The evening times., 1896-03-17
RECEPTIONS ARE POPULAR
Tri-Weekly White House Events
Draw Many People.
The Bachelor Girls Club and Its
AvOwed PurpOse-Events intiie
World OF Fashion.

About a hundred and seventy-fiye people
shook hands with the President at the re-
ception yesterday. These tri-weckly af-
fairs are becoming most popular AMI prac'
tice at shaking hands, ION the wing" 80
TO speak has become SO perfected with the
Chief Executive that his average is now
rcckoneI at two hundred grasps IN ten
minutes. Rain or shine, these receptions
are excellently attended.
The BRITISH Amba ssadora and Lady Pauncc-
.ote will entertain tonight at n dinner and
reception in honor OF the Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Olney.
A ma rria ge of interest to Washingtonians
took place yesterday in Baltimore.
Miss Virginia Price, daughter Of Mr..
Alexander Hamilton Price, engineer :.
United States Navy, retired. and Mr.. VIII
liam Butter Chairman OF Boston exchanged
marriage VOWS, Rev. DIR. NJ. s. Lockwood
performing the ceremony. THE bride wore
I gown OF white brocade, trimmed with
.iuchessc lace and her tulic veil WAS caught
with orange blossoms. The bridal bouquet
was OF yioicts and lilies of the valley.
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The altar. Miss Ruth Krebs acted as maid
of honor. and Misses Butler. Amos. Boyd
and Ludineton were the bridesmaids.
The ushers were Messrs. Oakcs Ames.
Deblois Page and Harry Amcs OF Boston.
Dr. A. 2. Krouse, DIR. McConachey and
Calvin Chestnut of Baltimore.
After the ceremony breakfast was served
for the bridal party at the Aitamont Hotel
Among those present were: Pay Di-
rector A. ]. Pritchard, q. S. N: Chief En-
gIncer Charles J. Mcconnell. U. s. N: Com
mander II. s. walker. U. S. N; Commander
William Meade. L. S. n; Capt. George II.
Perkins. U. S. n, and Pay Director Charles
Il. Etheridge. U. S. n.
"The Real Thomas Paine was the sub
ie,.; OF an address given last evening by
Hoa. Grant Barnwell at a meeting OF the
Continental Chapter, ID. A. K. Mr.. Barn.
well speaks of Tom Paine as "a man of
iI,disrutab!e literary. political. philosophi-
cal and mechanical genius, vino as largely
as any of the Revolut iOnary fat: srs con-
tributed to the achievement OF American
independence" AFR. BarnweIl concluded
with the words of Andrew Jackson: 'Thom-
as Paine needs no monument erected by
hands; he has erected a monument i'll the
hearts of all lovers of liberty
Mrs. ]. Stanley Brown tMollie GarfielD
IS one of the most popular young nia;rons in
The city. She is a brunette. with warm,
golden-brOwn hair. large dark eyes, and ln
exquisite complexion. She has three chill
dren.
President Faure has attached photos
rar nh tp Ia ~. W will
take series of pictures OF the President nn
public occasions for the kinetoscope. 1t
has been pointed out that while NJ. Carnot,
as President. kissing little girls, Dire W the
line at those in their teens. NJ. Faurr shows
40 compunction in kissing the older girls.
Mr.. ]. D. Miller, OF this city, has re-
turned from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, where he
went to attend the funeral OF his mother.
The engagement OF Miss Harriet Weld
Corning, only daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Erastus Corning, 10 Mr.. Rufus W. Peck
ham, son of Chief Justice and Mrs. Peck
ham, is rumored.
The marriage OF Miss Louise Parker,
daughter of Senator Amaia J. Parker, OF
New York, to Mr.. Harry Roy Sweny, son
Of the late Capt. Sweny, of the English
army will take place in Albany April 23.
A number of "buds'' OF Capitol Hill So
ciety have organized the "Ba cheior Girls
Ciub,'' and are making hay while the sun
shines. They realize that before the next
leap year arrives they will be thiri y-ti,ird
degree members OF the old maid fraternity,
unless meantime they succeed in capturing
Cupid.
Therefore, they intend to avail themselves
OF the special and extraordinary privileges
of 1896.
The club was intended to be as secret as
the famed Hindu order of "Marti- -Mutch,''
and each bachelor girl was pledged not to
reveal the names Of members, purpose,
signs or symbols.
But the secret is out, and it is fair to as
sumo that It was given away by some in
discreet member. And now all the young
men in East Washington are gossipping
about the club, its members and objects.
A prize has been offered TO the first
bachelor girl who wins husband The
trophy will be handsome gold watch
The ladies' are all over the age of twenty
five years, and some of them are said
TO be-but that Is still secret.
The idea OF organizing the club was
conceived at a ball given by a select
number of bachelor girls just before the
commencement of Lent, at McCauley's
Han. On that occasion they called for
their escorts with carria ges at their homes
The members of the club are looking for
ward to the approaching season OF picnic
parties and excursions, and hope TO make
n number of conquests before the coming
of autumn.
In the meantime the bachelor girls are
improving the Lenten season by having
fun with their eligible male acquaintances.
This fun takes the form of anonymous let
iers containing lore-sick appeals and pro-
posals of marriage. They have also taken
to writing doggerel poetry, and q new
feature is 10 Introduce tiny bows of rib
bon to be worn on the gentlenian's coat
lapel in place OF boutonnieres Each color
has Leap Year Significance of Its own.
The color of rose, for instance, IL worn
by the gentleman. means he is going 10
propose TO the sender. II he wears the
wee heaiotrope bow N his buitoa-llele it