The evening times., 1900-03-06

| 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 OF
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, and was under the direc-
tion 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, dlpio-
matte, and resident. the only disappoint-
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. II 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 volumnia College
for Daughters of Gentlemen) Miss Wetmore
Mrs. Ranking. Miss Berry
Peggy Hesslerigge ian articled pupiD
Miss Eleanor Clark
Dinah. nah......................M Ethel Hofstmlnn
Gwendoline Hawkins. ............ Miss Helen iiay
Jane Chapman ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Miss Eliza Bates
Rear Admiral Archibald Ranking, {. b. (of IL.
NJ. Flagship Pandora) e. MIR. William Chaplin
Lieut.. John Mallory (of II. NJ Flagship Pan.
dora) a)....................Mr Mr.. Theodore Wilson
Mr.. Reginald Paulson. .....-M Mr.. Humphreys owen
Mr.. Otto Bernstein "a popular composer)
Mr.. Won Bohlen
Mr.. Saunders U.ieut Malory's nephew. of
the training ship D5xterous. Mr.. Belle Boomer
Tyler, servant.........M Mr. Uden Horstmann, jr
First act-the DISQUALIFICATION room at
volumna College. Volumnia House, near Port
land Place.
Second act-The party-Class Room at yolumna
College.
Third Nightmare Morning Room at Ad-
mlral Rankings in Portland Place.
The play, prettily staged and thoroughly
studied. was given with smoothness not
always characteristic of professional FIRST
nights" and If the persuasion of those
who witnessed il 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
truly wonderful way. The characters in
volved got themselves in and out of their
troubles in a breezy. delightful fashion,
and the audience did nothing but laugh
and applaud from the beginning Of the
pprfOrnaprp until apd N tho NpailiDp
scene in the second act, when Dinah (Miss
Hortsmann) becomes the bride of Reginald
Paulson (Mr. 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 e-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
sIkoline curtains and chandelier shades
used by the Bachelors at their opening
cotillion of the season. and the ceiling and
bare walls were half veiled with Southern
laurel. Mr.. Luckett, OF the Columbia Thea
ire, loaned and superintended 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-
ceded the performance, they were given
printed programmes and seated by most
gracious committee of ushers among whom
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.
The performance did not begin until e:3Q |
o'clock, as the guests who formed the audi.
ence were entertained at dinner earlier in 1
the evening by various hosts and hostesses
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 Mss Josephine Boardman Sena.
tor and MIS-. Wetmore. Representative and
Mrs. Hit, Representative and Mrs. /
Sprague. Mrs. and Mrs. Richardson. Mrs /
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 were entertained at supper by /
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay.
Col W. E. 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
1itional gentlemen present were Mr. f. R.
editor of the Minneapolis
Times" Mr.. Julian Swift. publisher of the
Minneapolis Journal" Mr.. James Gray,
Mayor of Minneapolis; Mr. F. A. Fayram,
publisher. of Minneapolis, and MIR. Tom
Shevlin, of Minneapolis There were pres
5nt to meet these gentlemen Mr.. Nelson.
Senator from Minnesota: MIR. Beveridge
Senator from Indiana: MIR Heath, Assist
mt Postmaster General; Mr.. Cridler, AS
;istant Secretary of State: Mr.. Boyd, AS
;istant Attorney General; Mr. Fletcher,
in Congress. and Mr.. Peter
iealey, of Senator Davis law firm, of ST.
Paul
The Misses DroOp, who have been spend