The evening times., 1899-04-24
WOMAN'S WHIST co ONGRESS
Delegates to Open n Three Days Ses-
sion Tomorrow.

De1eSAtes 10 opth D"sb SS5
sion Tomorrow.
The second annual congress of the Won
ans Whist League will convene in this
city tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The
meetings will be held at the Ebbit House
and Willard Hall.
A meeting of the executive committee
was held this morning, at which much
routine business was transacted, and tht
constitution revised. The recommends
tions of the committee will be made tC
the league at tomorrow's session.
The members of the congress represent
all of the prominent womans whist club:
in the country, and it is expected that
over 400 will be in attendance. Mrs. Haw-
ley, wife of Senator Hawley, Of Connecti-
cut. is president of the league, and pre-
sided at the session Of the executive COM
mittee today.
Over two hundred members Of the con-
gress have already arrived and are regis
tered at the various hotels. The congress
will continue in session until Friday af-
ternoon. In view of the social prominence
Of most of the participants the proceedings
of the gathering will be watched by those
interested in social affairs.
Among the early arrivals are Mrs. Alfred
A. Cowles, Mrs. Henry Curtis Cannon. Mrs
c. Vanderbilt Cross, and Mr.. George H.
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Childs,
Miss l.. NJ. Robinson and Miss S. E. Robin
SON. of Lexington, Mass; Mrs. Lucian
Swift, Mrs. A. c. Paul, Mrs. J. W. Griffin,
and Mrs. S. w. Rankin, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, F. B. Field, and wife, Miss Field.
Miss Kinney, OF jamestown, N. Y;
Miss Penny of Cuba, and Mrs. Thompson
of Pittsburg.
President Leroy Smith and former Presi-
nf N
Whist League, will referee some of the
games. large number Of the delegates
will be entertained by the Washington
Whist Club, Of which Senator Gallinger is
president, tonight and Conposs and Howell
whist will be the order Of play.
Mrs. Postlethwaite will also entertain the
New York and number of the local dele
gates at her home on Dupont Circle this
evening from to IL O'Clock.
The trophies TO be awarded to the victo-
rious teams by the congress are on exhi-
bition at Willard's and are of the handsom-
est design and workmanship. The princi-
pal events to be decided are the Washing
ton Trophy for teams of four: the Phila-
deiphia Cup for teams of two; the Toledo
Trophy for championship open fours, and
the Brooklyn for open pairs. Each even-
ing will be devoted to the playing by mix
ed pairs and on Friday morning the finals
will be decided.
For the Washington Trophy the follow
ing clubs have entered:
Belmont, Philadelphia; Capitol, Washington:
Cavcndish. Boston; Cavendsh. PHILADELPHIA: Con.
gress, Philadelphia; Crawford. Washington: En-
ma ID. Andrews. Camden, n. j.: Harriet Water
man. St Louis: Howell. Ladies' Boston; Ladies'
Minneapolis; Otis, East Orange. n. j.: Sarah Bat
lie. Philadelphia; Trist, Philadelphia: Washing
ton, Washington; Marlborough, Washington.
For the Philadelphia cup the following
are the entries:
Belmont, Philadelphia; Capitol, Washington: ::
Cavendish, Boston; Cavendish New York: Cav
cndish. Washington; Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia;
Colonial, Philadelphia; Colonial, Baltimore; Gran
ford. Washington; Duqucsnc. Pittsburg; Emma d.
Andrews, Camden, N. j.; Emma d. Andrews
Richmond, Va: Hamilton, Lowell. Mass; Kate
Wheelock. Philadelphia: Ladies', New York
Loecher, Philadelphia; Milton c. Work. Rich
mond, Va; New Amsterdam, New York: Otis
Pottsville, Pa; Pennsylvania Auxiliary, Philadel
phia; Portland Woman's. Portland, Me-; Proyi.
dence Athletic Association, Providence, r. L.;
Sarah Battle, Philadelphia: St. Louis woman's 3
Association. St Louis; Washington. Washington;
Woman's, Baltimore; Woman's, Brooklyn.
Entries for the other events will be made
ten minutes before the time of play The
morning sessions Of the congress will be-
gin at 10 o'clock and will last until 3.
The evening sessions will commence at
. o'clock and continue until play for fhe
evening Is finished.