The times., 1898-02-26
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

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Miss Dora Doty Jones gave the first of
her series of Lenten lectures in the tapes
| try room of Mrs. Ffoulke's residence yes
| terday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The sub
| ject "Botticelli.' was listened to by dis
tinguished audience of ladies and will be
| followed by Ideals of the Christ" on
| Wednesday afternoon. March 2, at the
home of Mrs. Washington Mclean, No.
| 1I05 X street. The topics and dates for
| the remainder of the series, Ideals of
| the Madonna" ON Saturday afternoon,
| March 5. at the residence of Mrs. ElkinS.
| No. 1876 X street, and American Art at
the New Library" on Wednesday after
| noon. March 8, at the residence of Mrs.
Stewart, of Dupont Circle. The patron
| esses for the course are Mrs. Hobart
Mrs. Gary, Mrs. McKenna. Lady Paunce-
| fote. Nine. Romero, Mrs. Mcmillan, Mrs.
| Elkins, Mrs. Stewart. Mrs. Hit, Mrs. W.
Mclean, Mrs. Ffoulke, Mrs. Thomas Mel
| son Page. Mrs. j. w Foster. Mrs. Nicho-
| las Anderson, Miss Grace Davis, Miss
Letter and Miss Boardman.
The Brazilian minister and Madame de
Mendonca entertained at dinner last
evening Miss Alger, Miss Gary, Miss
Long Miss McLanahan. Miss Ffoulke, Miss
hem Bey, Baron Riedl Won Riedenau, Mr.
Zelenoy. Mr.. Galarza, Lieut.. Culver. Mr.
Cana, Mr.. Morelos. Mrs. MacBean and
the Misses de Mendonca.
Mrs Charles d. Walcott gave a lunch
con yesterday in compliment to Miss
Stuart Walcott, of Utica. N. Y. The
guests invited to meet Mrs. Walcott We're
Mrs. Cotton. Mrs. George b. Williams.
Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. McLanahan, Mrs.
Stanley Matthews, Mrs. Somers, Mrs.
Stanley Brown. Mrs Sutherland. Mrs.
Duryea of Broolyn. and Miss j. NJ. Wal
colt of Utica, y. Y.
An informal reception will be given in
honor of Mrs Donald Mclean. of the
New York Chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution. at the Boteler Stu
dio. No. sos Seventeenth street, this
afternoon from TO 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Letter will give a dinner this
evening.
Miss Virginia Butter will give the first
of her illustrated lectures this afternoon
at i:l5 o'clock at the Washington Club.
Her subject will be Copenhagen and
Thorwalsden."
at dinner tonight.
The regular public monthly meeting OF
the Continental Chapter. ID. A. r.. Will be
held at the Elsmere next Monday even
ing at o'clock. Mr.. Donald MCLEAN. of
New York city, will make an address and
in addition there will be an excellent pro-
gram of music and reCitations.
INT
ing meeting Wednesday evening in the
parlors of the Metropolitan Hotel. Prof.
W. A. Wilbur was presented by the presi-
dent, II. b. Moulton. LII. D.. and read
an essay on the "Shakespearean Drama.
IT was followed by a discussion by Rev.
DR.. Fiske, Mr.. c. A. Bacon and Rev. DR..
Collins and others, and at its close de-
lightful musical program was given by
Miss Noekey, Miss Morris. Mrs. Graves.
Mrs. Tabler. Miss Grace Hamlin. Mrs.
Townshend. Miss Hotzclaw. the Misses
Lawrenson and Bronson. and the Messrs.
Weidman and Young and Miss Ross.
Recitations were given by Miss Nockey.
Miss Lloyd, Miss Holtzclaw and Miss
Stebbins
Mr. Gustavus A. Hancock. of Chicago,
is the guest of his brother, Mr.. c. p.
Hancock. No. 93S l. street. Mr.. Hancock.
who is professor of manual training,
in Chicago, has just returned from visit
to his old home in Virginia.
If the various lecture courses that have
been arranged for the Lenten season are
patroniZed the women of Washington
will put their Easter bonnets on heads
so full of knowledge that they will be
able to fairly astonish their less learned
neishbors with their overflow of Wis
literature
art. So far, the demonstration of these
artistic subjects are all women, and in
some cases the lectures are arranged
into subscription courses. with limited
and most exclusive membership, so that
the opportunity to absorb knowledge will
not be free TO others than those fortu-
nate enough to receive subscription re-
quests. One prominent army matron.
who was society belle during the civil
struggle and knows whereof she speaks,
said yesterday that in case the present
crisis develops into a war the lecturer
would make a fortune who would get up
somewhere and tell the young people of
today how captivating the girls were in
the period of the rebellion when they
wore jaunty zouave jackets, military
caps. gold braid and brass buttons. She
still preserves the army blue cloth in
which she won the heart of her soldier
husband, and the other day when she
lifted ii from its cedar chest, the bare
sight of its gold lace epaulettes and pert
little cap set her young granddaughter
and her half dozen young friends insO
such fever of patriotism that they have
done little else than read Havana dis
patches and develop patriotism with Il
view to Easter gowns.
Among the prominent representatives
at the congress of the Daughters of the
American Revolution is Mrs. Mary S.
Gist, regent of Continental Chapter. who
is charter member 81 Of the original
ciety. She comes from the distinguished
line of the Swifts. of Connecticut, who
served throughout the revolution from
the battle of Lexington TO the close.
Mrs. Gist is well known in this city.
having been identified with almost every
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