Evening star., 1897-01-09

He.nlne entertained a number of friends
last week to meet the Misses Blanchard,
daughters of Commissioner Blanchard of
Baltimore. Among those in the party were
Mr. end Mrs. Duncan Richmond Misses
Emily and Daisy Blanchard, Miss Jackson,
! Misses Mae and Ally Irwin. Miss Marga-
ret kcontz. Mss Beth Eldridge. Miss Bes-
! Sic Levy of Maryland and Miss Croney
| and Mr. Edwin F. Campbell. .<Dr. Chester
II. Beatty, Mr.. d. K. jackson, DIR. Ell
dridge. Mr.. William Ragan and Lieut.
| Blake.
| Miss Ethel Sigsbee gave a ten minutes
| conversational party" last evening at her
| home, 1882 Riggs place. The prizes were
awarded 10 Miss Myra Davis and Mr.. L. j.
Cox. Amt ng the guests were Misses Da-
! Wis. Peck. Putnam, McChesney. Cox, Mar
shall, Clifton, Wood, Ramsburg Smith and
| the Misses Sigsbee. Messrs. Clark, Clifton,
| Cox, Rittenhouse. Holcomb, Dodge, Smith,
| Cooke ard Connor.
Miss Lula Hatton entertained the Rescue
| Glee Club at her home. 452 NJ street south
west last evening. Games and music were
| enjoyed, after which refreshments were
| served. Among those present were Misses
Annie See, Nellie Allpress, Saidee Higdon.
| Lula Batton. Lizzie Mitchell, Mamie ALL
press. Daisy Hatton, Flossy Coates. Nina
Higdon and Nettie Higdon. Messrs. VIM.
Littieton. Geo. Hatton, Oscar Phillips, Jos.
| Steele, Geo. Ritter. Ross Jones, VIM. Hat
| ton and Bennie Dement,.
| Mrs. Zenas Robbins will be at home
Tuesday afternoon, the 18th instant.
Mrs Henry Thomas. wife of Represen-
| tative Thomas of Michigan, will receive
| Mondays. with Mrs. J. Wesley Boveo at
| the residence of the latter. 14O4 II street
Mrs. William II. Daw and Miss Flora NJ.
Cluss. 2301 H street, gave a largely at
| tended tea yesterday from to pm, as
sisted by Miss B. Newman. Mrs. J. G.
| Harvey, Mrs. G. kimball and Miss George
| Newton. Mrs. Kimball presided at the
pretty tea Table. while Miss Newton served
| frappe.
The guests at the varnum enjoyed a
dance Thursday night. Among those pres
ent were Mr.. D. A. and Mrs De Almond.
| c. w. and Mrs. Wilson. Mr.. J. d. and Mrs.
Clardy, Mr.. A. G.. and Mrs. Dayton. Sena-
| tor and Mrs. Chiffon, Capt B. F. and Mrs.
| Arnold. Mr.. N. N. Cox, Mr.. J. E. Kyle Mr..
II. A. Dinsmore. Mr.. F. B. Dewitt Mr.. F.
N. Eddy. Mr.. F. c. Leonard. Mr.. and Mrs.
Givens: Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Alvey, Mr.. and
| Mrs. w. S. Waterbury, Mr.. and Mrs. La
| than. Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Beal Mr. and
Mrs B. F. Peters. Mr.. and Mrs. White. Mr..
| and Mrs Joice, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Green,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Yates, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Crabbe. Mrs. L. c. Roberts, Mrs. A. H. I'm
derwood, Mrs. Fred. Underwood, Misses
Adelia Waterbury. Madelin Waterbury.
| Little. Mary Sirsel Bryant Denny Blain,
| Watts Whitney, Wilson. Lightford, Brown,
DarIieh, Cissen, Dickenson, Stone, Bishop,
! Bell. Grabbe, Deverney, Arthur and Miss
Henderson. Smith, Faulkner Browning
Carlisle. Baird, Bergen, Duval, Sorg. Watts,
| Wilson. Clarke, Hough. Riggles. Under
| wood. Nell, Beck, George, Eve, Reisinger,
Judge, Smith, Emory. Washington and Car
roll.
Mrs. s. d. La Fetra has gone to Whining
| ton, Ohio, to visit her mother, who has
been very sick for some time past.
| Mrs. George G. Martin and Mrs. Ira War
rem Dennison will be at home to their
| friends Thursdays during January.
| Miss McMacken of 1747 11th street en-
tertained a company in honor of the Ros-
| SIM Circle. a quartet of recent organization.
| The circle gave a delightful program, and
| at late hour refreshments were served.
The Short Story Club held its regular
| fortnightly meeting Wednesday evening I'm
its parlors in the Lehman building. Music
| by the Misses Goodman opened the exer-
| olses. The story of the evening. a mystery
story. was by Mr.. Clifford Howard. A
| paper on Fiji. with a story in verse, ira
| dition of the islands, given by Mrs. +.
| r. Burt. who has recently come from Fiji.
| Mrs. Burt gave description of cannibal
| ism in the islands, having been an eye-Wit-
! ness. The remainder of the evening was
| spent in a discussion of the favorite books
| read during the past year by the following
members: Prof. Kirke. Mrs. Hort. Mr.. ].
| H. Whitaker. Miss Huddleson, Miss Rock
| well. Miss Wilmington. Mr.. Howard. Mrs.
| S. NJ Hayden, DR.. Klemm, Mrs. Case. DR..
| Robinson, Mrs. Agnew, Mr.. Baker, Mrs.
| Willis and Mrs. Metcalf.
| A very pleasant evening was spent by the
| Witan Club of the Eastern High School,
| last evening at the residence of Mr. Edw.
| Hopkins. Among those present Were Misses
| G. P. Hopkins, Davies, f. NJ. Hopkins,
| Phelps and Reinburg. and Messrs. Maupin
Bliss, E. Hopkins, Ricketts, and Baden.
| One of the chief features Of the evening
| was the peanut hunt" The prizes were
| won by Messrs. Bliss and Maupin. Other
| games were also played, after which re-
| freShmentS were served.
Miss Halle Hutter of Lynchburg, Va, is
the guest of the Misses Welch, 1907 n
| street.
| A euchre party was given Thursday even
| ing by Mrs. Leona E. Kidwell to a number
| of friends, including Misses Davis, De-
Lawder, Merrill. Dodge and Miss Jennie
! Crounse of Herndon, Va, sister of the
hostess; Messrs. w. Fracker. T. A. Flood.
Q. VanDeusen, G: M Robinson, G. Schnei-
der, E. Youngs, N. I. Martin, Drs. Bates
and Middleton. The refreshment table,
which was presided over by Miss Reid,
| was tastefully decorated in smilax, carna-
/ by the hostess. who presented it to Miss
DeLawder upon finding she had drawn the
| shortest straw. Mr.. Van Deusen was the
| other lucky winner of the evening.
Mrs. Raleigh Brown Of Philadelphia
will be the guest of Mrs. Brinton Stone for
| ten days.
Mrs Fuller. wife of the chief justice. is
rot receive on Monday.
Mrs. Goodwin and Miss Goodwin of %
| Iowa circle will be at home to their friends
Tuesday. January 19. and February 2,
from to @.
Miss Mamie NJ. Metler entertained few
friends Thursday evening at her residence.
324 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, in
honor of Prof. P. B. Sullivan of New York
city and Mr.. Dennis sO'Brien Of Martins
| burg. w. Va Vocal and instrumental
music was enjoyed. and at late hour the
company repaired to the dining room,w where
dainty collation. was served. Those pres
ent We're: Miss Katie Curren, Miss Annie
Mccormick, Mrs. Berkly, Mrs. J. Curren,
dr. Thos. Smith, Mr.. Bryan Of New York,
Messrs. McKeever. Curren and Mehler.
The C. e. Society OF Concordia Church
gave very successful entertainment last
night at the church. Selections were given
by the Glee Club. soprano solo by Master
Horace Laws, parasol promenade by the
juniors Of the Sunday school; vocal solo.
Mr.. Hannah; selection on the organ. Pro-
fessor A. Myer: violin solo. Mr.. Iseman;
selections by the Either Club; patriotic
drill. under Mr.. c. Weidemann, after which
refreshments were served.
M olvan OF Tuesday oxapino