Evening star., 1898-04-02
A Calm Before the Easter Bush
Begins.
TEEN WEDDINGS, DANCES AND TEAS
Mrs. Fairbanks Handsomely Enter
tains for Mrs. Mckee.
OTHER TIMELY EVENTS

NUMBER OF people. The press view OF the
| art loan collection next Thursday night
at the old Corcoran Art Gallery and DR..
Busey's golden jubilee celebration Of his
| medical graduation Friday evening next
are phases of the week. The marriage of
| Miss Katharine Gilman, daughter of Lieut..
! Col. ]. N. Gilman, to DR.. John Edmund
McKenty will take place Tuesday evening
and will be followed by a reception from
$50 to IL o'clock at Ills Rhode Island
avenue. Wednesday Of Easter week seems
| to be Stunned as wedding date. because
| It has the date of the 18th. OF noon we'd
dings Easter Tuesday there are announced
| those of Miss Addie Augusta kleinschmidt
| to Mr.. Bland Payne at Christ Church and
! Miss Grace Condit-Smith to Lieut. Albert
Lenoir Key at Epiphany Church. That of
Miss Margarita Williams, sister of Mr.. H.
E. R. Kondrup, to Mr.. William Moore
| Stillwell, jr., will take place the same
dines will mark Thursday. Miss May
Keyworth and Mr.. George Cochran Broome
will be married at noon at the residence
| of Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Barbour. In
| the evening at Epiphany Church Miss Eliz-
abeth w. Robinson and Mr.. Arcalous Well
| ing Wyckoff will be married and afterward
| receive their friends at the residence OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Robinson. 1I0S
Rhode Island avenue, from $50 to lO3o
Mrs. Fairbanks welcomed several hum
of Mrs. Mckee, which was one of the most
entertaining events Of the spring. Ameri-
can Beauty roses. the fragrance Of which
| was enjoyed the moment a guest crossed
the threshold, adorned the rooms. Mrs.
Fairbanks whose 'cordiality of manner be-
speaks for her an ideally successful social
career in Washington, was handsomely
gcwned in pink satin, the yoked bodice
becomingly trimmed with chiffon and lace.
The guest of honor. Mrs. Mckee, whose
popularity increases every time she comes
to this city, had her usual daintiness en-
hanced by her becoming light-gray silk,
frightened with touches of pink. Mrs. Ho-
bart, Mrs. John w. Foster, Mrs. Sternberg,
the Misses Marriott of Indianapolis, who
are now visiting Mrs. Fairbanks; Miss Ca
rey. Miss Hit, Miss Stevens, Miss Bush
nell and Miss Baldwin, a bunch of pretty
and young Indianians, assisted in the re-
ception.
Among the guests were ex-Secretary Eos
ter. Mrs Romero. Miss Wilson. the Chi
nese minister and Mrs. Wu, General and
Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Swan, Mrs. Cushman X.
Davis, Mrs. Spooner, Mrs. and Miss Miles,
Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Leonard Hanna, Miss
Phelps. Mrs. Elkins, Mrs. John B. Wight.
Farnsworth, Colonel and Mrs. Payne. Mr.
and Mrs. Bassett, Mrs. and the Misses
Henry. Mrs. Royston. Mrs. and the Misses
MMattingiy. Ma Mrs r. M. q. Brown, Mrs.
master General and Mrs. Heath, the Misses
Ihomas, Surgeon General Sternbere. Mrs.
Day, Mr. and Mrs. Cropper Mrs WalthaIl
and the Misses McKenna.
The German ambassador gave dinner
last night, when his guests were the sec
retary of State, the British ambassador
the French ambassador, the Mexican min.
lister and Mrs. Romero, the Belgian min
lster and Countess Lichtervelde, Senator
and Mrs. Elkins, Senator and Mrs. Wet
more, the Swiss minister and Mrs Pioda
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs
Boardman, the Japanese minister, the Ital-
ian charge d'affaires and members of the
embassy staff.
out for Tuesday, April u, at Rauscher's
Assembly at 8 and cotlllion will begin at
10 o'clock. Mrs. G. Wythe Cook Mrs.
Philip Darneille, Mrs. Claude Swanson,
Mrs. J. K. Jones. Mrs. J. c. Cooney and
Mrs. Ben Miller will be the chaperons.
dispatch yesterday from Aiken, s. c.,
denies the report that Mrs. William c.
Whitney is critically i'll as a result OF the
accident she met with last February. On
the contrary, ii is said she Is progressing
as favorably as can be expected consider
ing the severity of hor accident. She sat
out on the piazza Of the Whitney cottage
recently, and soon as the warm weather
comes will be removed to her home in New
York city. Mr. Whitney had some idea Of
taking q house In this city, SO that his
wife might stay here q few weeks, but
this plan may be abandoned. From anoth-
er source 1t is learned that Mrs. Whitney
will be taken to New York next Wednes-
day.
The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart,
vho are entertaining Jersey friends, Mrs.
Wilcox Miss Smith and Miss Osborn, had
other guests to meet them at dinner last
night
The Secretary Of State and Mrs. Sher-
man will give dinner to members Of the
diplomatic corps tonight.
The engagement was announced yester-
l,,
ton Sampson to Mr.. Henry Harrison Scott
of San Francisco. Miss Sampson is the
youngest daughter OF Captain Sampson,
United States navy, who has just been Or
lantic squadron. Miss Sampson Is now at
Glen Ridge. N. ].
The Mexican minister and Mrs. Romero
will give dinner tonight.
General John B. Gordon's home, Suther-
land, Kirkwood, Ca, has one of the most
delightful situations for miles around. The
house covers as much ground as the White
House. and Is beautified by the luxuriant
foliage Of that section. In this typical
southern home May "A General Gordon's
niece. Miss Lutte Gordon. will be married
to Mr. Walter Thomson, nephew of the
president of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The wedding will be an elaborate occasion
and will be conducted on the style of ante
bellum festivities Of that order. The bride
is very handsome and Just seventeen. The
groom is in business in Bremen. Germany.
His brother married Miss Katie Bench. n
great belle in Washington during the Ar
thur administration. Mr.. Frank Gordon.
son OF General Gordon, is q candidate for
the Georgia legislature, and with eyerv
prospect of success, both on his own mer.
Its and because of the prominence Of his
family In the south.
Miss Culver. who has been visiting Jus
nee and Mrs. Brown. has gone to New
York, where she Is visiting friends prior to
returning to Chicago