Among the representatives of the various
| associations present Were Mrs. Il. n. Raj
| ston, OF the Spinner Memorial; Mrs. Morton
| Powell Davis, president OF the local Women's
| Suffrage Association; Mrs. E. K. Ferrel,
past president w. X. C.; Miss Louise Pollock,
| Mrs. H. IL. Rose, of the Legion OF Loyal
| Women Miss Mary l.. Foster, of Women's
| Press Association. . IL
1t was simply impossible TO note the
names OF the callers. The following, how
| ever, IS a fair representation of the crowd:
Mrs. Richardson, Mrs Lowell Miss Eddie,
Mrs Bailey, Mrs, and ,,Atiss Mitchell. Mrs.
Tolman Smith, United States Treasurer
Morgan, Miss Wheelock, Miss A. NJ. Cook,
Mrs. Mary F. Kelley, president OF the Busi-
ness Women's Repub!ifan Association of
| New York; Mrs, L. H Townsend Miss Bessie
Jones, Miss Grace Yeltop, Miss Fleeta
Wise, Miss Ella Townsend, Miss Annie
Moran, Miss Bertha Lechner, Miss Mar
garet Robinson, Miss = Evelyn Nor
gan, Miss Bertha Chase, Miss
MaIie iMooHes- Aiisss Annie Denson,, Mrs.
and Miss Kennedy, Miss Hannah s. Black
burn, Mrs. G. M. S. P. Jones, Mrs. Montgom-
| cry, Miss Bigley, Miss Stevenson, Miss
Kingsley, Mis-. Wallace, DR.. La FetEa, Mrs
DR.. Tyler, Miss Best, Mrs, Mulvane, Mrs
Jennings, Mrs. King, Miss Pierce, Mr..
Peake, ofthe Humane Society; Mrs. Brenton
of the Press Association, Mrs. Lieut.. John
son, MIS- Brown, Mrs Swetzer Mrs. j
w. McCravey, Mrs. Mcneil, Mrs. ii. ]. PoHi-
Ter, Mrs Alex q. Tyng, Miss E. c. Stoner
Mrs. George h. Elder, Denver; Mrs. T. NJ
Johnson, Mrs. All. Eberly, Miss c. l. Ran
som, Miss Charlotte Hawes, Mrs. Ed Z.
EweII, Mrs. John Meade, Mrs. Augustus
F. Perry, Mrs. II. n. Hose, Mrs. Newton
Ferree, Mrs. L. p. Hopkins, Mrs. Edwin
II. stone, Mrs. Bryant, Mrs
Chace, r. l.: Mrs. Danvers and Mrs. I-4dgers,
Utah; Miss Pollock, Mrs. Crosby, Mrs.
Dora T. Voorhees,, the Misses King, Mrs.
Mary S. Lockwood Mrs. Snider, MfS. Wil-
soa, Mrs. Shannon, Mrs. Barnes. Mrs.
Montg omery, Miss Carter, Miss Addie
Cash, Mrs. nr. Tyn3r. Mrs. Ellen Thomp-
son, Miss Graves, Mrs. Meacham, Mrs. DR..
Bovee, Mrs. Hood. Mrs. IDA Scales, Mime.
Choicetitea, Miss May Warren, Miss
Anna NJ. Cox, Mrs. Stewart, and Mrs.
SteitZ, Mrs. Smith, Cleveland; Miss Weeks,
Mrs. Winter. Mrs. Brintuh, Mrs KIowltcn,
Mrs. Finctson, Miss Lee, Miss ncnnclly,
Miss Worthy. Mrs. II. p. jenkins, SIR. and
Mrs. Randall Miss Arthur, Miss Lock-
land, Mrs. b. C. Relden, Miss L. V Payne,
Miss Carr, Mrs. Boyd. MIS-. DR.. Harrison,
Mrs. DR.. Bnrrftt, Miss Watkins, Miss
UndeTly, Miss Lacky, Hiss Moultrie Bar
ton. Miss Hedges. Miss Dickinson, Mrs.
Rosenberg, Mrs Peacham, Mrs. Elliott,
Miss McMicha@l, Miss Scaber, Mrs. Acker-
man, Mrs. j. H. Hollon, Mrs. Bligg, Mrs.
Ddyis, Mrs. Capt. Gibbon, Mrs. and Miss
Sitt.e, Mrs. Lacy, Miss Lacy, Mrs. Della
r-igne, Mfr. watson, Mrs. w. II. Wisncr, Miss
VirgiEia Graeff, Miss Lincoln, Miss Ma
than, Miss Lucy Whscleck, Miss Thorne,
ex-GCy. Hoyt, Mrs. 0lncy, Mrs. n. L.
WLitc, Miss Wood. Miss Cohene, Miss Max
well, Miss NJ c. Bennett, Miss A. NJ. t:aam-
berlaiu, Miss il. s. Blackburn, Mrs. kauf-
man, Miss Cook. Mrs. A. n. ChalkeF, Mrs.
Mary Kelly, Mrs. Swartout, Mrs. Ora Lang
horn, Mrs. Northway, Miss Warner, Mrs.
Cutler, Mrs. Freeman, Miss Ward, Miss
Turner, Mrs. Osborne, Miss benson, Miss
Munro, Miss Forsythe, Miss Diggs, Mary
l.. Gist. Horace Mann, and Mrs. Hall.
The local kindergarteners,. represented
by Miss Felicia Pauline Leavens, Mrs.
Louise Pollock, Miss Susan Is. POLLOCK,
Miss Cornelia F. Bryder, Miss Catharine R.
Watkins, Miss Mayo, Miss Henderson, and
Miss Nellie King, rendered a reception to
the visiting gardeners in tie east ?arlor at
the Ebbitt House yesterday afternoon from
3p m to 5 p. m
Among the callers Were: Mrs. Louisa
Parsons Hopkins, Miss Lucy Wheelock, Mrs.
W. W. Foster, Miss Virginia Graeff, Miss
Jennie Merrill, Miss Sarah a. Stewart,
Miss Hall, Miss Case, Miss Hathaway,
Miss Seth, Miss Bertha. Enloe, Elizabeth
Fowls, Miss Grey, Miss Rosie Yard, Miss
| Stock, Miss Beehrs, and Miss Marsden.