Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-05
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Cabinet Dine With President and Ms. Nc
Kinley.
Receptions, Teas and Dinners of 4
Day-Persaual Notes of
Interest.

the cabinet being the guests of honor. 1t
was one of the largest dinners ever given at
the White House, covers being laid Tor
seventy guests and the table being ar
ranged in the corridor, hitherto sacred to
diplomatic spreads. The flower decora-
tions We're in white and green. The great
stretch of snowy linen was dotted at in
tervals with rings of maidenhair fern, from
which arose tall bouquets of white roses
The central bouquet in front of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. McKinley's places was
larger than the rest. and the base of mai
denhair was starred with tiny red white
and blue electric lights. The large clusters
of roses were interspersed at intervals
along the cloth with glass vases filled with
white carnations. The corsage bouquets
were OF white carnations and asparagus.
The tapers in the candelabras were capped
with white and yellow shades.
The candies, small cakes and the other
sweets on the table were either in green
or white, and were arranged in set OF or
namental china dishes. That near Mrs.
Mckinley's place was a flag dish, and the
candy on 1t was white and not too much
of it to hide the red white and blue which
she loves to have always near her.
The glass transoms along the corridor
were sprayed with southern smilaX, the
inches on the south side of the wall filed
| In witt palms and plants. so that the gem
| eral effect was that the table was laid in
an arbor.
The east room was beautifully decorated.
| the main features of the center of the big
| room being pyramids of variegated leaf
| plants, each one being worthy of especial
| admiration. The mantels were banked
| with waxy camelias and poinsetta bios
SONS ana fringe of ferns and asparagus
| vines Garlands of asparagus crossed and
| recrossed the mirrors and above them a
| very pretty arrangement of pink and white
| flowers Embedded in green reached to the
| ceiling. The electric lights in the ceiling
| panels were outlined with smiax and short
| streamers of the vine fell from each point
making an exceedingly tasteful effect.
President and Mrs. Mckinley received in
| Bingham. assisted by Captain Gilmore.
made the presentations. Mrs. Mckinley
| wore rich white satin and lace trimmed
| toilet and many superb diamonds. At din
ner the Secretary of State sat at Mrs. Nc
kinley's right and Mrs. Hay was at the
| Presidents left.
The other guests were the Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Gage. the Secretary
| of W1r and Mrs. Alger. the Attorney Gen.
| eral and Mrs. Griggs. the Postmaster Gen
| eral and Mrs. Smith, the Secretary of the
| Navy and Miss Long, the Secretary of the
| Interior. the Secretary of Agriculture and
| Miss Wilson, Secretary Porter and Mrs.
| Porter, Senator Allison, Senator and Mrs.
| Harris, Senator and Mrs. Mcmillan. Sen
| ator and Mrs Fairbanks, Senator and Mrs.
| Mason, Senator and Mrs. Wolcott Senator
| Bacon. Senator Clay. Senator and Mrs
! German. Representative and Mrs. Hepburn,
| Representative Pitney. Representative Bur-
| ton COhio). Representative Cousins. Repre-
| sentative Ray, Representative Sherman,
| Representative Richardson, General and
Mrs. Miles. Adjutant General Corbin. Gen
eral and Mrs. John NJ Wilson, General and
Mrs. Greedy, Admiral and Mrs. Sicard, for
! mer Postmaster General Gary and Mrs.
Gary. Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs. Bailey, Miss Ma
| bel Mckinley. Miss Mary McWiliams Miss
Mary Barber, Solicitor General and Mrs.
| Richards, Assistant Secretary of State and
| Mrs. Hill, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
| and Mrs Allen, Controller and Mrs. Dawes,
| Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs.
| Heath, Assistant Secretary Pruden, Mr..
| James Mckinley and Mr.. James Barber.
The toilets We're very elegant Mrs Hay
wore a velvet dress in a deep shade Of
| claret; Mrs Alger was Respondent in point
| lace and white satin; Mrs. Gage wore rose
| liberty velvet: Mrs. Mcmillan, black chan
| lilly over light gray satin: Mrs. German.
| jetted black thread lace over white satin;
| Mrs Smith, blue satin. the front draped in
| duchess lace: Mrs Miles, white satin and
| lace; Mrs Perry S. Heath, cherry satin
| yelled in white Chantilly lace; Mrs. Bailey,
| gold embroidered white satin; Mrs. John NJ.
| Wilson. silver gray brocade and point lace;
| Mrs. Greedy. blue brocaded satin: Miss Will
son, white satin and tulle; Mrs. Sheldon,
| red satin covered with silver spangled chif-
| fon;-Mrs Sicard. gray brocade: Mrs. Fair
| banks, white satin and lace; Mrs. Mason,
white satin and lace, and Miss Long, cafe
| ber niece of Mrs. Mckinley, wore a pretty
| dress in light pink: Miss McWiliams was
| in pink. and Miss Mabel Mckinley wore
| white satin, trimmed with gilt embroidery.
| The Marine Band played in the conser-
| vatory during the dinner.
| Senator and Mrs. EIkins had number of
| young people as their guests at dinner last
night. The company included Miss Griggs.
| Miss JONES' daughter of the Nevada sem
ator: Miss Davis. the Misses owen, Mrs.
| Bruner, WHO is visit to her parents;
| Mr.. Horstman, Mr.. Griggs and the Messrs.
| Elkins.
Mrs. Foraker will receive this afternoon.
| Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Hazeltine also enter
| tanned a notable company last night. Their
| guests We're Bishop of Washington and
Miss Satterlee, Senator and Mrs. Faulkner
| Miss Cassini, Gen. Woodruff, Miss Greedy
| Miss Hazeltine and ex-Secretary Herbert
| Owing to the necessary presence of the
Russian ambassador in New York to see
| the Grand Duke Cyril off for Europe, he
could not attend the dinner as he had eX-
| pected.
Commissioner and Mrs. Evans enter
tanned at dinner last night Senator and
| Mrs. Frye. Representative and Mrs. Dali
zell, Colonel and Mrs. Bingham, Colonel
and Mrs. Carter. Major and Mrs GoOdloe,
| Mr.. S. ii. Kaufman and Mr.. and Mrs
| Malcolm Henry.
| Senator and Mrs. Jones of Nevada are at
the Abingdon for the season. Mrs. Jones,
| who has so many friends in Washington,
has not been here often of late years. and
| has been warmly welcomed by many who
knew her when she kept house here and
entertained handsomely. Miss Alice
Jones' her eldest daughter. is a debutante
| this winter. Miss Marion Jones is at Rad
ciffe College, Cambridge, taking ad
vanced musical course, and the youngest
daughter, Georgina, will go to school in
Washington.
The cabinet ladies show a commendable
spirit of hospitality and a desire to meet
official and resident society by holding two
receptions in one week. Mrs Hay, Mrs.
Gage, Mrs. Alger, Mrs. Griggs, Mrs. Smith
and Miss Wilson Were all at home to callers
yesterday and had great many of them.
As last season, the ladies do not expect to
receive every Wednesday, as so many of
the formal events at the White House take
place on that evening.
Miss Long did not receive yesterday, but
will receive next Wednesday for the only
time this season.
Mrs. Hay was assisted by her two daugh-
tiers and held very crowded and a very
charming reception.
Mrs. Gage had the pleasant assistance of
Mrs Beriah Vi llkins Mrs. George C
Bloomer and Mrs Jenkins, all three close
neighbors.
Mrs. Alger had her three daughters, Mrs.