The morning times., 1896-08-26
SOCIETY IS now ALL
GIVEN Up TO CARDS
Coli, Bowls, Even the Wheel, GO
to the Rear.
At Fashionable Watering Places vari-
GUS Games Are Played AS Fancy
Dictates-SocietyN Notes.

| the hearts or eiuerly couples untitled for
| more active sport, has caugau the fancy Of
| volatile youth. How long II viii retain its
| mold depends on the magnetic qualities Or
| tile next new TAD.
GOT link ana tennis court are feeling
| the detection; the wiieeI Is not esca ping
! and bowls are absolutely dead. The i'm
! mortal lmarchiOneSS ca no longer la claim
| TO piecOcIousness, since tue Smart Child ot
| touay is wiser Ia the ways OF Jackpots
| anu straight rlusnes than ever wis the
| scrap or white slavery, whose widest
| acnievement was TO capture Two for his
| nobs!''
Card parties are raging like a fever at
the various resorts, tae difference lying
| In the fact that bar harDor ana Newport
take to euchre, Atlantic City openly avows
a preference Tor diluted poker, while Cape
| May, always more se,iate than ner froiic-
| some neiEnDor, prefers u quiet hand at
| whist. now long the TAD Will last will
| depend on the snuttlc-cOck whims OF that
| Same Dame Fashion, who does the least
likely things at moments notice and ex-
| poets others TO DO the same.
There Is no counting the cost OF the prizes
| that lucky girls anu matrons will tE.,e
| home with them to winter quarters, and
| that the city's own fair inhabiJan ants may be
| expected to return with satisfactory
| quota is evidenced by the assertion OF an
unquestiUaable authority, the other day at
Newport. that there was no matching a
Washington woman for luck
Mrs. Mary Bangs and daughter, Mrs.
Burnss. gave an Informal iuncn yesterday
Ia honor o. Miss Mary Fosseiman. OF South
Dakota, who has been visiting her sister.
Mrs. T.. DAVIS, oi No S05 L street Goc invest.
The table was laii for eight covers and was
gracefully decorated with flowers and
ferns. Among thuse present were:
Mrs. Gertruua Bangs Barnes, Mrs. Marion
L. Davis. Mrs. William T. Davis Mrs. 4.
Alexander. Miss Kate Lay Howe and Miss
Mary Fussclman. Miss Fusselnian will
leave today FOR her new lone III Wicser.
Idaho.
Mr.. J. F. Cain, OF the Bank OF the Repub-
lie, has gone to Charles toanty to visit
relatives.
Mrs. John Kane and children OF Virginia
avenue are visiting Mrs. kaue's old bome
at Trenton. j.
Miss Nan Brccht OF No. 21O9 F street
viii leave today tor Wurrenton, Va. for Il
two weeks visit
Miss scbartzcolp OF Norfolk, va, Is visit
ing her grandmother. Mrs. L. j. yoss, on
+ street.
Mr. and Mrs George A. Sbeban OF Six
teenth street is spending a few weeks at
Atlantic City. Mr.. Shenau is much i'm
proved in health.
Mrs. o. Hine. accompa MED by her daugb-
ters, Mrs. Edward p. Mertz and Miss
Bessie Hine, of Prospect Hill has returned
from her summer outing at Atlantic City
Mr. Ike Oettingcr has returned from a
months visit to Pen Mar to his home In
Georgetown.
Prof. William Caulfield has gone on IN
extended European tour.
Rev. and Mrs. W. s. McKenney OF
Frederick, Md, are the guests OF Mrs.
Carpenter in Brooklyn. BY
Mrs. J. II. Small and Miss Mamie Small
who have been spending some time at
Atlantic City, will return to their lone
in Brookland today.
Gen. Lockwood and Mrs. Orme and
family, who have been absent ut the
seashore for the past six weeks. have
returned TO their foDe on TweBty-nintii
and Q streets. Miss May Murray Lockwood
will not be back until some time during
the autumn.
Mr.. Thomas ]. Stanton and family OF
Georgetown are home from their months
visit to Western Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Franc and daughters
will leave the last of the month for an
outing that will include visit to the
Thousand Islands.
Mrs. Dr. Donohue and her son, Florence
Donohuc, jr., and her daughters, Edla and
Gwendolyn, are comfortably situated at
Washington Grove.
Helen Prcntiss Donohue. OF the Linthicum
Students OF Georgetown, is at the 'Ingie-
side." Randolph, with her cousins, Mr..
David d. Caldwell, OF the Department of
Justice, and Miss Helena Florencia Caid-
well, OF Peoria. ILL.,
Miss Sallie Abel left yesterday for a
lengthy visit with friends in Toledo.
Miss Molle Anderson, OF North Capitol
street, was rendered surprise party last
night in celebration CT hcr seventeenth
birthday, which occurred on Sunday last
The evening was merry one, interspcrsed
with music, dancing and games. Among
those present were Misses Angie and Emily
Burke. Miss Flora Farraday, Miss Net:ic
Adams, and Mcssrs. Pollock, jones, Antler-
son, SpaIding, wilkins and Gibbs.
Miss Lola Dillard, OF Southeast Wash
inioon. Is on visit to friends and rela-
tives in King George county, Va, her Dative
home.
Dr. Thomas J. Jones and family OF No.
3lO5 Nj street northwest have returned
from visit to relatives il; Ohio.
Dr. and Mrs W L. Robins of No. lTDO
Thirteenth street northwest have returned |
from their outing.
Gen. Miles has returned from his visit |
to New England. |
Mr. j. Godfrey Goebel of No. 1898 Pros |
pect avenue northwest, accompanied by his |
daughter. has gone to Atlantic City.
Mrs. W. R. Bailey is spending the season |
at Harpers Ferry.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Walford of Buffalo, 1
N. Y, are located at the Oxford.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles NJ Buckley OF No.
514 G street southeast have returned
from brief stay at Colonial Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles b. Cleaves of No.
1919 Tenth street northwest are spending
the summer at Old Orchard Beach. Me.
Miys Katie v. Wilson OF Tenth street
northwest has returned from her summer
putting.