Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Dinners and Teas Will Open the Gay
Season.
fHE BUDS who WILL BLOOM FIRST
Secretary and Mrs. AIger Enter
tain the Cabinet Girls.
OTHER PLEASANT EVENTS

most enjoyed Of the winter. The debutante
teas will stretch from Monday next. when
Miss Hopkins will make her first bow to
her parents friends. till the end of Deem
Der, as while invitations thus far out are
numerous enough, some of the buds are
holding themselves back till nearer Christ
mas. The other buds next week will be
Miss Kathleen Owen. Miss Cotton, Miss
Sands, Miss Elsie Cassels and Miss Grace
Edes. For the second week in the month,
Miss Marion Pellew and Miss Craig have
the honors with Miss Daisy Letter. The
turn about of official life will have to prove
whether or not Miss Marie McKenna will
be cabinet or court bud, but in either
case the young lady will have a delightful
first season Early December will also be
frightened by the marriage of charming
young lady in the person of Miss Mary
Gwynn, who will become Mrs. Johnson
HELEN December at her parents home on
Iowa circle. The ceremony will be witnessed
by relatives only and will be followed at 1
CLOCK by a reception. The date of Miss
Aileen O'Donnell's marriage to Vicomte de
Sayre cannot be set untn her convalescence
Is well under way. But it is now already
certain that the ceremony can take place
in the beautiful Chapel of st. Anthony a
part of the new St. Matthew'S Church
which can be more magnificently arranged
ished condition of the main edifice. The
chapel. with its beautiful and most artistic
sculptures in marble, will be completed in a
few weeks more and there will be nothing
to compare with 1t in this city, save alone
the Congressional Library. With the
breaking away of the temporary partitions
between the church and this chapel it will
form part of the church itself Mrs Rollins
of New York, formerly Miss Helen Carroll
to whose munificence st. Matthews owes
this beautiful shrine, is cousin of Miss
y Donnell, and it was originally hoped that
its first public use would be The solemniza-
ton OF this marriage, which now, in the
change of date, is made entirely possible.
The cabinet girls, with the superior wis
dom which young people display nova
days, are getting acquainted with their
new surroundings by first getting to know
each other. The administration is blessed
SO 10 speak. by the bright, happy young
faces in the fold and social efforts in their
direction are not wasted. A great deal of
2ayety was expected from the household
of the Postmaster General, and already
it is being realized. Wednesday night Mr.
and Mrs. Gary entertained at dinner the
cabinet girls and had to meet them several
young men from Baltimore. 1t begins to
look if dInner-party excursions from
Baltimore would be extremely popular this
winter. Mrs. John r. Mclean, the Car
rolls and the ODonnells have always been
fond Of recruiting the ranks of partners
TO" all their big balls from Baltimore, so
the presidents have been entirely sue
Cessful. Last night Secretary and Mrs
Alger dined pretty much the same COM
pany. Mrs. Perry Heath'S luncheon We'd
nesday last brought together the cabinet
bellies and a few other young ladies in
most pleasing way. Mrs. Heath has her
Few Washington home arranged so daintily
that it is hard to decide which is its most
characteristic corner. The fact, however,
that the dining room is the largest room
in the main floor suite is pretty good evil
tience that the hospitality for which the
Heaths are noted will not be lacking.
The dancing accommodations in private
houses here are abundant, but whether or
not home baiis will be feature of the
winter is something yet of a conundrum
The Bachelors cotillion, like death and
taxes in it's fiXity in the feminine mind
for the past ten years or so, has reorganiZ-
ed for the coming season and will make
three blissful evenings at least in the win
ter's calendar Should there be dinner
dances of which many whispered confer
enceS are berg held, the satisfaction of
the doncing set will be the more complete.
These dinner-dances are always SO limit
ed in numbers that the desire of being in
cluded ir the charmed circle adds such
zest that nothirg else in the season be-
gins TO compare with it. Who will give
the New Year eve Or New Year night ball
as the Brices did during the six years of
their Washington residence? AS far back
as the memory of the social chronicler
goes these events were brilliant features
Of tie holiday season. In the good old
days WREN Washington was a bit smaller
than it is now these balls were the great
events. For years Admiral and Mrs. Por-
ter were the host and hostess, and Miss
|. Elena Porter for several seasons the lead
ing spirit. Then for while the British
embassy did the honors. until all gave way
to Mrs. Brice's desire and certainly most
successful playing OF fairy godmother to
the dancing as well as the supper-loving
set. The field is quite clear again now
for hostess for either the last dance of
~ the first for '9S.
Major and Mrs. Bates can soon move into
their residence, 18th and N streets. as the
changes and improvements which have
been going on there for months are COM
pleted and the furnishings are now being
put in place. The Misses Bates will be
debutantes this season.
On the social calendar of next week will
be for
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, tea, to Z, to
present Miss Hopkins.
Wednesday,
Mrs. Queen. a tea. to present her grand
niece, Miss Kathleen Owen.
Mrs. and Miss Barrett, tea.
Thursday
Mrs. Francis Cotton, tea, O'Clock. to
present Miss Cotton.
Mrs. F. P. B. Sands. tea, O'Clock,
when Miss Henrietta Elise Sands will make
her debut.
The Mexican minister and Mrs. Romero,
a dinner in honor Of Attorney General and
Mrs. McKenna.
Friday
Mrs. Cassels. tea, 5 o'clock, to present
Miss Elsie Cassels and Miss Grace Edes
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Aleer
gave dinner last night when their guests
were Miss Barber, the Misses McKenna.
the Misses Gary. Miss Bliss Miss Wilson
and Miss Alger. Mr.. Charles Pike of Chi
cago. Mr.. Bliss of New York, Capt. Mauss.
Lieut.. Duval, Capt. Michier and Mr.. Fred
erick Alger.
The marriage of Mr.. G. Lacy Eaton and
Miss Fannie Shipley, both of Baltimore, took
place at the NJ. E. Church parsonage by
the Rev. J. Fred Heisse. Wednesday. the
oath instant. Miss Masie Morgan of WASH
ington and Charles F. Shipley of Baltimore
attended the parties.
Mrs. L. w. Ketcham Of 9Th street is
spending Thanksgiving week with her
mother, liars. L. NJ. Greene, Of Manassas,
Va.
Miss Florence Emery Of Philadelphia is
making Miss Mabel w. Bradley a short
visit on her way to the south for the
winter.
The engagement has been announced in