The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-06
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

President and Mrs Mckinley gave
dinner of fifty covers last night in honor
of the Commissioners who represented
America at the Exposition Universelie
The white and gold dining room was
tropical with palms. Garlands of smilax
swung in festoons from the crystal cham
deIiers. and from the fern-banked man
tells and window inches glowed crimson
masses of poinsetta bloops- The floral
color OF the table was pink, its entire
length and extended ends being grouped
with artistic mounds of pink begonia
blossoms bedded in fern and La France
roses in tall glass vases. Myriads OF can
dies IN mf ssiYe silver eandelabra burned
under. rose pink shades. and grouped at
intervals down the board were dainty
pink eonfeetions and gold and silver
PLAQUES holding pines and other tropical
fruits
The Marine Band was stationed in the
main corridor and as the President and
Mrs. Mckinley descended the stairway
their appToach was heraIded by the mar
tiaI strains OF Hail 10 the Chief. The
guests. who had been directed upon ar
irving to the cloak rooms on the second
floor. had assembled in the East Room,
where they were received by the President
and his wife. Colonel Bingham making the
presentations. The way to the banquet
hall was led by the President and Mrs
Potter Palmer; Senator Allison following
with Mrs. Mckinley,
The additional guests were: Mr. and
Mrs. NJ H de Young, Mr. Potter
Palmer, Mrs. Daniel Manning, Mr.. James
Allison. Mr. and Mrs William l. Elkins,
Mr.. and Mrs Ogden H. FetheTs, Mr. Peter
Jensen, Mr.. and. Mrs. Calvin Manning, Mr.
Franklin Murphy. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A
ParT, Mr.. Henry N. Putney, Miss Putney.
Mr. and Mrs Alvin H Sanders, MIR. and
Mrs Louis Stern. Mr.. William G. Thomp-
son, Mr. and Mrs. William NJ. Thornton,
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur E. Valois, Mr.. ard
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Senator and Mrs
CulIom, Senator and Mrs. Mcmillan, Sen
ator SeweII, Senator and Mrs Thurston
Senator Depew, Miss Paulding, Miss Will
son, Miss McKenna, Mrs. Abner Mckinley
Mrs Dawes, and Mrs. Rixey-
Mr.. Gilbert Honey Grosyenor, the son
of Prof. Edwin 4. GrosvenOr; and his
bride, formerly Miss Elsie Graham Bell,
have been travelling on the Continent
since their marriage in London in Octo-
Der. While in Berlin the American AM
bassadoT and Mrs Andrew D. White en-
tertained them at a dinner to which were
invited the prominent members of the
American colony, the diplomatic corps
and a number of scientific and literary
people Mr. and Mrs GrosEenCr sailed
from Genoa on November %, and are
now in Amherst, Mass, visiting Profess
sor and Mrs. Grosvenor before returning
to Washington, where Mr. GTosvenor will
assume his new duties as managing edi-
Tor Of the Geographic Magazine.
Miss Louise Lieber, the daughter Of
General and Mrs. G. n. Lieber, was in
trodueed to society yesterday afternoon at
a tea given by Mrs. Lieber at the family
residence on Eighteenth Street
The debutante, gir{ishly pretty in a
lovely froek of white net and lace and
carrying a bouquet of violets and AmeTi-
can Beauty roses, WAS presented by the
hostess, who was gowned with quiet eie-
gance IN black crepe de chine. Assisting
at the softly lighted and fragrant tea table
which was abloom with La France roses
were Mrs C. w Larned, of West Point
Mrs SeIfridge, wife OF Admiral SeIfridge,
and Mrs George B1oomer. The receiving
party included Miss Elsie Curtis, Miss
Louise Foraker, Miss Katherine Ward.
Miss Edith Sanger, Miss Enroll Cutkbert
Brown, Miss Margaret Fisher, Miss Gen
ezra Norris, Miss Anna AspinwalI and
Miss Katherine Bruce, of Baltimore, and
Miss Amy Lieber. The callers who
throngeS the drawing room throughout
the receiSing hours included many rep
resentatfyes from army and diplomatic
circles, together with & large contingent