Evening star., 1897-01-23

! lOuay IS QCfte DuSy one socially 1Or
the daylight h. urs. Mrs. Cleveland will
hold card reception from 3 to >. and Mrs.
| Claude NJ. johnson tea to meet Miss
Jeffery of Lexington. Tonight DIR. and
! Mrs Chatard will give dinner in honor
| OF Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle; Secretary
and Mrs. Olney. a dinner to the diplomatic
ccrps, and Mr.. and Mrs Westinghouse a
dinner.
Among the events of the coming week
| are:
The Austrian-Hungarian minister and
! Mrs. Won Hengelmuiler, dinner.
Secretary and Mrs. Lamont dinner to
| President and Mrs Cleveland.
| The Mexican minister and Mrs Romero,
| a dinner.
| Mrs Mcknight Noses a reception, .
| pm. 21os 10th street.
| Wednesday,
Mrs William A. Stone a luncheon in
honor OF Mrs. Quay.
| Mrs. Blanchard. tea, to s, in honor Of
| Mrs Benton McMillin.
Mrs. Stevenson will hold her last recep-
| ton, :; to 6, for the season.
| The cabinet ladies will receive
| Mrs. Hearst, dinner.
| The Bachelors cotiIlion at Rifles Hall.
| Mrs. Won Hengelmuller, a tea, to Z,
| Austrian Hungarian legation.
| Second levee at the Executive Mansion,
in honor of the Congress and judiciary.
| Friday
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Wesley Powell and
| Mr.. and Mrs Charles Frederick JOY a re-
| ception at the Shoreham, o'clock; dancing
| at IL.
| Secretary and MrS OInay tn b1a
diplomatic corps.
| Secretary and Mrs. Francis. a dinner.
1t is never a gracious task to find fault
| and yet oftentimes q word given in season
| may result in good. There is very gen.
erai complaint of the want of Difference.
and the neglect Of small courtesies and at
| tentlons from the younger to the older
persons in society this winter. 1t not only
| applies to the younger men, but is equally
| true of the girls, many of whom are en-
!oying tneir nrst or second seasons. There
| Is probably no place where young people
| receive so much attention as they do here
| and especially is this true of men, There
was an idea eight or ten years ago, and it
| stu fingers. that intellectual and CONVEX
| sational delights were worth something
| and a good and snffcient reason for bring
| ing young-h and-Sold together. But if the
| number of eveHiEg entertainments given
here the past two winters, where dancing
was not the feathI is contrasted with the
| number given at that period it will be seen
| that the dancing element has prevailed,
and AL attention. having been given to
| Catering to the pleasures of the younger
| people, naturally the latter have grown
| too important, just 2 bit selfish and arbi-
| trary, and decadence in good manners
| is the result. 1t is not that the young peo-
pie are not taught these important lessons
| They only forget them, as they do last
| wiEter's fashions. That the case is not
| overdrawn the experiences of two matrons
| both of whom have been as gracious as
| Processes and 0fIito aviSh N l.
| lty Ior several years. are strong evidence
| At all their dinners balls and every DOS
sibie form of pleasure the younger set has
been magnifcently entertained. Eligible
| men. or at best all the available ones
| have simply been lonized. Yet these two
| women. who have expended so much time
strength and taste in lavishing the best
| that money could purchase. found them
| selves this winter at the houses of friends
| with not one of these men paying the
| shghtest courtesy or attention to them
had directly contrary effects. One it has
! offended SO deeply that it is quite possible
| sne Will never again open her house to
young people for their pleasure. as she
| once delighted in doing: The other finds
| her experience only another lesson in
worldly wisdom. and long as there are
| young people in her household she will
| keep on entertaining their friends whether
| or not they manage TO recall her to mind
long enough to bow on the street
Al one OF the large teas this season
lady was approached by debutante and
| onered some refreshment and was so much
| surprised at receiving the courtesy that sh.
could hardly believe it. Speaking of il
| afterWard, she remarked that going out
as much as she did, and although it was
| only few years since she left the ranks
| OF the young girls, it was the second at
| tention Of this fattering description that
| had been bestowed upon her during the en-
| tire winter.
| Everybody is familiar with the story of
that perfect hostess who. seeing the dis
comfiture of guest who had accidentally
1 broken valuable cup, crushed another of
the fragile but priceless trifies Just to let
her see h, W easy 1t was for such things
Of such an incident, which is just now be-
| ing repeated in society. At the recent tea
which she gave she presented many of her
| guests. as is her custom, with the flowers
| which had 30 lavishly adorned her home
One lady standing near when the hostess
| had onered a few roses to an acquaintance
| asked the privilege of taking one. Mrs.
we Westinghouse. although she scarcely knew
her, told her to help herself. Reaching I'D
| to take some the lady dragged down a
beautiful y ase. which fell to the floor in
| atoms Her confusion was pitiful, but her
| hostess. wiping with an exquisitely dainty
point lace handkerchief some drops of the
| water from the lady's dress, tied the square
| or Cceurby lace round great bunch Of
the envied roses and presented them, turn
| ing the woman's misery into unalioyed joy.
nifS. .. wesley .b0Nee OF INA ii street
| will be at home Mondays during the season
Mrs. Henry Thomas. wife of Representa-
tive Thomas of Michigan. will receive with
Mrs J. Wesley Bcyee at 14O4 H street Mon-
days.
Mrs. j. T. Granger gave luncheon yes
terday in or'BfAirs. .Garretson of Brook
1yn.
Mrs. Percy Meszger of Philadelphia is
visiting Mrs. Edward Combes. and will be
glad to see her friends Wednesday, January
q. at 1765 Q stgeet,
Of Senator Caffery of louisiana enter
tanned In a most 3elightfui way yesterday
afternoon hundreds OF their friends Each
room was prettilya decorated with roses of
| single color. The hostess and her hand
some young daughter received In the front
drawing room and had assisting them Mrs.
Bates, Mrs. Call, Mrs. Price. Mrs. Myer of
Louisiana, Mrs. Blunt, Mrs. Alex. Porter
Morse, Mrs. Carr, Mrs. GOodioe. Mrs. Mill
ken, Miss Cahell. Miss Locket. Miss Blanch-
ard. Miss Cobb. Miss Jones. Miss German,
Miss Reading: Mis- Reed. Miss de Zeraga
and Miss Mary wilcox. Punch was served
| in the second parior and In the dining room
the datntily laid table was decked with
golden gate roses, with all appointments In
the same color: s1she guests numbered sew