Evening star., 1899-03-10
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The Mi-Careme Dance and the Other
Celebrations
Comiugs and Goings Of Promine n I
FOlks-Future and Past Events
Personal Notes.

cial interest. The occasion brought back
| memories of the fine balls which used to
be given years ago at Masonic Temple,
| when society was smaller than 1t is now,
| and when dancing had about the only place
| worth talking about in the amusements Of
! the winter For last nights ball sixty
couples subscribed, and the committee of
| arrangements was headed by Mrs. Charles
/ H. Campbell. whose associates were Mrs
| j. c. Poor, Mrs. A. d. Addison. Miss Myer.
| Miss Miles, Miss Keats Rodgers, Mr.. J. G.
| Poor, Mr.. C. H. Campbell and Mr.. A. d.
| Addison
The ball room was decorated. and near
the paim-lined stage the cotillion favors
We're fastened to green screens. The pretty
| trifies included baskets fans hats. flowers
flags, drums, etc. Refreshments were
handed about during intervals and well
| spread table was arranged in a side room.
Mrs. Miles. handsomely gowned in blue
satin, was the hostess of the evening and
| Colonel Michler led very successful CO.
| tiilion. Among the guests were Miss Sheri-
| dan, Miss Emory. Miss Greedy. Miss Elsie
| Anderson. Miss Rochester. Miss Vincent
Miss Poor, Miss Cotton, Miss L. A. Cobb
! Miss Gilmore, Miss Merriam. Miss Ffouke.
| Miss Powell Miss McComas. Miss Glover
| Miss Howard. Miss Nina SelfIidge. Miss
/ Berry. Miss Hichboru, Miss LanPhorne
Miss Baker, Miss Edith Davidge. Miss Isa-
| bel Hagner. Miss Wallace. Miss McLana-
han. Miss rockingham. Commander and
| Mrs Clover, Dr. and Mrs. Loring. Com
| mander and Mrs Emory, Mr.. and Mrs
Hugh Legare. Mr. and Mrs Dunn. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Sprague. Dr. and Mrs
Jenkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley. Mr.. and
Mrs. buckingham, General and Mrs. Greedy,
| Mr.: and Mrs. r. Lee. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
| ander Legare Mr. and Mrs Martin Mr.
and Mrs Blair. Representative and Mrs
Wayne Parker. Mr.. and Mrs William T
Harris, Mrs =. NJ. G. Brown. Mr.. and Mrs
| preys-Owen. Mr.. Bromley. Captain Charles
| McCawley Mr.. w. Rodgers Mr.. Schroeder
Mr.. Adam. Mr.. Powell. Mr.. Horace Ffoulke
| Baron Riedl. Mr.. Charles A McKenney,
| Mr.. Austen. Mr.. Langhore. Mr.. Cfst Blair
| Mr.. W. Davidge DR.. Vincent. Mr.. Alfred
| B. Holmes. Mr.. Van Rensslear Mr. Rout-
kowskv. Lieutenant Kiibourne. Mr. Hutton
Mr.. Hemphill Mr. George HELEN. Mr.
Bland, Mr. Westcott and Mr. Baker
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay en-
tertained at dinner last night. when their
guests were the Secretary of the Interior,
| Senator and Mrs Hanna. Mrs. Foraker,
Mrs. Lodge. the Chilean minister and Mrs.
Vicuna. the Danish minister. Miss Andrade
the Japanese minister. Mr.. and Mrs. Whar-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. McCauley. Mr. and Mrs.
! Brook Adams. Gen. Corbin and Miss Hay.
President and Mrs. Mckinley have now
as their guests Mrs. A ]. Duncan of Cleve-
| land. sister of the former who will be with
them some time. Miss Barber. who spent
| the winter at the White House has gone
north to visit relatives.
The Columbian Women will give a recep-
ton Tuesday evening. March IA. at s
O'Clock. at the university building for
which the cards are now out
| Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Oyster returned
home this morning from their extended
southern trip. which embraced all the east
coast resorts in Florida and visit to ia
maica. They stopped at Asheville, y. C..
| on their way back.
Mrs. j. A. Swope has been on a visit TO
baltimore for three weeks. but has return
| ed to her home on street
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Rainier are stopping
! az the Hotel Gordon
| Miss Key and Miss Sarah Key. daughters
of exPostmaster General Key. are visiting
their brother-in-law at 1921 ) street
Mrs. Ewing of Washington is the guest
| OF Mrs. S. Megargee Wright of PhiIadel-
| phia. Last night Mrs. Wright gave a small
dinner, followed by theater party in her
honor
Mrs. Smith, wife of the Postmaster Cen
eral, went to Atlantic City for her usua!
spring visit yesterday.
Mi-Carene progressive euchre party
was given last night at the Cairo There
were twenty-five tables and three hand
some prizes to the winners of the greatest
number of games. The proceeds will be
used to defray the expenses of a home for
poor blind woman.
Mrs. VIM. Lee Mathews of 1913 Vermont
avenue has as her guests Mrs. Jno. Hamil-
ton Wolfe. Mrs Bowie Griffith Dorsey
Mrs. I. b. Dorsey. Miss Lily Nagruder
Griffith and her friend Mrs. John Everett
Pitts of Denver, Col.
Miss Aubrey Pauncefote is making a
brief visit to Philadelphia. Yesterday she
was the guest of honor at luncheon given
by Mrs. w. Barklie Henry at Merton. and
on Tuesday next will be the guest of honor
at dinner, to be given by Mrs. Charles c.
Harrison.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Pauncefote are going to Atlantic City
shortly for a short visit
Mrs. Dawes has been entertaining her
sister. Mrs. Lawrence Mccormick, who
has now returned to her PhiladeInhia
home.
Secretary and Mrs. Gage entertained at
dinner last night in honor of Dr. John Wat
son, Ian Maclaren.''
Within few days the wedding bells will
be ringing at San Juan, Porto Rico. and
its echoes will be heard here in Washing
ton, for Miss Edith Wright becomes Mrs.
H. Clayton Graft. and both are well known
in this city. 1t is pretty romance this
wedding, made possible by the kind offices
of prominent government official who
noting the devotion of the two, decided to
do every hing in his power TO make them
happy. The only obstacle was lack of en-
ployment, and the prospective groom ch;if-
ed under his i'll luck which kept him from
soon broke that barrier and obtained for
him position in Porto Rico The young
fellow went off happy in the promise of
his aftianced that if he sent for her she
would follow and share his fortunes in our
far-away island. Last week he wrote for
her to come. Her mother protested The
climate was too horrible for girl but
fiends intervened. and soon the mother re-
Tented, and yesterday Miss Wright sailed
from New York with a relative to be mar
ried as soon as possible after their arrival
at Porto Rico The groom is now a trusted
official of the Post Office Department. be-
ing the cashier of the Post Office DEPART
ment for Porto Rico
Mrs. Daniel Bird of Wilmington. Del. is
the guest of Mrs. Susan Sprague of Cor
coran street who gave in her honor last
evening handsome dinner of fourteen COW
erS. The other guests were Lieut. and Mrs
COOK, Mr and Mrs. Byrne, Mr.. and Mrs.
SabeiI Mr. and Mrs. Wasserbach. Dr. and
Mrs Young, Mr.. Harriss and Capt McC,ar-
vsy.
Miss Sara Livingston Poe of Baltimore is
the guest of the Misses Peachy at 1893 18th
street.
Miss Kate Maley was given a surprise