The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-06

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 oi
! 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 ashes of Lent were cast to the foul
winds last night. Society flung aside its
sackcloth for few brief hours, at least
to eat, drink, and be merry. and to enjoy
| a clever play.
The School Mistress" Pinero's three
act play. was the supreme attraction OF
the evening. 1t was given at the National
Rifles Armory, and was under the direc-
ton of Reginald de Koven, which of itself
was sufficient to ensure an artistic success
| The two hundred and more guests who
| witnessed the production represented every
| phase of Washington society. official. diplo-
| matte, and resident, the only disappoint
| melt 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. 1t was
first produced at Terry's Theatre in Lon
don, and wac brought to this country by
the Rosina Vokes. The case was as fol-
lows:
Miss Dyott principal of yolumnia College
Tor Daughters of Gentlemen) Miss Wetmore
Mrs. Ranking Miss Berry
Peggy HessIerisge ~ articled pupiD....
Observation-Disclosures. Miss Eleanor Cla k
DiHah. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Miss Ethel Hosimann
Gw.ndoliae Hawkins. .............M Miss Helen Hay
Ernyntride Johnson. Miss Bates
Jane Chapman. ...................Mis Miss Eliza Bates
Reas Admiral Archibald Ranking, c. u. (of II.
NJ. Flagship Pandora e. Mr.. William Chaplin
Lieut.. john Mallory (Of II. N. Flagship Pan.
doral Mr. Theodore Wilson
Mr.. Reginald Pau son. 1900 Mr.. Humphreys Owen
Mr.. Otto Bernstein "a popular composer)
-............- ...-.-..-.....-.Mr. Won Bohlen
Mr.. Saunders Q.icut. Mallory's nephew. OF
the training ship Dexterous. Mr.. Beale Boomer
Tyler a servant.........Mr. 0den Horstmann. jr
First act-the DISQUALIFICATION room at
Yoiumnia COLLEGE, solumnia House, near Port
land Place.
Second act-The party-Clsss Room at yolumnia
College.
Third act-Nightmare- Morning Room at Ad-
mIrai Rankings in Portland Place.
The play. prettily staged and thoroughly
studied, was given with a smoothness not
always characte ristic of professional first
nights" and If the persuasion OF those
who witnessed it will avail, the perform
ers will 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 a
truly wonderful way, The characters in
volved got themselves in and out of their
troubles in breezy, delightful fashion.
and the audience did nothing but laugh
and applaud from the beginning of the
performance until its end. In the wedding
scene in the second act, when Dinah Miss
Hortsmann) becomes the bride of Reginald
Paulson tMr. Owen Miss Wetmore wore
the same white satin in which she imper-
sonated Queen Elizabeth at the famous
Bradley Martin ball. Dinah made girl
ishly pretty white-organdie bride, while
Miss Hay who is beginning to be known in
the literary world for her clever verses,
wore, in the same scene, 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
used by the Bachelors at their opening
bare walls were half yelled with Southern
laurel. Mr.. Luckett. of the Columbia Thea
ire, loaned and superintendent the ar
ranging of the scenery. and Mr.. Hepner, of
New York, came on especially to make
up faces and give artistic touches to wigs.
AS the guests arrived, generally in groups
from the various dinner parties that pre-
coded the performance. they were given
printed programmes and seated by most
were Mr.. Horace Wescott Mr.. John Story,
Mr.. William Marrow. Lieutenant wallach.
Mr.. John wilkins, Mr.. Roger Wetmore,
Mr.. William Raeburn. and Mr.. Edie.
The prompter of the evening was Miss
Alice Hay.
Among the guests were the British Am
Baroness Fava, the German Ambas-
sador. the French Ambassador the !
Russian Ambassador and Miss Cassini. |
the Mexican Ambassador and Sonora |
Approx. Sonora Perez, Justice and Mrs !
McKenna, Miss McKenna, Justice and Mrs. |
Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. Westinghouse, the |
Belgian Minister and Countess LIGHTER |
velde Senator and Mrs. Davis, the Swiss |
Minister and Mrs. Fioda. the Chinese Min |
lister and Mrs. WI, Captain and Nine. Wig !
nal, the Director OF the Census and Mrs. |
Merriam Colonel and Mrs. Lee, Senator |
Depew and Miss Paulding, Mr.. and Mrs. !
Stilson Hutchins. Justice and Mrs. White, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Legare, Baron
and Baroness Fersen, Miss Mcmillan, Miss |
Edes, Mir. and Mrs. Ned Mitchell, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Montgomery Blair. Miss Alexander.
Prince Troubetskoy, Count Tornowski,
and Mrs Cowles, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcclellan, Mr.. and Mrs. Livingston
Hunt, Mr.. Bonaparte. Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
MIR. and Mrs. Chandler Hale. Sem
ator and Mrs. Hanna, Senior Riano, Mr..
Cushing Mr.. Victor Sorchon of
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Donnell
Mrs. Perrin. Miss Ernst Miss McComas
Miss Hagner. Miss Clagett. Miss Mer-
riam, Miss Rochester, Miss Hegerman
Mr.. ami Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mr..
and Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis, Miss Hammond. Miss Patten, Hiss
Ashton. Miss Sheridan, Miss Norris of
New York, Miss Story of Boston, Miss
Quinn OF Trenton, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Wade of New York, the Swedish Minister
Mfr. Grip, Senator and Mrs. Kean, Mrs.
Beale Colonel and Mrs. Edwards, Miss
Macomb. Miss WaIlach. Miss Adams, Colo
mel and Mrs. Bingham. the Hon. SybiI
MISS Lucy Kean, the Misses
Hitchcock. Mrs. Charles Richardson, Mr..
Baron Herman, Mr. Herbert
Putnam. Sir Charles Eliot, the Marquis
Romano Mr.. r. d. Wallach. AR. d. W.
Stevens, Mr.. Frank Mitchell, DR.. Norris
Murray, Mr. Houston, and Mr.. David Nc
Kee.
The performance did not begin until $3.50
o'clock, as the guests who formed t,ie audi
,nce were entertained at dinner earlier in
he evening by various hosts and hostesses. |
lmong whom were the Russian Ambassa-
lor, Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock. Senator
)epew. General and Mrs. Bates. Judge and
Ms Davis Mrs. Horstmann. Miss Board