Evening star., 1898-12-15
THE CORCORAN ART GALLERY
The Joint High Commission Guests {
Honor.
Brilliant Asscmblagc of Distinguish.
ed Guests-Wedding and
Teas-NOtes.

The reception last night at the Corcoran
| Gallery of Art in honor of the Anglo-Amer-
| lean joint high commission was a bril-
| liant event in every sense. The gathering
| represented in a striking way the leading
| figures in the official and resident world
! of the capital and suggested at each turn
| the attractions which its cosmopolitan
| character perfectly presents. The at
| tendance was very large, but at no point
| Were the spacious halls rooms crowded
| save near the entrance where the receiv-
| ing party stood and where. naturally, the
| interest of the evening centered.' MIR. S. ii.
| KaUffmann, president of the board OF trus
| tees, with Mr. Mcclure, Mr.. Glover. Mr..
| Hyde and Mr. Green, welcomed the guests
| as they entered Lady baurier, Lady
Davies, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs.
! Faulkner. Mrs. Dingiey with Miss Scott,
Miss Cartwright and others of the commits
| sion party. were at times in receiving line
when those entering were presented or
/ promenadng the halls, and holding i'm
promptu receptions at every stop on tnelr
! Journey round the gallery.
The Marine Band played during the even
| ing, and the International bearing or the
event was emphasized by the lagS Of Great
! Britain and the United States which faced
! each person as the ascent of the palm-llned
staircase was made.
| The toilets We're unusually elegant and
| the jewels so magnificent as to cause fire.
quent comment. Lady Iaurier wore black
| net ard point lace. Lady Davies old rose
| silk, Mrs. Foster white brocade silver
! Si.aEgied, Mrs. Faulkner rose MORE an
| tique, with an effective trimming of sable;
| Mrs. FAN banks white satin and lace, Mrs.
| Miles, turquoise satin. Mrs. Richardson,
Glover cardinal satin, with applique black
| lace; Mrs. Emory pink liberty velvet dia-
| mond necklace. tiara and superb pearls;
| Daniel Manning hlAck l'hantlllN lace
| diamond tiara and diamond necklace; Mrs.
| CrOpper rose satin and point, diamond
| necklace of large soltaires; Mrs. StiIson
| Hutchins Irish point lace over pink, Mrs.
| Evans gray brocaded satin and point lace,
! the Misses Evans light silks, with touches
of ceriSe velvet.
Mrs Dulin, je;ted black lace: Mrs Nc
Guire. black satin and lace; Mrs. Hender-
! son, black lace and Jet: Mrs. DENLY gray
| brocade: Mrs. r. L. Fleming. gray satin,
| with steel passementeries; Mrs. Mearns
| pale pink hrocade satin; Mrs. Wynne, pink
| Velours; Mrs. Radcliffe, black satin and
! point lace; Mrs. J. w. Thompson. turquoise
! satin, with spangled net, and Miss Faux
! ner, white chiffon, the fiounces edged with
| narrow black lace and pink velvet on the
| corsage.
| Senator Faulkner, Senator Fairbanks.
Representative Dingley. Mr.. John w Fos-
| ter, Mr.. Kasson and others of the commis-
| son were present.
| Among others were the Vice President
| and Mrs. Hobart, Secretary Hay, the Brit
| ish ambassador and the Misses Pauncefote
| Senator and Mrs. Burrows, Adjutant Cen
| erel Corbin Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Thomp-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Sewel, and ex-Minister
| to China and Mrs. DENLY, Colonel, Mrs
and the Misses Blount, Major and Mrs.
| Hiestand, Miss Gale, Representative Ohm
| stead, Representative Mann, Justice and
| Mrs. Harlan, Rev. DIR. and Mrs Mckim,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Arnold, Representa-
| tive and Mrs, Heatwole, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Crdler, Mr. and Mrs. Halford. the Japa-
| nese minister and members of the legation,
| ex-senator and Mrs. Henderson, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Gallaudet, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Porter
| Morse Miss Julia Waggaman, Representa-
| tive Belknap. Mrs. and Miss Ward, Prof.
| and Mrs. Todd, Miss Todd, Mr.. and the
| Misses Boa rdman, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Maurice
! Low, MIR. and Mrs. Rouzer, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Dunn, General and Mrs. Wilcox,
Mr.. and Mrs. james w. Johnston, Mr.. b.
| Fl. Warner, the Misses Warner, Mrs. G. NJ.
Pepper, Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Hamlin, Gen.
and Mrs Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Ffoulke. Miss
| Ffoulke, Mr.. and the Misses Maury. Judge
and Mrs. McComas, Mrs. and the Misses
| Worthngton, Mrs. Daniel Manning. Mr..
ard Mrs. Perry S. Heath, Mrs. Robert j.
| Wynne, the Haitian minister and Mrs.
Lager, Miss Bourke, the Corean minister
and Mrs. PAX, the Chinese minister, Mr.
Jose Andrade, DR.. Andrade Mr.. and Mrs
| Victor Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. X. l.
| Fleming, Mrs. Guthrie, Rev. DR.. and Mrs
| Radcliffe, Mrs. John o. Evans. Mr. and
| Mrs. Charles Grayson Dulin, Justice Brown,
the Misses Patten, Col. Cotton, Miss Cotton
| Mrs. and the Misses Horstman, Commits
| sioner Evans, Mrs. and the Misses Evans.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Phipps, the Misses
| Phipps, Mrs. Logan, Major and Mrs. Good
Ice, Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Talmage, DIR. Sum-
derland, Prof and Mrs. William MCGEE
Prof. and Mrs. Newcomb DR.. Shaw, Miss
| Shaw, Mr.. Dunbar, Mr.. Moser, Mr., Robert
| Keeling. Mrs. Stilson Hutchins, Mrs. Bes-
sic Stewart, Commander and Mrs. Emory
! Miss Emory, Commander and Mrs. Rich
| ardson Glover. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nc
| Cauley, Mr. and Mrs. Cropper, Mr. and
Mrs. Mayo Hazeltine Miss Hazeltine, Mr..
| and Mrs. Mearns the Portuguese minister
| and Niscountess Santo Thyrso, Comnis
| sioner and Mrs. Wight, Rev. Dr. Milburn,
| Prof. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mr.. Robin
| son of Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
| Warner, Miss Carvallo, Miss Ida Thomp-
son, Miss Waite, Mr.. Frank G. Carpenter,
| Mr.. Conant, Public Printer Palmer Miss
Palmer Miss Hough. MIR. and Mrs. d. A.
Chambers. Mrs. Shepherd, MIR. Andrew
| Parker, Mr.. F. a. Richardson, Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. S. Barry, Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Lar
ner Representative and Mrs. Alexander
and Mr.. Arthur Sewall, former vice presf-
Dental candidate.
| Mrs. b. IL. Warner welcomed several
hundred friends yesterday afternoon to a
| tea, when Miss Mary Warner made her
| debut and which was one of the largest of
| the debutante parties this season. Mrs.
| Warner was gowned in a becoming light
| silk and the young lady to whom many
peasant things We're said was dressed
|
| carried rose bouquet, one of the many
| received in honor of the day. The Misses
| Bessie and Anna Warner with Miss
! Faulkner, Miss Phillips and Mrs. True as
| sisted in receiving while in the dining room,
| which is SO spacious and well adapted to
| purposes OF large entertainments, Mrs.
| John b. Wight and Mrs. Phillips did the
| honors. Both official and resident society
| was represented in the list of guests.
Mrs. Logan's reception yesterday for her
| former and present pastor and wife Rev.
! DIR. and Mrs. Bristol, was the great sue
| cess that was expected. The double house
| she occupies on 18th street, opposite the
gardens of Calumet place. was cozy and
| bright from end to end. A bright fire
burned on the library hearth, a no small
attraction on wintry afternoon. The hos
| tess was dressed in gray corded silk with
| steel passementeries. Mrs. Bristol wore
| f1owered pink mousseiine de sole over pink.
| Assisting We're Mrs. Cullom, Mrs. Bailey,
| Mrs. Wainwright, Mrs. Anderson Mrs
| Arthur Dunn, Mrs. Busby, Mrs. William
| Scully, Mrs. Berger, Mrs. T. l.. TulIock,
| Mrs. Norris Eddy, Mrs David II. Mercer,
| Miss Emory and Miss Logan, niece of the