Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-28
Last Nights Reception and Dancing Par
ties.
TOday's Busy Program Coming
Events Personal
Notes.

company, who may achieve distinction in
the future, but at present are happiest at
a dance. Christmas decorations of vines
and Doinsetta, with red ribbons, adorned the
rooms Mrs. Wallace was gowned in black,
trimmed in jet, and her attractive young
daughter wore white crepe. Assisting were
Mrs. Frederick Rogers Mrs. John Edgar
Reyburn. Mrs. William S. Carroll. Mrs. J. f.
Washington, Mrs. W. W. Phelps, Miss Con-
nally. Miss Eliza Bates Miss Jane Albert.
Miss Gladys Ffoulke. Miss CoggeshaIl. Miss
Julia Foraker Miss Adola Greedy. Miss
Kellogg, Miss Mary Hopkins, Miss Hawley
and Miss Van Reypen.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett had
pleasant reception yesterday afternoon, and
was assisted in welcoming her callers by
Miss Haidee Williamson.
The holiday receptions held at three cabi-
net homes yesterday suffered somewhat in
point of attendance by the snow storm
but otherwise tnaugurated the exchange of
sociabiltties with becoming eclat
Mrs. Hay and the Misses Hay welcomed
a number of visitors, members of the diplo-
matte corps especially taking the first
formal opportunity to pay their respects.
Mrs. Gage had the pleasant assistance OF
her daughter. Mrs. Pierce. and Miss La
mard, Miss Crandon and Miss Cox, who are
also her guests at present; Miss Lucy Page
and the Misses Griggs, daughters of the
Attorney General.
Mrs. Roots first Washington reception
was a notable one, and her recent guests,
well many representatives of the
army circle and resident society generally,
were among the callers. Mrs. Root, who
bids fair to become one of the most popular
of the official hostesSeS, was assisted by
Mrs. Arnold Hagne, Miss Miles, Miss Mary
Hopkins, Miss Hagner and Miss Root.
Social events of this afternoon will in
clude teas at the homes of Justice and
| Mrs. Brown, Prof. and Mrs. Raymond and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G.. Alvord. Among
the dinner givers tonight will be Gen. Stern
berg. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh and
events will fill the evening: Mrs. J. L. NJ.
Curry's, for Miss Curry Connally. at
Rauschers, and Mrs. Thomas Gales cotil-
| lion at the Raleigh. for her young daugh-
ter. y number of Washingtonians will be
in Martinsburg. Va, this evening to attend
the White-Faulkner marriage.
Mrs Richard Townsend's cotilion last
night at Rauschers, for The friends of her
| daughter Mathiida, who is sul school
girl. one of the prettiest of the holiday
dances. There were about sixty of the
youthful guests present who were assem-
! bled shortly after s. The mirrors in the
ball room were artistically decorated with
Christmas wrcaths and holly garlands Gus
pended by broad red ribbons, and the cleo
| trio lights in the ceiling and around the
| walls CLEANED through boughs of wild lau-
rel. Supper was served at small tables on
the first floor and balcony, where the walls
were hidden behind draperies of vines
hanging from a frieze of ferns.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Parker and Miss Parker will
| not be at home until Tuesdays in Febru-
airy.
Mr.. and Mrs Ward of sudley, Anne
| Arundel county, Nd, are spending the hol-
| idays with Mr.. and Mrs. W. Palmer Hall
| OF 1926 E street southeast
Mr. and Mrs Westinghouse, who are
| spending the holidays at their Pittsburg
| home, will give large reception there Sat
| urday night.
| Mrs William f. Curtis will give a :
| o'clock tea Saturday, January G.
Miss Mabel Crews and Miss Alberta Den
| nison are visiting friends in Baltimore.
| Miss Beuah Gartreu Of Elmwood, Md.
| is visiting her cousin, Miss Roberta Cady
| OF Capitol Hill.
Miss Eugenia Lee Williams has gone to
| Rosemary Lawn, Nd, to be maid of honor
| at the marriage of her friend, Miss Ada
| laide Dows which will take place on the
| 2sth instant. She will be gone several
weeks.
Miss Regina Baptista is in New York,
spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs.
| Carl Freeland.
Miss Anna Mckinley Smith of Detroit,
Mich, is spending the holidays with her
| friend Miss May Adele Levers, at the Ber-
wynn, 1925 l4th street northwest.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Glad
| Mamie Gladmon their daughter and Mr..
| Charles Hinton We're married by the Rev.
c. o. Rosensteel. The ceremony was wit
messed by a large number of friends. The
house was handsomely decorated. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. r. ~
| Gladmon, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Glover. Mr.
| and Mrs. Fred Flora, Mr.. and Mrs. r. II.
| Norton, Mr.. and Mrs. Boose, Mrs. VIM
| Glover, Misses May and Rickie Flora, Ella
| and Alice Gladmon, Eta and Estel!e GLOW
| er, BERTHE Timmons. Alice Gill. Bessie Dow
| ling, Agnes Gladmon, Messrs. Oliver and
| VIII HENDERSON, James Hinton. Jonn
| Fletcher Christopher Gladmon, Bernard
bowling, Walter Gill and John and VIM
Gladmon.
Mrs. Mary E. Shock has returned to the
| city after a months visit in Philadelphia
The engagement has been announced of
Mr. Max Hecht of Philadelphia, formerly
of Washington, D. G., and Miss Lean BuA-
baum of Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Shelton will be at home to her own
| and her daughters friends Sunday and
Monday next.
The Washington Auxiliary of the Wo-
| mems National Indian Association will
meet at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Y.
! II. Alexander, III Q street, tomorrow, Fri
| day Three TO O'clock social hour, fol-
! lowed by music and addresses by Mrs.
| Lord, Standing Rock agency, Mr.. Brosius
and others.
Mrs. Letter. whose health is much i'm
proved after her long illness of the autumn,
| will sail next Wednesday for England, en-
route to Cairo. The Misses Letter, who
have been guests of their sister, Lady Cur
| ION, at Simla, India, will meet their
mother at Cairo and pass the winter there
| with her. Lady Curzon is due this week
| in Bombay. She will not accompany her
sisters to Cairo.
Miss Mary Louise Wenger of Niagara
Falls is spending the holidays with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Edwin Alden.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graham of 1923
street northwest are guests of relatives In
Philadelphia.
Miss Hermine Koss will entertain Friday
evening at her home. SO II street north
east.
Mrs. Robert Anderson of OPS street
| northwest is entertaining relatives from
Texas.
Miss Bertha Heiges is spending the holi-
| days with her parents at York, Pa.
The Right and Left Bower Club will be
| entertained by Miss Mabel Owen of 1915 L
street next Wednesday evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Maury Dove gave large
party last night TO the companions of their
| children. Their spacious home was beau
tifully decora ted with Christmas flowers