Evening star., 1898-05-21
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Last Weeks Wedding Bells and Hons
farties.
President and Mrs. Mckinley Break
Bread With the Secretary of Agri-
culture-An Embassy Dinner.

Quite boom occurred in social matters
the past wesk. Pretty much every day Rad
distinctive card with attractions all its
own TO which occasional spells of fine
weather acded great charm Unfortunately
for preteGeni, the first lawn party of The
seaSon-tha; a; Corcorah House Monday
afternoon-suffer red d general scatteration
by a downpour OF ram, but its objects lad
been near,y acbi,N e,i before the worst hap
ptned. Thus far The Iaonsh will be RENE m
Dereu for its Varieties cf weather rather
than by its numerous social incidents one
| good thing, howe er, be said of the
| weather on the 0ay The Pike-Alger we'd
! ding festivities. 1t could not have been bet
ter if an official reQuisition had been hon.
| cred in the dawasnS OF the day. Notwith-
| standing the fact that the Alger family is
| IN mourning. the arrangements for the
! wedding were On an elaborate scale as be-
| fitted the wealth and position of the con-
| tracing families, and if daughter
| left her fathers home with everything
| pointing 10 a happy and prosperous future
II was the young lady who became Mrs.
Charles B. Pike. There was all the usual
merrinent among the young people, and all
| the old-time customs which would forestall
long life and happiness to the couple were
| faithfully carried out.
Now for the June weddings, which will
| be inaugurated by that of Mrs. Aubrey and
| MIR. Jessup Blair, and which will probably
be the quietest of the series. The csre-
| mony will take place at the home of the
| Chief justice, but only a party of relatives
and personal friends will be present as
witnesses. Mr.. Blair has a residence on
Lafayette square, near where he now re-
| sides with his mother and sister, which will
| probably be the future home of his wife
and her two children. Miss Belknap and
MIR. Henry have chosen June z, for their
/ wedding day. The date of the marriage
| of Miss Edith James and Mr.. Richard Wal
! ZACH is as yet unannounced. but the cere-
mopy will likely take place at home after
| the completion of the changes and repairs
| now going forward at Judge James house
| on Massachusetts avenue.
The British ambassador and Lady Paunce-
fote entertained at a dinner and reception
last night in honor of the Vice President
and Mrs. Hobart. At the dinner the other
] guests present were the Italian ambassa-
/ dor, the German ambassador. the French
ambassador, the Secretary OF State, the
| Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage,
the Attorney General and Mrs. Grggs. the
! chief justice and Mrs. Fuller, the bishop of
Washington and Mrs. Satterlee, the Mexi-
| can minister and Mrs. Romero. the Aus
| tTian minister and Baroness Hengelr1uiler,
! the Belgian minister and Countess de Lich-
J tervelde. ex-Secretary Of State AID Mrs.
Foster, GIr. and Mrs. Adam. Mrs. Sargent,
Miss May Williams, Miss BoardmaE, Miss
| Gwynn, Miss Wetmore. Miss Wallach. Miss
| Patten, Miss Pauncefote, Capt. Paget, II.
| NJ, hanna ana MI. CdiQerOn Car
| Isle. About 10 o'clock the guests invited to
| the reception began to arrive. Among them
| were Count and Countess Goetzen, MIR. and
| Mrs. Crowninshield, Assistant Secretary of
| State Moore, Miss Edes and Mr. Secken-
| dorf.
| The Secretary Of Agriculture and his
| daughter, Miss Wilson, entertained at din
Eer last night in honor of the President and
| Mrs Mckinley. The decorations were in
roses and sweet peas. pink being the color.
1 and f1,a 1,rrr "A IL
| The attractive young hostess was also
| dressed in pink. The other guests present
| We're the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
| Bliss. the Postmaster General and Mrs
| Grant, Senator and Mrs. Elkins. Senator
| and Mrs. Gear and Senator Allison.
The absence from the usual spring ar
| rangements Of months trip to Europe
| will react in favor of Newport, New Lon
! don and the other coast resorts, which are
| especially delightful at this time. Many of
the cottagers have already arrived at New
| port and a much earlier and they hope a
| much longer season there seems likely in
| consequence. Up at Lenox unusual activity
prevails, and there is every indication that
the mountains will be very lively. The
| Whitney place on October mountain has
had improvements going on steadily dur
ing the past winter, and is all ready for
| the occupancy OF the family. Mrs. Whit
| Eey's illness. however. leaves 1T scarcely
| possible that she will see her mountain
home this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert /. Fleming are now
established for the season at Oak View.
| Mrs. Fleming has sent out cards for We'd
| resdays, 4 to Z, during this month and
June '1a-
Mrs. J. Thomson Swami expects to leave
| town for the season Wednesday next. She
| will spend the summer at her splendid old
| home at Princeton, which is the rendez-
vous, as her home is in Washington, of so
uany charming people.
| At the residence of DR.. and Mrs. Lincoln
yesterday large company was entertained
| by recitations and readings by Mr.. Frank
| Lee Benedict from Kipling's works.
| Mrs. j. E. Sickles and her daughter Miss
Polly Sickles, have returned from an ex-
| tended trip through Mexico and California.
Mrs. NJ. Van Auken Mills has returned
| from New York. where she has been visit.
| ing her son and sister for several weeks.
A pleasant gathering Of the Baptists of
! Hyattsvile was held Wednesday evening
| at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.
| Smith, on Wine avenue, to meet DR..
and Rattrey of Washington. Those present
| were Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Shettle, Miss
| Mamie Shettle, Mr. and Mrs. +. c. Evarts,
Mr. and Mrs Hardin. Mr.; and Mrs. E. c.
| Lackey, Mr. Crump and Mr.. H. E. Davis.
Mrs. Mahlon Purcell Is visiting Mrs. DAN
| iel, wife of Senator Daniel, and Mrs. Fred
| Harper at their country home near Lynch
burg, Va.
Mrs. C. C. Samson and the Misses Pol
| kenhorp have returned from Atlantic City,
where they have been for the past month.
Miss Julia Sullivan was the hostess at
| pleasant entertainment Tuesday evening
| at her home, lib 7th street. Among the
| guests were Misses Katherine and Agnes
| Quinn, Emma Miller. Ada Sullivan. Mary
| Jouvenal, Margaret Sullivan and Messrs.
Thos. and William Saunders, Chas: keli-
| hert. Karl Jahn, Floyd Malloy. Robert
| Robinson and Ernest Everett.
Miss Mannheim and Miss Ella Sonnehill
| of Baltimore will be pleased to see their
| friends Sunday and Tuesday evenings. 2511
| 18th street.
Mrs W. p. Van wickfe is visiting friends
| in Brooklyn.
Mrs. N. Bingham Van Slingerland Is
| row living at the Ebbitt House. She has
| not entirely recovered from her recent Ill
| ness.
| Mr.. Herbert Draper Gallaudet, youngest
| son of President and Mrs. Gallaudet, has
wen Townsend prize, one of the mcst
hattering distinctions to a Yale man IN the
| senior class. There are only a half dozen
prizes and they were contested for by the