The Washington times., 1895-01-27


from to o'clock.
Mrs. James G. Payne will give o'clock
tea.
In the evening the Bachelors eotillion will
be given at the National Rifles armory.
THURSDAY
Mrs. Parker Mann will give tea from to
6 o'clock.
Mrs. and Miss Hughes will give o'clock
tea.
In the evening the President and Mrs.
Cleveland will give card reception in honor
OF Congress and the Judiciary.
Senator and Mrs. Sherman will give din
ner party.
FRIDAY
Secretary and Mrs. Gresham will give
dinner party.
Postmaster General and Mrs. Bissell will
give dinner party.
Mr. and Mrs s. H. Kaufman will give a
dinner party.
SATURDAY
Mr.. and Mrs Crosby S. Noyes viii give an
evening reception.
Invitations for subscriptions for the Wash
ington Assembly, which will be given this
year at the Arlington On Monday. February
25, were issued last week. The subscription
is Sl5, and includes admission for one man
and two ladies, and single tickets are 50.
Dancing will begin at 10 O'Clock. The COM
mitlee in charge consists OF Mr.. john Davis,
president: Capt. Alexander Rodgers. W. V. r.
Berry. Caderon Carlisle, Charles G. Glover,
John Hay, Arnold Hague, George HELEN,
Henry May, EdRard McCauley, John Poor,
]. Van Ness Philip, J. Rufus Tyrop. and Alr.
William Hall Slack, secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. Slack has entire charge OF all the ar
rangements.
Judge and Mrs. Arthur Macarthur well
coined their friends in official and resident
society yesterday afternoon from TO 4
O'Clock until the house was crowded TO its
utmost capacity. Fast as the company ar
| rived, AMI in as great numbers as they re-
| manned. the welcomes never gave out nor
| lost one jot OF their genuineness, either from
| the host or hostess.
The occasion was one of much greater sig
nificance thai the ordinary afternoon tea, as
! 1t marked in pleasantest fashion the eightleth
| birthday of Judge Macarthur.
| The judge held quite a reception Of his own
! in the second parlor. where, after greeting
| Mrs. Macarthur, the guests were told he was
| awaiting the opDortunityto add his welcome.
| Throughout the afternoon the space about
| his chair was crowded, and the attentions
showered upon him could not fail to have
proved most gratifying.
fn the front parlor The top of the piano
| was covered with the bouquets sent him in
honor of the occasion, whi!e in the second
!
sent in by friends TO mark the birthday.
| Mrs. MacArther received in a gown of
! black velvet with petticoat and sleeves of
white satin. The bodice was trimmed with
! point lace.
Her sister. Mrs. Ainsworth of Boston, stood
at her side and ass sted in gown OF black
| satin brocaGe trimmed with Jet Mrs. Gon
was also ore of the receiving party and wore
gown of shrimp pink brocade trimmed with
| lace. The young ladies who assisted in re-
ceivinG were; Miss Mary Lawton. in corn
color satin-striped point d esprit Miss Nellie
Villas. in black satin with bodice of light blue
silk aad lace. and Miss Gon, Miss Minnick,
| and Miss Heymond, in white mousselin de sole.
! Mrs. Piliing, in blue silk and black lace as
sisted in dispensing the hosptaiities of the
tearoom, where the decorations of the table
were of scarlet tulips
Among the guests were Mrs N. /. Jeflries,
Miss Sheriff. Dir. w. G. Whlttemore. Miss
Aline Wilcox Miss Kate Field. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Fleming. Nine. Romero. Mrs. Stanley
Matthews. Mrs. Newton C. Blanchard, Mrs.
William Henry Browne. Mrs. Ordway, Mrs.
John Waggaman, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Cabell, Gen.
and Mrs Wright, Mrs. Wright Smith, Mrs
Villas Judge Morris. Mrs. A. A. Cole Col.
Baylor, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. and Miss
Brewer Mrs l.. b. Webb, Mrs Seaton Perry,
Mrs. Ross Perry, Mr.. Frank Richardson, Mr.
and Mrs. Horatio King Mrs. Galaudet, Mrs.
and Miss Newcomb, Gen. Van Vliet, Mrs.
| JO10 NJ MlISOH, MISS NdlIer, MT. JaIlleS
Morrill,. Miss Swami. the Misses Strong, Mrs.
Henry D. Cooke Mrs Louis Mackail, Miss
Sallie MackalI, and Judge. Mrs. and Miss
| Kelley.
The four and twenty blackbirds baked in a
pie that began TO sing all at once as soon as
the pie was opened for the kingly delectation
were not a circumstance to the lively chatter
J ing and amused. good -natured laughter that
resounded in one of the fashionable West
End residences recently from a bevy
of twenty young ladies. The occasion was a
| luneheon to have been given on certain
date. but which for good and sufficient rea-
! sons, in spite of the fact that the company
each and all assembled on time. did not come
: off until the following day. 1t happened in
this wise.
J The hostess in giving the order to the
caterer and issuing her invitations set GER
' tain date The guest res ected and kept in
MUD this date on which they put in the ex.
3 pected appearance. The caterer did nothing
. of the sort, to his ultimate intense mortifca.
> ton and chagrin., He put down the luncheon
in his hook of engagements as a week ahead
| of the date on which it should have beer
5 served. hence when the florist arrived witt
I the lovely taule decorations and was soor
, followed by the guests, there was truly only {
l Barmecides feast awaiting them. The girl:
Q took the matter in the most good nature(
S manner possible, and looking at it from tht
comieal side, enjoyed good laugh at tht
| unusual turn OF affairs.
! The recreant caterer was interviewed an(
L the guests upon their arrival the following
t day were served such delightful luncheon
: that all possible regrets of the day Lefor,
Q were lost sight Of and it is safe to assert tina
Q \ more congenial. talkativa. thoroughly en-
ioyabie company than that proved to be ha
not been gathered about any lunch table thi
season.
/, Society in Washington ut the present time
: that is, the wealthy contingent that has com,
;. here 10 make its winter home during th
t past half dozen years-does not and eaDno
9 realize what vast strides have been made il
g the matter of floral decoration at entertain
ments These now constitute one of the lead
! ing and most important features, but former
+ they had little, if any, place in the calcula
Q tions of the host or hostess. With the elimi
nation of palms and such GRACEFUL growing
tropical plants from the drawing-rooms o
Il the present day, there would cease to exis
the thing that is very essential to social sue
IL cess on the part of the venturesome reformer
Elaborate floral decorations have come t.
STAY and those who are wise, as well as thos
z who have artistic propensities and procivities
will rejoice thatthjS is so instead of spendin
J. any superGuous time in deploring the I'm
70 mense sums that are now annually spent il
Washington during the course of the Sc sol
II on flowers and plants for decorative purposes
Q The recent departure of Mrs. George Pull
man for Europe has been the cause of con