Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-28


Christmas week has been gay enough.
There was ball almost every night, and
the gaieties of other kinds were amply suf-
| fcient in number and novelty. Egg-nogg
parties on Christmas were numerous more
so than ever before. Time was when it
was considered rather poor taste to go out
pleasure seeking on Christmas. 1t was
thought to imply that something was lack
ing in the home entertainment. But the
fashions and customs change with each
generation, and this one manages to get a
good deal of interest in it's everyday life
by staying away from the family freside
sometimes Monday night the Cotillion Club
entertained it's members and friends. Mrs.
Carlisle received the guests and very
pretty german was led by Mr.. Frank Mar
tin. Tuesday the dance was at the Letter
| mansion. Dance is rather simple and de-
luding word to apply TO what was really a
beautiful ball. ApropoS of the night, the
faVorS were hung on a Christmas. tree,
which tWinkled with many electric lights,
| and was wonderful spectacle itself. Mr..
Walter V. r. Berry led the cotilion with
Miss Letter. and about sixty couples danced.
| There We're eight favor figures, and one the
boa was thought especially effective Both
men and maidenS wore the boas, which were
made Of tissue paper in many colors. Thurs
| day Mrs. Hearst was hostess of ball at
| which the Cornell boys were the guests of
| honor, and the bellies We're as thick as peas
| in pod. The floral decoration was simply
| superb, as it always is when Mrs. Hearst
entertans Last night Mrs. Draper con-
| tinued the series of dancing events, when
about the same company which has passed
| the compliments of the season around so
4 lavishly all week met again under the
| witchery of the mistletoe and holly, and
| danced and made merry all over again.
| Two buds bloomed this Week.-Mrs. Mar
\ jorie Mott, daughter of Judge and Mrs.
Charles c. Mott, and Miss Hughes. daugh-
ter CT Admiral and Mrs. Hughes. They
| merged into the gay world of society and
| fashion amid the plaudits of friends and
| the sweet fragrance of flowers sent them.
| Mrs. Howard Ganson Whites tea on
| Thursday was delightful event, which re-
called the many similar occasions when
| this hostess has so charmingly presided
and entertained her friends. 1t only needed
evening dress to merge the event into a
| regular ball. There was fine orchestra, a
regular supper with all delicious accom-
panimentS, gorgeous flowers and all the
details which go to make a success of a
| ball
| Col and Mrs. Fred Grant, who will be
| here tonight to make short visit to Mrs.
L. S. Grant have had every hour of their
stay pre-empted. Tomorrow night Senator
| and Mrs. Elkins will give a dinner in their
| honor, Monday Mrs. Phil Sheridan will give
| a luncheon to Mrs. Fred Grant. that night
Mrs. Grant has invited a company to meet
L y.
give a luncheon for Mrs. Fred Grant, and
| that evening DR.. and Mrs Mackay Smith
will give them a dinner.
| In the social calendar for the coming
week. among the events now quoted are:
For Monday-Mrs. Thomas c. Hunt and
| Mrs. Micher. a ) o'clock tea.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Britton. a dancing
party.
Tuesday-The Misses Clapp. young
| folks tea.
| Mrs. Brice. a bali. D
| Mrs. Alexander Tunstall, a tea.
| The marriage reception of Miss Lottie
| Lillian Allan and Mr.. Bernard Lee Grove.
| Wednesday-New Year receptions at the
White Ho"se and official houses.
| Miss Ida Blackstone Riley, a dance.
Thursday-The President and Mrs. Cleve-
land will entertain the cabinet at dinner.
Mrs. Barney, a darce.il
The Guatemalan minister and Mrs. Lazo
Arriaga, dinner.
Friday-Mrs. David Wolf Brown. tea, at
which Miss Maize Florence Brown will be
introduced. Mrs. Hobson: 5 o'clock tea
| to meet Mrs. Wharton. Mrs. A. 7. Britton,
| a children's party. Miss Warner. leap
| year dance. Mrs. Audehried. a dinner
Saturday-Mrs. Wilcox. a breakfast, to
meet Mrs. Grant. Miss Morgan a tea, 4
to I, 1341 Q street. Mrs William A. Stone.
tea. to :, 1921 q street. Mrs. J. Mckee
Borden, tea, 4 to I.
The brazilian minister and Mrs. Men
donca, a dinner
The New Year receptions are now the an
ticipation of society. All the cabinet fam
lilies have arranged to receive excepting
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the Postmaster Cen
eral, who cannot do so. owing to the illness
! of their eldest son, Mr.. VIM. H. Wilson. of
typhoid fever. Mr.. Wilson was taken ill a
week since, and brought here from Charles
ton. w. Va, to be under the care of his
mother. His illness has since developed
into typhoid fever. Mrs Hoke Smith, wife
| of the Secretary of the Interior, cannot de-
eide until Tuesday whether or not she will
receive. She is greatly exhausted after her
.Cns vigils with her little girl, whose illness
has been so serious the past fortnight, and
she may not feel equal to the strain. Hap
PLY the little one Is recovering nicely, but
just at present wants her mother more
than ever.
The Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson
intend to receive callers on New Year at
their hotel. and the hours for the recep-
ton will be announced in a day or two.
Mrs. Stevenson will be assisted by num-
Der of ladies. some of whom are Mrs. NJ. T..
! Scott. the Misses Scott, Mrs: Edward
Whitaker and Miss Whitaker of ST. Louis,
Misses Vending. Miss Winston and the
Misses Stevenson.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. olney
will entertain the diplomatic corps at
breakfast at II o'clock. AT o'clock Mrs.
Olney's reception will commence. She will
be assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Minot,
Mrs. and Miss Uhl, Mrs. and Miss Rock
hill, Mrs. and Miss Gray, Mrs. and Miss
Sheridan, Mrs. Arnold Hague, Miss Pendle-
ton, Miss Alice Lee, Miss Audrey Paunce-
fote, Miss Elsie Anderson, Miss Rodgers,
Miss Tuckerman and Miss Cockrell. At
the diplomatic breakfast the foreigners
will be introduced by Assistant Secretary
Rockhil.
The Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Carlisle will be assisted by Mrs. William
X. Carlisle, Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Mrs.
r. B. Bowler. Miss Addison Mitchell, Miss
Lucy Page, Miss Bryan of Chicago, the
Misses Hamlin and Miss Alice Berry.
The Secretary CT War and Mrs. Lamont
will be assisted by Mrs. Breckenridge, Mrs
Lieber, MIS-. Sternberg, Mrs. Craighill, Mrs
Stanton, Mrs. Greedy, Mrs. Closson, Mrs.
Gordon. Mrs. Hawley, Mrs George B. Nc
Clellan, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, Mrs.
| Bugher and number of other young la
dies.
The Secretary of the Navy and Miss Her.
bert will be assisted by Mrs. Micou, Mrs
Ramsay Mrs Hugh Legare Mrs. Preston
Sands Mrs. Winthrop Mrs. Mulligan, Mrs.
Washington, Mrs. McAdoo and the Misses
Walack, Williams, Patten, Poor, De Pegs
| ter and Jackson.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Harmon
will be assisted by their daughters, Mrs.
| Edmund Wright of Philadelphia, Miss Har-
| mon, Miss Corbin and Miss Taft.
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