The times., 1898-12-22
SOCIAL and PERSONAL
Afternoon Tea at the British
Embassy.
MISS sELFRIDGE'S. DEBUT
First Dance of the Young Aadies'
cotilIion Club at the shoreham
Last Nisht-Miss Bessie Ormc to he
Presented Today = Mrs. Wilson's
Tea to Meet Mrs. Percy-Notes.

All roads in the social world led to the
British embassy yesterday afternoon.
Lack of room deprived Sir Julian and
Lady Pauncefote of the pleasure of en-
tertaIning all their friends at the recep
ton held by them last week, and yester-
days superbly appointed tea was in the
nature of a continuation OF the former
event
The four hundred and more guests wers
received in the middle room, Lady
Pauncefote wearing strikingly effective
toilet of black and white satin. with cor
sage trimmings in chenille. Miss Paunce-
fote, the elder of the charming and Pop
ular daughters of the house. was gowned
in a French combination gown of brown
and blue; Miss Sybil. in black and blue
and Miss Lillian in blue and white foul
ard. Miss Audrey Pauncefote is visiting
in New York. The splendid suite OF
drawing rooms was fragrant with roses
that bloomed in tall slender vases of Bo-
hemian glass, artist.cally grouped. and
the great white ballroom was set with
graceful palms.
In the dining room, where tea was
served the table shone with the massive
official silver that once graced the royal
board of George "; the candies burned
under pink shades and the floral decora
tions were pink roses mingled with NAL
den-hair ferns.
Among the four hundred and more dis
rdngushed mer and beautifully gowned
women present were: Senator and MIS-.
Foraker, Senator and Mrs. Mcmillan, Mr..
and Mrs. Boardman. Mrs. Charles VIII
liams. Mr. and Mrs. Mcclellan, Mrs.
Hichborn and Miss Hichborn, Mrs. Sar'
gent. Mrs. Mulligan, Mr.. and Mrs. j. b.
Henderson, Mrs. Tuckerman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Montgomery Blair. Mrs. Ellen Nc
Lean, Mrs. Dalzell, Mrs. Ramsey anc
Miss Ramsey, Miss Kibbey. Mrs. HES
land. Mrs. Morehead. Mrs. Siebert. Mrs.
Berry, Mrs. WarGell and Mrs. Marshall
Clark and Miss Clark, of Pomfret Conn.
who have taken a house in Connecticut
Avenue near the embassy for the Winter
months.
The debutante honors of yesterday af-
ternoon were monopoiZed by Miss Nina
Russell Selfridge, the lovely young
daughter of Mrs. j. Russell Selfridge, who
has recently returned to Washington af-
ter years of absence abroad. Mrs. Sell
fridge has leased Gen. Ernst's residence,
anu tIit tea SiN-
en- by her yesterday to present her
daughter served also TO inaugurate the
social opening of their present home.
The hostess, in a French toilet of black
jetted net, received the congratulations
of many old friends, who called to well
come her back to the capital and to meet
her two daughters. who have not lived
here since they We're little girls.
The debutante stood beside her mother,
gowned in point d'esprit over white satin
and the flowers she carried were lilies
of the valley and orchids of daintiest Law
ender hue.
Miss Selfridge, who made her debut last
winter in Philadelphia shortly after the
arrival of the family from Europe. was
daintily pretty in white cloth embroid-
cred in buttercup yellow. Miss Mary
and Miss Nora Hay assisted in
receiving. while the Countess Esterhazy
and Mrs. Lyman Tiffany served frappe
ard chocolate in the tea room, which was
abloom with roses mingled with graceful
ferns.
Mrs. William b. Orme will introduce
her daughter. Miss Elizabeth Booth
Orme, at tea this afternoon from 4 to I
o clock, when she will be assisted by Miss
of Germantown. Pa: Miss Nal
vina Tabb. of Hampton, and Miss Miller.
of North Carolina.