Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-13
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Assembly Ball Tonight Marks the Seasons
Close.
Saturday Dinners and the Mclean
Musica1e-IDterestin Per-
sOnaI Notes.

| sonaI Notes.
Tonight the Assembly ball at the Airing
| ton Will engross social attention in spite of
| wind and snow. Mrs. Hay will receive the
| guests and Mr.. George Howard will lead the
| cotttllion. The parlor suite and ball room
Will be magnificeutly decorated
President and Mrs. Mckinley gave
| small dinner Saturday night, when Secre-
| tary and Miss Long, Senator and Mrs
Fairbanks, Paymaster and Mrs. Rand, Miss
Bliss. Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Dawes and Miss
| fhelps Joined their house party. Those in
! whose honor the event was given were Mr..
and Mrs. j. ]. Brooks. Mr.. and Mrs. Spen-
i Ger Borden, Miss Barber. Miss Mabel Nc
| kinley, Mr.. Barber and Mr.. James Nc
| kinley, who are now at the White House.
The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart at
| a dinner Saturday night entertained Sen
ator and Mrs. Hoar, Senator and Mrs
| ianshrough: Admiral and Mrs. Ramsay,
Mrs. John Addison Porter. DIR. and Mrs.
| Wilmer Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Hornblower. Miss Hunt, Mrs.
Newton and Mr. Hazeltine.
| The Attorney General and Mrs. Griggs
| had as their guests Saturday night Mr. and
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. and Miss Horstman,
Miss Patten, Miss Florence Boardman.
Miss Mckenna, Miss Griggs. the Danish
| minister Baron Reidl. Mr.. Deucher. Capt.
Gilmore, Capt. McCawIey. Mr. Anderson
and Mr. Olmsted.
| Mrs. Russell Selfridge gave a dinner Sat
| urday night in honor of Secretary and Mrs
| Hay. The others present were the German
and Russian ambassadors, the Belgian min
| lister and Countess Lichtervelde, the Meth
| erlands minister Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
Fish. ex-Gov. and Mrs. Merriam. Mrs. John
| Rodgers, Mrs. Hobson. Mrs. Audenried aud
Capt R. B. Bradford.
Because of the Indictment weather Miss
| Worthington and Mr. Frailey will be mar
| RED at noon tomorrow at the residence Of
the brides father. No. 21l5 Massachusetts
avenue, instead of at the Church of the
| Epiphany. All who have been invited to
| the wedding breakfast at 1870 are re-
quested to come to the house at II TO wit
ness the ceremony.
Mr.. c. S. Noyes gave a reception at the
| house of Mr.. T. W. Noyes Saturday night
| to the employees of The Evening Star Com
pany.
Mrs. William H. Carter has announced
| the marriage Of her daughter Mary to Mr.
| James H. Wingfield Saturday. February II
| at her residence, 419 I'd street.
| Mrs. Robert j. Wynne will not receive to-
morrow.
large and notable company gathered
| Saturday night at Mr. and Mrs John r
McLeans for the musicale, in which sew
| eral operate stars took part The guests
were seated in the library. The company
| did not separate until close to midnight
| with the knowledge of having assisted at
| the most elegant entertainment of the sea-
son.
The Venezuelan minister and Miss An
drade gavea Saturday night dinner, when
| their guests were the Swiss minister and
| Mrs. Pioda- the Chilean minister and Mrs
| Nicuna, the Swedish minister, Commander
| and Mrs. de Granprey, Mrs. Garmendia
Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs Hill
Senator and Mrs. Burrows Capt. and Mrs
| Mccartney, Miss Rochester Mr.. Jose An
drade Penny and Mr.. Duplat.
| Miss OReilly, the charming young daugh-
tor, ~ ~
| gave tea Friday last in honor of Miss Nc
| CURE of Virginia, her house guest, The
table decorations were most unusual, con-
| sisting of curious ferns and plants brought
| by DIR. OReilly from his recent trip TO ia
maica Among the guests were Miss Poor
the Misses Foraker, Miss Ward, Misses Sci
| fridge, Miss Sheridan, Miss Henry of De
| troit and Miss Austin of Boston. Mrs
O'Reilly sails at an early date to join her
husband in Cuba. Miss O. Reilly will re-
main here under the care of Miss Elizabeth
Hudson, who has recently returned from
France.
| Another of the series of informal dances
was given Saturday evening by the Ma
| tfonal Fencibles at the quarters of the
| company, G13 T. street. The armory was
appropriately decorated for the event.
| which proved unusually enjoyable The
committee of arrangements consisted of j.
| F. Oattis, chairman; Robert McMurray j.
| W. Childress, jerome MCGEE and J. G.
| STEELE.
MI anu MIS- TTtu w. t'llllllS nave post
! poned their card party for tomorrow CFues-
day. evening on account of the storm until
| further notice
| Mrs. George W, Smith, wife of Represen-
| tative Smith of Illinois, and Mrs Under
wood will be at home tomorrow at 1913 Co.
| lumbia road from to g.
| Mrs. Charles Elwood Foster will not re-
| ceive today.
Mrs. S. II. Began and Miss Began, Al G
street, will be at home, informally today
! Mrs. L. NJ. Longshaw and Miss Hood will
| receive today for the last time this season.
| Mrs. Clara Roby Priddy, Mrs. Walter
| Lewis Prfddy and Mrs. James Vernon Prid-
| dy will be at home, No. 4 II street, Thurs
days in February.
Mrs. Walter Lewis Priddy, although not
yet able to return calls, is glad to announce
to her friends that she has recovered from
her illness and is at home at No. II street
on Thursdays.
Mrs II. Nj. Schooley will not be at home
tomorrow.
Miss Josephine Cobb. daughter of ex-Rep-
resentative Seth w. Cobb of ST. Louis, is
the guest of Miss Frances Evans at the
Normandie.
A musicale and reception was given Sat
urday evening by Mr.. Thomas Smithson al
his residence, 126 18th street northeast. The
following participated: Piano soloist, Mr..
VIM. Howard; comic songs, Mr.. w. c. Con-
solo. Mr.. Jno. Dwyer; recits lions, Mr.. Hugh
Saxon; soprano solo, Mrs r. o. James,
and a cake walk. The invited guests We're
Mr.. 'Whalley Of Brooklyn, Miss Edner of
Boston, Mr.. Fred Davis, MIR, and Mrs.
Hunt Mr.. w. c. Common, Miss Grace Hunt,
Mr.. Jones and wife, Mr.. Il. O. James and
wife, Mr.. r. Dunning and Miss Lush, Mr.
Edward Kellog and wife, Mr.. Jno. Dwyer
and Miss Shomo, Mr.. VIM Howard and
Miss Pratt.
The Primrose Social Club organized Fri
day last at the residence of Miss Laura
Black, with the following officers: Louis A
Sterne, preside 1t; Thomas Rice vice pres
ident; E. Clarence Roston, secretary; Laura
Black, treasurer; Howard Roderick, SER
geant-at-arms. and c. E. Kettler, assistant
Sergeant-at-arms-
The senator-elect of Montana, William E.
Clark, the copper king, is about to erect a |
palatial residence in New York city, the |
cost of which is not expected to be much |
less than a million and half dollars. Mr.
Clark's family consists of two daughters
Mrs f Al (nlVHr and Miss