The evening times., 1900-03-23

and Sonora Azpiroz. the Minister from Qua
: temala, Senor Arriago the Chinese Minis
ter and Mrs. WI, the Minister from Costa
Rica and Sonora CalvO. the Secretary OF
the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock. Admiral
| and Mrs. Van Reypcn, the Director Of the
Census and Mrs Merriam, Dr. and Mrs.
Gallaudet Sonora Perez. Miss Sargent
Mrs. Federico the mother Of Mrs. Pioda ;
Mr.. Deucher. and Mr. Huegli, Chancellor of
the Swiss Legation The table decoration.
were of pink hyacinths and La France
roses and the lights were capped with pink
shades.
Associate Justice and Mrs Brown enter
! tanned at dinner last night, when their
guests were Senator and Mrs Elkins, Com
mander and Mrs Buckingham. the Solicitor
General and Mrs. Richards, Mr.. and Mrs.
William c. Hill, Mrs. Tlllman. Mrs. Stan
ley Matthews, Miss Owen, Miss Morgan.
Judge sharp. Mr.. Becker, Mr.. Pitman and
Mr. Pritchett
Or. Bristol. pastor of the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church will give a
talk on japanese art this evening in the
parsonage. $50 c Street. The occasion will
be a missionary tea, under the auspices of
the Young Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Metropolitan Church.
tea and musicale will be given this
afternoon at the Young Woman's Christian
Home, 81 c Street northwest. The COM
mitee in charge are Mrs. Gurley. Mrs Van
Rensselaer,. Miss Ledyard Miss Campbell,
and Miss Jane Hunt.
The One Hundred Club of New York cell
brated Mi-Careme in merry fashion last
night at the studio of Mr.. Howard Consta-
R.-ha CT D.
ed the guests. The invitations read as fol-
lows:
GHOSTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
To all Political. Literary, Dramatic, Artistic and
Historic Ghosts, and to the Spirits Of Events
Ideas, Customs. and Things belonging to this
Century:
Fellow Ghosts
sion, No. > ElS; Sixteenth street, the evening
OF Mi-t lrcme. Thursday. March % at three hours
before midnight Appear in costume appropriate
TO your earthly being, as grave clothes not per
mitted Assemble in the cellar and then rise
Spirits will please check their raps Ghosts Of
ideas must be well labeled or they will be carried
out. All banshees. ghouls. wil-o-the-wisps geil
and other old-time apparitions politely re-
Guested TO absent themselves Astral bodies must
be wrapped in more than thought.
The large architectural workshop of the
host was transformed into sort of Styx
was supposed to run. Charon. standing at
one bank Dust one side of chalk line). to
ferry across the wandering spirits who
might demand admission to the land of
shades
The walls of the room were covered with
ghost flowers and numerous lamps with
pale green shades cast a sort of sulphu-
rous glare over all.
Each spirit was announced as it en-
tered from dark room into the larger en-
closure, under the full glare of calcium
light Each in turn was led across the
'Styx" to the committee above mentioned
and there was a fanfare of orchestra at
each entrance.
Mr.. Constable welcomed his guests robed
as the Spirit of the Harlem Goat"-cos-
tune not given-and Miss Constable ap-
peared as the spirit of Wasted Hours" +"
Then there was THE Ghost of a Show
''The Ghost OF an Idea Flora McFlimsy
of Madison Square" Sam Weller" Sal
rey Camp "A Welsh Rarebit" and "A
Plain Pudding" who together were styled
THE Father and Mother of Most Ghosts"
There were also Napoleons, Talleyrands.
Palmerstons, Garibaldis, Longfellows By
rons. Shelleys Wagnefs, WhitmanS, and
lot of ether spirits of poesy and minstrel
Sy.
When it came to the matter of supper,
ghosts and spirits evinced keen appetite.
Among the Washington spooks invited was
Senator Depew.