The evening times., 1900-03-06
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The President and Mrs. Mckinley were
entertained last night by the Secretary
of Agriculture and Miss Wilson. it being
the final Cabinet dinner OF the season. The
additional guests were the Secretary or
State and Mrs. Hay, the Secretary OF the
Navy and Miss Esseltyn. the sister OF
Mrs. Long; the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Smith, the Secretary Of the Interior
and Mrs. Hitchcock, the Attorney General,
Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Mrs. Daniel Mann
ing and Secretary Allison.
The "School Mistress" Pinero's three
act play. was the supreme attraction OF
last night 1t was given at the National
Rifles Armory, ana was under the direc-
tion of Reginald de Koven. which Of itself
was sufficient to ensure an artistic success
The two hundred and more quests who
witnessed the production represented every
phase of Washington society. official, diplo-
matte and resident. the only disapp0int-
ment of the evening being the absence OF
the President and Mrs. Mckinley, who
attended the Cabinet dinner given in their
honor by the Secretary of Agriculture and
Miss Wilson. and were. therefore, unable
to be present. The School Mistress IS
one OF the earlier of Pinero's plays. the
scene Of which is laid in England. Il was
first produced at Terry's Theatre in Lon
don. and wac brought to this country by
the ROsna Vokes. The case was as fol-
lows:
Miss Dyott principal Of yolumnia College
for Daughters Of Centlemen) Miss We;,nore
Mrs. Ranking. Miss Berry
Peggy Hesslerigge Gan articled pupil
Miss Eleanor Clark
Diuah. ................ Ethel Horstmlnn
GWendoline Hawkins. ........-.....Mlss Helen liay
Ermyutrude johnson. n.......,......-...-M Miss bates
Jane Chapman man...........-........Mi- Mis-, Eliza Pates
Hon. Ycrc QucCkCtt. ....... Mr.. Reginald de K0veA
Rear Admiral Archibald Ranking. c. b. (of H..
M Flagship PandoTa) Mr. William Chaplin
Lieut.. John Mallory (ot Ii. NJ Flagship Pan.
dora. ra)....................N Mr.. Theodore Wilson
Mr.. Reginald Paul>On......-Mr. N Humphreys owen
MIR. Otto Bernstein "a popular c9mposGr)
Mr. Saunders Gieut Mallory's nephew. Of
the training ship Dexterous. Mr.. Betle Boomer
Tyler. 4 servant -.-.---- Nh Odsn Horstmlnn, lr
First act-the mystery Reception room al
/ Nolumnia College, NOlumnia House. near Port
| land Place.
! second act-The party-Class Room at yolumnia
Third a5t-Sightmare- Morning Room at Ad-
mIral Rankings, in Portland Place.
The play. prettily staged and thoroughly
| studied, was given with a smOothness not
/ always characteristic OF professional FIRST
| nights" and II the persuasion of those
0
/ eTs viii be compelled TO repeat their tri-
/ umphs later on. The story is woven
around the schOolmistress. who mixes up
/ her own and everybody else's affairs in
/ truly wonderful way. The characters in
VOWED got themselves in and out OF their
J troubles in a breezy. delightful fashion,
/ and the audience did nothing but laugh
/ and applaud from the beginning Of the
performance until its end. In the wedding
I in 2 ha NH
HortsmannD becomes the bride of Reginald
Paulson (Mr. Owen Miss WetmOre wore
Z the same white satin in which she imper-
/ sonated Queen Elizabeth at the famous
/ Bradley Martin ball. Dinah made a girl
ishly pretty white -OTgandie bride. while
/ Miss Hay who is beginning 10 be known In
( the literary world for her clever verses.
1 wore in the same scene. a daintily pretty
. white satin trimmed with lace and ribbons.
/ Miss Bates was lovely in light blue
The hall was decorated with the red
{ silkoline curtains and chandelier shades
I used by the Bachelors az their opening
I cotillion Of the season. and the ceiling and
i bare walls were half yeiled with Southern
laurel. Mr.. Luckett, OF the Columbia Thea
{ tire, loaned and superintended the ar
/ ranging OF the scenery and Mr.. Hepner. OF
Z New York, came on especially to make
/ up faces and give artistic touches to wigs.
/ AS the guests arrived, generally in groups
I from the various dinner parties that pre-
I cCded the performance, they were given
| printed programmes and seated by a most
I gracious committee OF ushers among whom
Z were Mt. Horace WescOtt. Mr.. John Story
/ Mr. William Marrow. Lieutenant Wallach
I Mr. John wilkins. Mr.. Roger WetmOre
] Mr.. William Raeburn. and Mr.. Edie.
The prOmpter Of the evening was Miss
! Alice Hay.
The performance did not begin until s.2G
/ o'clock. as the guests who formed the audi p
I ence were entertained at dinner earlier in
| the evening by various hosts and hostesses.
I among whom were the Russian Ambassa-
dor. Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock. Senator
Deuew. General and Mrs. Bates. Judge and
! Mrs. Davis. Mrs. HOrstmann. Miss Board
man and Tiss Josephine Boardmau. Sena-
tor and Mrs. Wetmore. Representative and
I Mrs Hit. Representative and Mrs.
/ Sprague. Mrs. and Mrs. Richardson. -irs.
: Fairfax Harrison. Mrs. George Fraser.
/ Mrs Blair Lee Mrs. Lothrop Bradley
| Mrs. S. S Howland. and Mrs. c. c. Glover.
After the performance. the members OF
! the cast we're entertained at supper by
the Secretary OF State and Mrs. Hay.
Col W. f. Haskell publisher Of the
| Minneapolis Times was the guest Of
! honor at a dinner given last night by Mr..
! Otto Carmichael at the Raleigh. The ad-
! ditional gentlemen present were Mr.. f. r.
| Johnstone. editor OF the Minneapolis
] Times" Mr. Julian Swift. publisher OF the
/ Minneapolis Journal" Mr. James Gray.
1 Mayor Of Minneapolis; Mr.. F. A. Fayram.
/ publisher. of Minneapolis. and Mr. Tom
! Shevlin. OF Minneapolis. There were pres
! ont to meet these gentlemen Mr.. Nelson.
! Senator from Minnesota: MIR. Beveridge
| Senator from Indiana; Mr.. Heath. Assist
/ ant Postmaster General; Mr. CridIer AS
| sistant Secretary OF state; Mr.. Boyd, AS
/ sistant Attorney General: Mr.. Fletcher
/ Representative in Congress, and Mr.. Peter
! Healey OF Senator Davis law firm, OF st.
/ Paul.
The Misses DroOp. who have been spend