The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-27
SOCIAL And PERSONAL
The Reception at the japanese Le-
CATION a Brilliant Affair.
Dinner Guests Entertained by Sec
rotary and Mrs. Hitchcock and
General and Mrs. MIIes-Miss Will
sons Reading for the Blind.

| General and Mrs. NIIes-NIiss Will
| sons Reading for the Blind.
| The Japanese Minister and Madame Ia
kahira gave a reception last night when
the six hundred or more guests who called
! during the evening represented the entire
Diplomatic Corps, the Cabinet members,
and their families, and all the men and
women of official and social prominence
who are now in Washington The Minis
| ter and his wife were uaassisted in VOL
coming the guests, The hostess appearing
in Paris gown that harmonized artist
ically with her coloring and beautiful
black hair. In the bay window Of the
| dining room were giant palms. and the
mantels were banked with fern. In the
dining room. where a buffet supper was
| served, there Were mingled with palm
and fern foliage quantities of azaleas and
American Beauty roses.
Miss Wilson. daughter of the Secretary
! of Agriculture. sraciously contributed to
| the pleasure of the readers of the Pa
vilion for the Blind at the Congressional
Library yesterday by giving what proved
to be one Of the most brilliant readings of
| the year. In addition to her opening Sc
! lection. LoweIl's poem on Burns she
read several clever original verses and
Secretary Wilson'S interesting reminis-
cences of life in Iowa in its early days.
Mrs. Bddle gave a small tea yesterday
| afternoon for the Countess Buisseret, the
guests being limited to a few of her old
| Washington friends.
General and Mrs. Miles entertained at
dinner last night in honor of the Governor
General of Cuba and Mrs. Wood General
and Mrs. Miles also have dinner invita-
tons out for next Monday evening when
their special guests will be the new As
Sistant Secretary of War and Mrs. San
ger.
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
Hitchcock gave a dinner for young people
last night. Mrs. Hitchcock and Miss
Margaret Hitchcock will go to St Louis
for a visit of three or four weeks about
the middle of May.
Admiral and Mrs. Benham will give a
| reception for their son, Lieutenant Bling
ham. and his bride on the evening of
May !
Mrs. Story Will give o'clock tea this
afternoon at the Country Club. Chevy
Chase, in honor Of her daughter, Ccun-
tess Buisseret, who has just arrived from
Vienna.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. L. Barber have leased
Ardsley Towers their place on the Hud-
son. to MIR. and Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt.
who will remain there until the opening
! of the Newport season.
Representative Babcock of wisconsin
and Mrs. Kate King. of Chicago. were
married Thursday at the home of the lat
ter's sister Mrs. Frederick w Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Babcock will sail for Eu-
rope today.
The Misses G. A and NJ NJ Bell, Mrs
S. S. Shedd, and Miss NJ F. Shedd. all of
Washington. sailed on the Barbarossa,
which left for Bremen via Cherbourg on
Thursday.
The Abracadabra Literary Club was en-
tertained by Mrs c. II. Squier at her
residence, SD East Capitol Street, Wed
nesday evening, the oath inst, Mr.. ]. d.
Croissant presiding. Responses to roll
call were aphorisms. Mrs. Charles Gree
ley Abbot gave as a prelude a paper on
French art, taking as central figure the
great Corot. Mr.. Gilbert Clark, accom-
panied by Mrs Harry Wilbur, sang Phil
lips Son of the Desert and for an en-
core kept In" by Nevin. Mr.. John S.
Duffie. the essayist of the evening gave
an excellent paper on Patents" 1t was
shown that the United States leads the
world in the number of patents granted
annually. The programme closed with a
humorous selection read by Mrs. ]. D.
Croissant. Refreshments were served by
the hostess. and after a pleasant social
hour the club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Myron L. Story. 62S A Street south
east, on "Wednesday evening, May S.
Members present We're Mr.. and Mrs. Sid
ney : Besselievre, Mrs. Fenelon b. Brock,
Mr. and Mrs J. Il. Chamberlain, Mr.. S. A.
Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Clum. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. ID. Croissant. Mrs. NJ. Z. S. Da-
Wis. Miss Emily Doherty. Mr.. John S.
Dufiie Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. McCreary, Miss
Leonora Merritt, Mrs. +. l.. Pierce, Mr..
and Mrs. c. H. Squier. Mr.. and Mrs. My
ron l.. Story. and Mrs. Charles g. Abbot.
Visitors present were Mr.. and Mrs. Gill
bert Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilbur,
Miss Duffie Miss Clum, and Miss Esther
Brock.
Rest Cottage" the home of Mr.. and
Mrs c.. NJ Wolfe. at Linden. Md, was
the scene OF a pleasant reception last
Monday evening, April %. it being the
fifth anniversary of the marriage of the
host and hostess. Assisting In receiving
were Mrs. Push Robinson, of Baltimore,