The times., 1899-03-01
The SOCIAL WORLD
OF WASHINGTON
Secretary Long Entertains on
Board the Dolphin.
Cabinet Dinner in Honor of the
President.
Brilliant Musicale nt the German
EmbnsSy-Mrs. Mckiniey's
Miniature Portrait.

Secretary Long fulfilled his social obliga-
| tion 20 the President and his official family
last night by giving what one might al
| most call an excursion dinner. as the ban
| quet was served on board the dispatch boat
| Dolphin, which was abloom with flowers
| and adorned with flags. The floral decora
tions of the table were pink roses and
azaleas, and the main cabin, in which the
feast was served. was forest-like with
| palms. In additional to the display of ma
| tional bunting, there fioated in the cabin
| the special standards of the President, the
Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the
Navy. Pink tinted candles reflected their
dainty radiance over the superb appoint
ments of the table. and the entire boat
was illuminated with electric lights that
| cleaned picturesquely across the water.
Secretary Long, with Miss Long and the
| officers of the Dolphin, received the Presi-
| dent. but no salute was given, as no guns
are fired after sundown.
The distinguished company consisted of
| the President and Mrs. Mckinley, the Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Hay, the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage, the Secre-
| tary of War and Mrs Alger the Secretary
of the Navy, Mrs. and Miss Long, the At
torney General and Mrs Griggs, the Secre-
| tary OF the Interior, the Postmaster
| General and Mrs. Smith, the Secretary of
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Allen,
| Captain Lyon, of the Dolphin, and wife,
and Mr.. Hemenway, of Boston.
The German Ambassador entertained at
dinner of twenty covers on Monday even
ing when their guests included the Secre
tary of State and Mrs. Hay.
a subscription musicale given at the
! German Embassy by the courtesy of his
excellency, the German Ambassador.
| brought together brilliant representation
| from Washington's official and social cir
| cles yesterday afternoon.
| The occasion marked the professional de-
but in this city of Miss Lydia Eustis, niece
of the former United States Ambassador
| to France, whose beautiful soprano voice
has won for her artistic laurels both in
Europe and more recently in Boston and
New York.
The two other artists on the programme
were Mr. Victor Beigel and Mr.. Francis
Rogers. The ballroom. with its waxed
floor and quaint wainscoted walls, was
transformed into concert room, and look
ing down>on the brilliant audience were
the life-size portraits OF Emperor William
and his stately wife. The patronesses of
the very fashionable and successful affair
were Mrs Hobart. Lady Pauncefote, Mrs.
Hay, Mrs. Reed, Mile. Cassini, Mrs Hor-
ace Gray, Mrs. Mcmillan, Mrs. Wolcott,
Mrs. Lodge, Mrs. Wetmore, Mrs. Foraker,
Mrs. Miles, Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Hit,
Mrs Sprague, Mrs. Audenreid, Mrs. Mum,
Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Sheri-
dan, Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson. Mrs. Hen
derson, Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Townsend,
| Mrs. Slater Mrs. Thomson Swami, Mrs.
Anderson, Mrs. Wallach, Mrs. Westing
house, Mrs. Henry May, Miss Patten, Mrs.
| Charles Augustus Williams, Mrs. John Q.
Jones, Mrs. Stilson Hutchins, Mrs. Trux
ton Beale, and Mrs. Crosby.