The times., 1898-02-27
QUIET, BUT NOT DULL
The Daughters Receive Much So
cial Attention.
ments-Lent viii Be Observed
According to Custom.

Between Washington's birthday, the
congress of the Daughters Of the Revo-
luton and war talk, the past week was
too red, white and blue with patriotism
to be overcast by the gray shadows that
Ash Wednesday cast in its midst. Lent,
on the social calendar, began when the
Assembly ball ended, but the presence of
a city full of regents and delegates en-
tailed an outlay of hospitality which has
mainly expressed itself in receptions, with
decorations in the national colors. There
is something aggressive in the uncom-
promising stripes and invincible stars of
Old Glory that shows TO better advantage
on the battlefield than in those drawing
rooms where the routine appointments
are out OF harmony with it's blue and red.
The artistic law of contrast was brought
about triumphantly, however, by each
hostess with the aid of the confectioner
and florist, the latter in one instance dye
ing a mass of creamy tulips into the de-
sired shade of flag red. The first and
one of the most notable courteses ten
dered the visiting Daughters was given
by Mrs. Madison A. Ballinger on Monday
evening at her historically interesting
home on Columbia Heights. Receiving
with her We're Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, Mrs.
Shen, the picturesque little wife of the
first secretary of the Chinese legation
and the ladies of the Manor House Chap
ter, each of whom was the proud pos
SCISSOR of an ancestry that dated back Ia
1900 at the very least. There are few
homes in America so ideally adapted for
the gathering of revolutionary descend
ants. for all sides are heirlooms in
furniture. old silver, family portraits and
historical documents that breathe the
spirit of those early days of the strug-
CLING union. There were but six original
copies made of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and one of these hangs in an
antique frame in Mrs. Ballinger's recep-
ton hall. its parchment discolored with
water stains that still testify to the
drenching it received during the ups and
down of its revolutionary period.
On Tuesday afternoon stately Belmont,
the Washington home of Mrs A l..
Barber, was the center of attraction to Il
large representation of the visiting and
local members of the Daughters of the
Revolution. Here the patriotic
spirit of the day was not only manifest
ed in flags and handsome tri-colored rib
bons. which, with palms and lilies, caught
the eye AT every point, but at the first
glimpse OF the forally beautiful table a
ripple of laughter and eulogistic ejacu-
lations gave evidence of the hit made by
the connection trees about two feet high,
at either end of the board, which We're
laden with red candied cherries. and to
which a gilt hatchet was strapped by
bows of national ribbon.
Mrs. Stevenson. who has been the re-
cipient OF much social attention during
the sessions OF the congress, was the
guest OF honor at an unusually delightful
reception on Friday at Washington Club
)y the Virginia delegates. for which inyi-
ations We're extended to the entire con-
sress- Mrs. Benjamin Purcell presented
-he guests, being aided by Mrs w. w.
Henry, late State regent, and her sue
'essor. Mrs. Henry Nelson Page, of Nor.
ok; Mrs. Swanson, Mrs. James Lyons.
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Penn, Miss Lewis
Miss Williams, and Miss Miller
Later the same afternoon Mrs McAIil-
an was the hostess at a largely attend
ed tea at which the ladies' of the re- /
eeiying party Were Mrs. John w. Foster
and Mrs. Chatard. and the guests were
'egents and delegates of the Daughters
lf the American Revolution.
Mrs. j. Addison Porter also gave a re- |
;epuon on Friday afternoon to the dele
gates from Connecticut. The occasion
Drought together number of pleasant |
people whom Mrs. Porter entertained !
With charming hospitality assisted bv !
'lrs. John NJ. Holcomb Mrs William |
:. Skinner, and Mrs. Charles L. Gross an |
# Hartford.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Frank Bote- |