Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Miss Woodward and Miss Fansvorth Make
Initial Bows.
Large Gathering of Friends Welcome
the Debutantes-Thc.C Chevy Chase
Hunt Ball Notes.

hS'usoiicst events OF the winter. Their
| spacious home on Columbia Heights has
! every advantage for the entertainment; of
large gatherings. The entire drawing room
! suite was adorned with roses and maiden
, hair ferns. In the large reception hail and
in the room opening on it, where the must
| Glars We're stationed, most effective ar
| F2!sement CT palms and foliage plants
| with yellow and white flowers. attracted
| gel elal attention. Tie flowers sen, the
! dchutalte made a great mass of beauty by
! themselves. Tire hostess was hanGsC.n. Ii
| dressed in black lace over white satin. and
! the fair young GebGtaHtc wore a dainty
| dress of white embroidered nous seine Ne
sole ard white ribbons In me dining
| room from richly appointed table. deched
! with La France roses. super VA, s,lh ri
'hGouSiiI vi The evening. anu after many OF
! tie older guests had departed the yong
! people enjoyed darcirg.
! Among III" guests were Mrs. Logan. Mr..
ana Mrs Lothrcr Mr.. Nj. q. Emery. Miss
Emery MIR. and Mrs. John JOY Edison, Mis-;
| Edison Mr.. Crosby 5. Noycs, Mr.. and Mrs.
| T.. b. Winner. Miss Winner. Mr.. and Mrs.
| c. II. Boyn;on, Mr.. and Mrs. c. ~ Boy Il
! ton. Miss Bcynton, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. IL.
| kauffmaun, Miss Kaufman. Mir. and Mrs.
/ T ". Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Moves,
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Paul, MIR. and Mrs. W.
! \. Mearns. Mr.. ID. A Chambers, MIR and
| Mrs. ". Ii. Noses. Mr.. and Mrs. Parker
II.
/ Commissioner and Mrs. Wight, Mrs. Ross
Thompson. Assistant Secretary of State
Cridier, Mr.. and Mrs. +. -. Hay. Col and
| Mrs A. T. Britton. Mr.. Miles ShanG. Mr.
| Frank Vaughn, Mr.. j. III. Olcott. DIR. S. S.
! Adams. MIR. ID. Laurence Chambers. Mr.
and Mrs Thomas Wilson. Or. and Mrs
! George b. WEIGH, Mr.. r. II. Warner. Miss
/ Warner, DR.. Joseph II. Bryan. Mrs. Charles
! NordhCff, Mrs. Somers. Mr. ard Mrs James
| NJ. Green. Mr.. and Mrs. z. Southland Parker.
Miss Parker. Dr. and Mrs. b. l.. Whitman.
| Rev. DIR. and Mrs. S. ii. Greene, DR. and
| Mrs Teunis Hamlin and Mr.. and Mrs. F..
| Il. Wallace.
The Chevy Chase Hunt ball last night
save an evening of pleasure to large num-
| Der of society people. The club house was
| dtcked with Christmas greens well
| the insignia of all the sports for which the
| club name is $! anonymous. Mrs. Nolan
| ahan and Mrs. Barney received the guests.
and MIR. w. c. Morrow, dancing with Miss
! Barney, lead cotillion of many pretty and
novel figures. The house committee who
| managed the details of the ball are Nal.
| Denny ana Nessrs. William c. Morrow, h.
y. Bowe:S. ClareI ce Moore. J. II. Hayden
| and Morris Hacker. The co.il.ion was
| danced after supper, ard i'll the multi
| piicIty OF pretty things among the faNors
were mandolinS ano gilt STATS for the la
! dies and r0setres, cCckades and tail hats
| III PINK and blue paper for the men.
Mrs. Frank p F&rllsw Crth welcomed sew
cral hundred friends eSterday afternoon
| at = tea, Wnen Hiss Florence FlrnSworth
! made her debut. From ) to Z heir pleasant
| nome on 18th street Was crowded to the
very walls 10y gathering CT agree abe
people, and the young laIys debut was
briiildht success in every particular \
| large part Of the front drawing room was
taken up ly the flowers sent Mss Farms
worth. They were great clusters of roses,
orchids and VioletS and they were ar
ranged with most artistic taste. The host
eSS received ia u handsome back satin re-
IHNeI with DiGf,IlnpS of - oh fan
on the bodice. This dark gown made spaeh-
did foil for the soft white muslin mouSseline
de sole ana silk worn by the dcbutante.
whose bouquet of pink roses just matched
the pretty trimming OF pink velvet on her
dress. Assisting in the peasant hospital
lty We're Mr.. FarrsForth. Miss Jane Fuller.
Miss Susan Quay, Miss Sewers Miss Gene
We've Matt.nsly, Miss Edine risdell Mss
Helen WorthiRgton. Miss Mary McComas
Miss Babcock. Miss Hcdgsun Miss kemp
aud Miss Mackall.
In the dining room the table was adorned
with pink roses. In the very large gather
Ing of friends who bade the debUtante well
come were Chief Justice and Mrs + uller
Mrs Romero, Mrs. John W. Foster. Mrs
NordhoH. the Chinese minister. Mr.. and Airs
NJ M Parker. Mrs. Ingalls,, Mrs Walthall,
Mrs. Howard Clagett, Miss May HILL Mr.
and Mrs. Parker Mann. Mrs. Powell, Mrs
Bentley, Miss Kaufman, Mrs. w A
Mearns. Mrs. Benjamin Butterworth. Mrs
GuthIidge. Mrs. Little, Mrs. and Miss
NJ H.
and Mrs Mattingly. Mrs Quay. Judge and
Mrs. McComas. Mrs. Roessle, Or. and Mrs
Mackall, Mr.. and Mrs. Worthington Mrs
Sewers. Mrs. John JOY Edison and .iss
Edison, and many others prominent in resi-
dent and official life.
MaJ. and Mrs Parker's friends would fill
the Very largest house in Washington The
company present at their tea yesterday
was SO large that if it had not arrived in
small inStallmentS ii would have been
simply lUitDbSS lblt to welcome them all Az
il Was, every familiar face in society
seemed 10 pass through the rooms at some
| moment from to I, and the event was a
tremendous success. The rooms were pref
uly adorned with Christmas green's, and IL
the dining room a handsome collation. was
served. Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Kuhn had
the gracious assistance of Maj. Parker,
Capt. Kuhn, Mrs. John II. Wilson, Mrs.
Wilcox. Mrs. Boomer. Mrs. Hiestand Mrs.
c. u. Wilcox. Mss Mattinsly. Miss Deer
irg and Miss Breckenridge IN entertaining
their guests. Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Kuhn
will receive on Fridays during the season.
Mrs. Bowyer Mcdonald and Mr.. Donald
Mcdonald are spending the holidays in
New York city.
Commissioner Butterworth, accompanied
by his daughter Mrs. Mary Butterworth-
Howe, is now down in Knoxville. Tenn,
and will visit Asheville and other pleasant
POINTS on southern winter journey before
returning to this city and his official duties.
Mrs. Butterworth returned to her residence
i'll lie Droit Park few days ago, and is in
constant receipt of good news from her
husband, whose speedy convaleScence from
his recent severe illness IS a matter of gen
oral consratulation to his legions of friends
in this city.
Miss Farmer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is
visiting Miss Holden at 1870 9th street
where she will be pleased to see her
friends.
Miss Anna Clarke and sisters, Mary AM
Rose, are spending the holidays at home,
and they will be pleased to see their
friends. They will return to school on jan
uary ).
Representative and Mrs Tayler of Ohio
and their niece, Miss Vance, are at the
Portland, where they will live during the
session of Congress.
Mrs E. j. Lockwood, 1747 T street north
west, will not be at home Friday, Decem-
Der "A, or the first three Fridays in jan
Larry.
Mrs A. j. Parsons, 1918 N street. has
invitations out for two dinners on the
21th and 18th of December.
Mrs Phillip NJ. Price has removed from
the Richmond and is now at 1914 2ist
street.
A musicale was given at the residence