The times., 1897-03-28
WHAT is GOING ON IN SOCIETY.


brought with them. Though fashion die
tates that decorous dullness only is goot
form during the penitential forty days
hospitality has demanded that the newcom
ers be dined and otherwis eintroduced Fol
once hospitality has taken the lead anC
dinners, luncheons and receptions in homo
of the new Cabinet and recently elected
Senators have made the dull season quite
gay Some of these affairs have been very
elaborate, and have evidenced the fact tha
lavish expenditure and thorough good tastt
are perfectly compatible in certain house
| holds.
Visiting lists, instead of having beer
iaid aside, are being carefully revised
| new names have taken the place of those
who have gone, and, as society bids fare
we'll at one door, she welcomes the lions
of The new Administration at the other
A e least this Is the state of affairs In
political and SEMI political circles, which
naturally take up SO large portion of
Washington's Vanity Fair. However, the
one thing for which we are all devoutly
thankful, in the Kaleidoscope changes of
our very cosmopolitan social circles, is
our contingent of old Washington fami-
lies, who have their permanent homes
here and help to give some sennblance
or stability and tone TO the society OF the
National Capital. Such people as the
John K. McLeans, the Emerys, the Ed
ward McCauleys, and that stately and
| charnllng lady, who has so long been q
social leader of the highest rank, Mrs
| Harriet Lane Johnston, are they who con-
stitute the real upper tendon Of our capt
tai city
| VINO is going TO take the place of those
| lavish entertainers, the Brices, with the
| passing Of whom the glories OF Corcoran
| House are said to be on the wane? Where
| Is the diner-out, who, having sat at that
| generous board, and brcathed the per-
| fume from the great heaps Of roses which
| have almost nightly been sacrificed upon
the altar of the Brice hospitality, does
not heave sigh of regret at their de
parture? Who among the newcomers will
have the De ResZkes, MeIba, or Lilli Leh-
man pouring forth their uelOdious notes
at $1,000 an afternoon, which will float
out, through the drawing-rOoms and cor
ridors, as they have done at Corcoran
House, at the nuscaleS Which have been
given by the Brices for the pleasure of their
900 intimate friends? VIII the mantle
OF such splendid hospitality descend easily
and gracefully upon the shoulders of the
Hannas, to whom the lease of COrcoran
. House has been offered, and by whom
1t has been declined not, rs has been
declared, because Senator and Mrs Hanna
are going TO remain at the Arlington, but
because Mrs. Hanna prefers more modern
mansion? That she mas been very quietly
but very assiduously house hunting is
known only to very few of her friends:
and that she will soon decide upon a suit
able residence Will be food for much
pleasant chatter among the gossips
BY the by, an interesting fact which is
beginning to be realized by Washington's
swell set is that Mrs. Hanna is not only
handsome and aristoCratic but that she is
brimful Of tact and is diplomat to her
very finger tips.
The past week has not been so given over
to affairs for the newcomers as was the
previous one Stin t has been pretty wen
filled up with a somewhat diversified social
program.
The marriage Of Miss SiGsbee to Mr.. |
Kjtelle, of the Navy, was the first impor-
tant event OF the week, and it has been |
followed 10y q number of luncheons, din |
ners and informal card parties.
tratjon occurred on Wednesday last, and |
the mooted question OF wine or water
was settled beyond dispute
Although TO diplomatic diners out and |
some of their American brothers canvas
back without Burgundy viii scarcely be !
"canvasback," and White House dinners
will of course be noted very dry, there are
the White Ribboners whose rcjocIngs will
|
to offset the adverse criticism of the non
temperance people. In having thus shown
the courage of her convictions this esti-
mable lady has also made manifest the fact
that the Hayes regime will serve as a
model for the present Administration.
The drill on Friday afternoon at Fl Myer
was most interesting event, owing to
5he fact of it's being in compliment to the
new Secretary Of War All the Cabinet
members and a number of the ladies of
their families took lunch with Col. aud
Mrs. sumner, and later witnessed the drill
At which the President and Mrs. Mckinley
were present.
Then we have had with us the Boston |
Symphony Orchestra, who had nearly all |
'octety entFancel with their rendition of
4 Wagneran program on Tuesday even
ng- Those who had not secured boxes |
'r parquet seats, overflowed into
he balcony and galleries. The
audience was distinctively of the
luSic loving set, which numbers many Of |
he fashionabIes, among whom were Mrs
)Iney, Mrs. Mnot. Mrs Carlisle, Miss Bfiee |
nd party, the Swiss Minister and Nine.
'ioda, Senator and Mrs. Elkins, Mr.. and !
irs. StiIson Hutchins, DR.. Burnett, and
osts OF others.
The Card Club met on Thursday evening
t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard of
ixteenth street, and next week the same
lub will be entertained by it's president,
fr. Parker Mann, at his charming home, !
angle Bank. Washington Heights
Mrs. Hichborn and Mrs. Hit have been I
mong the hostesses at pretty Lenten |
lncheons, and among the dinner giveTs of G
ne week were Senator and Mrs Lodge, Z
oil. and Mrs. Myron Parker, the Hawaiian |
linister and Mrs. Hatch, and Representa- I |
We and Mrs. Sprague, who last evening | |
ave one of the handsoniest dinners of the |
Jason.
Our fashionable charities are fIouriShing, I
though there has been so much going on G
,cially for them to have had quite the o
sual Lenten attention. The news which q
as given QUITE early in the month of Mrs q
earst's Intended sojourm abroad has |
fused general pang of regret, and has Il
ven much concern to charitable circles
no depend solargely upon her leadership
nd generous purse for their success h
The charity concert for the benefit of n
lie Homeopathic Hospital was great sue {,
So, musically. socially and financially. | e
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