The times., 1899-12-26

The supreme event in Yesterdays gay
round of Yuletide festivities was the tea
and dance given by Mrs. y Z. Bates TO
introduce her second daughter, Miss Eliza
Morgan Bates. TO the social world, which,
by right of her beauty and mental charms,
she is SO brilliantly equipped to adorn.
The family mansion, in y Street. was as
green as forest with garlands and holly
branches, whose spicy leaves and berries
mingled with flaming poinsetta blossoms
and tail, graceful palms. The debuante,
girlishly lovely in white. and as radiant
as the very spirit of Christmas, was pre-
scented by her mother, who was gownad in
grey, showing touches of silver. Miss
Texas Bates. also in a white toilet that
served to accent her dainty blonde beauty.
assisted in receiving, together with Mrs
Bingham, Mrs. Audenried, Mrs Mcmillan
Miss Alice Hay Miss Patten. Miss Belle
Haguer Miss Sanger, Miss Daisy Wilson.
and the Misses Sheridan. The reception
was held in the music room, which was
festooned with Christmas greens around the
walls and pillars Garlands were also
swung from one to another of the eecie-
siastic candlesticks. eight feet high and
brought home with her from Rome. The
tea table was decorated with pOinsetta
and other Christmas foliage. through
which cleaned tiny crimson holly berries
of electric light.
The informal dance later in the evening
was attended by nearly all the fashionable
young people Of the Capital, together with
a number of young married friends Of the
debutante and her elder sister. Among
81,
Misses Kelton. Miss Frederika Leech,
The Misses McKenna. Miss Miles. Miss
Mcmillan. Miss MacVeagh, Miss Elsie Nc
Keeyer. Miss Mitchell, Miss Mabel Mer-
riam, Miss McCOmas. the Misses Owen,
Miss Rochester Miss Vivian Sartoris Miss
Henrietta Sands. Miss May Williams tbs
Misses Warder Miss Wallach Miss Bessie
Ward. Miss Wetmore, Miss Anton Miss
Eoardman. Miss Enrol Brown, Miss Elsie
Cassels. Miss Clagett Miss Campbell the
Misses Edes, Miss Ernst. the Misses Fora
ker, the Misses Ffoulke, Miss HawIey,
Miss Hichborn. Miss Griggs, Senior Riano,
the Danish Minister. N. Brun, NJ Grip,
Mr.. Charles D. Wescott, N. Thiebaut, Mr..
Charles Woodruff Mr. J. y. Bonaparte,
Mr.. William T. Bingham. Mr. l.. Brecl-
inridge Mr. Gist Blair DR.. h b. Caldwell
Mr.. J. S. Crawford, SenoT Del Viso Mr.
B. Davis. Mr.. Lewis Earle, Mr. H c.
FIOulke, MI. benson tOTaker, Mr A. I.
Goldsborough, Mr.. Hit Mr. John B. Hem
derson. jr, Mr.. r. Merrick, NJ Hum
phreys Owen, Lieutenant Ordway, Lieu
tenant Poundstone, Senor Pulido, Mr..
Charles Richardson, Lieutenant Roosevelt,
Mr.. J. 2. Siebert, and Mr.. W. W. Wilcox.
Owing to the war in South Africa. Christ
mas at the British Embassy was not cele-
brated with the Yuletide festivities which
have heretofore been characteristic Of its
most hospitable host and hostess. The Am
hassador and Lady Pauncefote gave their
annual dinner 10 the Embassy attaches,
when holly berries and mistletoe shared
the honors of the great round table with
the official silver. The company included,
in addition to the gentlemen of the staff
and the daughters Of the house. Sir Percy
Saunderson, British Consul at New York,
and Miss Saunderson, who are house guests
Of the Embassy over the Christmas holi-
days, and Col. and Mrs. Arthur H. Lee
whose marriage occurred Saturday in New
York. Christmas green's are always in
elaborate evidence at the British Embassy
and yesterday, as usual the great portrait
of the Queen was framed in garlands OF
living crimson and green.