Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-28
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Secretary and An Gage Entertain at
Dinner.
In Honor Of Count and Countess
Sefleir-CominEs and Goings Of
well-known Folks

The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Gage entertained at dinner Saturday even
ing, when THEN guests were the French
ambassador. the Brazilian minister and
Mrs. Mendonca, the Belgian minister and
Countess de Lichtervelde. the japanese
| minister, Gan. and Mrs. Miles. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mum. the controller of the currency and
Mrs. Dawes Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Sartoris and
| Mr. and Mrs. William E. Curtis.
The Count and Countess Seller, who were
married in New York several months ago,
and have been spending the winter in Flor
| ia. are now the guests of Bishop and Mrs.
Satterlee, the former being the uncle of the
! countess. The Austrian minister and Bar
| oness Hengelmuller will give a dinner in
| their honor tonight.
Mrs. Poe of Detroit and Mrs. r. A. Alger,
jr.. are guests Of Mrs. Alger. Owing to the
| only sister of the Secretary of War. Mrs.
Aiger and Miss Alger are not accepting
| invitations nor taking any part in social
affairs.
The marriage of Miss Duer and Mr..
Mackay will be solemnized Tuesday. May
] II, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Duer. New
York city. by Archbishop Corrigan. Only
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| friends will be hidden to the ceremony,
| which will be followed by large recep-
| ton. Miss Duers bridesmaids will include
| Miss Daisy Letter, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. L. H. Letter, of Washington and Chi
| cago: Miss Lila Vanderbilt Sloane. daugh-
| ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William ID. Sloane;
Miss Katherine Nelson. youngest daughter
of Mrs. Frederick Nelson: Miss May Goe-
| let. daughter Of Mrs. Ogden Goelet. and
! Miss Evelyn Burden. daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. J. Townsend Burden. Mr. Mackay's
best man will be Reginald Ronalds. and
among the ushers will be f. Lambert
| Lynch. c. C. Baldwin. Williams p. Bur-
| den, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Bur-
| den, ST.: Philip Lydig and Frank Polk.
Mr.. Mackay and his bride after their we'd
| ding trip will probably take possession Of
| the country place owned by Perry Tiffany
| at Westbury. Long Island. Of which Mr..
MAJ kay has taken a years lease. The
place is one of the handsomest of the
homes near the Meadow Brook colony.
| The house is a colonial structure, sur
rounded by beautiful gardens and about
| one hundred acres of meadowland. There
| are also the place large stables and
| kennels.
Miss Eunice r. Oberly is home from Vas
| sar for the Easter vacation She has with
her as her guests Misses Agnes Birdsell Of
| Glens Falls. n. Y, and Miss Marian Ess
| Of Kansas City, Mo.
Admiral and Mrs. Luce are the guests of
| Mr.. and Mrs Henley-Smith.
Mrs. T. B. M. Mason is entertaining Miss
Alice Forpaugh of Minneapolis
Miss Nora G. Sellman of Dickinson, Md.
has returned from six weeks visit to
| the Misses Harding and the Misses Will
| liams.
| Cards have been issued by DIR. Samuel c.
| Busey for reception on the evening of
| April 8 at his residence, 901 10th street, IL /,
| occasion being the fiftieth anniversary of
1 his graduation doctor of medicine.
| Minnehaha Social Club was entertained
Friday evening by Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
| pinsmore at 1O11 North Capitol street.
| Will McHenry. and Mr.. ]. T. White were
| awarded prizes for writing the best tele-
gram of ten words. Among those present
| were Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Stewart. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrcnson. Mrs. Miller Mrs. L. Nc
| Kay, Misses Hattie Bowers. Ethyl Overton,
| Addie MSrtin, Mamie krichton, Lolo ELL
wood. Blanche Ford. Gussie sproesser. r.
| Humphries. Cox, Roach. Messrs. s. w.
Russell. Milo Atkinson, WILDER Mcdaniel,
E, c. Henderson, c. Hunnicutt and Null
hern.
Miss Ida Virginia Frenis, daughter of the
| late E. B. Frenis. and Mr.. Albert N. Jones
Of Winchester. Va, were married at North
Capitol NJ. E. Church last Wednesday even
| ing. The Rev. Page Mflburn of Frederick,
wore a brown cloth gown trimmed with
| cream satin. with hat to match. Mr. Virgil
NJ. Yookes was best man and Miss Minnie
| Frenis maid of honor. The bridesmaids
were Miss Laura Frenis, Miss Mamie Ed
| son. The ushers were Mr.. VIM. Caller Mr.
| Jos. Sharp. Mr. L. W. Frenis, Mr. Staley
| Chork. After the ceremony the couple took
| the train for Baltimore, where they spent
| their honeymoon.
A tea was given by a number of ladies
Of Martha Chapter. No. T. o. E. s., last
/ Friday evening at the residence of Mrs.
| Mckenzie. 1904 East Capitol street Among
| the young ladies who served dainty re-
| f-eshments In the tea room were the Misses
| Mamie Strang. Minnie Thompson. Bertha
| Crawford, Katie Espy. Mamie Trip, Lulu
! Walker and Miss Larcomb. The rooms
| were handsomely decorated with cut flow
| ers and potted plants.
Last Friday evening the parlors of Mrs.
| A. E. Welcker. at 1925 14th street. were
| thronged by friends in honor of her BIRTH
day anniversary. Palms. plants and flow
| ers were used in profusion in decorating the
| rooms The guests were delightfully."- en-
tertained by the charming hostess at pro-
| gressive euchre and hearts, the prizes being
won by Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Boole Mr.
Charles Snyder and the Misses kohler and
Katie Wagner. A bountiful collation. fol-
| lowed, after which dancing was INDUCED
! in, the evenings pleasure being concluded
by the Virginia reel. In addition to those
already mentioned, others present were Mr..
| and Mrs. James H. Cavanaugh, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Frank c. Snyder, Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
man Schulteis. Mrs. August Daetz, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Hugo Ziemann. Mr.. and Mrs Frank
| Killian, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Law, Mrs
| Bretow. Mrs. Flack. the Misses Minnie and
| Katie Georges. Emily Felter, Carrie Hell
| mus. Carrie Vonderheide, Klinedinst and
| Nettie E. Law, Messrs. John r. Galloway
w. w. Georges, Walton and Charles Felter.
| Mrs. Killian and the Misses Minnie Snyder
| and Maud Owens
Mrs Robert l.. Wade gave a dinner last
| evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Mason of Brooklyn. VINO are on their way
south. The other guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
| Wainwright, Capt. and Mrs. Brice, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Wasserbach, Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan, Miss
Wheeler and Mr.. Stone.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hoffman have return
| ed from Newport News. having attended
the launching of the battle ships.
Miss Leavitt, 1121 Vermont avenue. will
| rot be at home tomorrow evening.
| Mr.. G. F. Dunlop and son, Mrs. s. H.
| Dickson, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Goode. Mr..
| A. K. Mickler and Mrs. r. c. Kennedy are
| at Old Point. Va
| Miss Virginia Dade Conway Of Rich
mend Va, has returned home, after a