Evening star., 1898-12-13
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Notable Reception Last Night at the British
Embassy.
The eAnElo-American Joint High Com
mission Honored-PersOnaI
Notes of Interest.

Pauncefote to the Anglo-American Joint
| high commission. The company present
was very large and included not only the
| diplomatic and official world, but also many
of the prominent resident families. The
embassy elaborately adorned with
! palms and holly, and on the mantels and
| table clusters of American beauty roses
added color and fragrance. In the dining
room the table was ornamented with the
| massive plate and red roses. The queens
| portrait at the top of the grand stairway
had the American and British flags en-
| twined and in front a massing of beauti-
| full flowers. The amba ssador and Lady
Pauncefote, the latter most elegantly gown
ed in white satin and duchess lace, with
superb diamonds in her hair, about her
throat and corsage, received in the second
drawing room. Their daughters, Miss
+ Pauncefote and the Misses Lillian, Sibyl
and Audrey, assisted in the pleasing duty
of entertaining the guests, which was
shared by the younger secretaries of the
| embassy, Captain Paget MIR. Tower. Mr..
Young. Mr.. Bromley, Mr.. Elliott and Mr..
Humphreys Owen. An orchestra played
throughout the evening in the ball room,
where the briliancy of the entertainment
was in keeping with the charm which has
always distinguished the hosptalities of
the embassy during the residence there of
| its present host and hostess. The guests
of honor especially the Canadian visitors,
had the pleasure of participating in a scene
which in the sense that ii reflects the most
! delightful side of Washingtons social life
| was most successful.
| The Misses Pauncefote presented many
guests to Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget for
merly Miss Pauline Whitney. who. with
| Mr.. Paget, has been spending the last
week or SO at the embassy. The dressing
was very elegant, fresh new toilets being
almost universal. There Were few notable
| absenteeS from the long list of guests in
| VitaI fullV m KING
| The special guests were Lord Herschel, Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, the premier of Canada,
and Lady Laurier; Sir Louis Davies and
Lady Davies Sir Richard Cartwright. Sir
| James Winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Charlton, Mr..
| and Mrs. Joseph Pope. Senator and Mrs.
Fairbanks, Senator and Mrs. Faulkner,
Representative and Mrs Dingley, ex-Sec-
| retary and Mrs. John W. Foster, Mr.. Cool
| idge of Boston, Miss Scott of Canada, Mrs.
| Sears of Boston and Miss Cartwright.
To meet them Were present the Vice Pres
| ident and Mrs Hobart, all the members of
the cabinet and ladies, the Russian ambas-
| sador and Miss Cassini, and all the foreign
| ministers, the members of the Supreme
| Court, Speaker and Miss Reed. General and
| Mrs. Miles, Miss Miles, Senator and Mrs.
| Mcmillan, Miss Hay, Senator and Mrs.
Eikins. DR.. and Mrs. Mackay-Smith. Mr..
and Mrs. Boardman. the Misses Boardman
| and Miss Sargent of Boston. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pope, Mrs Nicholas Anderson and Miss An
derson, Mr. and Mrs. Letter and the Misses
Letter. the bishop of Washington and Mrs.
Satterlee. Mr.. and Mrs Edwards of Cana
da. Judge and Mrs. Davis and Miss Davis
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, the
Misses Patten, Mr.. and Mrs Barklie Henry,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ffoulke. Mrs. Ward and Miss Ward,
the Misses Warner, MIR. and Mrs. George
Bloomer, Mr.. and Mrs. Legare. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Mum Miss Hay, Miss
Griggs. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston and
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry May, Col
and Mrs. Bingham, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Poor Mrs Belknap. Senator and Mrs. Wet
more, the Misses Wetmore. Senator Hale,
Representative On .sted the Misses Riggs,
], b. Henderson, jr., Mr.. Frank Andrews.
Mr.. Gist Blair, Captain McCawley. Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Andrews, Mr.. and Mrs. Crop
per. Miss Woodruff Mar. and Mrs c. A
Frederick Mcclure. Mrs. Wallach and the
Misses Wallach. MIR. and Mrs. Perry S.
Heath, Mrs. S.-eridan and Miss Sheridan,
Mrs. Horstmann and Miss Horstmann, Gen.
and Mrs. Ernst and Or. and Mrs. MacKim.
Mrs. Hay will not receive on Wednesdays
until after the 1st of January.
Mrs. Carter, wife of Senator Carter. and
Miss Galen. her sister, have cards out for
tea Tuesday, December 20, at O'clock
at 1882 Stoughton street.
Mrs. Beverly Kennon of Tudor place, 31st
street, has issued invitations to a coming
out lea for her granddaughter Miss Peter,
Thursday, December Il, to I o'clock. Miss
Peter is daughter of DR.. Armistead Peter.
Mrs. kennon Will be at home Thursdays in
January.
Chapter, d. A. r.. will meet tomorrow
| "wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock at the
home of Mrs. Crosby Miller 1923 r street.
The Saturday evening assembly was n
| great success at Carroll Institute Satur-
day night. Among the guests present
Ondhoff, Yeates, Keech, Mcclellan, Dd-
| vail, Brietbarth, Seal. Owen. Hill and
Ttngeback; Messrs. Talbot, Boss, Maher,
Brawner, Wimscott, Yeatman, Gray.
Hallam, Soloman, Fowler, Janney, Lewis,
| Edwards Church, Higgins, Wright, Gems
Ter. Gardner, Harper and Sullivan.
Miss Leavitt, 1121 Vermont avenue. will
not he at home this evening, December 13.
Miss Elizabeth Tyler of 1903 street has
returned to the city after an absence of two
months, spent in visiting friends in Rond-
out-cn-the-Hudson, the Peekskill Military
Academy, New York and Jersey City.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert c. Dickson of
Wichita, Kan, have sent their friends here
cards announcing the marriage of their
daughter Clara Louise to DR.. Fred La
Forest johnson Thursday, December 8.
Major and Mrs. Robert F. Mason of Char
lottesville Va, have sent out cards for the
marriage of their daughter Marianne Vir-
ginia to Mr. Benjamin Saunders Minor of
this city, Monday afternoon, December 10,
at 4:30 o'clock. Christ Church, Charlottes-
vile.
The American minister to Austria, Mr..
Charlemagne Tower, and Mrs. Tower gave
a Thanksgiving dinner in their palace at
Vienna, where they entertained 200 guests.
The Charlemagne Towers live in the splen-
did palace of grand duke in one of the
most aristocratic quarters of Vienna The
dining room is supported by massive red
marble pillars. Pictures by famous artists
line the walls. The drawing room is fur
nished in Louis XIV style. There is a de-
| lightful little japanese salon adjoining.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemens, the former Mark
Twain, and their family were among the
American guests. Mrs. Tower wore a gown
| of black sprigged net, relieved by masses
of palette embroidery, her neck and arms
showing through the transparency of the
sleeves and high bodice. In her hair she
wore black jet ornaments, and carried
large bouquet of vioets.
Prof. w. ]. McGee and DIR. Anita New
comb McGee are spending the winter with
their parents, Prof. and Mrs. Newcomb, at
1920 street. DIR. MCGEE being now
acting assistant surgeon in the army and
on duty in the War Department, will be
unable to make any social visits this win
ter.