Evening star., 1901-02-20
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
THE SEASONS BRILLIANT FINISH At
A FANCY DRESS BALL.
The President Entertrins the SW
preme Court In Stnte-ShrOve
Tuesday Teas-PersOnals.

clOth ana aSneS are bN no
| the way OF seasonable apparel. The spirit
and intention still linger, and If practice Is
weak one must not forget that the claims
| of the world are sometimes pretty hard to
disregard No need for entertainment can
| be felt until after Inauguration. which will
| break into the Lenten monotony with a
| whirl of excitement calculated to stir the
blood of the most austere or the hardest to
| please. The guest Of the first few days
| will be. on the whole, welcomed although
for those who have guests or are otherwise
| interested In the ID. A. X. proceedings,
whose strongest ramificatiOns are In so
ciety. will have no dull hours on their
| hands till the close of the week
President and Mrs Mckinley We're again
| host and hostess last night at a state din
ner. when the Supreme Court Justices were
| the special guests The table was arranged
in the corridor and extended from end -
end. The colors Of the flowers were red
white and pink, the latter in small blossoms
forming the base of square and round
! placques which either red roses or
white primroses nodded. The center vase
| directly in front of the Presidents place
was filled with meteor roses and stood In a
| bed of farlayense fern. The great expanse
of white linen further broken by groups
| formed of ut-glasS vases filed with scarlet
| carnations and the red-shaded candeIabra
| The decoration of the east room was unusu-
! ally gay and dainty in character. President
and Mrs. Mckinley,s guests were the chief
| justice and Mrs. Fuller. MIR. Justice Harlan.
| Mr. Justice Gray and Mrs. Gray, Mr. Jus
| tice Shiras and Mrs Shiras. MIR. Justice
White and Mrs. White. Mr.. Justice McKen-
| ma and Mrs. Mckenua, the Attorney Gen
eral and Mrs. Griggs. Senator Platt of Con-
| necticut, Senator and Mrs. Spooner. Senator
| and Mrs. Fairbanks Senator and Mrs. Tel
Ter. Senator and Mrs. Lindsay. Senator Ba-
| con, Senator and Mrs pettus. Senator Bard
! Senator and Mrs. McComaS. Senator and
Mrs. Tillman. Senator and Mrs. Elkins. Sen
ator and Mrs. Wetmore Representative and
| Mrs. Kay, Representative and Mrs. AleXan-
| der, Representative and Mrs. Warner Rep
| resentative and Mrs. Littleeid Representa-
| tive and Mrs. Kahn, Representative and
| Mrs Elliott. Representative and Mrs. F'lem-
| ing. Representative Taylor. Representative
| and Miss Morris. Representative and Mrs
| JOY, Representative ana Mrs. Kerr, Repre-
sentative and Mrs; Mercer Representative
| and Mrs. R1Xey, Representative and Mrs
| Samuel w. Smith, Representative and Mrs
| Russell, Representative and Mrs. Newlands
| representative and Mrs. Steele. Solicitor
| General and Mrs. Richards Governor and
| Mrs. Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs Mccormick
| Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Fl. r. Allen Miss ,ar-
| Ian. Miss Marie Mckenna and Miss Taunt
| The Secretary of War and Mrs Root well
coined to their home yesterday all the army
oillcefs ana their families residing in Wash
| inston or In near vicinity to this city The
| officers Were In full uniform making the
| gathering an unusually brilliant one for
| daylight. The Root residence was hand
| S'iACi5 duotHeu Win mowers, a mandolin
| orchestra played and a collation. was served
| In the dining room. The company was
| large and each room of the spacious suite
was thronged. Mrs. Root was assisted by
mrs, Miles, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant, Mrs. Joseph z. Sanger. Mrs.
| Theodore A. Bingham, Mrs. William H.
| Parker and Mrs. Postlethwaite Miss Will
| son. the Misses Hay, the Misses Hitchcock,
.he misses Griggs. Miss Sheridan. Miss
| Ernst and Miss Root. The custom of bring
| Ing together the army families at the home
! OF the Secretary Of War was inaugllrated
by former Secretary and Mrs Lamont.
! which example has been most agreeably
| followed by their successors.
The assistant secretary and Mrs. Hill
| and Mrs. J. Dorman Steele gave a mardi
gras bali last night at Rauscher's. when
| between two and three hundred guests
| were present, whose costumes were beauti-
full. fanciful. grotesque and amusing. The
| host wore a Louis XIV costume Mrs Hill
| was Portfa. in a red gown and cap, and
| Mrs. Steele a Grecian matron.
| Receiving also Were Cen and Mrs. Miles
! the latter very handsome in a court dress
| first worn at Queen Victorias jubilee;
| Commander and Mrs. CowIes and Mrs.
| Stanchtield. Up to midnight general dane
| ing was enjoyed before the serving of a
buffet supper. Baron Herman. who danced
| with Miss Hay, led the cotilIion of fifty
! couples. for which tissue paper favors in
| no end of pleasing conceits, were dis
| tributed. The decorations of the ball room
| were odd drapings of red and black and
| tissue paper ornaments to suggest the con-
| fetti that Is such an important feature at
| European carnivals The costumes were
| especially handsome even for Washington
| whose travelled residents have had many
| opportunities to collect examples of the pic
| tureSque and becoming, both in princely
| and peasant garb, and 1t was no small
compliment to the givers of the entertain
| ment that so many of the guests went will
| ingly to both trouble and expense in robng
| themselves gorgeously for the event.
| Mrs. Logan's tea yesterday in honor of
| Mr.. Franklin Simmons of Rome, the sculp-
| tor Of the Logan statue. and Mrs. Sim
| mons revived the memories of many other
| pleasant occasions in her home. Unfortu-
| nateIy the hostess was unable to appear by
| reason of prolonged siege of grip but her
| place was charmingly filled by her daugh-
| ter. Mrs. Tucker. Assisting in the reception
l were Mrs. Henderson, wife of the Speaker
| of the House; Mrs. Z. X. Johnston of Chi
| cago. the house guest of Mrs. Logan Mrs,
| Wetmore. wife of Senator Wetmore: Mrs.
| William Scully, Mrs. F. G. Berger and Mrs.
| A. w. Dunn.
! Mrs. John T. Arms entertained yesterday
at very pretty luncheon. her guests being
| the associates of her 1ebutante daughter,
| Miss Arms. Those present included Miss
| Satterlee Miss Webb, Miss Mauro Miss
| Kerr, Miss Helen Bell. Miss Sargent, Miss
| Florence Worthington. Miss Curtis. Miss
| Mills, Miss Kline. Miss Anne Phelps Brown,
! the Misses Thayer. Miss Austin. Miss Gale
| and Miss Hyatt The table had a beautiful
| centerpiece of farlayense ferns, studded
! with white blossoms. At the conclusion of
| the dainty feast corsage bouquets of vo-
| let's were handed to the guests, who had
| also their palms read by clever profession
| al in that art
| Miss Estelle Goodman of New York is
| stopping with her aunt. Mrs. II. Sommers
| SO40 NJ street, and will be at home tomor-
row.
| Mrs Arthur Chase Eddy Of Springfield
| Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Yung
| Kwai and will be at home with her in
| Cleveland Park tomorrow and next Thurs
| day.
Mrs. W. H. Proctor will be at home with
| Mrs. Clarence A. Proctor on Thursdays at
| 921 street northwest.
Miss Lillian Gayle of 800 Massachusetts
| avenue northeast was given large sur
! prise party Monday evening to celebrate
| her twentieth birthday. Games and dane
| ing were enjoyed until late hour, when
| the guests were invited to the supper room
! which was beautifully decorated with flow
| ers and palms. Toasts were very ably re-
| sponded to by Miss Hunter and Messrs
Buckingham and Chatterton. Among the
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