The times., 1898-04-03


Miss Marie Howe, the gifted young
daughter of DR.. Frank Howe Of the Star,
was one of the attractions at the benefit
matinee given by the Central High School
Athletic Association. Her song THE
Washington Girl" written by her sister,
Miss Sarah Willard Howe, was enthu-
siastically encored and was responded
TO by a dance which she was also com
PEELED to repeat. The Introductory ad-
dress was made by Mr.. +. 3. Hay, and
the entertainment, consisting of a mis-
cellaneous programme of songs, dances,
instrumental solos, and concerted num-
bers, was cleverly rendered by the men,
bers of the club and their gifted friends.
Mr. Philip Baer arrived in the city last
night from New York, where he has been
singing with his own company the past
two months. Mr.. Baer viii remain in
the city until after Easter at 500 Ninth
Street northwest.
A wedding to take place In the early
Spring viii be that Of Miss Mary Long.
daughter of the late Capt. Long, u. S.
A. and Mr.. William Duval Brown, of
Muncic, Ind, which will be solemnized at
the Swedenborgian Church, on Corcoran
Street.
Miss Eleanor McCracken, of Freder-
icksburg, Va, who has been visiting Dr..
and Mrs. j. Wesley Bovee for the past
lhree months, returned to her home last
week
A very pleasant entertainment was
given last evening at No. 100 T Street
northwest. for the benefit of Trinity Col.
lege Of Notre Dame. Among the fea-
lures of the occasion were the solos and
dances of Mr.. Thomas Stretch, whose
| song, The Battleship Maine" was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause. Quite
a handsome sum was realized for the
college, and the entertainment, apart
from its financial success, was, socially,
a charming affair.
Mrs. Vrooman, the daughter Of former
| Commissioner Of Pensions Cen ]. c.
Black. entertained eight ladies at lunch
con at Rauschers yesterday The green
| parlor, in which the dainty feast was
| served, was artistlcally set with palms
| and the floral decorations were in pink
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank r. Stockton. who
| have been spending the early Spring in
! Washington, will leave during the com
| ing week for their home in New Jersey
Mrs Simon Boliver Buckner, wife of
ex-Gov. Buclmer, of Kentucky. is paying
a short visit 10 Richmond, en- route TO
! Washington, where she is coming to
| attend the council Of Colonial Danes
| which meets here on April 20. Mrs
! Buckner viii be accompanied by the la
! dies Of the Virginia delegation, among
| whom are Mrs. Cynthia B. =. Coleman
! of Williamsburg; Mrs. Russell Robinson
! Mrs James Lyons, Mrs. Reginald Gil
| ham, Madame De Sibour, Mrs. Hugh
! Nelson Page, Of Norfolk Mrs. William
l.. Royal, and Miss Margaret Vowel
| Smith, of Alexandria.
| 1t is pleasantly noticeable that Mrs
| Fred Grant still retains the airlsh color
| ing and yvacity which distinguished her
| when, as Ida Honore, she was considered
| the most beautiful student at George
| town Convent during her stay at that
| institution. 1t was a distinction that any
| girl might well be proud of, for the love
| liness Of the convent students is a mat
| ter both of history and romance.
| a friend of Mrs Grant, in speaking OF
| ner yesterday said: al think that about
the prcttiest living picture I ever saw
was Ida HonoTe in simple frock of
| white muslin, with a double strand of
| blue beads around her neck, and her
| black hair flowing down her shoulders.
| delivering the valedictory on the day of
! her graduation. Crcled around the plat
form on which she stood We're dsting-
uished officials and prelates; before her
were hundreds Of pupils in white and
blue. like herself; there were birds sing
ing in the big trees outside Of the open
window, and in the background were a
| group Of nuns. She was a great favorlte
with the students, and there was not one
among them who was not proud of her
| success"
Mr.. II. Edwin Rainals Kondrup has
sent out invitations for the marriage of
his sister, Margheritta Williams, to Mr..
| William Moore Stilwen, jr., Tuesday
evening, April u, at the Church of the
| Epiphany, at $50 o'clock.