Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND MRS. MCKINLEY
ENTERTAINED THE DIPLOMATS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wnlsh's Guests Heard
NOrdica-St. Valentine PARTIES
Interesting PerSOnal Notes.

President and Mrs. Mckinley resumed
| most happily last evening the generous hos
pitali.y which has made their residence in
| the Executive Mansion the most notable
| in recent history. The foreign ambassadors
| and ministers were the guests of honor. The
| table was arranged in the corridar, which was
| as usual on festive occasions, canopied in
asparagus vines, in which cleaned innumer-
| able electric sparks. Palms and foliage
plants along the wall in the gilded inches
| formed an appropriate framework for the
table, which a beautiful decoration of
pink orchids and primroses and rose-shad-
| ed lights made an artistic combination Of
delicate color.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley re-
ceived in the east room, which was pro-
! fuseIy decorated with tropical plants and
aZalea bushes Col. Bingham, assisted by
| Major McCawley, made the presenta ions
/ to the host and hostess. When dinner was
announced the President escorted Mrs. AZ
| tended by the German ambassador. Court
! mourning was the cause of the absence of
| the British ambassador and Lady Paunce-
| fOte. Neither the Italian ambassador nor
Baroness Fava was present, both being in
| New York The full list of invited guests
| was follows:
The ambassador Of Germany, the ambas-
sador OF France, the ambassador of Rus
Sid anu SOuHleSS Mdl ueiliS SdSSiui TIE
ambassador of Mexico and Mrs. de Approx
| the minister of Guatemala, the minister OF
| Austria Hungary, the minister Of Switzer-
| land, the minister OF Denmark, the minister
of Portugal and Viscountess de Santo Thyr-
SO, the minister Of Haiti and Mrs. Leger
the minister of Belgium and Countess de
LIchtervelde, the Chinese minister and Mrs.
WI, the minister Of Turkey, the minister
| of Brazil and Mrs. de .AsSs-Brasil, the
| minister of Chile and Mrs. de Morla Vi
cuna, the minister of Costa Rca, the min
lister Of Spain and Duchess de ARGOS, the
minister of Nicaragua, the Netherlands
minister, the minister of Japan and Mrs.
Takahira, the minister of Peru and Mrs
| de Alvarez Calderon, the minister of Be-
| livia, the minister of Persia, the minister of
Uruguay, the charge d'affaires of Vene-
Zuela, the charge d'affalres of Corea, the
charge d'affaires of the Dominican republic,
the assistant secretary OF state and Mrs.
Hill, Gen and Mrs. Miles, Senator and Mrs.
Culfom Senator Lodge, Senator and Mrs
Clark Senator and Mrs. Foraker, Senator
and Miss Morgan, Senator Daniel, Senator
and Mrs. Hanna, Senator and Mrs. Jones
of Arkansas, Representative and Mrs Hit,
Representative Adams, Representative Fred
| erick H. Gilett, Representative and Mrs.
Lands, Representative Dinsmore, Repre-
sentative Champ Clark, Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
| and Mrs. Reid, Mr.. c.. n. Bliss and Mrs.
Bliss, Col. and Mrs. Myron 7. Herrick, Dr.
S. Weir Mitchell, Miss Alice Hay, Miss
Root, Miss Griggs, Miss Hitchcock, Mrs.
| Frederick D. Grant, Miss Ruth Hanna, Miss
McWiilams.
One agreeable novelty, and one quite in
keeping with the spirit of St. Valentine,
was the informal dance which followed the
dinner, the state dining room being utilized
for the purpose. The thirty additional
guests who had the honor and pleasure of
participating in this the first ball at the
| White House during the present admins
tration were Miss Margaret Hitchcock, Miss
Hay, Miss Leila Griggs, the secretary to
the President and Mrs. CorteIyou, Col. and
Mrs. Bingham, Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale,
Miss Paulding, Miss Lucy kean, Miss Nc
MILAN, Miss Ernst, Count and Countess
Quadt, Miss Alice Ward, Miss Edythe Pat
ten, Mrs. Rivera, Miss Lowering, Miss Lei
ter, Miss Roosevelt, Miss Foraker, Miss
Taunt, Miss Walker, Miss Mabel d. Mer-
riam, Gen Corbin, Senator kean, Mr.. Seek
endorff Senior Riano, Maj. Simpson, Capt.
Gibson. Capt. Russell, Lieut.. Dorey, Lieut..
Rodgers, Lieut. Davis, Lieut.. Edie, U.S.N.
Nj Frederick Winthrop, Mr.. Merriam and
Mr.. J. b. Foraker, jr.
Representative Levy and his sister Mrs.
Won Mayhoff, gave an elegant dinner last
night, when the guests of honor were the
Secretary of War and Mrs Root. The
others present were the Secretary of Agr1-
culture and Miss Wilson, Senator and Miss
Cockrell, Senator ard Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Man
ming, Mrs. Perez, General Corbin, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Swanson, Miss Morgan,
Miss Winfred Mattingly, Mr.. Balmaceda,
Judge Duke of Virginia and Mr.. Won May
hoff
of the prettiest dinners marking s. Val
entnes night. Their guests included Miss
Kellogg, Miss Benham, Miss Mauro, Miss
Weston. Miss Florence Worthington, Miss
Helen Stewart, Miss Kline, Miss Mills,
Mr.. Dorey, Mr.. Conrad, Mr. Hoffman,,
Mr.. Wells Mr.. Overton. Mr.. Foley, Mr..
Cunningham, Mr.. Knepper and Mr.. Ches
ter.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Griggs
entertained at dinner last evening, when
their guests We're Representative and Mrs.
George b. Mcclellan, Mr.. and Mrs. Blair
Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Glover, Mrs. H. B.
Patten Miss Phelps, Miss Lucy kean, Cen
eral Bates, Mr.. Riano, Mr. Seckendorf, Mr..
Edward Morell and Major Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh gave a
large dinner last night, at which were pres
ent twenty guests, who, with forty addi-
tional friends who came in about II o'clock
had the great pleasure of hearing Mime.
Nordica sing. The divas selections in
Guided the jewel song from Faust, a
Hungarian aria from "LaSlOs," the SeTe-
made by Richard Strauss and other arias
in which her splendid voice was heard 10
its best advantage. The host and hostess
in this entertainment added another signal
triumph to their splendid Inequalities of
the present season, and which especially
have been a leading feature of this month.
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson of Virginia gave
very pretty luncheon yesterday. when
the table was decorated with pink and Nio-
were at each cover. The guests We're Mrs.
Turner, Mrs. Boutelle, Mrs. Faulkner, Mrs.
]. T. Granger, Mrs. ]. De Witt Arnold,
Mrs Willard Warner Mrs. Heatwole, Mrs.
Metcalf, Mrs Holmes and Miss Lyons.
Avery successful double entertainment was
given yesterday afternoon and last evening
for the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
clubs at the Washington Club A number
of prominent ladies were interested. Among
the hostesses were Mrs. Davis, Mrs Stern
berg, Mrs. Lusk, Mrs. Sanger. Mrs Multi
gan, Mrs. Audenried, Mrs. Aulick Palmer
Mrs. Switzerland, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs Brad
ford and Mrs Higginson who, with others,
have been working for several weeks to-
ward It's success. In the afternoon there
was tea and musicale, and the evening
entertainment was largely given up to the
enjoyment of dance, at which there were
present many officers of the army and navy
and marine corps, together with a number
of others prominent in social life. A part
of the Marine Band furnished the music,
and signal corps men were stationed at diff
ferent points. An exhibition with Indian
clubs was given by Private Stevenson of
the marine corps. Some of those who took
part in the entertainment were Miss Cry
der of New York. Miss Sigsbee, Miss Hunt
Miss Benson, Mr.. O'Connor, Mrs. Kittelee