Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
Official Dinner to the Supreme Court
at the White House.
MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
Cabinet Ladies and Their Assistants
Receiving Today.
PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST


the wife of the lately appointed Attorney
General will meet for the first time many
who are paying the round of official visits
| Mrs. Hobart. wife of the Vice President.
| Is receiving at the vice presidential resi-
dence, Lafayette Square. Assisting Mrs.
| Hobart are Mrs. Wadsworth, Mrs. BeaIe,
| Mrs Lothrop Bradley, Mrs. Wood. Miss
Patten. Miss Simpkins. Miss Wetmore and
Miss McCammon.
Mrs. Gage, wife of the Secretary of The
Treasury, has with her at today's recep-
ton Mrs. Mumm. Mrs. Corbett Miss Lucy
Page, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Mckenna and Miss
Hagne of Chicago.
Mrs Alger wife of the Secretary of War,
assisted by Miss Alger. is receiving for the
last time this season.
Mrs. Griggs. wife of the Attorney Cen
eral, and Miss Bliss. daughter of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, are receiving in the
drawing rooms of the Arlington. Assisting
Mrs. Griggs and Miss Bliss are Miss Mabel
Mckinley, Miss Barber, Miss Boardman
Miss Taylor of New York and Mrs. Hague.
Mrs. Gary. wife of the Postmaster Cen
eral. assisted by her daughters and Miss
I.eiher. Miss Sewers and Miss McCallum.
is ct home today for the final reception
this season.
ed last evening in honor of the Supreme
Court. The long table in the corridor was
decorated with mounds of PLAQUES of pink
carnations twined with garlands of smilaX
and here and there tall crystal vases Of
nephetos roses. Corsage bouquets and
boutonneres were of carnations, and the
candelabra shaded pink. Mrs. Mckinley
wore a gown of pearl gray brccade with
point lace drapery the bodice and dia-
| monds The President had at his left hand
Mrs. Fuller, wife of the chief Justice; Mrs.
Mckinley having the chief justice at her
right. The gowns and jewels worn by the
Ia no
guests were: The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Filler. Mr.. Justice Harlan and Mrs. Har-
Ian, Mr.. Justice Cray and Mrs. Gray Mr.
Justice Brewer, Mr.. Justice Shiras and
Mrs. Shiras, Mr.. Justice White and Mrs.
White. Mr.. Justice Peckham and Mrs.
Pee khan, Mr.. Justice McKenna and Mrs.
Mckel. ma, the Attorney General and Mrs.
Griggs, Senator Hoar, Sci ator and Mrs.
Plat of Connecticut, Senator and Mrs.
Thurston, Senator and Mrs. Spooner, Sem
ator and Mrs. Teller. Senator Bacon. Sem
atcr Faulkner, Senator and Mrs. ElkinS.
Senator Plat of New York, Senator and
Mrs. Fairbanks. Mrs. Quay, Senator and
Mrs. Hawley, Senator and Mrs. Mcmillan,
Senator and Mrs. Hanna. Mrs Richards,
Mr.. and Mrs. WhitelaW Reid of New York,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles c. Harrison of Phila-
delphia, Representative and Mrs. Hender-
son. Representative and Miss Frederick,
Representative and Mrs. Cpdegraff. Rep
resentative ard Mrs. Mccall, Representa-
tive Overstreet. Representative and Mrs.
Lanham Representative and Mrs. Dolli"er.
Re preventative William Alden Smith and
Mrs. Smith, Representative Joseph II.
Walker and Mrs. Walker. Representative
Robert w. Tayler and Mrs. Tayler. Repre-
sentative George W. Steele and Mrs. Steele.
| Secretary Porter, Col. and Mrs. Bingham,
Mrs. Rand.
/ After dinner the company gathered in
| the east room, where a grand piano mad
been placed, and enjoyed music by Mr.. and
! Mrs. Ernest Lent and Mr.. Joseph Cadek,
violinist.
| Mr. and Mrs. w. J. MCGEE will enter
! tain this evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs,
Edward Eggleston.
Miss Katherine Brice is the guest Of Sen
| ator and Mrs. Wocott.
The Misses Van Horn entertained at din
| ner Monday evening Miss Hichborn. Miss
! Ashford, Baron Reidl Count Ninci, Mr..
Eastman and Mr.. Marrow.
At the residence of Rev. and Mrs. John
T. Ames was celebrated. on Tuesday. one
of the prettiest home weddings ever wit
ressed in Washington. The bride. Miss
| Clara Dorothy Ames is the granddaugh. er
of the late Hon. Columbus Delano, Secre-
tary OF the Interior under President Grant,
| and the groom. Mr.. Arthur Bertram SkeId-
ing, Yale graduate, formerly OF Connec-
ticut is now resident of Wilmington. n.
G. White ribbons formed long aisle
through the three rooms beautifully dec
GRATED in green and white. and terminated
in a bower of tall palms and North caro-
lima bamboo. beneath which stood the IA
Their of the bride, DR.. Ames. who perform
ed the ceremony. The bride entering on
the arm of her brother, DIR. Delano Amss.
to the strains of LoheEgrin. rendered by a
string orchestra hidden behind the palms
in the hall. was clad in an exquisite crea-
ton Of white satin with bodice garnitIre
of very rare old point lace and carried q
shower bouquet of lilies of the valley. She
was preceded by the ushers-Prof. Robert
Rigelow of Boston, Prof. j. Griffith Ames
of oxford. England; Mr. BENJAMIN Ames
Ames of Johns Hopkins. The maid OF
honor was Miss Florence Brown of Brook
lyn and Miss Whiting of New York and
Miss Kirk of Mount Vernon Ohio. were the
bridesmaids, gowned in green silk covered
with white organdie and lace and with
bouquets of mignonette and lilies of the
valley Mr.. Harold Mason Chase OF VIII
mington, n. c.. attended the groom as best
man The brides going away gown was of
stone blue cloth trimmed with black braid
After the wedding breakfast Mr.. and Mrs.
Shedding left on the train for New YORK
and later will make their home in Will
mington. n. c. The bride received many
very handsome gifts from friends in this
and other cities. The out-of- town guests
Brooklyn: Major and Mrs. Gibbs DR.. and
Mrs Delano Ames. Miss Pagon. Mrs. Oscar
Webb Miss Eleanor Delano and Mr.. Chas.
Penrose of Baltimore; Mr. Howell OF Knox
Mount Vernon. Ohio. and the Misses Con-
dit of Hagerstown, Md. Washington was
represented by DIR. and Mrs. Gallaudet,
Miss GalIaudet Rev. DIR. Elliott and Miss
Elliott, Rev and Mrs. Aspinwall and Miss
Aspinwall. Rev. DR.. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. W. Pratt Miss Pratt, Mrs. and Miss
Teller Mrs. Prof. Newcomb Mrs. Ward
Theron. Mr.. and Mrs. William Wall. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter H. Smith. Representative
and the Misses Boutelle, Mrs. Powell, Miss
Powell, Mrs. s. II. Kaufman, Miss Kauff-
mann, Mr.. and Mrs. John Sherman and
Misses Sherman, Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Thompson. Mr.. and Mrs. Voorhees,, Gen.
and Mrs. Whittlesey, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
E. Foster, Mrs. Theodore Noyes, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Ballantyne. jr.. Mrs. and Miss
Hanson. Mrs. Arthur Miller. Miss Fuller,
Mrs. Leopold. Mrs. DIR. Hood, Miss Payne,
Miss Ball, Mrs. Bennett, Miss Ethridge.
Mr. Long, Mrs. Stevens. Mrs Lee Porter,
Miss Porter. Miss Buchanan Mrs. H. A.
Willard, Miss Mcdonald. Mrs. Skiles. Miss
Skiles Miss Almina Williams. Miss Mason.
Mrs. Pollard, Miss Peter Miss Hemphill,
Miss Hancock. Miss Bradford. Miss Lake
Miss Saville. Miss Weimer, Miss Edison and
Miss Chinn.
Mrs. George G. Morton and Mrs. Ira W.
Dennison. 1926 l. street, will not be at home
tomorrow, but will the following Thursday
The last of the series of cotillons given by
the Tuesday German" was held last night
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