Evening star., 1898-05-14
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
All il Quiet Along the Potomac Just at
Present.
The Fske-Alger Wedding Will be a
brilliant Event Next Wednesday,
GOssipy Notes Personals.

which were successful far beyond the fond
est anticfpations Of their managers. Ten
to one these events will revive the taste for
amateur theatricals, which have languish
ed OF late years, not because there was not
abundance Of talent which could be util-
lied. but entirely for want of managing
ability. Now that Mrs. Barney has es-
tablished such a happy precedent. combin-
ing artistic skill as well as executive di-
rectfon her friends will know to whom
probable successful appeal may be made.
Some very pretty dinners and luncheons
have marked the week, although the dis
position to do anything a large scale
just now is lacking. Mrs. Westinghouse
gave the first of series of luncheons
Thursday, which brought together a num-
Der OF pleasant women, and gave an oppor-
tunlty to talk over recent events. w lille
war and the partings and good-byes ii en-
tails, continue to be the order OF the day,
the rushing activity of matrons and maids
to the store counters the mIlliners and the
dressmakers, are happy reminders of old
peaceful days.
At one ribbon counter Friday morning
the wives and daughters of two three
of the foremost generals and senators.
whose names are read most frequently
these days, were enjoying to the utmost
the pleasure of acquiring a new stock Of
ribbons. Outside the store. Major Russell
Harrison was listening with the gravest
attention to army officer who was sug-
gestlng the manifold details of the uni
| form he is soon to don in the service of
his country. Eager listeners among a
| bunch of + street shoppers were much
| impressed with the concluding remark,
But don't stock W too heavy" On Con-
nectiCut avenue yesterday afternoon, when
| the chappies met Captain James G. Blaine,
they presented arms and even the newly
made captain smiled.
President and Mrs. Mckinley will dine
with Col and Mrs. Bingham this evening.
The latest matrimonial engagements an
nounced were bomb shells in a quiet camp.
| as no one suspected that anything tam
gible as a date of wedding day would be
again heard of for a long while. There
are some more surprises in store which
will help TO dispel the gloom, but the
situations in love and war change rapid
| ly nowadays that il need not follow be-
cause day and date are settled upon that
everything is going forward precisely as
scheduled. The brides of the hurried-up
weddings have their finery to console them
| in the absence of their liege lords at sea or
in camp, but even that has its disadvan-
| tages. One bride in particular. who is i'm
| patiently waiting the happy day when hub
| by will return, and is doing the waiting at
! the very quietest of seaport towns, says
| that as there is nobody else there but old
women, with old clothes, her two or three
ventures out in brand-new gowns created
such sensation that she is absolutely afraid
| to try 1t again.
The marriage of Miss Frances Alger to
Mr.. Charles Burial Pike of Chicago will
! be welcome break in the quiet of the
coming week. About 125 or $50 guests will
| be present, and the house will be hand
| somely adorned with flowers and flags. The
bride will wear the conventional white
satin and lace, and her attendants will be
charmingly dressed in appropriate finery.
| The postponement of the departure of Cen
eral Miles for the south may now allow the
presence of Miss Miles.
Two Detroit friends. Miss Helen Pitts and
md AZ. Co -xx-ill
| also be bridesmaids. A school girl cousin.
| Miss Henry of Detroit, will be maid of
honor. The President, Vice President and
| the cabinet and families will be present.
Mrs. Horace Boughton, Mrs. T. Under
! wood, Mr.. H. G. Blythe, wife and family,
! and Mrs. Christy and daughter have been
| recently at Atlantic City.
Mr.. Richard Crowley, ex-member of Con-
| gress from the northern district of New
! York and his wife and daughter, Miss Belle
Crowley, are spending a few DAYS at the
| Arlington.
| Mr.. William Mitchell, son of Senator
| John E. Mitchell, has volunteered and
| Joined the Sd Regiment of Wisconsin troops
| and is now in camp at the fort. Miss Mar
tina, the eldest daughter, leaves Washing
| ton this month for Germany, Paris and
| England.
Mrs. William Mathews of 1915 Vermont
avenue. who has been quite sick the past
! two weeks, is much better.
Mrs. r. w. Allen and her daughter, Mrs.
! Charles Conrad, of 3072 Q street will be at
| home the last two Thursdays in May.
| Mrs. Sara Pearson Conn, daughter Wini-
fred and son Harry left here Friday night
for Chattanooga, Tenn, their future home.
Mr. H. G. Conn has been in Chattanooga
| for the past three months.
| Mrs. ]. Oettinger has returned to Wilson,
| n. c., after pleasant sojourn in this city,
Mrs. d. Oettinger of Wilson, n. c., is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Rosenthal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Carroll celebrated
their fftieth wedding anniversary May 8
| at their residence, No. 1890 10th street,
| surrounded by their children and grand
children.
The Cosmopolitan Shakespeare Club met
with Mrs. Josephine Patton Tuesday May
10, at her home, No. 236 9th street north
east. The study for the evening was the
last act of Troilus and Cressida,' which
will end the plays to be taken up this sea-
son. After the study a dainty luncheon
was served. Those present were Mrs. For
ster, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Patton, Mrs.
Pierson, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Wilson and
Mrs. Armstrong, the Messrs. Austin, Jeffrey
Malone, Patton, Jos. Patton, Pierson, Stan
ton, Dutrow and Weiss.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Bowler and son Row
land left Washington Sunday last for St
Louis. Mo-, where they will spend several
| weeks
Miss Pauline Isemann of Capitol Hill will
sail June 20 for two years study of the
| violin in Vienna.
DR.. and Mrs. d. Percy Hiekling, 221 Sd
street, entertained about fifty of their
friends at a very handsome euchre party
last evening.
Mrs. Lloyd Keleher, who returned from
New York last week, leaves tonight with
Mrs. c. E. Van Arsdale for the south, visit
| ing Chattanooga and New Orleans