Evening star., 1900-02-24
Festivities Planned for the Seasons
Close.
DINING AND DANCING TO TEE LAST
Notab'es Meeting at Last Nights
Banquets,
RECENT SOCIABILIT + s


ed the past three months. comes to an end
Tuesday evening, when Senator and Mrs.
Foraker will give large reception-a hos
pitalty for which their spacious home Is
well adapted. On the same afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. Mark S. Brewer will be at home
to their friends from to- The Shrove
Tuesday bride will be Miss Edna Carter
McCortney, whose marriage to DR.. Stewart
B. Muncaster will take place at noon at ST.
Johns Church. Monday evening the As
sembly will be held al the Arlington.
The country gayeties in England al
most at standstil owing to the departure
of SO many of the gallants of the yeomanry
and militia for the South African war. and
the attempt to keep up to anything like the
normal standpoint during the winter sea-
son has been practically given up. All the
eligible men have gone going and
hunting fields are depleted, unless for wo-
men. 1t is the same in London, where the
depressing influences of the war are quite
as keer!y felt in social way Many of
the theaterS and restaurants, with the loss
of their fashionable patronage, may as we'll
close. ard some of the former have. The
strongest showing the gay world makes is
in the park on Sunday, where, by virtue of
long-esta bliShed custom. everybody who is
anybody suns himself or herself in fashion
able company. Country balls are Cancelled,
court functions this spring.
The venturesome spirit which is lef; in
the fair is finding relief by those who
have yachts in getting up parties Tor
cruises about the cape. only that it is hard
to find even men enough for these eNpedf-
tionS. all of which seems very like the con-
dition of social life in this city two years
ago, when war and its grim alarms seri-
ouSly depleted draw wing rooms of their most
welcomed visitor-the all-important man.
While it is very easy TO contemplate the
scarcity from this side of the big pond, 1t
is not pleasant reading for these who are
making early crossing especially to par
ticipate in the functions of the spring sea-
son in London.
Senator and Mrs. Mcmillan. Senator and
Mrs. Foraker, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh and Mr.. and Mrs. Westinghouse will
entertain at dinner tonight, Mrs. Joseph f.
Washington will give tea. to I. and Ad
miral and Mrs. Dewey will receive the
Daughters of the American Revolution at
Mr.. John r. McLeanS residence, 1910 !
street, at ) o'clock.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay gave a dinner
last night, when their guests included the
chief justice and Mrs Fuller. the bishop
of Washington and Mrs. Satterlee, Senator
and Mrs. Elkins, Senator and Mrs. Cullom,
Senator and Mrs. Foraker. Senator Hanna,
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Mackay-S Smith Mr. and
Mrs. John w. Foster, Rev. DIR. and Mrs
Hamlin, Dr. and Mrs. Curry. Mr.. and Mrs
Westinghouse Mrs. Angel, Miss Tuckerrnan
and Prof. Langley.
Senator Depew's dinner guests last night
We're the German ambassador, the French
ambassador, Justice and Mrs. Gray, As
sistant Secretary of State and Mrs. HILL
Representative and Mrs. Hit, Mr.. and
Mrs. Merriam Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page. Com
| mander and Mrs Cowles. Mrs. John S.
Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander of New
York, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry May, Mrs.
Slater, Miss Edes, Miss Boardman. Miss
Sargent of Boston, the Danish minister,
Mr.. Gerard Lowther and Mr.. John r.
Proctor
Mrs. Stephen o. Richey welcomed friends
yesterday al a o'clock tea. at which she
was assisted by the Duchess d'Arcos, Mrs.
Janin and Mrs. Mckaig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson gave notable
dinner last night. when the company in
cluded the French ambassador, the Aus
trian minister and Baroness Hengelmuller,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Crowrinshield. Mr..
and Mrs. Blair Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Living
ston Hunt, the Miss Maude Pauncefote,
| Mrs. H. B. Beale, Sir Charles Eliot. Mr..
Won Bohlen, Mr.. A. J. Parsons. Miss Nor
ris and Mrs. Charles James White Of Bos-
ton, now visiting her parents.
Owing to Illness Mrs Spooner will leave
the city for time. She hopes to be able
to return her calls later in the season.
The ante-Lenten reception of the North
| Carolina Society, to be given in Confederate te
Veterans Hall on the evening of the 9th
instant (ShrOve Tuesday,, will be the last
Of the festivities this season. After the
reception the evening will be given to
dancing.
Mrs A. L. Bond of North Capitol street
gave a euchre party last evening in honor
I of her house guests, Mrs. J. Walter Hetzel
and Mrs. W. Fl. Hickman of Pittsburg
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartors, who has been
very i'll at a private sanitarium IN New
York city. was reported yesterday as much
improved.
Mrs. John w. Foster has returned from
the south and will receive on Monday after
noon next.
A dance and banquet in honor of the
wives and lady friends of the members of
the Arlington Wheelmen was given al the
Carroll Institute last evening. The dance
program comprised twelve numbers, at the
conclusion of which the dancers went down
stairs into the banquet hall. The line
was led by President Mitchell and wife.
The banquet hall was beautifully decorated
for the occasion. the walls and chandeliers
being draped with flags, while i>a!ms and
potted plants were scattered about i'll pro-
fusion. Three long tables extended the en-
roses. carnations and tulips We're upon each
table. and candelabra with delicate pink
shades cast a soft glow over the feast.
Among those present We're Mesdames
Clark, Engel, Moore. Loefiier, Ecllhardt,
Davidson, Gettinger. Walker, Armstrong.
the Misses Miller, Helmus. koerth. Dunno,
Terry. Carpenter, Loeff1er, Carter, Eek
hardt, Magruder, Miller Haywood, Wat
! rous, Hutchinson, Burback, and Messrs.
| Mitchell Bell, Utz, Christman, Libbey,
Engel, Isell, Clark, Potts, Roland, F. Loef
ier, c. sLoefTler, Whitson, O. Miller, C.
Miller Davidson, Gettinger. w. D. Clark
Miller, ]. Walker H. Walker, Eckhardt,
Brengle. c. Terry, E. Terry. Murphy
James, Butler, Mayer, Dikeman, Moore and
Ward.
The lexington Euchre Club spent a most
enjoyable time last evening at the home cf
| Miss Bddis, in. lexington. The first part
of the evening was devoted to progressive
euchre. The remainder Of the evening was
| INDUCED in a social and pleasant way, dur
ing which the hostess served the club with
refreshments. Those present weres-Mrs
Leights, the Misses Brigham, Miss Irwin,
the Misses Biddis. Mr.. Brigham Mr.. Stone
Mr. Heitmuler, Mr.. kellam, Mr.. Robinson
and Mr.. John O. Hussey.
| Senator and Mrs. Wetmore entertained at
dinner last night, when among their guests
were the Belgian minister and Countess
Lichtervelde, Senator and Mrs. Davis, Sem
| ator Burrows, Mr.. Peabody Of Boston, Mrs.
Adair and the Misses Wetmore.
Representative and Mrs. Hit will give