The morning times., 1896-02-17
SOCIETY BEGINS TO FEEL
TIE DAWN OF LENT
Suggestions for Amusement Dur
ing the Penance Season.
Beecher to Take Place Tonight.
Notes and Personals.

This week will see the end of the season.
Ash wednesday society win lay down
the fiddle and the bow OF festiyity aud
pick up the shovel and the hoe OF re-
pentance.
Sackcloth and ashes a In mcde viii re-
place deoollete silks ard saiins, and tie
prayer book slip into position OF the
lately Inevitable bouquet OF orchids or
American beauty roses.
Cotilions VIII be abandoned in favor of
Summing expeditions, atd sewing very
narrow flannel petticoats for the benighted
heather Will employ the shining hours"
formerly passed al iGncheons and matinees.
a sGggeStion-if teas must be given DUR
ing Lent. as will surely be the case. why
not let them be 'Rembrandt' teas, or
'Sepia'' teas, or BLACK and white homes"
OF for very young persons violet after
noons.'
This idea comes from a gay, gallant
faithful follower of fashionable functions.
''Your eyes lcok badly" l sad. you've
been sitting up too late this winter
He drew nearer and answered in conf
dental tone:
>'Bon1 put il In the paper, but, by
juye, / believe I've got pink eye from
attending high colored dinners and teas.
Do you know only yesterday came ouLofthe
II. :. HiierG, as you would write, La France
roses decorated the table and pink shades
capDe1 tl;E candelabra,' and 1 met Miss
W. going in.
That she is a brunette / could swear.
bdt by an optical dtiusion She appeared TO
me an Aibino. The afternoon before had
the Sanic delusiun. Red was the color
schssnV.' to quote ysnr column, and If the
bishop oi Massachusetts and Rev. Mackay-
Smith cUEl6 have known the ruddy satanic
glare III " Nhich they appeared 10 me as
passed Hiens in the doorway they might
haze hetn hurt. Mrs.. -, dear women,
gaTe a icytiy green and white dinner the
other night; so rrstful, don't you know,
'wiilte ross, green shades
WAY nut green teas, then / said.
III va. nice for the eyes, lac responded,
'''but, as one of the girls said, ii was like
eating na'B, ones library table with funeral
embiemS as ornaments"
Such a funny reason considering every
thing is given for The popularity OF GER
tain young mairon who has presided
over Tie fTappe'' al several hundred func-
tiOnS this season
I've nearly frozen stiff bending above
the frigid sweets in a ceoolette cown,'
she said yesterday, -aEd only think l
overheard one OF the girls say lately that
my popularity was not Que 90 personality,
hut an ability TO cut thin slices and make
a little frappe go long way
The French Ameas. sdor and Madame
Patenoire gave dinner last evening, en-
terlainingthe Turkish minister, the Swedish
minister, the Marquis ana Marquise dc
Chambr1n, Prince Wredc, Count Einci
Baron Kettclcr. Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend,
Miss Anderson, Miss Bonaparte, Miss
Pauncefote, Miss Gwynn. Mr. Bax-Irou-
sides OF the British embassy.
The marriage OF Miss Theresa Andradc.
daughter of the minister OF Venezuela, will
take place early in ihe spring. to Mr.. Gustav
SchlCtlman, OF Germany.
a tcB was given Saturday afternoon at
whic. Mrs. W. i. l.. Hadiey. OF Iowa Circle,
wife az Representative Hadiey. was hostess.
The affair was in compliment TO Mrs. n.
O. Nelson OF ST. Louis. and Miss Priekett OF
Illinois Ladies assisting were:
Mrs. Price OF Louisiana. Mrs. Aldrich,
Miss Owens. Miss Boeuc, Mrs. Reeves, Mrs.
Matthews, Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber. The
tea table was prettily arranged with pink
shaded candles and flowers.
Mrs watkins, 1922 Sixteenth street, has
as her guest Mrs. Simon Newton OF Detroit,
Mich.
Mrs. William r. Byrns and Miss Mary
Mccullough viii receive today for the last
time this season
Mrs. D. ". Pecram has moved to lf15
Rhode Island avenue, 1T which place she
VIII be pleased to see her friends.
Mrs. William Gibson and Miss Lillian
Margaret Smith win BE- at home at the
shorehaIn from TO today.
Mrs. Treior. wife of Representative Ire
lor, and Mrs. Burton. wife of Representative
Burton, VIII not receive today.
Mrs. John Thornton Wood. 3ls East
Capitol street, viii not be at home today.
Mrs. Edward Middleton Is now in her
new home, 1888 Fifteenth street, and win
be at home Wednesdays.
Mrs. John Z S. Hoover and her sister,
Mrs. T. Z. Dohertv of New York, viii be al
home Thursday, February 20, from 3 TO
8, at 914 L street.
Mrs. D. B. Street and the Misses Street
Will be at home Tuesday.
Miss May 3. spragne Of Brooklyn. is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. r. b. Niles, OF 1873
Massachusetts avenue northeast, where she
viii be for The next week.
Mrs. Ella Wren Blair and Mrs Robert
Downing entertained Mile. Rhea al dinner
Sunday evening at 'Edgemore," Benning,
d. c.
Mrs. ThomasA Dobynsa and Miss Berry viii