Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-22
A Brilliant Array Of Elegant Enter
tainments.
EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK
Handsome Balls, Teas, Receptions
and Dinners.
PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST

The present administration having COW
cred itself with glory by the excellent
| management of the diplomatic reception,
| official society is enjoying dattering APP
| prevail and hearty praise rings in the
| new"
| The week past was brilliant. the week
| to come promises equal pleasure. and
| plainly the short season will surpass in
| elegance, formality and luxurious enter
| tanning. any known for years.
Hardly day passes but that one OF
| more functions are given at the cabinet
homes. Invitations galore have been sent
| out by the Representatives for foreign ma
| tions here. The young people have dances
| for about every night till Lent, until one
| wonders how the most carefully tended
| debutante will stand the strain. Not the
| least delightful anticipation Of the girls
| is the Bachelors german to come off next
| week at National Rifles Armory. Dances
| may come and dances may go, but the
Bachelors secs on forever. Music.
| decorations, floor management all are I'M
! der the direction of tried men and true
| of the social world, from whom simple
announcement means assured success.
The social calendar for the coming week
| shows:
| Monday
The Attorney General and Mrs. McKenna.
| a dinner in honor of the President and Mrs.
| Mckinley.
| The Austro-H Hungarian minister and Bar
oness Hengelmuller, dinner in honor of
| the Vice President and Mrs. Hobart.
The Misses Merrick, a o'clock tea, to
meet Miss Hill of Baltimore.
Commander and Mrs. Richardson Clover,
| a dinner.
Mrs Lynch, a luncheon to Miss Hearne
| of Covington, KY.
Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Wilson, a recep-
| ton, to II O'Clock.
Miss Stuart, 5 o'clock tea.
Mrs. Quay, luncheon.
Reception at the Chinese legation, the
Minister and Mrs. WI entertaining to
celebrate Chinese New Year.
Wednesday,
The President and Mrs. Mckinley. din
| ner in honor of the diplomatic corps.
| Mrs. John w. Bayne and Miss Bayne, a
| tea, 5 to I, for Miss May Ashby Bayne.
Miss Sewers, a luncheon in honor of the
| Misses Randall of New York, her guests.
| Mrs. Henry Lee Heiskell, a tea, to pre-
| sent her daughter, Miss Estelle Heiskeli.
| Thursday
| Miss Sewers, tea for the Misses Randall
| of New York.
Mrs. Clinton I. Gushing, luncheon, one
| of series.
The British ambassador and Lady Paunce-
| fote, dance.
Friday
| Vice President and Mrs. Hobart, evening
reception.
Surgeon General and Mrs. Moore, a
| dinner.
Saturday
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Gary,
dinner in honor of President and Mrs.
Mckinley.
| The Spanish minister and Mrs. Dupuy
de LONE will entertain at dinner of
| TWENTY-FIVE covers January 81. in honor of
| NJ. Holleben, ambassador Of Germany.
| The British ambassador and Lady
Pauncefote have issued invitations for a
| reception and dance at the embassy Janu-
airy u.
| The Austro-Hungarian minister and
Baroness Hengelmuller have sent out cards
for large reception, with music, Feb
| ruary Z, at 9 o'clock.
| M. Paul Thiebau for some years first
secretary of the embassy of France left
| Washington Friday. and today sailed for
! Paris: NJ. Lefaivre will be stationed next
| at Berne.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller entertained
at a musicale yesterday afternoon about
L
| members of the cabinet, senator's, the Ger
man ambassador and other members of the
| diplomatic CORPS Leon Marx. violinist,
ana ,, katharins Linn, pianist. have only re-
Gently arrived in this country from Berlin
| Mr.. Xander accompanied. and an excellent
program was brilliantly rendered.
| Mrs. Winthrop, wife Of Col. Winthrop.
| retired, entertained at a tea Yesterday from
TO o. MRS. Winthrop's exquisite home,
| next the Army and Navy Club was thrown
open, and made more attractive by flowers
and palms, the hostess receiving eowned In
| silver gray chiffon over satin. IL the dining
room a bevy of pretty girls assisted at the
| tea and punch tables, and Mrs. Hamilton
MRS. Wilmer, Mrs. Henriques and Mrs
Lindsay received with Mrs. Winthrop.
| Miss Josephine Kelton. the Misses Worth
ington, Miss Lindsay Lomax, Misses Mer-
rick. Kibbey. Moseley and Henriques were
! the fair aids in the dining room In a
glass-inclosed balcony just off the dining
room was great pyramid of flowers made
| fragrant blooms sent Mrs. Winthrop by
| friends. The tea table was uniquely pref
| ty, the candles in the tall, many-branched
| English candelabra being tinted with
| pink and white gauze shades, each painted
| by some dainty Partisan with Vatican
figures Among those who called were the
Spanish minister and Mrs. Dupuy de
LONE, Mrs. Robert Hinkley, Mr.. and Mrs
George Lothrop Bradley, Surgeon General
and Mrs. Sternberg, Mr.. and Mrs. Chopper,
Mrs Eastman, the Misses Eastman,
MIS-. rltznugn COyle, the Misses Myer,
Mr.. John A. Kasson, Mr.. W. Glasgow
Powell. Mr.. Nicholas Luqueer. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Worthington, Mr.. VIM A.
Ball, the Swiss minister and Mrs Pioda,
Mrs. Arthur Brice and Mrs. Atherton
Miss Macmillan will give a dance, for
young people, February f.
Miss Julia Dent Grant of New York and
Mr.. James Parker of New York are guests
Of the minister Of Austro-H Hungary and
Baroness Hengelmuller, at the legation A
dinner for the young people will be given
at the legation tomorrow night.
Mrs. Gary. wife Of the Postmaster Gem
eral, gave luncheon yesterday.
The Brazilian minister and Mrs. de
Mendonca entertained at dinner last eyeu-
| Ing the Secretary of State and Mrs. Sher-
man, the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs. Gage. the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Gary. the Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Long, the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Miss Wilson, the United States min
lister to Brazil and Miss Bryan, Mr.. Kas-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliviera Lima and Mrs
MacBean.
Mrs. Audenreid was hostess at a dinner
| last evening. Guests were DR.. and Mrs
Hammond, the Chilean minister and Mrs.