Evening star., 1900-01-25
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A Distinguished Gathering at the White
House Lsst Night.
Receptions, Dinners and weddinHs-
PersOnal Notes, of Ia-
terest.

ways De recalled with pleasure The east
room was as elaborately decorated aS is
the custom at state dinners. and gave an
Interesting topic of conversation TO the
400 or go guests who loitered there The
chilly breezes at the front entrance made
q good and sufficient reason to somewhat
divert the usual method of approach to the
blue parlor by way of the family dining
room, and the late corners who were for
tunate in this instance formed a line by
way of the east room down the corridor.
This double line merged into one in the
west hall, and all reached the blue parlor
by the state dining room and red par
lor. The number of Catholic priests pres
ent was a noticeable feature There was
also sprinkling of the diplomatic corps
and full representation of Washington
ians generally. The reception was in honor
of the judiciary. embracing the members
of the District courts, as well as the Su-
preme bench. The list of those who were
entitled to the charming neighborhood be
hind the line was as follows:
Mrs. Porter. Col. 7. A. Bingham, Mrs.
Bingham. the chief justice. Mrs. Fuller
Miss Fuller Mrs. Aubrey, Justice Harlan,
the Misses Harlan, Justice Gray, Mrs.
Gray, Justice Brewer, Miss Brewer, Jus
tice Brown Mrs Brown, Justice Shiras,
Mrs. Shiras, Justice White, Mrs White,
Justice Peckham Justice Mckenna. Mrs.
Mckenna, the Misses McKenna. Mrs. S. V.
Miller, Mrs. Stanley Matthews Miss Waite,
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Mrs. Frye, the Speaker of the House. Mrs.
Henderson. Miss Henderson, the admiral of
the navy, Gen. Miles. Mrs. Miles. Mrs. Re
ber, Mr.. Arthur Guise, Gen. Corbin, So
licitor J. X. Richards, Mrs Richards. Con-
troller Dawes, Mrs. Dawes. Senator Hanna.
Mrs. Hanna, Miss Phelps, Gen. J. NJ. Will
son, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Waller. Miss Ernst,
Mr.. Wayne MacVeagh. Mrs. Macveagh,
Miss MacVeagh, Mr.. Hilary A. Herbert.
Mrs. U. S. Grant. Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, Mrs. sartoris, the Misses sartoris,
Mrs Blaine, Mrs. H. s. B. Beale, Mrs
Daniel Manning. Mrs. Sheridan, the Misses
Sheridan, Mr.. j. Stanley Brown, Mrs. Stan
ley Brown. Mr.. John G. Nicolay, Mrs. Nico-
lay, Mr.. and Mrs. Amar, Mr. and Mrs. Nor
ris X. Jesup of New York, Assistant Secre-
tary Hill, Mrs. Hill, Assistant Secretary c.
H. Alien, Mrs. Allen. Miss Allen. Assistant
Secretary George d. Meklejohn, Prof. Dean
c. Worcester, Mrs. Worcester, Mr.. Chas.
DENLY. Mr.. Garvin DENLY. Mr.. J. r. Mac
Arthur, Mrs. Macarthur Senator and Mrs.
kins, Senator John 7. Morgan, the Misses
Morgan, Senator Berry, Mrs. Berry. Rev.
Dr. f. NJ. Bristol, Mrs. Bristol, Senator
James Mcmillan, Mrs. Mcmillan, Miss Nc
MILAN, Senator Wetmore, Mrs. wetmore
the Misses WetmOre. Senator Allison, DIR. 2.
NJ. Rixey, Mrs Rixey.
A very large proportion of these guests
were present, and. with the constant new
arrivals, made the blue room the point
where the notables of the occasion could
best be seen. When the President and Mrs
Mckinley came down stairs at o'clock
Following them to the blue parlor were the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay. Secre-
tary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary and Mrs
Root. Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith
and Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock Secre-
tary Long escorted his daughter, Miss
Long, and the Attorney General his daugh-
ter, Miss Griggs, but these young ladies
did not stand in line
Mrs. Mckinley was gowned in white
moire antique and point lace. with which
costume her diamond ornaments are par
ticularly effective. She carried bouquet
of white rosebuds, and her enjoyment of
the evening was as marked that of the
President whose cordial greeting is always
a subject of fattering comment.
Mrs. Hay wore black velvet and net, with
American Beauty roses in her corsage: Mrs
Gage. white satin. spangled with silver
trimmed with point lace; Mrs. Root, ma 1--WE
silk, nearly covered in point lace: Mrs
Smith, light gray silk and lace, and Mrs.
Hitchcock, black and white appliqlrad sa tin
and lace. Mrs. Fuller was handsomely
gowned in white satin ard lace; Mrs. Gray
was also in white with lace trimming: Mrs
W hite Wore ietted lace over white satin:
Mrs. Shiras. black tulle, with silver sequins;
Mrs. Mckenna, white satin. and Miss Nc
henna in white silk. Miss Mckinley Wore
a pale blue toilet Mrs. Hanna. who has
but recently arrived in the city was su-
perbly dressed in turquoise brocade, with
edges of fur
The Court of Claims was represented by
chief Justice Mott, Judge and Mrs. John
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don, Judge and Mrs. Pelle, Judge Howry
and the Misses Dashiell Col and Mrs
Archibald Hopkins and the Misses HOPKINS
and the District bench by Judge Alvey
Justice Morris and Miss Morris, Justice and
Mrs: Seth Shepard Chief Justice Bingham
of the Supreme Court of the District Mrs
Bingham. Judge Hagner. Judge and Mrs
Harry NJ. Clabaugh. Judge and Mrs Cole
Judge and Mrs. Job Barnard.
Among the hundreds of those present
We're the Chinese minister Mr.. de Wollant
MIR. and Mrs; Charles G. Dulin Miss ia
quth of Boston. DR.. and Mrs. G. Lloyd
Magruder. -ir. and Mrs Reside Capt Sar-
toris: Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett. DR.
ana Mrs. Whitman, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Whit
Thomas S. Lee, Rev. Father Mackin, Mr
and Mrs. Thomas Walsh, Mrs Thomas
Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. Price Mrs. c. M
peppeE; st Miss Pepper, Mr.; Ross Perry, jr,
Wight. Mrs. ]. Hamilton Lewis of Seattle
Mrs. A. L. Barber, Capt, and Mrs. Kuhn
the commissioner of pension, Mrs and the
n,s Misses Evans, Representative and Mrs.
oimstead. Miss Davidge Miss Edith Da-
vidge, Senator and Mrs. Davis, Senator
Teller, Mr., and Mrs. Aldrich, Miss Ashton.
Mrs. and the Misses Lyon, the Misses Hill
Commissioner and Mrs. Lyman, Rev. John
Gioyd. Representative and the Misses Stew-
arr, Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Warner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Allen, the Japanese minister
Mrs. F. A NJ. Hopkins and Miss Kohl
The seventh annual charity ball of the
Chited Hebrew Charities attracted large
gathering last night to Concordia Hall. The
pail was in every way the most successful
ever given for this worthy cause. More than
900 guests We're present to enjoy the dane
ing The club house was elaborately adorn-
ed with plants and flags, and the splendid
gowns added the crowning feature. The
officers of the society are: Mr. l. L. Blout
president; Mrs. 8. Oppenheimer, vice pres
ident: Mr.. Jacob Strasburger, secretary:
MI A. u. Prince, treasurer, and Mr. Adolph
G. Wolf. financial secretary with Mr. E.
Einstetn and Mr.. Marcus Notes also officers
of the organization.
Mr.. Adolph G. Wolf was master of cere-
monies, and the floor committee consisted
Of Messrs. Alexander Wolf. chairman; Max
Oppenheimer, Daniel P. Gusdorf Joseph
Kaufman, Benjamin Nordlinger, Charles
Hefibrun, Gustave Nordlinger Clarence
Reitzenstein, Isaac Goldenberg James Ro-
senthal, Nathan Wen, Sigmund Kaufman,
Jacob Kohner Albert Goodman, Tyler
Nordlinger, Rudolph Behrend, Carl Weis-
baden, Harry Wolf, Simon Lyon. Milton
Dammann, Nathan Meyer, Lewis CaIlisher,
Julius Peyser, Sidney Baar, Moses Blumen-
thai and Joel Hillman.
The reception committee. Mrs. Simon Op-
penheimer. Mrs. l. L. Blout, Mrs Louis
Stern, Mrs. Amnon Behrend, Mrs Charles
Kaufman, Mrs. A. I. Strasburger, Mrs
John Hechinger ard Mrs. c. Guggenheimer,
were assisted hy Massra RaDoipoar 1F