Evening star., 1896-11-14
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Weddings, Debuts and Other Nice
Things. I.
TEE NUPTIAL EVENTS OF NEXT Week
One of the Announcements Will
Be a Surprise.
9TH Err TIMELY TOPICS

The weddings and debut parties that will
take up social attention during December
will distract the public mind sufficiently,
sc that any imaginary lapses on the part
of the cabinet families and their hospitaIi-
ties will pass unnoticed. In an official way
the early season will be a calm, unbroken
stretch, and will afford an excellent op-
pcrtunity for those who feel themselves
under pleasant obligations to cabinet and
ether official households to entertain them
to cir hearts content. Notwithstanding
any or all statements to the contrary, the
last winter of this administration will not
be dull or uneventful. All the preordained
and regulated functions will be carried out
in more than customary elegance, and this
spirit, whose first evidence will be shown
at the White House New Years morning.
will actuate all those who come nearest it's
influences. In other words it can be briefly
stated that President and Mrs. Cleveland
are most desirous that the last months of
their residence in the Executive Mansion
should be characterized by the same inter
est in social matters as they have dis
played all through the past four years.
the season for the customary public recep-
tions and such other hospitalities as their
occupants are in the habit OF exerting.
The cabinet ladies who are first of all
the statements which they have seen in
print very often lately. and which they ap-
preciate, however, in the kindly way it is
meant. thar they will be in no hurry to
leave Washington, and as means to that
end nave extended their leases on their
residences In fact, every cabinet house
can be rented on or about the 4th of March
next. and their present occupants will be
only too glad to get them off their hands.
for only few look forward to future
residence in this city. This applies just as
well to the few who own their homes as to
the others who occupy rented houses. AS
most OF these leases have several months
longer to run. the probabilities are against
many departures from town until the usual
summer changes are made, SO that the
present cabinet women will be on hand to
see the initial movements of their success
sors In the same realm, an experience which
some Of them will enjoy ard others will
not.
Reverses in fortune may have somethin
to do with the recent Manifestations by
society men and women of the necessity
of making ones own living or at least
that cne need not necessarily lose caste
by showing an ability to do so. Projects
of this kind in New York city are looked
upon with such favor that of the many
Of the social elect who have gone into
trade, there are few failures to report
One OF the latest ventures has been the
establishment of tea rooms by two we'll
known society women, who have each a
large following of friends. who may be
relied upon to give the place fashion
able prestige, and curiosity seekers will do
the rest The rooms will not ne entirely
given up to the making and pouring OF
tea, but other essentials to human comfort
while exchanging curren. gossip with the
feminine and masculine droppers-in are
also to be enjoyed. The success of similar
enterprises in London and Paris the lat
ter especially where ) O'Clock tea and its
surroundings are not yet looked upon as
an absolute necessity has, of course. been
the determining factor in these New York
foundations. In Paris the best part of the
arrangements in these tea rooms is the
fact that the tea is prepared by girls who
wear the usual uniform of an English house
maid and. best OF all. speak English. Ameri-
cans. who are the most frequent customers,
are perfectly willing to pay a couple of
francs for cup of tea and several tiny
bread waters masGuerading under the
name of sandwiches for the pleasure Of
hearing their own language. The roses
and violets which will be sold at this es-
tablishment have a society fragrance also,
they are raised by other good women,
who are using their experience gained in
getting up the social ladder in finding Gus
toners for their flowers.
No such bold strokes in business way
are attcmr ted in this city by those who
feel a noticeable decrease in their incomes
The Washington Way is to rent your big
house, II you have one. and get into mar
rover quarters somewhere else. and gen.
orally out of town, or. if you must stay,
sublet your home take a few boarderS
for "company." The struggle for existence
Under these con3itior, and the Subterfuges
resorted to in hSsr r11rom the world these
changes are, acccSH-ng to the way you look
at it. the most lsuicrous or the most pain
full features of every day life. Two daugh-
ters of a former dean of the diplomatic
corps are the teachers of dancing school
in New York, while tfeir mother runs most
successfully, 1t is said. a training school
for house servants. Every one holorS the
spirit which underlies their determination
to support themselves, and every sensible
person who has tasted their hospitality in
former years feels personal interest in
their success. Another lady here who en-
jCyed at one time a pleasant prominence in
the diplomatic circle is engaged in the
Washington industry of renting rooms.
as she was in filing her drawing rooms
few years back.
The marriage of Miss Margaret Teel,
daughter of Mr.: and Mrs. w. S. Teel, to
Mr.. Frederick Gray. which will be solemn
ized next Tuesday at high noon at St.
JohE's Church, will be the leading nuptiai
event of the early part of the week. The
bride. who Is a particularly charming girl,
has hosts Of friends. and pleasant feature
of the wedding is that the young couple
will reside here instead of making the cere-
mony. as it has SO frequently happened
lately, preliminary to goodbye to
Washington. Miss Teel will have her sis
ter. Miss Blanche Teel. as maid of honor.
Miss Gray. Miss Davis and Miss Beveridge.
These young ladies are to wear white satin
gowns and large picture hats OF black vel
vet and piumes. The ceremony will be per
formed by the groonl's brother, Rev. John
Charles Gray, assisted by the assistant
rector of St. Johns, Rev. Robert Wood.
The best man will be Mr.. w. S. Teel jr.,
and the ushers will be Mr.. George A. c.
ChTisttancy, Mr.. Charles Howe. Mr.. Nor
timer H. Atchison and Mr.. McCalmont Will
sen. The wedding breakfast. which will
follow at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Teel, 1863 r street, will be attended only by
the bridal party and relatives.
Before the expira tion of another week So
ciety will witness the elimination of an
other of its charming romances in a nup-
tial event to which only family party
and few intimate friends have been bid
den The acquaintance which precedes
this ceremony has extended over a long
period, and that the fair lady has given her
consent after so many years of persistent
wooing only adds more strength to the old
adage of Faint heart. &c" The lady in
question is g, daughter of a former United
States Senator and minister to a foreign
court, and is fitted by natural gifts as we'll
as education and travel to adorn any posi-
tiol however lofty. The happy man is a
New Yorker and man of wealth and po-
sition. Washington, however, is more in
tereSted in the bride-elect who is Miss
Mary Pendleton, and the wedding day. Sat
urday. November 81. Miss Pendleton has a
cozy home on NJ street, adjoining that of