The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-14
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
| Gage entertained at dinner last night.
Their guests were Representative and Mrs.
| Fowler Colonel and Mrs Bingham Captain
and Mrs. Beach. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ives
| Cobb, Mr.. and Mrs. William Elroy Curtis,
| the Solicitor General and Mrs. Richards,
the First Assistant Postmaster General and
Mrs. Perry Heath, Sonora Perez. and Mr..
Vanderlip. Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury.
Fashionable Washington always takes
kindly to Lenten entertainments and for
! that reason the various recitals arranged
for next week give promise of great social
and financial success.
Mrs. Cushman X. Davis has placed her
drawing room at the disposal of Mr.. Mar
| shall Darrach. of New York, who will re-
cite The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" next
Monday evening for sweet charity's sake.
At the residence of Mrs. Wallach,
1901 I Street, on Tuesday afternoon, at
i;3O o'clock. and again at the residence of
Senator Depew, Corcoran House. Lafayette
Square, on the Friday afteroon following,
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given by Mrs. Waldo Richards, and songs
by Mr.. Francis Rogers. Mrs. Richards
viii include in her programmes
selections in the French Canadian,
Yankee. negro, and Irish dialect;
also stories in child character, written es-
pecially for her. The patronesses are:
Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Root. Mrs Hitchcock. Mrs
Gray, Mrs. White. the Baroness Won Heng-
elmuller. Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Alfred z.
Bates. Mrs. Isaac C. Bates Miss Board
man, Mrs. George Lothrop Bradley, Mrs.
Randolph NJ Clark, Mrs. William Sheffield
Cowles. Mrs. J. L. NJ. Curry, Mrs Charles
Ffoulke. Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Hobson, Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins, Mrs. Livingston Hunt.
Mrs. Theodore n. Jewell Mrs Harriet
Lane Johnston, Mrs. James Marion John
ston, Mrs. Ludlow, Mrs. George B. Nc
Clellan, Mrs. Allan McLane, Mrs McMii-
Ian. the Misses Myer, Mrs. Mott Miss Pat
ten, Miss Paulding, Mrs. Richardson. the
Misses Riggs. Mrs. George d. Rugges,
Mrs. S. Parltman Shaw, Mrs. Edwin H.
Stanton. Mrs. Wallach, Mrs. Westing-
house, and Mrs Williams c. Whittemore.
Mrs. Dewey has been appointed chair
man of the battleship committee. in aid of
the Children's National Easter Festival for
the Cuban Orphan Society of New York a
meeting of which was held last Saturday
afternoon at Lakewood \. J.. where the
Admiral of the Navy and his wife have
been visiting for the past two weeks. On
Saturday evening the Admiral was given
an opportunity of enjoying the battle OF
Manila Bay set TO music by the first vio-
linist of the Lakewood Hotel orchestra,
under the title of Admiral Dewey's
Grand March, As the composition began
sixteen of the bell boys of the hotel uni
formed as marines and sailors, with a
drummer to lead marched across the lobby
and stationed themselves in line behind the
orchestra in view of the Admiral's party
and other guests. As the piece continued
were heard the report of firearms. the
cheers of sailors, and the sound of escap-
ing steam from a pipe concealed near by |
The composition closed with THE star
Spangled Banner the entire company ris- |
ing and a number Joining in the national |
hymn.
NJ. Cambon. the Ambassador from
France, returned from New York last
night.
The marriage of Miss Mary Elizabeth |
Lamping and Mr.. Randolph r. Warwick |
will take place this evening at o'clock |
at lo02 Twenty-sixth Street northwest.
Mrs. Paterson. of Akron Ohio. who is |
now visiting her son Law and daughter.
Representative and Mr.. Dick. expects to re- |
main in Washington until quite late in the
spring.
The marriage of Miss Annie NJ. Leonard
and Mr.. Joseph p. B. Barber will he SOL
emnized al the residence OF the bride. POI !
East Capitol Street. this evening at $50
o'clock. Only relatives and a few intimate
friends will be present.
An engagement of special int crest in
official and social circles at the Capital is
that of Miss Edith Morton, eldest daugh-
ter of former Vice President Morton. and
Mr.. William Corcoran Eustis which has
just been announced. As Miss Morton is
in Rome with her mother and her sister,
Miss Helen Morton, it is not yet known
whether the marriage viii occur in Italy
or New York. Mr.. Eustis is the son of
the late Chief Justice George Eustis of
Louisiana and has for many years been
identified with polo and hunting interests
of the North.
MISS EDITH MORTON To WEI