Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11

which tuesdays and saturdays appear to
be the favorite days. are still the feature
| of large entertainments. House balls, ex-
| oepting the dinner dance, are not AZ yet
very numerous. but between the Bachelors
and the Army and Navy assemblies there
| cannot be said to be any real dearth OF
dancing events. Naturally. with the thea
| ter attractions next week, hospitality will
| take the form Of early dinners and late
| suppers
l Among the events of the coming week
| are. for Monday:
| Miss Aline Wilcox a teas o'clock-to
| meet Miss Florence Bryant.
The Chilean minister and Mrs. Cana,
dinner. to meet the Secretary of State and
Senator and Mrs. Elkins, a dinner, to
| n eet Mrs. Grant.
| Tuesday
The Misses Fuller. breakfast to meet
| Miss Florence Bryant.
| Mrs. A. A. Wilson and Mrs. George Bur-
/ well Davis tea; to 6.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott and the Misses
/ Scott. a tea, to meet the Misses Stevenson.
4 Mrs. j. L. M. Curry, tea; O'Clock.
I Mrs. MCGOWAN. a tea: 5 o'clock.
| The Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
i Carlisle. dinner in honor of President and
| Mrs. Cleveland.
| Wednesday,
Miss Tredick, a breakfast.
Mrs. J. Eakin Gadsby.s to 9. to meet Miss
! Cuttings.
Mrs. Stevenson and cabinet ladies will re-
Mrs. Andrew B. Graham. a tea; 4 to Z.
The cotillion at the Rifles Armory.
Mrs. Jno. Hay, a dance. Dinners to pre-
| cede it by Mrs. Mott, Mrs Boardman, Miss
i Letter and Mrs. Barney.
| Representative and Mrs. Washington, a
| dinner.
| Thursday
! President and Mrs. Cleveland at the Sec
ond state dinner will entertain the diplo-
] matte corps.
Mrs. Bachelor, dinner.
Friday
Miss voohees. tea, o'clock. to meet
Mrs. Charles VOORHEES,.
| Mrs. Walter D. Wyville and Miss Wy
Army and Navy Assembly at Rites Ar.
mory.
Saturday
Mrs. Cleveland. card reception to la
Mrs. Charles NJ Cooper tea, to Z, at
| 1It3 = street.
Il Mrs. Herbert NJ Wilson, a tea, to 4, 20
meet Miss Anne Wake williamson
The Secretary Of STATE and Mrs. Olney,
a diplomatic dinner.
the Chinese minister and Mrs. Yang a
| dinner.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Harmon
will give a dinner January 20.
The japanese minister will give dinner
in honor of the Vice President. January %.
Mrs. Cleveland and her guest, Mrs Park
l
given by Mrs Olney, who had in the COM
pany to meet them, Mrs Carlisle. Miss
Morton. Baroness Won Thielman, Mrs.
Thomas Nelson Page. Mrs. Ramsay, Miss
Pendleton and Mrs. Afinot. The mahogany
| table in the Olrey dining room has a cary
ed border nearly a foot wide. and when
arranged for luncheon only lace doylies
at the covers obscure its solid beauties.
} The Secretary of War and Mrs. Lamont
at a handsome dinner last night entertain
ed the British ambassador and Lady
Pauncefote the Mexican minister and Mrs
Romero, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster
, Mr.. Andrew d. White of the Venezuela
} boundary commission, Mr.. and Mrs. John
} B. Henderson. Mr.. Letter and Miss Bryant
) and Miss Woodward, who are Mrs. La
mont's guests. The centerpiece was OF
pink roses and maidenhair fern.
The Brazilian minister and Mrs de Men,
donca entertained at dinner last night the
} Chinese minister and Mrs. Yang Yu the
J Venezuelan minister and Miss Andrade,
| the Japanese minister, the Swiss minister
and Mrs. Pioda, the Hawaiian minister and
Mrs. Hatch. the Danish minister. the Co
! lombian charge d'affaires and Mrs. Rengifo
! Mr. and Mrs. Mario de Mendonca and the
Misses de Mendcnca-
, Mrs. Romero will receive next Tuesday
from to g. thus resuming the receptions
which have been one of the most delightful
| features of the winter season here and
! which have made the name of the Mexican
. legation synonymous with the most gra'
, cicus hospitality.
Mrs. Watson J. Newton and Miss New
ton will give an informal tea Wednesday
January Is, 1882 X street, to q. to meet
! Mrs. James w. Klock, jr., of Baltimore an6
J the Misses Lowther of New York.
; Mrs Cleveland las invited a company fol
! this afternoon at 4 o'clock to hear Mrs
| Waldo Richards of Boston read.
! The diamond display at the White HOUSE
! Thursday night was the most remarkabl,
4 |
! ! Hicks Lord or Mrs. Leland Stanford. Their
4 there were so few comparatively. wh3st
| gems attracted general comment that pop
! ular attention was concentrated on then
! and ordinary jewels passed by unnoticed
i The precious stones worn by the ladies q
} the diplomatic corps made glittcrint
\ | collect ion. which. enhanced, as they wer'
j | in most instances, by orders and decora
! lions as marks of imperial favor mad,
! their jewels especially interesting. AS i'm
1 | posing as the whole array was particu
l iarly in the way of fine stones in old
!, fashioned settings there were no ornament
to compare with the magnificent set o
}, diamonds and emeralds. tiara, necklace
j | and earrings worn by Mrs. Dominguez
Il wife of the Argentine charge d affaires
Mrs. Dominguez is wealthy woman II
\ her own right. She was formerly Mis-
{ lived most of her life in England, wher,
: she was married. Mrs Patenotre, wife o
} the French ambassador, has fine necklac,
} and other ornaments in modern SETTING
; which are much admired. Baroness .Thiel
man wears fine gems also, as we'll as jew
eled decorations. The most elaborate dia
, | mond necklace in Washington just at pres
ent is the strand of enormous solitaire
I | worn by Mrs. Scott Townsend. The stones
Z in the front are about the size of the aver
age hazel nut; toward the back they de
( crease.
: Mrs. Cleveland has a large collection o
) diamond ornaments. the most elegant o
) | which is her necklace Of large soltaires
B and which was among the first Of tn
, | Presidents gifts to her after their mar
, rage She wears more ornaments in he
y hair, diamond tuck and side combs, thai
N in her corsage when dressed for the even
: ing, and has diamond flower spray which
: can be worn either as a bandeaux or
8 brooch. Mrs Hearst has been gradual.
s adding to her collection of fine gems Unit
: now her diamonds represent a large for
5 tune. She has a necklace of several row.
of huge solitaires and many fine pearl
: set with diamonds
Mrs. U. S. Grant wears magnificent jew
: els when arrayed for the evening. AL
though very near her SEVENTEEN birthda,
she wears her gems with the same pleasur
: they gave her when she first became thei
: possessor. She has a pair of bracelet
: set with suDerb diamonds which are mIc]