The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
This is Holy Week.

The devotee who has been spending the
of its spiritual obligations will redouble
her zeal for the next six days while her
earth-earthly sister, who has kept quiet
during Lent. because she simply couldn [
help herself, feels that she can afford to
pay Difference to the ecclesiastic demands
of the few days preceding Easter Sunday
for the sake of the good time she will have
| later on. The only event of social i'm
portsnce will be the exhibition of Mr..
| Robert Keelings miniature portraits,
which opens at the Fischer Galleries to-
morrow. The only dinner invitations that
seem to be out are those sent by promi-
nent host and hostess for next Wednesday
evening and the Chinese Minister has
| gracously placed the legation ball room
at the disposal of Mrs. John W. Hoyt for
a recital Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Komura. the Japanese Minister. who
will soon sail for st. Petersburg, gave a
farewell dinner last night, when his guests
were the Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller
| the Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs
| Gage, Senator and Mrs. Frye. Senator and
] Mrs. Davis. Prof. and Mrs Alexander era
| ham Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Spaldine
| Mrs. Westinghouse, Miss Lay. Senator
| Wolcott. and Colonel DENLY. The table
was decorated with yellow jonqulls and
| mignonette, and the candles were capped
| with yellow shades. The drawing room
was flora iy beautiful with the same golden
blossoms. together with Southern laurel
and palms. The guests we're received by
Mrs. HobSon.
Senator Depew was among the notable
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the Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs.
Hitchcock, the Belgian Minister and
Countess de Lichtervelde. the Minister
from Sweden, Mr.. Grip, Commander Snd
| Mrs. Mulligan, Commander and Mrs.
Hunker. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt. Mr.. and Mrs.
William E. Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. Padel-
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. De Koven. Mr.. and
Mrs. Huidekoper, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis, Miss
Paulding Miss Rose WalIach, Miss Heger-
Lieutenant Edie. The table was abloom
with bridesmaid roses. and the candles
burned under pink shades.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Crowninshie,d
and Mr.. and Mrs. George B. McClel and
entertained at dinners last night.
The wedding announcements for the
month indicate that Wednesday of Easter
week will be far and away the best day OF
all Former Senator and Mrs. German
have Issued cards for the marriage of their
daughter. Hattie. to Mr.. Stephen Gambrill.
10 take place on that date. at noon. The
ceremony will be performed at home At
st. Andrews Church. on the same even
ing Miss Halle Overall Keys the niece
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarendon Smith, who have
issued the invitations. and Mr. Horace
Cleveland Chandlee will be married in the
presence of a large number of friends One
of the most beautiful weddings OF Easter
Wednesday will be that of Miss Bessie
Blount and Rev. Eugene r. Shipper, which
will be solemniZed at The Oaks the
beautiful home on Georgetown Heights, OF
Col and Mrs Henry f. Blount parents
of the bride.
Another beautiful wedding to oc-
cur on the same date will be that
of Miss Jane Stone Albert. to Mr.
John Patten Story. jr.. Wednesday, at noon.
at the Epiphany Church Owing to the
death of a cousin, Miss Curry Connally.
who was to have been one of the attending
bridesmaids will be unable to fulfill her
pretty duty of the occasion. and her place
in the train has been taken by Miss Hay.
The marriage of Miss Alice Maury.
daughter of Mr. William A. Maury, and
Mr. James ParmeIee, of Cleveland Ohio
will be solemnzed April q at noon. at the
family residence. 1861 Massachusetts Ave
nue. The ceremony will be performed by
Rev Alexander Mackay- Smith. rector Of
st. Johns Church Only intimate friends
of the two families are invited to the cere-
mony and TO the wedding breakfast, which !
will follow.
Mrs. J. S. Loud. wife of Major John S. |
Loud, U. S. A. has returned from Florida |
and will be at home TO her friends at 1916 |
Kenesaw Avenue until late in April. when |
she will visit her son, Lieut.. James NJ. !
Loud, Seventh Infantry. at Fort Wayne, !
Mich. before his departure for Alaska.
New York is nothing If not original in
the matter of entertaining 1t has now
been settled by some of the ultra fash
ionable set that one way of adding zest to
Eastertide gayety is to give book party
though all that the outer world is allowed 4
to know about it just yet is that each
guest is to go in the character of his or
her favorite author. The plan suggests
a little story that happened years and
years ago. when Charles Dickens visited /
this country for the second tine. Ii was
right here in Washington that a gentle
man who had met the great alt'.or abroad.
and. of course, admired him tremendously.
was invited to a masquerade party-they
were 1aShl0nabie IN tnoSe ddyS-and he
decided to go as Boz He gave d wig
maker a photograph of the author. with
to copy it exactly. He thought
up every detail OF the great mans dress.
even to the red carnation he used to wear
in his coat-and created the sensation of
the ball. Then he rashly had himself
taken" in character and when Dickens |
came to Washington on his lecture tour
the gentleman called showed him the pho
tograph. and quoted those TWO lines from
Burns
When the author handed it back IT was
with the air of one not exactly enjoying
the novelty Of seeing himself as others see
him.
you are not saying much bout it,"
suggested his double.
Ne" answered Boz with solemn feel
ing. ITO breathe a word would he to re-
feet on the taste of the Creator who made
will kindly consider me dumb"
To go back to the book party. it is said
the idea was evolved by one of the lumi-
nous social lights who attended the Mi
Careme CHEST party given by Mr.. Con-
stable to the One Hundred Club So :iety
is beginning to realize that nothing 30
pleases people as to pretend to be some
thing they are not and while it may be
just as much fun-perhaps more-going to
a dance as a vegetable. or with ones
clothes put on backward there is less
criticism to be expected from jealous out
siders when those present" go IS men
and women who have brains. and lave
written books to prove it.
At the dialect readings to be given by
Mrs. Gielow. on April %. under the aus
pieces of the Confederate Veterans Asso-