Evening star., 1897-01-07
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Cleveland Will Entertain
the Cabinet.
The Cabinet Ladies Held Their First
AT HOmes"-A BachelOr's Ball
Pretty WeddlnEs-NOtes.

MfS. Ion D1cklnSOn. eN-fOStmaStef Seii-
eral and Mrs. Bissell. and ex Secretary Of
the Interior Hoke Smith. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dickinson are guests at the White House.
The first reception OF the winter for Mrs.
Stevenson and the cabinet ladies had the
welcome accompaniment of clear skies and
sidev. AXIS, and the air was just wintry
enough to make a pleasant fireside appre-
ciated. Mrs. Stevenson received in the par
lor suite at the Normandie each room OF
which was elaborately decked with palms,
ferns and roses. In her pleasant group of
assistsnts there were Mrs. Lewis Greea
Stevenson, Mrs. Kincaid of California, Miss
Clara A. Brown of Illinois. the Misses Sin
clair of Boston. Miss Sartoris, Miss Nc
LanaEan, Miss Burroughs. Miss Letitia
Stevenson and Miss Parsons of ST. Louis.
In the third parlor prettily arranged tea
table was spread. and Miss Brown, who
is visiting Miss Stevenson. did the honors.
Mrs. Olrey had a large reception. the
diplomatic corps especially being fully
represented. Assisting her were Mrs. Minot.
Mrs. Knagenhjelm. Mrs. ]. n. Dickinson,
Mrs. Train, Miss Horstman, Miss Kennedy,
Miss Glover, Miss Curtis, Miss Train and
Miss Parke.
Mrs. Carlisles reception was crowded
from until 6. She had the pleasant as
sistSrce CT Mrs Henry E. Perrine, Mrs.
Miss Reisirger, Miss Mills. Miss Evans,
Miss Conrad, Miss Morgan. Miss Breckin-
ridge and Miss Shirley. and in the dining
room Mrs. VIM. X. Carlisle ana Miss Ham
lin presided at the tea table. The Misses
Carlisle and Master John G. Carlisle were
not only useful but decidedly ornamental
assistants In meeting their mothers and
grandmother's friends.
Mrs. Lamont's house was, as 1t always is
on festive occasions. thronged from the
moment her reception began. The rooms.
| still bright in their Christmas decoration of
wild laurel and scarlet ribbons, were fra
| grant with roses and sweet blossoms. The
residential force In society, with the army
| circle, was especially in evidence. and the
! drawing rooms were always full Of people
well acquainted with each other, as well
home of the Secretary of War has always
| strong attractions. Mrs. Lamont was as
sisted by Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Lancaster,
| Mrs. Baldwin. Mrs. Weeks, Miss Fuller.
Miss Mendonca, Miss Hurst, Miss Miles,
| Miss Douglas, Miss Adele Williams, Miss
Cassels and Miss Newlands.
Mrs. Harmon had a very pleasant re-
| ception and entertained throngs of visit
| ors, who will recall the occasion with
pleasure. Miss Harmon. Mrs Peckham.
Miss Deering, Miss Lippincott, Miss Hag-
| ner. Miss Jane Fuller and others were In
the receiving party.
Mrs. Wilson held another of the largely
attended afternoons. with the pleasant as
! sistance of Miss Asquith and Miss Baylor.
| her guests, and Miss Wilson.
| them for the afternoon Mrs. William Rice
Mrs. and Miss Davis, Mrs. Hichborn and
Miss voorhees,.
Mrs. Francis had a charming reception
| and realized in the minds of her callers all
| the pleasant anticipations formed of her
A sweet tinkle Of music was heard before
| the threshold was passed. and the merry
dancing in the Moorish ball room with
| which the house is always associated, gave
Its old-time welcome. Mrs. Francis was
| prettily dressed in pale yellow silk and
black net. and her cordial manner and the
| pleasant things she was SO well able TO saw
| to each visitor introduced her most delight
| fully to the throngs of people who came in
| strangers. but went away friends In the
dining room on a flower-decked table a
| dainty collation. of ices and sweets was
spread Assisting the hostess were her
| guest, Miss Boyd of ST. Louis Mrs Price
Lane. Mrs. Eckels, Miss Batcheller, the
| Misses Sheridan and Miss Horstman.
Miss Morton's reception gave. as always.
| a few moments for little chat with an
exceedingly pleasant woman. Entertain
| ing her guests also were Mrs. Sternberg
| Mrs. and Miss Cabell and Miss Conrad.
Mrs. Reed. wife of the Speaker, received
in her apartments at the Shoreham, and
had 4 pie lsant reception from 3:30 till q.
Miss Reed was with her mother
The Bachelors cotillion last night was
| red ball, that effective color entering
| into all the decorations of the Rifles Hail
and throwing rosy hue over the entire
aSSemblage. The faVorS were clusters of
| lilies tied with red ribbons for the ladies.
and boutonniere5 for the men, Hollv
| wreaths tied with red ribbons, with rib
| bons and bells. were used in the second
| figure. Mrs. Wallach was the hostess for
| the club and Lieut.. Thomas S. Rodgers
| led the cotillion. The invitations to city
| folks we're generally honcred and the COM
pany was as large and socially distin-
guished as usual. Among the out of town
a
Mr.. George Frasier OF Philadelphia, Mr.
]. H. Merriman of ST. Paul. Mr.. Ferrers
Heaton Towers of New York. Lieut.. Henry
T. Allen. L. S. army: Mr.. George f.
ingalls,. Mr.. Nicholas Longworth of Gin
cinnati. Mr. Charles Potter Killing of New
York, Nh. Leo Moore. lieutenant in the
British army: Lieut.. George T Langhorne
and Capt. James Park
The Swiss minister and Mrs. Pioda enter
tanned at dinner last night. when their
guests were the Mexican minister and Mrs
Romero. the Swedish minister the Bra
lillian minister and Mrs. Mendonca. the
Guatemalan minister and Mrs. Lazo Ar
riaga. Charge d'Affaires and Mrs Reppifo
Mr.. Seckendorf. Mr.. Vogel and the Misses
Patten. The table decorations were in pink
very large concourse of friends wit
messed the marriage last night at the
Church of the Covenant of Miss Catherine
Sampson, daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Sampson, L. S. N, and Ensign Richard
Harrison Jackson of the navy. Palms and
white blossoms decked the platform and
pulpit. The ushers were. Ensigns Bertolett
Benham, Bristol Washington and Ever
hart. Miss Olive Harrington Sampson
sister of the bride. was maid of honor. Her
gown was of white brocaded silk. and she
carried white roses. The bride was es-
corted by her father, and wore white moire
the bodice trimmed with tulle. and her veil
arranged with jeweled pins. She carried
bride roses. Lieut.. Whittlesey. u. S. NJ
was best man and DR.. IIamlin off1ciated.
A reception followed at the residence of
the brides parents. Ensign and Mrs. Jack
son have gone on a northern trip, and will
reside in Brooklyn.
Miss Marie Patterson gave a luncheon to-
day in honor OF Miss Wallace of Newport
Secretary and Mrs. Olney will give a din
ner i'm honor of President and Mrs. CIeve-
land January II, and two diplomatic din
ners, January % and 30.
Mrs. Harmon will give luncheon to-
morrow in honor of Mrs. Cleveland
Mrs. de Smirnoff gave tea yesterday to
introduce her daughter. Miss Smirnoff
The debutante was prettily gowned in white
silk muslin and carried a bunch of white
orchids and valley lilies. Miss Blanche
Emery, Miss Christine Nicholson, Miss
Elizabeth Emery Miss Marie Sands ond