Evening star., 1898-09-05
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Hospitalities Extended to the Russian Am
bassador.
What the London Critic Says of the
Hays and Curzons-Persona1N Notes
of Prominent Folks.

One of the most brilliant entertainments
of the season at Narragansett Pier was the
dinner given last week by Mr.. and Mrs.
William Edgar Shepherd in honor OF the
Russian ambas yador The decorations Were
of a very elabo rate and artistic character.
Covers were la for forty. band OF
music stationed IN the lawn played during
the evening. Mr.. and Mrs Shepherd $
guests included the Russian ambassador,
Mr.. and Mrs. Burden Townsend, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Rensselaer, Crosby. Prince de Croy,
Prince Lietzen of the Belgian legation, DIR.
and Mrs. Joseph Leidy of Philadelphia,
Count Zelonoy of Russia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Tyson. Miss Handy, Jas. Brown Pot
ter, Miss Potter Mr.. and Mrs. Grenville
Kane. Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Canmack,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Chamberlain. L. S. A;
General Zobolhoff and Miss Loring.
Ex-senator and Mrs. Cameron have leas-
ed Surrendon, the country seat of Sir Henry
Dearing in England, which they will occu-
py for several months.
Mr. and Mrs A. c. Barney of this city
will close their Bar Harbor cottage, Ban-y-
Bryn the last of this month. and with their
elder daughter, Miss Nathalie Barney, will
go to paris. Miss Alice Barney will Join them
there and the family will then go to Italy.
Their Washington home on Rhode Island
avenue is leased for the coming season.
| Mr.. Andrade, the Venezuelan minister at
| Washington, and his daughter are now at
Long Branch.
Mrs Harry Z. Johnson of Hartford,
Conn, is spending a short time with her
| parents. Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. Hoover OF lllS
9th street. Mrs. Johnson Will return to her
| home in Hartford, Conn.,. within fort
| right.
At Newport yesterday Chauncey NJ. De-
pew gave a luncheon in honor of Lord Her
| schell former lord chancellor of England.
/, who is making brief visit at Newport.
| The table WAS decorated with American
| beauty roses and white hydrangeas in a
| center piece. and with huge punches of
| loose roses. Among the guests were Baron
| Won Hengelmuller, the Austrian minister.
| Miss Helen Hay returned Saturday from
| England.
| Colonel Hays wife and daughters will
| also be regretted, for though the lat
ter are still very young, they are excep-
| tionally clever, and the elder Miss Hay has
| inherited a great deal of her fathers lit
erary gift. Mrs Hay, who is a very young
| looking woman, is a daughter of the ia
| mouSend eccentric Ohio millionaire, Amasa
| Stone. She was married twenty-three years
| ago, and on the death of her father 1t was
| found that he had left to his daughter 5
| husband property amounting to one million
| pounds sterling, besides the most beautiful
| house in that street of palaces, Euclid ave-
| nue.. Cleveland, Ohio.
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lot care to remain in that part of the
| world Mrs. Hay and her daughters were
| even then Washingtonians to the CORE Col
/ onel Hay having been appointed Assistant
| Secretary of State in the year following his
| marriage. 1t is rather curious that the ap-
| pointment of Mr.. Curzon should coincide
| with the recall of the American ambassa-
| dor The ladies of the two families are in
| innate friends, and the Letter and Hay
| mansions In Washington are situated prac-
| ucally next door to one another.-London
| Critic.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Mathers of Good
| Hope, D; c.. gave birthday party to heir
| niece. Miss Katie Pcmeroy Those pres
| ent were the Misses Katie Porneroy,
! Mamie Seaton, Blanche Seaton, Nellie Ley.
Lora Briggs. Julia Bifeld. Katie Bificld
| Lillian Peterson, GIadis Peterson, Florence
| birmingham, Emma Hunter, Mamie Hun
| ter, Crete Hatch. and Masters Briggs Icy,
| Watson. Ricketts,. Scott and Peterson. The
| evening was spent in playing games.
| Mrs. David Rice Of 1413 9th street and
| her sister, Miss Lottie Bruseke, will leave
| for Cincinnati Sunday next to visit their
| aunt.
Miss Florence Barnett of Baltimore who
has been visiting her cousin, Mrs. William
| Zell of 12o5 Potomac street, has returned
| home.
Mrs. J. c. A. Page and Miss Little have
| just returned from a pleasant outing at
| Ocean City, Nd.
| Mis-. NJ "A. hStltf III IUIo ~ street mas
| returned from a three weeks visit to
| friends in northwestern New York.
| Mrs. A. V. Carter and daughters, Irene
| Clara and Mae Carter, have returned after
| spending a delightful summer in the Blue
| Ridge mountains.
| Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Jenning of Mount
Pleasant. with their little son. are now at
New Brighton, Staten Island, n. Y, for
| a lengthy stay, and from there will go to
| New York city for several months.
| Assistant Paymaster Franklin W. Hart
| L. S. N. is visiting his parents 1921 11th
street. where he will be glad to see his
| friends up to Wednesday afternoon.
Dr.. Randall Parsons and wife have re-
turned to the city after three weeks stay
| at Atlantic City, New York. West Point
and Midland Beach.
DR.. Chas. w. Brown and wife have re-
| turned frcm a vacation of five weeks in
the mountains Of Pennsylvania.
| Miss E. Callar Of Washington has gone
| to visit Miss Begett Of Alexandria.
Mrs. Ella F. Hart of 800 22d street will
| return from Montauk Point today, where
| she went to accompany her brother, Thos.
| H Serrin, CT the District of Columbia Vol
| unteers, home. The latter is quite sick.
| Mrs. NJ. Ida Stailey of 800 22d street has
| returned after spending the summer at
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