Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-30
WHITE HOUSE DINNER
The Costa Rican President the Guest of
Honor.
Weddings Today ut Ascension ant
Trinity Churches Coming
EventS-PersOnals.

Costa Rica. The parlors and corridor were
| deliberately decorated with plants, and tn
| dining room, where yellow flowers FREEDOM
| mated, was especially effective. The table
was decked with yellow chryslnthemums IN
| oval plats Roses and ferns banked the
| mantelS, and the window rccesscS wcrn
| filled in with rubber trees and palms When
| dinner was announced President Mckinley
escorted President Iglesias to the state
| dining room. The other guests were the
| Vice President. the minister of Costa Rica.
| the minister of Ecuador the minister of illc
Argentine Republic the minister of Haiti,
| the minister of Brazil. the minister of Chill.
| the Secretary Of State. the Secretary of the
/ Treasury. the Secretary of War, the Attor-
ney General. the Postmaster General. the
| Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
| A. iculture, Senator Gu lom, Senator Lodge.
| Senator Morgan, Representative Hit. Rep
| resentative Cannon, Secretary Porter. Sc
| nor +. Quesada, DIR. GUistiniani. Lieut. Col
| Bonlla. DIR. Juan ]. Ulloa. consul general
| Of Costa Rica, Walter +. Frear, David J.
! Hill, assistant secretary of state: a. a.
Adee, second assistant secretary of state;
| Chas. ii. Allen. assistant secretary of the
| navy. Colonel Bingham, w. Is. Plunkett of
| Massachusetts, the charge d'affaires of
| Mexico. the charge daffaires of Colombia.
| the charge d'affares of Venezuela and the
| charge daffaires of the Greater Republic
| of Central America.
The social program for the Britsh-Amcr-
| lean commissioners and ladies this evening
| includes Mr.. and Mrs. Choppers dinner
| among others. and the reception at Mr.
| and Mrs. Charles NJ. Ffoulke's 10 which,
| however, the company invited is small and
| does not comprise the younger acquaint-
| ances of the family.
| Mrs. Grant will give a tea today. at which
her second granddaughter. Miss Rosemary
| Sartoris, will make her debut.
| The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart will
| entertain at dinner for the BritishAmeri-
| can commission December Q.
| The British ambassador and Lady Paunce-
| fote have cards out for a reception Monday
| evening. December l.. to meet the British
| American commissioners
| a promenade concert will be given at the
| Corcoran Gallery of Art Wednesday even
| ing, December IA, in honor of the commits
! sioners.
The Misses Evans, daughters of the com
| missioner of pensions and Mrs. Evans, gave
a card party last night which brought to-
| gether n charming company of young peo-
| pie. Progressive euchre was the game, and
the players were Miss Wilson, daughter of
! the Secretary of Agriculture; Miss Kauff-
| mann. Miss Noyes, Miss Ruth Kerr. Miss
Edison, Miss Frances Hough, Miss Terry,
Mrs. William b. Mearns, Mrs. Heath, Mr..
Heath Mr. Mearns, Mr.. Totten. Mr. Gov
ern, MIR. Garthe, Mr.. Duvall, Mr.. BurcheIl.
Mr.. Vaughn. Mr.. Newbold, Mr.. Metcalf
and Mr. Sterling.
Adjutant General Corbin was the guest of
| ex-senator and Mrs. Brice at the opening
of the opera season last night in New York.
4 large number of friends Witnessed the
| marriage today at noon at Trinity Church
| of Miss Amy Kari, daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs Jacob Kari, TO Mr.. Harrison A. Ben
| ner.
Mrs. Fairbanks had pleasant gathering
| at her house last night, Lady Laurier Lady
| Davies, Mrs. Foster, Mrs Dingley, Mrs.
| Carlton. Mrs. Faulkner Mrs Pope Miss
| Cartwright. Miss Scott the Misses Faux
/ ner Miss Dngley. Mrs. Gage and others,
| who We're greatly entertained by coon songs
| and dances given by four colored perform
| erS.
| Miss Sinclair and sister, Miss Annie
| Louise. who have been visiting in Virginia
| for the past three months, returned Tues
| day to their pleasant home in Southeast
| Washington.
| Mr.. and Mrs. W. Ralph Lee of Walach
place have moved TO their new home. 1405
| Howard avenue. Mount Pleasant
| Miss Beale of Philadelphia, who has been
! stopping with her aunt. Mrs. General Beale
| Lafayette Square, has been much enter
| tanned by her friends during her visit here
Mrs A. B. Bowdle Of 1918 L street gave
a euchre party last evening for her daugh-
| ter Florence. The out-of-toWn guests were
| Miss Anne Cole Of louisville. Pa. and Miss
| Helen Narick Boswell of New York, and
| those from the city included Misses May
| and Mamie Hungerford. Marie Young
|
mon, and Messrs. Woodward. Hudson. Fan
Finger, Cook Daber Smith and Alexander
| After supper there dancing. Hand
| some prizes of silver and bric-a-brac were
| given.
Mr.. Benjamin Held of this city and Miss
| Tessie Schwab of New York were married
| November - at the home of the bride
| Rev DIR. HOLMAN offcated. Many tele-
grams were received from snow bound
| friends who We're blockaded on their way
n wedding a mar rnlaf iH-nc
| of both parties were present and the we'd
| ding presents were numerous and expen-
sive. The bride was married in handsome
travelling costume of dove-colored broad
cloth. After the wedding the happy pair
went to the Waldorf-Astoria. where they
remained until today, when they returned
to Washington. They are living at COZ /
street.
Commander and Mrs. Jacob W. Miller
gave a dance last night in New York to
mark the debut of their daughter, Miss
Charlotte Miller. Miss Dorothea Miller and
Miss Mary Hopkins of Washington assisted
the debutante in receiving the guests
mainly YOU p ople. DaTcing was resumed
| after supper, which was served at l. o'clock
A party was given to Miss Florence Click
| Friday evening at her residence, IT'S 9th
street Music and games were enjoyed. to-
gether with several fancy dances by little
| Master Raymond Eberly, after which re-
freshments We're served. Among those pres
ent were Miss Annie Schmitt, Miss Minnie
Schulze, Miss Tillie Click, Miss Mamie
! Heine. Miss Florence Click, Mrs. Mauss
| Mrs d. c. Eberly and Messrs. Fred Hob
| bein, George Schmitt, Benedict Campbell,
| Henry Ebery, Fred Helbig and L. Franklin
| Click.
Constitution Chapter. d. A. R, met at the
| Portner with the regent, Mrs. J. Ellen Fos-
| ter, on Monday evening November Is. The
| officers appointed are: Mrs. Foster. regent,
| Mrs. Hepburn, vice regent; Mrs II. b.
Sperry, recording secretary; Miss Elizabeth
T. Pierce, corresponding secretary; Mrs. T.
S Mussey, registrar; Miss Tanner. treas
| urer. constitution was adopted and reg
| ular meeting the second Tuesday of
each month decided upon. Following the
| business meeting, vocal selections were
| rendered by Mrs Morgan Lewis and Miss
| Pierce, and a delightful collation. was serv-
| ed by the hostess
Miss Agnes Hale, daughter of Mrs. Geo
E. Hale of this city, and Mr.. Charles Pc.
| gram Lewis of Charlotte, n. c., were mar
| ried at noon today at the Church of the
| Ascension, Rev. DIR. Elliott officiating. The
bride given away by her uncle, Mr.. E
II. Spang, and was preceded to the chance
| by the ushers, Mr.. j. j. Pittman and Mr.
Percy Smith, cousin of the bride. The
| bride was attired in becoming taior-made