Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-20
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Ths Good Things Coming in q Musical
Way.
Dinners and Lunche0ns Yesterday
Meeting at Mrs. Fosters.

One of the brilliant events of next week
will be the concert Wednesday after
noon. March %. by the Boston Instru-
mental Club. assisted by Mrs. Frank A.
Gardner as soloist. The entertainment is
for the benefit of the Washington Found
ling Asylum. under the patronage Of Mrs.
Stevenson. Mrs. Carlisle. Mrs. Hoke Smith.
Miss Herbert. Mrs. Patenotre. Mrs. Romero.
Mrs. Mendonca. Mrs. Cana. Mrs. John F.
Foster, Mrs. Micou. Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
Berry, Mrs. McLanahan, Mrs. Sewers. Mrs.
Barney. Mrs. Cassell. Mrs. Lieber. Mrs.
Hutchinson. Mrs Mum and the board of
lady visitors. The concert promises to be
as great a success socially and financially
the talent secured will make 1t artistic
ally.
Mrs Elkins entertained at a yellow tulip
luncheon yesterday Miss voorhees,. Mrs. ].
Thomson Swami. Mrs. Whittemore. Mrs.
Michler. Mrs. Mum. Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs.
Moore. Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Halliday, Mrs.
English. Mrs. Wyle. Mrs. Joy. Mrs. Arnold,
Miss Edes and Mrs. Legare.
Assistant Attorney General Dickinson
gave a dinner last night, at which the
guests were the Vice President, the chief
justice. the Secretary Of the Navy. the At
torney General. Justice Harlan. Justice
White, Justice Brown. Justice Peckham.
Solicitor General Conrad. Judge Taft, Judge
Lurton. Mr.. Judson of St. Louis. Mr.. Har
mon of Chicago. Mr.. Maury and Mr.. Lind
sey.
Mrs. Stilson Hutchirs pleasantly enter
tanned number of friends yesterday af-
wife of Col. Charles Fremont. who has SO
many acQuaintances in this city.
| A number Of ladies prominent in s"ciety
are to hold a meeting at the residence Il
| Mrs John w. Foster tomorrow morning
| at half past IL in the interest of the Ma
| tional Plant. Flower and Fruit Guild. The
| object and work of the guild are to be ex-
planned by Mrs. John Wood Stewart of
| New York. the general secretary. Mrs.
| Stewart Is niece of Governor Levi p. Nor
| ton, and a very attractive speaker.
The Alethea Pleasure Club gave pleas
| ant surprise party to Miss Katie Eogel
| of 1S06 9th street Wednesday evening. In
| strumentaI and vocal music, recitations.
| dancing. games and a bonnet contest FORM
| ed the program. The members of the club
| wore their badges of blue and white. which
they recently adopted. Among those pres
| ent were: Mr.. and Mrs. Nogel. Mr.. and
Mrs. HUH. Misses Katie Vogel. Olga Voll-
| ten, Katie Softer. Gertie and Ella Stanley,
Katie ONeaL. Alice Pepper. Daisy Wal
| lace. Katie Schlosser. Eva Donnely, Agnes
DurnDach, Annie BERTHE and Maggie Yos;.
| Messrs. Jackson. Shannon. Horton, Rout,
I Barry. Pros:se. Schaffer. Lewis, Johnson.
| Toneworthy, De Land, Wild and buchanan.
At Glen Hurst" the home of the Misses
Hurst, Conduit road. charming musicale
whose talent contributed to the pleas
ure of the occasion We're Mr.. Herndon Nor
sell. Mrs. Morsell, Mr.. Elphonzo Youngs,
jr.. the Misses Hurst, Miss Clark, Miss
Edith Clark. Mr J. Barton Miller and Mr.
| Guy V. Collins. During the intermssion a
| delightful collation. was served Some of
the guests We're: Dr. and Mrs. Swartwout,
| Miss Swartwout, Mr. and Mrs Elphonzo
Youngs, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. P. Hamilton, Miss
Wallace, Miss Clark, Miss Edith Clark,
J. H. Hess. Miss Gould, Mr.. Ezra Gould,
r. Ii. Hughes. Mrs. w. b. Smith, DR.. Clark
and the Messrs. Hurst
A tulip tea will be given at Fletcher NJ
f. Church this evening by the Epwortf
League. The committee will be Mrs A. V
n. Allpress. Miss Edah Rosenberg. Miss Nj
Murphy and Miss BERTHE Moore.
The National Rifles Saturday evening re-
uniors, which were suspended for two
| weeks on account of the National Fenci.
bles' fair being held in the hall, will be re.
sumed from and after tomorrow evening.
The parlors at the residence of Rev. and
Mrs. N. c. Naylor were filled Wednesday
evening by the members of the congrega
/ ton of the Maryland Avenue Baptis
| Church. 1t being the third anniversary Of
his assuming the pastorship some of the
ladies' thought it would be pleasant to rec
osnize it an this manner. and the result
was very pleasant occasion, not only t
the pastor, but to his people as well. Ic.
cream and cake, which the ladies ha,
taken care 10 provide, were partaken o.
during the evening.
Mrs. w. A. Deuel. is visiting Mrs. c. War
man at 1899 r street southeast.
Miss Josephine Beay Of Boston. Mass, L
the guest Of her cousin, Miss Evelyn Tas
ker Of Capitol Hill
Miss Marian Miller has gone for a tril
through Florida with Mrs. w. B. Horu
blower of New York.