The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-04

! Carlisle presented mt Afternoon
Teas Society to Aid Charity.
The British Ambassador and Lady
! Pauncefote entertained at dinner last
| night. when their guests were the Russian
| Ambassador and Countess Cassini. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Elisha Dyer, and Miss Swami, of New
York; Colonel and Mrs. Bingham. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mrs. Townsend. Mrs.
| Slater, Miss Patten. Miss Letter. the Min
| lister from the Netherlands, Count Tar
nowski; Mr.. Robert Winthrop. Mr.. Charles
! Richards, and Mr.. Norman The table was
| decorated with a golden mass of yellow
F.; chrysanthemums. and the candles burned
| under yellow shades.
Senator and Mrs Foraker gave dinner
| last night complimentary to Miss Nc
| Comas and Mr.. Edgar. whose marriage will
! occur tomorrow at noon. The additional
+! guests included the wedding attendants,
! Miss McComas, Of Hagerstown; Miss
| Marian Gallaudet. Miss Enrol Cuthbert
| Brown, Miss Bissell, Miss Winifred Mat
! tingly. Miss Humrchhouse. Miss Marsh
,, Miss McKeehan. Miss Julia Foraker. Dir.
| richhouse. Mr.. f.. W. McComas. Mr..
! Auchunclcss, Mr.. George Howard. Mr..
| Gist Blair, and Mr.. Jarvis Langdon.
| Society was brilliantly represented yes
| terday afternoon at the tea given by Mrs.
| Van Reypen, wife of the Surgeon General
of the Navy. to introduce their daughter
Miss Aletta Van Reypen. to the social
world. The debutante, a tall and striking
! brunette. was girlishly pretty in white, and
/, carried American Beauty roses. Mrs. W.
s. Cowies and Mrs. Hunker presided at
| the tea table. and among the coterie of
| attractive bellies who assisted in the gen.
+! eral entertainment Of the afternoon were
| the Misses Hitchcock Miss Wallace, Miss
Belle Hagner. Miss Bette Davis. Miss
Margaret Hawley. and Miss Margaretta
| Morris. Of Philadelphia, who was class
mate OF the debutante at Bryn MawT Col
| iege. who is at present her guest. The
decorations of the drawing rooms were
American Beauty roses and palms.
The supreme social event of today will
be the marriage Of Miss Curry Connally to
4 Mr. Walter Scott Andrews, which will be
solemnized at St. Johns Church today at
| noon. The bride, who has achieved the
distinction OF being one of the most pop
! ular and attractive of last seasons buds,
will wear with her wedding gown of white
satin old family point lace and 4 handed
down veil. Her flowers will be lilies Of
| the valley and white orchids. Miss Car
:, Isle, her cousin and only attendant. will
! be gowned in pink silk and lace and wear
a black hat trimmed with pink. After
| the ceremony breakfast will be served
| at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. NJ.
Curry, uncle and aunt of the bride.
Miss Mary Carlisle was introduced to
| society yesterday afternoon at tea given
| by her mother, Mrs. Calderon Carlisle.
4 7 NJ in h.. ltrc Iic1a
| tanned at dinner in honor of Miss Curry
Connally. when the guests were the young
| ladies of the receiving party in the after
| noon and the men attendants at the we'd
| ding Of Miss Connally and Mr.. Andrews.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mattingly en-
tertained at dinner Sunday evening, when
| their guests were Senator and Mrs. Nc
Comas. Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar. Of Detroit,
| who have arrived in Washington to attend
F., the wedding tomorrow Of their son, Mr..
| Goodloe Edgar, and Miss McComas. both
OF whom we're present. together with the
men and maids who will form their bridal
train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar and other relatives
| of the groom are registered at the Graf
! ton.
conspicuous feature of yesterdays
social calendar was the bazar and dra-
| matte entertainment given in the after
| noon and evening at the ShOreham for the
| benefit of the Home for Incurables. In
| two small parlors near the banquet hall
| a number of fashionable maids and mat
rons disposed of fancy and useful articles
and served tea for the patrons in atten-
dance from 3 o'clock in the afternoon
until II o'clock, while a programme of
plays recitations, and music was given
| in the banquet hall at 1870 and again at
| s o'clock in the evening. The committee
and ladies in charge OF the affair were
Mrs Ralph jenkins. Chairman: Mrs.
Gage. the Countess Esterhazy. Mrs. VIII
| liam F. Mattingly. Mrs. Frank Moss. Mrs.
| Mayo Eazeltine, Mrs. Albert Patterson.
Mrs. Chopper Mrs. Arthur Addison. Mrs.
| Spaulding, Mrs. Hunker. Mrs. Matthews.
| Mrs. John Y. Taylor. Mrs. Charles Camp
| bell. and Mrs. George Bloomer. In addi-
| ton to the several fancy tables presided
ever by these ladies there was candy
| table decked with holly and red shaded
| lights in charge OF Mrs. Downs Wilson, as
| sisted by Mrs. Warden. Miss Matthews.
| Miss Orme. Miss Cragen, Miss Adler, and
| Miss Smoot.
At the ice cream table Mrs. Mayo Hazel
| tine was assisted by a corps of pretty girls.
| Other at Cractive maids who contributed
| no little to the success and pleasure of
| the occasion included MISS Eleanor rat
! terson. Miss Charlotte Campbell, Miss Sic
bert, Miss Austin, the Misses Olive and
Claire Howard, Miss Owen, and the Misses
| Cobb. The programme comprised two
| little plays that were presented with
| cleverness that would have done credit to
| professionals In the first, The Thir-
teenth Guest" the leading character was
taken in really splendid style by Miss
| Berry. Others in the cast were Mr.. and
Mrs. Monroe Hopkins and Mr.. Alfred Hop
| kins. each of whom ELECTED well earned
| applause In the second play. "A FAIR
| Encounter the honOrs were divided be-
| tween Miss Mabel Howard and Miss Char
| lotte Taylor Miss Ebbs and Mr. Heathe
| Gregory rendered vocal numbers, and
Nine. de Meissner gave a charming recita-
| ton.
| The American Commissioners TO the
! Paris Exposition will arrive in this city
| tomorrow.
Miss Miriam Ballinger has returned to
the New England Conservatory. oil bos-
| ton. During her stay here she was the
guest OF honor at number of box par
| ties.
Mr.. Philip Ballinger has also resumed
his studies at Cornell where he Is taking
the course in civil engineering.
Senator and Mrs. A. G. Foster are at
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