Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-24
Mrs. Gear the Hostess of Violet
Luncheon.
LENfEN LUNCHEONS and DINNERS
Hospitalities Past and Future for
D. A. r. Visitors.
OTHER PLEASANT EVENTS

the nota BILE feasts of the winter Mrs. Gear
| entertained twenty ladies, and her guests
were Miss Wallace, in whose honor the
event was given; Miss Wilson, Miss Long.
| Mrs. De Lano. Miss De Lano. Miss Upde-
graft. Miss Vance Mrs. Belknap, Mrs Ev-
erett, Mrs. Dolliver, Miss Doiliver. Miss
| Young, Miss Henderson, Miss Hull. Mrs.
| Hubbard, Miss Tomlinson, Miss Wester-
| man, Miss Goldwaite and Mrs. c.. B. Will
! liams. The dining room was handsomely
| adorned with palms and foliage plants.
| massed in the window recesses. with bloom
| ing white azalea bushes. The mantels were
banked with maidenhair ferns, dotted with
| re ses, and the mirrors were hung with
| vines. An oblong centerpiece of Parma
| violets on the table was fianked with two
| rings of the favorite blossom. The name
cards were parchment, circular or oblong in
| shape and were decorated with violets and
! ribbon garlands in gilt.
| Miss Cockrell, daughter of Senator Cock
rell. will give luncheon next Monday to
| meet Mrs. Shields of Missouri.
| MIR. and Mrs Letter will entertain at din
| ner Saturday night.
| Ex-senator and Mrs. Henderson will give
| a dinner tonight.
| Mrs. Mcmillan wife of Senator Mcmillan.
will give a reception tomorrow afternoon
|
Daughters of the Revolution
| Mrs. John w. Foster gave very elegant
| luncheon yesterday, at which there were
present Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson, Mrs. Dan
| iel Manning. Mrs. Stryker of New Jersey.
| Mrs Gorscom of Philadelphia. Mrs. Bank
| metieff. Mrs. Shields of Missouri Mrs.
| Shepherd of Chicago, Mrs. Mendonca. Mrs.
Day, Mrs. Frye, Mrs. Burrows, Mrs. White.
! Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs. Westinghouse and
Mrs. Hinck,ey
! Mrs. L. E. Clifford of Phelps, n. Y, is
visiting Mrs. Van Wickle of Q street.
| Miss Fannie Washington. at her resi-
| deIce. 1904 L street, was given a masquer-
| AIDE surprise party Thursday evening last,
| which was delightful affair. Many hand
| some and grotesque costumes were seen,
| including queens flower girls, black beau
| ties, Cinnamon, monks, dudes, clowns. &c.
| The dining room was arranged a ball
| ROOM A fine supper was served in the
| library. Vocal solos were rendered by
| Miss Fannie Washington and Miss Eva
| Mills.
| Mrs. Edwin NJ Truell of No 1000 10th
street will not be at home tomorrow. ow-
| ing to official duties requiring her attend
! ance in the congress of the d. A. r.
| Miss Reed of No. 305 street entertained
| at tea Tuesday afternoon, her guests
of honor being Mrs. Charles W. Westbury
| of Richmond, Va, and Mrs. Kate Baseman
| of Baltimore The dining room where
| Mrs A. r. Townsend and Mrs. S. S. Hoov-
l
pink and white. The bevy of pretty girls
| who assisted were the Misses Lutz, Misses
Stewart Misses Walford, Misses DuvaI
and Miss Tabla The receiving party.
with number of gentlemen, remained for
the evening and enjoyed delightful "mu-
| sicale''
| very pleasant entertainment was given
| by the Walther Society of Trinity Luther
| ar Church Germany Tuesday evening the
| attendance being quite large. Among those
| who volunteered their SaryicaS he
| Burke family, Miss Ella Ehlshlager, Miss
| Asgie Sauter Miss Annie Schroeder Miss
Marie Kuhmel, Miss Addie Garner Miss
| Hannah Fisher, Miss Marie Graft and the
Messrs. Fred and Arthur Helberg. Herman
Bredekamp. Allen Schlerf and A. Bagle-
man.
Miss Mary Teresa Saffell and Mr.. William
| H. Sardo were married at the Imma culate
| Conception Church Wednesday evening,
| February 1G, at $50 o'clock, the officiating
| clergyman being the Rev. Father Ryan,
assisted by Rev. Father Bervins. The al
| tar was prettily decorated with palms and
| growing plants. The bride, gowned in gray
cloth. with hat to match, carried a white
prayer book. She was attended by her Sis
| ter, Miss Jer ME Saffell, as maid of honor,
who was gowned in red and wore black
| velvet hat and carried red roses The
| groom, attended by his best man, Mr. James
| McQuade. awaited the bride at the altar.
Messrs John Saffell, Charles SaffeI, Edwin
| Young and Frank Saffell acted as ushers.
| their future home, $40 9th street northeast.
Mrs. T. De Witt Talmage and the Misses
Talmage will receive at their home 400
| Massachusetts, avenue, tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Ellen Vockey Is in the city and will
be for some weeks at her home, 1882 Wal
ZACH place, wnere she will be pleased to
see her friends.
Miss Ransom will receive at 915 F street
the D. A. r., their friends and others in
| the Cttv from i to q mr. tOmOrr0W
The regular Getting Of the Undecided
Euchre Club was held Tuesday evening at
the residence of Miss Ella Browne, Poll
| H street. the club being royalty enter
| tanned. In honor Of the day, Washington's
birthday anniversary, the parlors were
pretttly decorated, an immense American
nag being substituted for portieres, grace
fully draped The tally cards were of red,
white and blue, with a small gold hatchet
| fastened across the face. The consolation
prize for gentlemen was an enlarged
hatchet Of gold, with the club monogram
and large bow of red, white and blue
ribbon. After several hours of playing the
ladies' first prize was won by Miss Jennie
Dell, with Miss Mabel Dell securing sec
ond honors The gentlemen's first prize
was won by Mr.. A. E. Bethel, with Mr..
George Moran taking second. The conso-
| iation prizes were won by Miss Matte
racer and Mr.. H. B. Wfssner. After the
count the party assembled in the dining
room where an excellent repast was sery-
cd Those present were Miss Browne Miss
| racer. Miss Sauter, Miss Wissner. the
Misses Dell, Mrs. Browne, Mr.. Newman
MI Browne. Mr.. Craig Mr. Wissner. Mr.
BETHEL, Mr.. Moran, Mr.. Phillips and Mr.
DAILY. ""N MI
Mrs. Edgar Allan and Miss Allan of 1901
18th street will receive tomorrow. assisted
by Mrs. King, wife of Representative King.
Mrs f. NJ. Miller Of Salt Lake and Mrs
r. H. Crump, Mrs Allan's daughter.
pleasant dance was given Miss Mar
garet Nokely of Cincinnati Tuesday even
ing at 10 9th street. Among those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. William Belt. the
Misses Margaret Nokely, LOTUS. May
Branson Lizzie Branson, Mayme Thomas
Louise Thomas, Harding. MoIing, Merhling.
Grinin McCaul Brinkley, Fisher. Rather,
Inc Thomas. Mundell and Smyth. and
Messrs Wurtz, Keaneaiy, Long, Kalstrum.
Woodland. WOODBURY., Trap, Watts. Hur-
Ole. Maxwell, Essex. Charles Long, Hard
Ing, Michaelis and Sunheimer
A progressive crokinole party was given
Saturday evening by. the Black Cat Club
at the residence of Mr.. W. w. Bride, Cap
itol Hill. Mr.. Hutchinson was the gentle
mems prize winner, while Miss Gibson was
the winner among the ladies. The "booby
prize was won by Mr.. Rock. Those pres
emit were Misses Fuller. Rock. Kipp Tolson.
Gibson. Dalton and Burch. and Messrs