Evening star., 1898-12-12
SOME RECENT SOCiABlLlTIES
The Debut of Miss Early at Late Sat.
urday Tea.
Dinners and Coming Events Per.
sOnal Notes of In
terest.

Their splendid home was superbly deco
| rated with American beauty roses and
| paragus draperies, while the flowers sent
| the debutante were massed in mounds OF
! bloom on the top of the grand piano. Mrs.
| Early wore POWERED pink crepe and the
| attractive dehutante was in white chiffon
| spangled in silver. She carried pink roses
| Assisting in the hospitality were Mrs. VIII
| cox Miss McCeney, Miss Kemp Miss Bes-
! sic White and Miss Errol Brown. The COM
| pany was large and pleasantly representa-
| tive of both resident and ofnciai society. A
| mandolin orchestra played throughout the
| reception, and the tea table IN the dining
| room was prettily adorned with pink roses
| Mrs henry =. Blount of The Oaks has
| cards out for Friday, December %, at $50
O'Clock
| Mr. and Mrs. A. l.. Barber have cards
| out for tomorrow evening at . O'Clock, TO
| meet Mr.. Joan q. sShur All. president, anu
| Rev. t'rancls ii. RowIey, secretary oi thc
| American humane Association.
| Mr.. Henry L. Brewster and family are
| spendlng the winter at Hotel Normandle.
| MIS-. brewster VIII be at nome 10 hef
| trends Tuesdays from to i o clock
| The British ambassador and Lady
PauncefoIe gave a dInner Saturday nlsht.
| when Their guests were Sir Rcnard 1drt-
| wright, MI and Mrs. Amerc Paget, Mr..
| and Mrs. ISarkile Henry OF Phiadeiphia,
| MISS Cartwright, MISS W aiiach, Mss fat-
zen, MISS Aubrey Paunceio>e, the swedtsh
| minister, the charge a1laIres OF ltaiy,
| Count Ninci; Mf. Ian Malcolm of New YORK
| and Mr.. Humphreys-Owen.
Mr. and Mrs BarkIie Henry of Philadel-
phia are visiting Mrs. Henry's mother, Mrs.
| W. w. Belknap, at 1921 street..
| Miss Dingiey is in New York on visit,
but will be back for Christmas here win
| Representative and Mrs DinSley.
! The Chinese minister and Mrs. WI gave
| an elegant dinner Saturday night in honor
| of the Secretary of STATE and Mrs. HAY
| The other guests were the Secretary Oh the
| Treasury and Mrs. Gage, the Secretary OF
| War and Mrs. Alger, the Secretary of the
| Navy and Miss Helen Long, the Attorney
] General and Mrs. Griggs, the Postmaster
| General and Mrs. Smith, the Secretary OF
| Agriculture and Miss Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
| John Addison Porter, ex-Minister to China
and Mrs. DENLY and Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
| Curtis.
! The Misses Morris, 1914 Massachusetts
| avenue have invitations out for a tea
| Thursday, December IL. and not for Decem-
| Der II, as inadvertently stated.
| Mrs. Hilles T. Dempster of Carrara, Italy,
| is spending the winter with her sister-in-
law. Mrs. w. d. Hills, at 1445 Z street.
| A pleasant surprise party was given Miss
| Ida SmallwOod at her residence, 1251 q
| street southeast, Wednesday evening last.
| Dancing and games We're indulged in, after
| which collation. served. Among those
| present We're Miss Jennie Carter, Perl Jor-
| don. Eva and Edna Spence, Alice Caywood,
| Lizzie and Oracle ONeill. Laura Goss. vi
| ola Turner and Bessie Stern. and Messrs.
| Horace and Willie Spence, Abe Stern, Ed
| ward Hooper, Harrie Pennington, David
| Covil Edgar Miller and Granger Stevens.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ii. Lawrence have
| issued invitations to the marriage of their
| daughter Josephine Lillian to Rev. Isaac
| Albert Garfield. Tuesday morning. Decem-
Der 20, at 10 o'clock. The ceremony is to
| take place in Christ Episcopal Church,
| navy yard.
| Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dreyer celebrated the
| twenty fifth anniversary of their marriage
| Friday December .. at their residence.
! Sargent place, Bfookiand. They received
many presents. among those present We're:
| Mr.. and Mrs Jos. Philips and baby
| Everett, Mr.. WrN. Dreyer, jr.. the Uses
Anna, Dora. Mary, Emma and Master Geo
| Dreyer. Miss LoLtie Gindeman, Miss Hen
| rietta Richmas., Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Martin
| and Master Edward. Miss Lottie Dreyer,
Mr. and RS H. Bushing, Miss Lille Bush
| ing. Rev. and Mrs. A. Homrighaus, Mr.. and
Mrs. Theo. Pitt, Mrs. E. Lustig, Mrs. s.
Artes, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Lippold, Mrs.
Leonberger, Mrs s,trickhardt, Mr. and Mrs
| NJ. Best, Mrs, Schmidt, Mrs. Stiefel and
| daughter Mrs. Dill, Miss Wagner, Mr.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. schuerger, Mr.. and Mrs
! Schombert, Miss Fannie Schombert, Mrs.
| Peters, Mr.. and Mrs. Zeller and daughter
Mr.. Eltrich, MIR. and Mrs. L. Brandt, Mr.
|
| Mrs Ruchdaeshel Mr.. and Mrs. Yale Mr.
and Mrs Keller, Mar. and Mrs. Worch, Mr.
| and Mrs. Meiners and Master larry, Mr.
| Ott Mr.. Paris, Mr. Geo. Brandt, Mr.. Louis
Mrs Jno. Eichman, Miss Kate Eichman,
| Mr.. Fred Eichman, Mr. and Mrs. A.
| Meicklejonn, ar and Mrs. F. McAleer,
| Mrs F. Berger Mrs. p. Garlem, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Heitmuller, tr. Miss Lizzie Miller and
! brother, Miss Mamie Leonberger, Miss
| Maude Thomas, Mrs. H. Keefer, Miss Lena
Bret, Mr. VIM. Reiser and sister, Mr.. w.
| Helmuth, Mr.. ard Mrs. Jno. Pluger, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. PfvSer.
The E. T. w. Euchre Club will hold its
next meeting Tuesday evening Decem-
| her 13, at the residence of the Misses Burtt
ia b street southwest. Since the last
meeting the club has been enlarged, four
new members having been enrolled, thus
| making a total OF sixteen members.
Senator and Mrs. Teller have returned to
| the city, and are at the Colonial for the
| session.
| Minnehaha Dime Social Club was enter
tanned last Friday evening by Mrs. II. F.
Smith at her residence, 135 F street north
| east. In the game of the evening first and
second prizes were won by VIII McHenry
Frank Ford, Addie Martin and Blanche
Ford, respectively. The club was enter
| tanned with piano and violin selections by
Mrs. Carrie Smith and Prof. E. c. Palmer,
| and with reading by S. w. Russell. Among
| those present were the following: The
| Misses A. Martin, Blanche Ford N. c. Pitt
| man, a. E. Opdyke, NJ. B. Conner, Mary
| Smith and Mamie T. Daniel, Mesdames G.
H. Cadet, r. Lawrenson, r. S. Hendel and
| Carrie Smith, and Messrs. w. McHenry,
Frank Ford E. c. Palmer, W. H. Hunter.
II. w. Holiidge, w. F. McDaniel.s Prof.
Palmer, Cralle Lawrenson, H. f. Smith,
Master r. Palmer and S. w, Russell.
Miss .-O'Reilly, daughter Of Surgeon
O'Reilly United States army, gave
luncheon on Saturday at her home, 1925 Q
street, in honor of Miss Sibley Of Detroit.
The table decorations were all in pink, and
| the silver candelabra, given by ex-Presi-
| dent Cleveland to DR.. OReily, carried out
the color idea in the pink shades for the
| lighted candles. Among the guests were
Miss Miles, Miss Poor, Miss Sheridan, Miss
Rodgers and Miss Greely.
DR.. O'Rcilly returns shortly to his station
| in Havana, but considers the sanitary con-
| ditions so very bad that he does not think
| it safe for his family to join him until the
| city has been put in proper condition by
| cur soldiers.
Miss Claudia Siuarts reception on SAT
urday afternoon was most successful. The
parlors were prettily decorated with palms
and ferns. Miss Hay. Miss Veazey, Miss
| Woolford Miss Case and other young la
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