Evening star., 1901-12-21
What is On for the Holiday Week
Gayeties.
A GLIMPSE OF TEE JANUARY EVENTS
The Gayest Season for Many
Years Promised.
P E R SON AL NOT E S

Nearly all the notable entertainers of the
past three or four winters are evincing their
willingness to do their share in the pleas
ure giving of the new year. If the season
will be short it is going to be the gayest
known for long time, and the part that
the White House and the leading homes
of the administration will take in it will
be enough to spur resident society on TO
great things, even if it were not so minded.
The past week or two shows that the sea-
son may already be considered as fairly
we'll started, the only drawback being a
lack of Dances which cannot be said again
this winter, for both subscription and pri-
vate balls will be more numerous than
ever. Christmas and New Year are no
longer given up to flresde delights for
the family circle, with a number OF
more or less formal afternoon teas next
Wednesday there is Mrs. Ffoulke's recep-
ton for the evening, which is bound to be
one of the prcttiest events of the holiday
season. The cabinet receptions on New
Year day will follow along the usual pro-
gram, though there will be fewer of them,
only Mrs Root Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs Knox
and Miss Wilson having definitely arranged
their plans.
Miss Edes, whose hospitalities are usually
a holiday feature has invited her friends
for New Years afternoon, to 1, which VIII
wind up the day for the polite world IN
most acceptable fashion. For the evening
Mrs. Henry f. Blount will give dance 1or
the Homecoming of her sons and daughters
and the houseful of guests she always mas
at this season.
Beginning with Mrs. Roosevelts tea f1on-
day afternoon for a welcome to her sister
Miss Carew, now a guest at the White
House. some of the events most pleasurably
anticipated for the coming week are the
Century cotillion at the New Willard, Mr.
and Mrs. Choppers Christmas eve dance
for Miss Loring, Mrs. WarderS musicale,
Mrs. Ffoulkes Christmas night reception.
Mrs Boardmans dinner dance, the Old
Washington cotillion and the first of the
Small and Early dances at RauscherS s. The
visit of the Yale Glee and Banjo Clubs will
be the occasion of several entertainments,
Mrs. McLanahan having the younger set of
girls a a tea the 2.>h, to g, to meet
them.
Mrs. w. w. Finley will give dance at
Rauschers on December 30 for the youth
full acquaintances of her daughter. The
same evening Mrs Enoch Totten gives a
fancy dress dance. Mrs. Hubbard gives a
New Year eve dance at Rauschers s for her
granddaughter, Miss Grossman.
The last bride of the year will be Miss
Minna Cromwell, whose marriage to En-
sign Needham Jones' at the Ascension, will
be a really beautiful spectacle Five brides
maids will attend her. the men will wear
their uniforms and large gathering of
friends Will be present TO witness the nap
py event.
Miss Roosevelts debut at the New Year
reception will be so closely followed by all
the gayeties planned for her by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt that it will be but
an incident in the program to which youth
and beauty adds the sweetest interest in
life. She will be the guest of honor at 50
many large affairs during the next two
mcnths that she will have little leisure on
her hands, and, inasmuch as nearly every
important function must be arranged five
or six weeks ahead now, to get the COM
pany desired together, Miss Roosevelt 5
name is very often mentioned in households
she may not enter till that interval is
passed.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas NJ Gale will give
the first January ball. Their date is the I'd,
and the New Willard will be the scene of
the affair, which is for Miss Gale. Mrs.
and the Misses kean give a dinner dance
on the 9th for their young relative, Miss
cotillion will be held at Rauscher's. The
first Bachelors will be on Wednesday,
thu Sth.
The charity ball is set for January 13,
and takes place at the New Willard The
leap year dance is set for the 10th, and the
second Small and Early is on the 18th. An
other large dinner dance of early January
will! be given by Mrs. Townsend.
Other hospitalities of January will include
tea, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Steele, to Z, on
the I'd; Mrs. John Tilson Granger on Satur-
day the 4th, and Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage,
coming-out tea for her daughter, Miss
Rebecca Collier, on the 9th.
The New Year brides will be Miss Alice
Rochester Miss Julia Foraker and Miss
Elsie Bradford. The Fenton-Rochester we'd
ding is set for the 7th and the Wainwright
Foraker and the Bradford-J johnson for the
Sth Three specially popular girls, and all
intending to begin their married life away
from Washington.
Three delightful hostesses are missed so
far this winter. Mrs Westinghouse, whose
Dupont circle home will be newly fur
nished when the family return to it; Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh. who is in retirement this
winter because of the death last summer
OF her sister, and Mrs Hearst, who re-
mains at her California ranch on account
OF the feeble condition of her mother S
health.
A charming welcome has been extended
Commander and Mrs. Clover, who are at
their New Hampshire avenue home for the
past week, and have been continuously en-
tertained during that time. Mrs. Glover
will remain here till spring and then go
back to London.
The receptions at embassies and legations,
always an interesting feature of the win
ter, have been generally resumed. Lady
Pauncefote was at home yesterday to her
friends. Mrs. Azpiroz and Mrs. Perez keep
Tuesdays this season, day long pleasant
ly identified with the social life of the Mexi-
can embassy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dayrell Crackenthorpe of
the British embassy gave a dinner last
night.
Miss Josephine Eddy will be the debut
ante today. Mrs. Eddy gives tea for her
daughter at her sisters home, Mrs Som
ers, on NJ street.
The students of the Columbian College
have cards out for a Christmas reception
Tuesday evening, December "a, at o clock,
at the university building.
Mrs. John r. Mclean gave a luncheon
yesterday in honor of Mrs Kean and in
the large company to meet her were Mrs.
Fuller, Mrs. Elkins. Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Wet
more, Mrs. Lodge, Mrs. Horace Gray, Mrs.
Bayard, Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs
Brook Adams of Boston, Mrs. Wadsworth,
Mrs. Adair of New York. Mrs. John W.
Foster, Mrs. Mulligan, Miss Kean and
Miss Phelps.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Townsend. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stilson Hutchins, Mr. Woodbury.
Blair and Miss Isabel May were among the
invited guests last night at the Alexander
Brown cotillion, Baltimore. Miss May was
among the guests at Mrs. Ferdinand La
trobes dinner early in the evening
Ambassador and Mrs Choate and Com