Evening star., 1898-02-22
THE SOCIAL WORLD
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to see their friends after March 1 at 11o7
New Hampshire avenue northwest, where
they will begin housekeeping.
Mrs. Edwin NJ. TrueIl of No. 1900 10th
street has had her daughter-in-law. Mrs.
Herbert c. Lord of Boston, her guest
for the past few days. Mrs. Lord leaves to-
morrow for Baltimore, where she will make
short visit with Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Law
Ter of No. IL North Broadway
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w. True enter
tained a large number of friends at their
home, 1922 Yale street, last evening, from
4 to and from to IL o'clock. Mrs. True
was assisted in the afternoon by Mrs. ID.
w. Prentiss, Mrs. Ernest Lent, Mrs. DE
Riemer, Mrs. wv. c. Prentiss. Miss Bertha
Prentiss. Miss Freyhold and Miss Flora,
Schmidt.
Mrs. H. L. Hodgkins presided at the tea
table
In the evening the receiving party in
cluded Mrs. Chas. D. Walcott, Mrs. Rich
ard Rathbun, Mrs. ]. W. Powell. Mrs. w.
True. Mrs Pollard, Miss Mason. Miss Pow
ell and Miss De Riemer. Mrs. VIM. H. Dali
and Mrs. c. Hart Merriam presided in the
dining room.
The various scientific circles of Washing
ton were prominently represented.
Among those present were: Professor
Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian lnstt-
tuition; Senator Roach and the Misses
and Mrs. Rathbun. DR.. Gill. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Holmes, Dr. and Mrs. c. Hart Mer-
riam. Prof H. w. Wiley. Mrs. Simon New
comb and her daughter, Miss Wilson: DIR.
Adler, DR.. and Mrs. Frank Baker and the
Misses Baker Mr.. and Mrs. Coville, Mr.. W.
d. Mcfarland. Lieutenant Mcfarland, Rev
DR.. Stakely, Prof. and Miss Lester F.
Ward. DR.: and Mrs. c. w. Richardson, DR..
Geo. P. Merrill, Mr.. E. II. Miller and Miss
Miller, DR.. and Mrs. ]. M. Flint. Rev. DR..
Parson and Prof and Mrs. VIM. H. Dali.
Mrs. Madison Ballinger held large re-
ceptfon al her home, on Clifton street, yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. Ballinger was assist
| ed in receiving the many members of the D.
Miss Elizabeth Bryant johnson and Mrs.
Thomas Henry Anderson, and the ladies of
the Manor House Chapter, D. A. r.
Postmaster General and Mrs. Gary gave a
| dinner lest evening. entertaining the Ger
man ambassador, the Chinese minister and
Mrs. Wu. NJ. de Wollant, charge d'affaires
of Russia; Miss Mendonca, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Pegram. Surgeon General and Mrs.
Van Reypen. Mr.. and Mrs. Chatard. Mr..
| and Mrs Won Lingen. Miss Jessie Gary
and Mr. and Mrs. Letter. The decorations
| were Of pink roses.
The Secretary Of State and Mrs. Sherman
gave a dinner last evening. Decorations
were of bridesmaid roses and the candel-
abra shaded rose color. Guests were the
British ambs ssador and Lady Pauncefote,
i the Austro-Hungarian minister and Baron
ess Hengelmuller the Mexican minister and
| Mrs. Romero. the minister Of Chile and
Mrs. Cana, the minister Of Costa Rica and
| Mrs. Calvo. the charge d 'affaires of Colon
| bia. Mrs. Rengifo. the minister of the Meth
| erlands the Japanese minister, Commander
| and Mrs. Glover, Mr.. and Mrs. John w
Foster. Mrs Audenreid: the minister from
| Hawaii, Mrs. Stanley Matthews and Mrs
| Probasco.
The social calendar for today shows:
| Mrs Charles G. AyreS an at home for
| Mrs. Stryker.
| Miss Reed, a tea.
| Mrs. A. L. Barber. a tea.
The Southern Cotillon gave a matinee
dance today at II o'clock. Mr.. Frank Mar
| tin led a number of pretty figures, and later
| luncheon was served.
Colonel and Mrs. Bates Of Connecticut
are giving musicale this afternoon. Mr..
| Karl, who is a guest of the house will sing
| Mrs. Howell. Mrs. Mccullough, Mrs. FL
| licott, Miss Evans, Miss Shoup and Mrs.
| Clark, congressional ladies at the Norman
| die, gave tea yesterday afternoon. As
sisting were Mrs. Hugh Belknap, Miss Tai
mage, Miss May Huntington Morgan. Miss
McRae, Miss Elliott. Miss Stanton, Miss
| Henderson, the Misses Stewart, Miss
| Quackenbush and Miss Cromwell Decora-
tions were Of tulips and roses. Mrs. Evans
| and Mrs. Shoup were not able to be present.
Mrs. Randolph de B. Keim gave a recep-
| ton In compliment to the National Society,
\ D. A. R., yesterday afternoon. Assisting
| the hostess were Mrs. N. H. Sperry, Mrs.
Daniel Ermentrout, Mrs. c. R. McKenney,
Mrs. Kinney Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs. A. L. Bar
! ber. Miss Keim, Miss Miller. Miss Saunder-
son and the Misses Winger. Several hun
dred guests called.
The debate for the Merrick gold medal,
| which will be held this evening at the Gas
ton Memorial Hall Of Georgetown Univer-
sity, promises to be a social event Of som,
Importance. The faculty has issued over
1.OO0 invitations for the same. and man
members of the diplomatic corps ex-
pected to be present. besides others high IL
official and social life.
Miss Mabel Munro entertained most de-
lightfully a small party last evening in her
apartments at the Shoreham. Among those
present were Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Mr. and Mrs. Wasserbach, Prof. Gates, Dl
Chase, Mr.. Lovey, Mr. Smith, Miss Was
serbach and Mr. Arthur Wasserbach.
Mrs. George S. Covington, 143O street,
entertained at tea Monday afternoon,
her guests of honor being Mrs. Hall of
Ohio and Miss Russell Of Virginia The
tea room was tastefully decorated in green
and white. The bevy Of pretty Gris who
| assisted were Misses Evans. Reed and
| Brown of Washington and Miss Richard
| son of Virginia.
At the usual Monday reception of Dr.
and Mrs. T s. Hamlin, 1906 Connecticut
avenue, yesterday number of the dele
gates who are in the city attending the
congress of the Daughters of the Revou-
ton were among the callers. Mrs. Ham
lin is prominently identified with that or
ganization. Receiving with her was Mrs.
George Shields who was we'll known in Of
ficial circles during the Harrison admins
| tration and who is also member of this
patriotic organization.
The Messrs. Tapp entertained a company
Of young friends last evening. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Tapp, Mrs.
Chandler, Miss Lizzie Chandler, Miss Mary
| M. Saffell, Miss Julia Feeny, Miss Mable
Levy, Miss Jennie Saffell and Miss jamie
son Of Virginia, Mr.. Charles H. Saffell,
| Mr. Frank Burns, Mr.. John G. Schultz and
Mr.. John P. Saffell.