The times., 1898-04-12
TIE JOYOUS JUNIORS.
MaHy Entertainments Enjoyed by
Future Belle and Beaux.
Miss Katharine EIIsins's Easter Mon-
day CotiIIion - Pretty Dance at
naascner's by HostesSes
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EtaahcsaScN by H0S5SSSSS
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The national excitement that possessed
the world and his wife yesterday was not
extended to their young sons and daugh-
teTs who laughed danced and were merry
every hour Of the day tha. custom de-
clares to he theirs. Pretty elder sisters
graciously surrendered the social field to
The younger members of their family who
arc home 10 enjoy every moment OF their
TOO brief vacation and the coming buds
and bachelors made the most of their
opportunity by giving or attending froiics
that were all around as delightful as the
fairy balls they loved to read abou. not
1 so long ago.
Miss Katharine EIkins's Easter german
was one of the most beautiful dancing
4 events OF the night
/ The splendid white and green ballroom
/ III the Elkins's mansion on X Street, was
/ fiorally lovely with great bushes of daisies
1 in snowy bloom, clustered stalks OF an
nunciation lilies, and groups of graceful
palms. a hedge of tropical foliage half
screened the orchestra, stationed in the
I gallery and at the opposite end Of the
room a brilliant motley Of gay colors We're
formed by the favors, among which We're
dainty parasois of silk and crepe of every
/ lovely shade and eXquisitely hand-painted
/ eggs.
/ The cotillon of twenty-five couples was
/ led by MIR. Stephen fcIkins, jr. who is
/ home for the holidays from Yale.
Among the young guests were Miss
+ Gwendolin Ffoullze, Miss-s Gladys and
/ Virginia Mackay-Smith. Miss Florence
Field, Miss Mary Mckee, Miss Hengel-
muller, the Misses Flora and Katharine
/ Wood, Miss Bloomer, and Masters Ben
! Mckee, the former Baby Mckee" OF the
/ White House during the administration of
! his grandfather, President Harrison;
/ Walter Tuckerman, Lawrence Hopkins,
! Beale Bloomer, Wayne Parker, and Ned
I Mclean.
Mr.. Stephen b. Elkins, jr. will enter
tain number Of young friends at dinner
this evening.
Mrs. William II. Gulick. of San sebas-
tian, Spain. has arrived in the city and
during the Easter holidays will be the
guest of Mrs. ]. 5. Shepard, sos Univer-
Sly Place. where she will be pleased to
receive her friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Brown of Phila-
delphia are visiting Washington and are
located at the Ebbi,t during their stay
here
Mr.. and Mrs. Norrie of New York were
the guests Of honor at a dinner given
last night by Captain and Mrs. Beach.
! The guests gathered about the elegantly
/ appointed board which was fiorally beau
uifui with Spring flowers We're General
and Mrs. Miles, Mr.. and Mrs. Pellew, Mrs
I. +. Richardson and Captain Maus.
The green hills of the White House
grounds We're abloom with children yester-
day who rolled eggs to their hearts con-
! tent regardless of either war or weather
! clouds both OF which were lowering
! throughout the day. Almost every laugh
f. ing flock Of young merry-makers included
4 one or more grown persons who were
/ good humoredly interested in the doings of
! tho children OF their especial crowd and
the incidents that mark every Easter
Monday junketing happened almost cv-
cry minute 10 vary the staple amusement
! Of the day.
One pretty picture that interested every
body was made by colossal policeman
with kindly face. who held by the hand
a little girl who had lost her big sister
ana who was crying as if her heart would
break Another was made by a gentle
4 man and a scrap of a lad who came down
one Of the paths followed by a big tan
9
/ his collar, tnat trotted sedately in their
/ track, carrying by the handle a basket Of
4 colored eggs
one of the most picturesque midgets in
! the crowds of neatly dressed boys and
/ girls was a coffee colored boy with shiny
black eyes and white teeth, who picked
! eggs right and left, winning every time.
4 He accounted for his prodigious luck by
explaining that he "bilt' his eggs in hard
/ water and nothing could have equaled
/ the music of his rich, unstudied laugh
/ ter when he saw that his victims beiiev-
Cd him and implored him please to tell
! them how
A mite Of a politician stopped his egg
1 rolling TO look at his watch, and then
Z left of play, saying that he had to 90
] and find out what Was in that message,
and a little girl Of a reminiscent turn Of
I mind told as many other little girls as she
could get to listen to her about how nice
/ 1t used TO be long time ago, when
! Ruth and Esther used to come out on
1 the Presidents porch" and watch the
4 children at play.
A silk-attired young lady of about ten,
4 who had invaded the grounds in all the
/ glory Of her Spring suit and hat was the
I object OF unanimous disapDroval by a
! flock of feminine critics, one of whom
voiced the general opinion that a girl
who would wear her good clothes 10 roll
eggs in hadn't sense enough TO come out
! Of the rain. When che said it quite loud
! enough for the little over-dressed Great
| ure TO have head II. If she had been as
] deaf as that traditional gate post, the
1 flock Of chattsring youngsters laughed
like small imps and then, turning to their
! eggs. forgot all about her, while she, red
I hot with anger ana modification, dragged
her small brother away without answer
/ ing word, and probably went home car
/ rying along VITA her basket Of pretty
/ eggs an impression warranted TO outlast
her childhood-it WAS such a pity, poor
little thing.
Mrs. Mary App.ne and her daughter,
Mss Virginia Aprcl:e, are visiting friends
in Washington.
Rauscher's was the scene of another
4 pretty Easter Monday celebration given
I by the dancing class Of about twenty
future debutantes, among whom were
( Miss Bryson Taylor. Miss Helen Ray
/ Misses Tyler Miss Helen Sutherland, Miss
Belle Rose, Miss Anita Poor Miss Natalie
( Lincoln, Miss Sutherland Miss Wash
ington, and Miss Gray. The chaperons
/ were Mrs. Bryson Taylor and Mrs. Ray
The ballroom was prettily decorated with
palms and pink shaded lights and sup
per was served in the green parlor. Among
the young people present We're Mr. Black
istOne, Mr.. Gilmore, Mr.. McAIlister
Moore, Messrs. George and Joseph Wash
ington. Mr. Sam Herrick Mr. Henry
Muilin, Mr.. Charles Howard and Afessrs.