Evening star., 1902-01-16
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT
GIVE STATE DINNER TONIGHT.
TOday's Luncheons and Yesterday
Teas-A Subscription Dance-In-
teresting Personal Notes.


give a state dinner tonight the guests of
| honor being the members of the Supreme
| Court. This finishes the series of state
dinners for the winter after the long es-
| tabhshed custom, but viii not close the
" hite House hospitalities in the way of
dinners or other functions. Ninety guests
are expected tonight, several from out of
| town, as well as home notabiities. The
table will be laid in the east room, and Will
| be in crescent shape. The decoration of
the table, as well as the entire room. will
be even more elaborate than at previous
dinners this winter.
Colonel and Mrs. William ]. Youngs Of
! Oyster Bay. N. Y, are guests at the White
House.
| Mrs. ]. Thomson Swami entertained at a
! beautiful luncheon today, when the COM
| pany sat about a table adorned with lib
erty roses and white hyacinths and re-
| splendent with elegant china and plate.
| Mrs. Swanns guests, were the Countess Es-
terhazy, Mrs Cropper, Mrs. Bingham, Mrs.
| Charles Spalding, Mrs. Crowninshieid, Mrs.
| Lincoln, Mrs. Audenried, Miss Woodbury.,
| Miss kean, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs: jenkins
Mrs. Ffoulke, Mrs John Blair, Mrs. c. II.
| Campbell and Mrs. Janin.
| Mrs. Albert Halstead gave a luncheon to-
| day. Those present were Mrs. Corbin Miss
| Cockrell, Miss Harlan, Mrs. Frank Ellis,
! Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mrs. Carroll Mercer, Mrs
.heDeT, MTS. N. NOTICE I1ophiuS, AhA D.
| Maus, Mrs. Bromweli, Mrs. Hooe, Mrs.
| Micou, Mrs. George. X. McLanahan, Mrs.
McClntock, Miss Helen NJ. Michener and
| Miss McLanahan.
The Mexican ambassador and Mrs. AZ
| piroz, who We're sponsors yesterday at the
| baptism at St. Matthews Church Of the In
| FAINT daughter Of Mr.. Torres of the en-
| bassy staff and Mrs. Torres, had all the
J party witnessing the ceremony take lunch
| con with them later at the embassy. The
| hoIt
| her distinguished sponsors and an ,unusu-
| ally pleasant occasion was made Of the
| event The children of the embassy staff
| families were also present with their eld-
| ers and greatly enjoyed the hour or two
| devoted to the hospitality.
| Other dinner givers last night were Mr..
! and Mrs. John w. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs. Tiffany and Rep
resentative and Mrs. Olmstead. Guests of
| the latter were invited to meet Miss Halde-
| man, their guest and those present In
| cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott An
drews. Miss McKenna, Miss Ward, Miss
Langhorne, Mr.. Mcpherson. Mr.. Charles
| Richardson and Mr.. Haldeman.
Yesterday at San Rafael, Cal, Lieut..
| Henry L. Roosevelt, United States ma
! rine corps, a cousin of President Roose-
| welt, and Miss Eleanor Morrow. the daugh-
| ter of Judge and Mrs. w. w. Morrow,
| also well known here. were married. The
| couple Immediately after the wedding
| sailed to Manila, where Lieutenant Roose-
| welt is to be stationed. He has been in
| command of the marine barracks at the
naval training station at San Francisco
| lately
Senator and Mrs. Scott entertained at
very elegant dinner last night in their
private dining room at the New Willard
Their suite was fragrant with flowers, and
the guests of honor We're the new Post
| master General and Mrs Payne and Sem
tor and Mrs. Hanna. Eighteen covers were
| laid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Letter gave a dinner last
night when their guests were the first sec
retary Of the French embassy and Mrs. de
Margerie, the secretary of the Austrian le-
cation and Mrs. Won Callenberg, Mr.. and
Mrs. Crackanthorpe, Miss Maud Paunce-
Strong, the Misses Letter, Mr.. Brun, Baron
| Gevers, Count Quadt, Mr. Smalley, Mr..
Seckendorf and Mr.. Walter Berry.
| The Japanese minister and Mrs. Takahira,
| who gave dinner Tuesday night, have an
| other dinner company invited for tonight.
Friends of Miss Gertrude Fielder rendered
her surprise party at her home, Avenel
post office, Thursday night last, to cele-
brate her birthday. The house was taste
fully decorated with holly, ferns and ever
green's. Dancing was indulged in until
late hour. During the intermission, the
guests were invited to the dining room.
where a bountiful table was filled with
dainty refreshments and handsomely deco
rated the centerpiece being birthday
cake, surrounded by sixteen wax tapers
Those present were MI. and Mrs. Madison
Fielder, Misses Maize. Gertrude and Clara
Fielder, Milton Fielder, Mr.. and Mrs 8.
Boswell. Mr.: and Mrs s. F. Muiiican,
| Thomas Beall, G. Boteler, o. Lindsay, Hay
ward Beall, F. E. Barrett, Misses A. Bar
rett, Beulah Mullican, Lizzie Lindsay, Lot
tie Schulze, Mamie Schulze, Mabel Schulze,
Edna Beall and Master Jourie and Lionel
Fielder.
The marriage of Mr.. S. F. Muliican and
Miss Teresa Schulze was solemnized at Mt.
Pisgah NJ. E. Church, December IL, 1901
Rev. VIM. D. Parry officiated. The church
was profusely decorated, a handsome arch
being the main feature, under which the
couple stood to be married Congratula-
tions were extended by many friends: The
bride was gowned in blue broadcloth, hand
somely trimmed in white satin and lace.
The reception was held at Mr.. George Null
lican's father of the groom, near Burnt
Mills.
Mrs. Robert I. Fleming entertained yes
terday at a 5 o'clock tea, one Of the most
pleasantly anticipated we'll as one Of
the most beautifully appointed hospitan-
ties Of the winter. Mrs. Fleming, becom-
ingly gowned in white crepe de chine with
| silver embroidery. was assisted by Mrs
Sternberg, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mrs. Will
liam Alden Smith, Mrs. S. c. Vedder, Mrs.
Talmage, Mrs. Howry, Mrs. Mcdonald,
Mrs. Andrews and Miss Helen Cannon,
while in the dining room, Mrs. Burrows,
Mrs. Radcliffe and Mrs. Shank did the
honors. Most efficient aids in conducting
the guests to the dining room were the
Misses Evans, Miss Hester Shepard, Miss
Anderson, Miss Collier, Miss Maud Tai
mage, Miss Cannon, Miss Anna Long and
Miss Brice Of Toledo, Ohio. Miss India
Bell Fleming, the schoolgirl daughter, was
another charming assistant to her parents,
Mr.. Fleming taking an active part in the
entertainment Of the guests and hearing at
the same time many approving comments
on the elegance and beauty of his home.
The artistic touch of the hostess was ap-
parent in every detail of the decorations.
Roses were abundantly used in each of the
spacious rooms and in the dining room.
The refreshment table had tall center
vase filed with white roses, the vase sur
rounded with pink orchids in wreath OF
| misty tulle. Both official and resident So
ciety, with a large representation from
army circles, made up the three or four
hundred guests enjoying the occasion.
Mrs. Francis S. Nashs tea yesterday to
present Miss Anita Phinizy of Atlanta, Ca,
to her Washington friends, with Miss
Martha Ryan, the debutante niece of the
hostess. was a delightful event, partici-
pated in by hundreds of prominent persons.