Evening star., 1898-12-31
Program Of First Days Of the New
Year.
THE DINNER DANCE OF LAST NIGHT
Only Men Expected at the Recep-
tions Monday
P E r 8 o N A L n o T E S

| The announcements for the first week OF
| the new year do not seem to indicate the
activity which made the present month
rather remarkable in it's way. The gayeties
| of the present week were well distributed
| among the very young and those of ma
| turer years. The dancing element had
| rather the best of it, as might be expected
! at the holiday season. The balls next
| week will include the first Bachelors Cotil-
| lion Tuesday night, when Mrs. Hay will re-
| ceive, and Mrs. Warders reception Thurs
| day evening, which will conclude with a
| small cotillion at midnight. The debut
| parties are by no means over yet-although
| about thirty young ladies have undergone
! this trying but at the same time very
| joyous ordeal and are full-fedged members
| of the great body Of society. On the list
| for the coming week will be Miss Laura
| Shoup, daughter of Senator and Mrs.
| Shoup, who will make her initial bow at a
| handsome reception to be given by her par
| ents Tuesday night at the Normandie
| Miss Davis, daughter of Collector and Mrs
f. G. Davis, will be presented at a tea
10 Wv edneSday, and Miss Archibald,
daughter of Mrs. Joel Prescott Heatwole,
| the same afternoon Mrs. Fielding Mar
| snail Lewis will give a 5-o'clock tea on
Thursday, when Miss Lewis will make her
| debut.
Besides the receptions at cabinet houses
| and at the Vice Presidents home on Mon
| DAY there Will be several other afternoon
| receptions, for which invitations have been
| issued. Miss Louise Kaufman will give
| a 40 clock tea and Miss M. Edes of K
| street has asked her young friends for a
| similar event.
| In consequence of the illness of Mrs A.
L. Barber, the reception to be given at
| Belmont next Monday TO Mr.. and Mrs.
| Colin Aud Studds will be postponed until
| the following Saturday, January Z Mrs.
| Barber hopes to see on that date all those
| VINO nave received invitations for Janu-
ary 2.
| The Vice Presidents home and all the
| cabinet houses will be open to callers Mon
| day afternoon, continuing the custom in
| terrupted last New Year day by the death
| OF the Presidents mother. The short dis
| tance between the White House. the resi-
dence of the Secretary of State and the
| home of the Vice President makes it very
! easy to accomplish the three calls within
| a snort time The diplomatic corps as is
| the time-honored custom, will go to Secre-
| tary Hays almost Immediately after the
| presentation to the President Mrs Hay
! viii withdraw from the receiving line at the
White House shortly before 12 so as to be
III ner own nome at noon to receive the
| diplomats.
Mrs. Charles Grayson Dulin will be at
| home the Wednesdays in January only this
winter.
The Secretary of War and Mrs Alger will
entertain at a dinner of twenty-four covers
| next Tuesday and Secretary and Mrs AL
| ger have cards out for reception to which
| only army officers and families are invited,
Wednesday, January IL Secretary and
| Mrs. Alger have now their three daughters,
| Mrs. Charles Pike of Chicago, Mrs Shell
den of Detroit and Mrs. Bailey of Harris
burg, making them a visit Mr.. Pliny Jew
| ell is also their guest over New Year.
Mrs. and Miss Bliss, wife and daughter
| of the Secretary of the Interior. have not
/ Returned to washington jS or h
| able they will be here for the New Year s
| receptions.
| Mrs. Long, wife of the Secretary of the
| Navy, will not be in Washington this win
| Ter, and at their reception on New Year
| the Misses Long will be assisted by their
| grandmother, Mrs. Glover, and a number
| OF young ladies. Miss Helen Long will re-
| celVe but one Wednesday during the sea
| son-January IL.
The receptions at the home of the Vice
| fresident and members of the cabinet are
| intended only for men, and ladies' are moi
! expected The custom inaugurated by ex-
| culsioh pdrtles OF men and women few
| years ago In making the rounds of the Off.
| ciai houses grew to be such nuisance that
| TINS announcement is considered necessary
| ana ladies' who attempt it on Monday next
| VIII nnd themselves in a most unpleasant
| dilemma.
| The marriage of Miss Ellen Maxwell Mat.
tespn to Mr.. Abraham Stocker Deichman
| phlch VIII take place at St. Pauls Church
| 80 street. Tuesday at noon will be a most
| interesting event. The brde-elect, who is
a granddaughter of ex-Gov. Matteson, will
| be given away by her brother Mr. Fred
| W Matteson. Mr.. William B. Davis of
| Easton. Pa, will be best man. and Mr.
| John Stearns and Mr.. Robert G. Skerrett
the ushers. wedding breakfast, at which
| the relatives will join the bridal party will
| follow at the residence of Mrs. Matteson.
| on street, before the couple leave for a
| trip to Canada.
| Mrs. Stone, wife of the governor-eect of
| Pennsylvania, will be at home to callers
next Tuesday, when her friends will have
an opportunity to say goodbye. 1t will be
| her last reception prior to the departure of
| the family for Harrisburg.
| Senator and Mrs. Foraker were host and
hostess of a dinner and a dance last night,
| when companies of young people from the
| Elkins and Ffoulkes joined with those en-
| tertained by Miss Julia 3. Foraker in de-
| lightful evening. Their splendid home
| which is not only exceedingly rich and
| tasteful in its appointments, but exception
| ally well devised for the residence of a
| public man, was decked out with American
Beauty roses and plants. The ball room
received its christening and presented a
charming scene all evening. Mrs. Foraker
| wore maize brocade and lace, and the
debutantc low-necked gown of white sill
| Ver-Spangled net
| Miss Julia Foraker's dinner guests sat
! in the large dining room. The company
with her included Miss de Cassini. Miss
Alice Hay, Miss Griggs, Miss Rose Mary
| Sartoris, Miss Daisy Wilson, Miss Marion
| Gallaudet, Miss Enrol Cuthbert Brown and
| Miss McComas. with Miss Sawyer of Bos-
| ton, Miss Smith of Wilmington and Miss
| Potter of Philadelphia, who are guests of
| the house; the Messrs. Adelbert Hay,
| Cuthbert Brown, j. B. Henderson, jr, VIM
| Austin, T. Laurence, James Magee of Pitss-
| burg, Horace Ffoulke. c. Wilson, Martin
Jones' NJ. Langhorn and Louis Siebert
| Dining with Senator and Mrs. Foraker in
| the breakfast room were DR.. and Mrs
| Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Cooke, third, of
Philadelphia, Miss Alice Langhorne, Miss
| Foraker, Mr.. Gallaudet, Mr.. owen Griffin
| and Capt. ]. B. Foraker, jr.
| The dinner guests entertained by Senator
! and Mrs. Elkins were Miss Alice Warder,
| Miss Ward. Miss Mckenna, Miss Glover,
| Miss Miriam Crosby, Miss Rodgers, Miss
| Jessie Newlands, Miss Ashton, Miss Eliza
| beth Davis, Baron Reid, the charge d af-
| faires of the Austrian legation; Col. Mich
Ter. Capt. Charles McCawley, Capt Davis
| Elkins and Messrs. Lee Philips. John F.
| Wilkins, w. Hit, Stephen B. Elkins, jr,
| and Richard Elkins.
| Mrs. Ffoulkes fifteen guests were Miss
4 Hay Miss SartoriS Miss louise Foraker