Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-04
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Cabinet Families Break Bread at the White
House.
The First state Dinner Last Night
time Events-A Wedding-Notes.

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ment. which will be the feature of White
House entertainments this year.
. marked In the east room, where the Pres
ident and his wife received the poinsetta
blossom was abundantly massed on the
mirror rests at the either ends of the spa
cious apartments while the mantels were
banked with foliage plants. The corridor
where the table was laid was hung with
smilax ana Wild laurel, garlands from side
| to side and from chandelier to chandelier
forming an effective drapery. Bouquets of
pink roses. interspersed with round and
| oblong plaques of wax blossoms and car
| nations. alternated down the table. The
great eXpanse of white linen further
| broken by silver and gilt candelabras,
| whose tapers burned under pink shades.
The Sweetmeats were also in pink, grapes
and strawberries under pink coating or
| papers making little mounds of tempting
| color here and there.
Col. Bingham was present TO make the
introductons to the President
The guests were the Secretary OF state
and Mrs Hay, the Secretary Of the Treas
ury and Mrs Gage, the Secretary of War
and Mrs. Root, the Attorney General, the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith, the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Long, the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Hitch
cock, the Secretary of Agriculture and Miss
Wilson, the President of the Senate pro
tempore and Mrs. Frye, the Speaker of the
| House and Mrs. Henderson, Senator Alli-
son, Senator and Mrs. Teller, Senator and
| MISS Morgan, senator ana MIS-.
| Senator Hale, Senator and Mrs. Jones of
Arkansas. Senator and Mrs. Chandler, Sen
ator and Mrs. Plat of Connecticut, Sena-
tor McLaurin. Senator and Mrs Fairbanks,
Senator and Mrs. Hawley, Representative
and Mrs Payne, Representative Richard
sen, Representative Cannon, Representative
and Mrs. Grosvenor. Representative and
| Mrs. Hepburn, Representative and Mrs.
Mcclellan, Representative and Mrs. Bro
sius, Representative and Mrs. Hull. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Dalzell. Representative
Babcock, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pitcairn of
Pittsburg, Pa: Mrs. Z. F. Pierce Of Chi
cago, Mrs. Parsons of Irvington-on-the
Hudson. Mrs, Sheridan, Miss Hay, Miss
Root Miss Grggs. Miss Hitchcock, Miss
Sarah Duncan, Miss Grace Mckinley, Ad-
iutant General Corbin, DR.. and Mrs. Rxey
and Major McCawley. The Marine Band
played in the conservatory during the din
ner.
Mrs. Mckinley wore a mauve and white
brocaded satin trimmed with point lace;
Mrs. Hays gown was of white satin and
point lace, with embroidered panels; Mrs.
Gage. lowered white satin and lace; Mrs.
Long. blue silk and lace; Mrs. Hitchcock,
white satin: Mrs. Root. steel and jet SPAN
gled net; Miss Wilson blue liberty satin
and tulle; Mrs. Chandler, white satin, with
deep founces Of point lace; Mrs. Frye bro
caded white satin and lace; Mrs. Hender-
son, mauve silk, trimmed in embroidered
white net; Mrs. Foraker. light blue satin
and lace; Mrs. DalzeIl, white attn, with
turquoise velvet; Mrs. Rixey. white silk
and point lace; Mrs. Sheridan. white silk
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| with panels of hand-painted white satin
Another charming debutante added to
| the ranks yesterday by the presentation
of Miss Rita Hamilton Ryan. Mrs. Ryan
| had assisting her Mrs. G. Whyte Cook and
| Mrs. Francis Nash Mrs. W. r. Ryan, Miss
Saunders of South Carolina. Miss Dabney
and Miss Lucy Mason. This afternoon Mrs.
Francis Nash will give a tea at the Wash
| ington Club to introduce Miss Ryan. who
| is her niece, to her friends.
Mrs. P. H. Hill at brilliant and largely
| attended tea yesterday, presented her third
daughter Miss Clementina Carroll Hill.
| The family residence on 10th street was
thronged during the two hours by gath
| ering of friends, representing resident and
1 official society. The drawing rooms were
| decorated with flowers the bouquets sent
| the debutante adjoining the mantels in both
; rooms In the dining room rosy hue pre-
vailed in the flowers on the table and the
, | shades on the candles. The pretty bud WAS
most attractive in a gown of white liberty
silk and lace and carried an armful of
| American beauty roses. Miss Hill. in
dainty violet and white crepe, received with
her mother and sister, Assisting also in
} | the reception were Miss Brown of New
! | York Miss Long Of Toronto, Miss Adair of
Chicago Miss Lambert. Miss Perkins. Miss
ToNner. Miss Blandford Miss Basley and
! Mrs Howard Clagett. Mrs. and the Misses
/, | Hill will receive on the 10th and 18th of
| this month
Mrs. David Jayne Hill and Mrs. ]. Dor
man Steele have invitations out for tea
| y. %, . 4,
| another January 50
Master Albert Browne Dulin entertained
about fifty young people at a New Year
dance. The ball room at MIR. and Mrs.
| Charles Grayson Dulins fine home on 10th
| street was beautifully decorated with
plants and vines and the drawing room and
| halls in the same pretty style. a dainty
supper was served in the billiard room and
| the dancing went on merrily before and
| after it.
Miss Taylcr OF Boston. daughter of Gen
Charles H. Taylor. editor and proprietor of
the Boston Globe. is visiting Mrs. W. H.
Hoeke. Miss Hoeke gave lnncheon in her
honor this afternoon, and Will give her a
dinner party Friday evening, when the
guests will number dozen or more
A series of five symphony concerts. under
the auspices of Mrs. Phoebe A Hearst, will
be given at the Grand Opera House in San
Francisco on the afternoons of Thursday,
January is, February l. February Il, March
l and March 10. The orchestra will consist
oil siXty-six musicians.
The friends Of Mrs. Garrick Mallory, who
has been seriously sick for some time will
be glad to learn that she is convalescng
| though slowly
Col. William Small, wife and family, after
visit of five months on the Georgian bay
have returned to 1915 Roanoke street, Co.
lumbia Heights.
Mrs. Leonard Howard Mattingly will be
at home Fridays in January, from . to 1
and to 10, at the Astoria, Sd and G
| streets.
Mrs. H ]. Horn, 1913 Corcoran street
will not receive today, owing to illness.
Mrs. Joseph Schladt entertained at a
| beautifully appointed tea yesterday after
noon at the family residence in Georeetown
in honor of her sister, Mrs. j. Henry
Buscher. Among the guests were noticed
| Mrs. J. H. Hill, Mrs. Rudolph Peters Mrs
John Durkin: Mrs: William Schwartz, Mrs.
John May, Mrs. NJ. Smith, Mrs. James Ar
| cher, Mrs. Samuel Harper, Mrs. George
Morgan and Mrs. Morris Mulcary.
The marriage of Miss Jeanette Scovin of
| Waterbury, Conn, to Mr.. Clarence Akin
| Aspinwall of Washington took place at
| THE Homestead" the home of the brides
| parents, in Waterbury, January l. The
| ceremony was performed by the Rev Malt
| bic Babcock of Baltimore. Md, who has
| been recently called to the Brick Church
| 9th avenue. New York. The bride was at
| tended by maid of honor, her sister Miss
| Margaret Scovill. The best man was VIM.
| H. Aspinwall of Sistersville W. Va. a