Evening star., 1902-01-29
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MUSIC AND DANCING HELD FULL
SWAY LAST NIGHT.
Guests Of the President and HIS Wife
The Charity Ball-Home Dinners
-Interesting Personal Items.

The Charity BalI-Hone Dinners
-Interesting Personal Items.
The White House last night was again a
hospitable center. the President and hrs.
Roosevelt entertaining at dinner, follow
ed by music, for Miss Roosevelt The table
was spread in the private dining room and
the guests present were Miss Audrey
Pauncefote. Countess Marguerite Cassini,
Miss Daisy Letter, Miss Merriam. Miss
Josephine Boardman, Miss Strong. Miss
McCauley, Miss Loring. Mrs. Lee, Mr..
Percy Wyndham. Lieutenant Count Won
Arnim. Mr.. ]. H. Van Rotten. Mr.. Harald
de Bildt, Senior Antonio del Viso, Capt. j.
Curtis Gilmore, jr., Lieut.. Robert s. Clark.
Lieut. Arthur p. Niblack. Mr.. Jerome N.
Bonaparte and Mr.. George c. Lee, jr.
At $50 this company was largely aug
mented by the arrivals of the guests invited
to the musicale. Mr.. George Devol. tenor,
and Mr.. Edwin Isham. baritone. with Mrs.
Tfppett at the piano, were the artists of
the evening. The grand piano was at the
north end of the east room and rows Of
chairs faced it.
The Secretary Of War and Mrs. Root, Miss
Root, the Attorney General and Mrs Knox.
Miss Knox, Mr. Knox, the Postmaster Gen.
eral and Mrs. Payne, Miss Jones. the Sec
retary of the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock.
the Misses Hitchcock. the Secretary OF Ag-
riculture and Miss Wilson, Miss Ashton.
Mr.. Robert Adams, jr.. Mrs. Nicholas An
derson, Senator Bever;dge, Miss Berry, Mr..
and Mrs. George Lothrop Bradley, Mr.. Gist
Blair. Mr. Jesse Brown, Mrs. II. s. B..
Beale. Mr.. Walter Berry, Commander and
Mrs. Cowles. Gen. Crozer, Mr. John Lee
Carroll. Lieut., Commander A. E. Culver,
Mrs Clark Miss Chapin Representative
Hugh A. Dinsmore, Senator Dillingham;.
DR.. and Mrs. Morgan Dix, Miss Garcia de
Feyster. Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald De Koven,
Senator and Mrs. Depew, Miss Romola
Dahlgren, Mr.. Antoine de Geofrey, Mr..
Francesca Carignani di Novoli, Mr., George
E. Foss. Mr.. Arthur T. Goldsborough Miss
Lieut.. ]. H. Gibbons, Representative Gill
lett. Mr.. and Mrs Gordon, Cumming,
| Representative and Mrs. Robert R.
Hit, Mr.. Ernest Howe, Mr.. Her
mite, Mr.. George Howard, Capt. ].
H. Heron. Paymaster S. L. Heap,
| Mr.. F. Oden HoTstmann. Miss Horstmann,
| Miss Ethel Horstmann Mr.. Fred. Hale,
Miss Ruth Hanna. Miss Phelps, Mr.. ]. b.
Jones, Lieut.. Henry c. Jewett, Senator
Kean. Miss Kean, Mr.. Alex. Livingston
| Kean. Senator and Mrs Lodge, Mrs. Letter.
Miss Mary Lay, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Lowndes,
Mr.. VIM. c. Lowering. Miss Lowering. Maj.
| Charles L. McCawley, Representative and
| Mrs. Edward Morrell. Representative VIM.
| H. Moody. Miss May, Miss Mackay-Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh, Miss Mac
Mcclellan, Mr.. Iangdon Marvin, Miss Mat
| thews, Mr.. H. G. Norman, Representative
| and Mrs. Francis G. Newlands. Miss Mott.
Mr.. A. E. Humphreys Owen. Miss Poor.
| Lieut.. John H. Poole. Mr.. Clifford Pinchot,
Miss Potter of New York, Mr.. Herbert Put
nam. Lieut.. Charles l.. Poor, Miss Mary
Randolph, Mr.. Arthur s. Raikes, Mr.. Bar
| clay Rives. Lieut.. Comdr. T. Slidell Rogers,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Spalding, Mrs. Ar
thur Amory. jr.; Miss Sheridan, Mr.. and
Mrs John p. Story, jr.; Mrs. Slater. Col.
| w. A. Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs Sprague, Mr..
John o. Seibert, Lieut.. Schroen. Mrs. Town
| send. Miss Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs. Chat
field Taylor, Mr.. Beauclerk, Mr.. Corcoran
| Thorn, Count A. Won Quadt, Count Won
Montgelas, Baron Won Kapp-herr. Mr.. and
/ Mrs. William Bayard Van Rensselaer,, Mr..
| and Mrs George w. Vanderbilt, Mrs. War
| der. the Misses Warder, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
| bert Wadsworth, Maj and Mrs. w. A.
| Wadsworth. Mr.. and Mrs. James 5. Wads-
| worth, Mr. James Wadsworth. jr.: Miss
| Wadsworth, Miss Maude Wetmore, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Miss Alice Wilson
Mr.. John F. Wilkins. Miss Ward.
Splendid success attended the charity ball
given last night at the Arlington under the
| auspices of the Southern Relief Society.
| The occasion was a brilliant one, bringing
| together not only those prominent in south
| ern society at the capital. but hundreds OF
| others to whom also the purposes of the
| ball appealed and who came and enjoyed
| one of the gayest nights of the winter.
| The guests were not only early arriving
| but few departed till long past midnight
| so that each of the spacious parlorS, the
| large assembly room and the ball room had
| few inches of uncovered space. Ex-Secre-
| tary Herbert, the president of the Con-
| federate Veterans Association receiE I'll
with Mrs. Howry, the president of the
| Southern Relief Society. Capt. John NJ
| Hickey, so long and prominently identified
| vii hp az N he
| ceiving party the committee of that aSso-
| citation, the members of which were Messrs
| r. w. Hunter, w. A. Gordon. Findlay Har-
ris, j. T. Callaghan. T. W. Hungerford,
| line of handsome women receiving with
Mrs. Howry were Miss Virginia Miller
Miss Mary Gusts Lee. Mrs. B. H. Warner
| Mrs Benjamin Micou, Mrs. NJ. E. BentoG
| and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson.
| Mrs Howry was handsomely gowned in
| blue satin and point lace, with trimming
| of black velvet ribbon. She carried a
huge cluster Of pink roses. Miss Miller
| black lace and velvet, Mrs. b. H. Warner
in a rich white Cluny lace with pearls
| Mrs. Micou. white point desprie: Mrs
| Swanson, spangled black lace, and Mrs
Benton was in white satin and lace. Dane
| ing began before 10 and continued, with in
| termissior for supper, till long past mid
night.
| Among other rich toilets were those OF
Mrs. Miles, who wore blue panne velvet
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, white lace over
white silk; Mrs. Blackburn, gray mousse
| line; Mrs A. D. Lyons. black jetted lace;
Miss Lyons, white embroidered crepe: Miss
| Cockrell. white satin with touches of pink
| Mrs. Goldsborough. white silk Mrs. Ohm
| sted. jetted black lace: Mrs. Bankhead
| blue satin: Mrs. Albanus S. T. Johnson
| white satin and duchess lace trimmed with
| pink roses and forget-me-nots; Mrs. John s.
| Callaghan lavender satin and spanged
| lace; Miss Morris, mauve satin with point
| lace trimmings; Mrs. Dalzell. white silk
| Mrs. Janin, mauve silk and point lace;
Miss Wilson, blue crepe de chine: Mrs.
| Walter Wells, white point d'esprit; Miss
! Portner. white Liberty silk; Mrs. Ransdell.
black lace; Mrs. Frank Hume black net;
Miss Hume. white satin and lace; Miss
| Baxter. lilac crepe; Miss Philips, white
| silk; Miss Mary Fendall, violet gauze; Miss
| Moore white silk and chiffon; Miss De
Koven, white silk; Miss Reed. white silk
Mrs. Sheperd. black tulle and jet; Mrs.
| Brooke, heavy white lace; Miss MacVeagh
| pink sa tin.
Mrs. Kate X. Henry, black lace; Miss
| Thornton, pink chiffon: Miss Florida
Graves. white chiffon; Miss Fulgum blue
silk; Miss Richardson, light green silk;
Miss Anne Richardson, pink mousseline;