Evening star., 1896-03-16
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Dinners and Teas With Pleasant Memo
riea
A Chevy Chase HOspitality-A Wash
ingtOn Belle to Marry a California
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and Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Alex. Leeare
and Miss Boardman did the honors Of the
tea tables. The fencing contingent of the
club gave an exhibition of their skill. A
very interesting exhibition between Prof.
Darrialat and Mr.. Cabot Lodge. Jr.. was
followed by clever bit Of foil work by the
professor and Mr.. Richmond Stone. and a
contest with broadswords, In which Mr..
Henry NJ. Earle and Mr.. Stone took part.
Dancing followed and was largely enjoyed.
The pleasant announcement was made that
the hunt ball will be held Easter Wednes-
day.
Senator and Mrs Sherman entertained at
dinner Saturday night the British ambassa-
dor and Lady PauncefOte. the German am
bassador and Baroness Won Thielnlan, the
Chilean minister and Mrs. Cana, the Qua
temalan minister and Mrs. Lazo de ArriaSa,
the Japanese minister, Mrs. Grant, Senator
and Mrs. Elkins. General and Mrs. Miles,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Henderson and Senator
Allison.
Representative and Mrs. Draper enter
taincd at dinner Saturday night Secretary
and Mrs. Carlisle, Justice and Mrs. White.
Speaker and Mrs. Reed, Representative and
Mrs. Wadsworth, Representative Boutelle.
Mrs. Goddard. Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Miss
Patten, Miss Aileen O'Donnell Mr.. Jules
Boeufve and Mr.. Montgomery Blair
Mrs. Somers gave a luncheon Saturday in
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daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Foster
The ladies sat about small tables, and be-
tween courses changed from one to an
other. The other guests We're Miss Morton.
Mrs. Squire Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Bell Mrs
Sternberg, Mrs. John w. Foster Mrs w w
Baldwin. Mrs. Haywood, Mrs. Hadley, Mrs.
Hemphill, Mrs. SaXton. Mrs. Whitman, Mrs.
watkins. Miss Morgan, Miss Nina Morgan,
Miss Noyes. Miss Teller and Miss Scull
The wedding of Miss Helen Steele 10 Ed
ward Gwynne of New York will take place
on March %. Miss Steele is the great-ereat-
granddaughter of Justice Samuel Chase a
SlBner OF The Declaration of Independence
Mr. Gwynne is the grandson of Judge John
Gwynne of New York and a nephew of Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt. He is a member Of
the Calumet and Rockaway Hunt clubs
Ihe young couple will go to Europe for a
year Immediately after the marriage.
Count Hadik de Futak. the Hungarian
who is doing the fairy godmother act for
New York society al present gave another
or his original informal dinners last week
in his rooms. After the dinner the men
donned paper dominoes of various colors
and Joined the women guests in dancing
and games, the music being furnished by a
Hungarian band.
Judge and Mrs Paul Gorham of New York
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Courtland c.
Clements. 1145 18th street
Judge and Mrs. John Davis have taken a
cottage at Newport fer the coming summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Potter Palmer have taken a
cottage at Newport for the coming season.
Inc formal announcement of the engage
ment of Mr.. Walter Scott Hobart and Miss
Hannah Neil Williams was made in San
francisco last week. but is Of interest here
as well. The young lady who has captured
the young millionaire is the youngest
daughter or Capt w. w. Williams pay di-
rector in the United States navy, at pres
ent stationed in Washington Miss VIII
hams and her sister spent the past winter
season with their uncle, Gen. Forsyth, L.
.. A, at the Hotel Richelieu, but returned
q rev days ago to their home in San
Rafael They spent the summer months at
Del Monte as the guests of Gen FORSYTH.
MISS Williams IS one of the noted society
pelles Oh the present season. She is only
twenty years of age and a demi-bIonds
she is tall and graceful and has a parlfc-
uIarly striking face of refined beauty She
is hlShly accomplished and a brilliant mu-
siclan. Mr.: Walter Hobart is the young
prince of the fairy tale come true He is a
very gentlemanly, unassuming person.
rather small with a face of great refine
ment and composure. When he went to
harvard he had suite Of four rooms
comfortably furnished, with every conye-
nience. and faithful valet to care for him
with an income of $4,000 q year. One
room was given over to his clothes Since
he has come into his wealth he is famous
Tor his generosity, and ne has made many
friends. He has probably the finest stable
OF horses on the Pacific coast The we'd
ding Will probably take place at no distant
date. Wonderful tales of Mr. Hoba RI 8
splendid manner of spending money and his
nne stables are common gossip i'm Califor-
MA. All this agreeable magnificence and
prosperous money spinning takes its root
In the big estate left by the late W. s. Ho-
bart. He left two daughters and this son,
Walter, who obtained his majority in
March of last year. All three children
then being OF age, the estate was distrib-
utsd in equal shares. 1t is away up in the
millions, and Miss Williams is a very
lucky young woman.
EX-Gov. and Mrs. Alexander r. Shepherd
left for Florida Saturday afternoon and
VIII spend several weeks at Palm Beach
and Tampa Bay.
Rev. DIR. and Mrs. r. H. McKim. Miss
Julia Lindsey, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Alex
Mackay-Smith, the Misses Mackay-Smith
8. r. Bond and wife, DR.. 8. o. and Mrs
Richey, Mr.. NJ. Blair and Henry S Cane
are at Virginia Beach.
Mrs. A. 1. Strasburger will not be at
home tomorrow.
Mrs David Decker of Staten Island is
visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. A. Deyo, at
213 H street.
Mrs. Caroline H. Dali, 1926 18th street,
Will be glad to see her friends Monday
evenings and Friday afternoons for the re-
mainder Of the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Relyea have moved
to 1895 K street
A masquerade party was rendered Miss
Lillian Yates Thursday evening last in
honor of her birthday. Among those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Il. H. Nates Mrs.
Ashford, Mrs. GARNER, Misses Elizabeth
and Maude De Grummond, Bessie Henrick,
Alice Reilly. Orilla Gessford, Fannie Carter,
Lizzie and Martha Howison, Mabel Hop
kins, Edith Ashford, Lula Weaver, Emma
Anderson, Annie Rush, Lola and Alice Sor-
rell, Marie Harvey, Lillian and Albine
Yates, and Bessie Ashford and Leila Gates,
and Messrs. Ross Gessford. Ross Reilly.
Floyd E. Davis, Edgar Mooney, VIM r.
Riddell. VIM. Hopkins. r. A. Ford Andrew
Scott, Psul Ashford, Gus Riley, Chas. Car
nier, VIM. Smoot. James Locraft, John B.
Yates, John Darlington Yates, Bright Ham
dy and Mr.. Hodges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calhoun gave a phantom
party Tuesday evening last in honor of the
sixteenth birthday of their daughter Lot
tie. Games were enjoyed, refreshments
served. and in a peanut hunt Mr.. Brown
won the first prize and Mr.. Puerner the
BOBBY. Among those present were the
Misses Maud Martin, Maggie jackson, Cora
Hough, Alice Pool, Mae Puerner, Sadie
Morris. Edna Melhorn. Hattie Barnard.
Kellogg, Florence Clapp. BERTHE Warner,
Edna Hough, Rose Evans, Halle Chapman'
Helen Wetzel. Audry Schweitzer, and