Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-23

new 1ofk Will sing tOIuOIIV" hiSire obe 'nS
White House musical. Nine. Schumann-
Heink. Richard Burmeister. julius j.
Scheuch and Carl Schlegel will be the SOLO
lists.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were the
guests Of the Secretary Of the Interior and
Mrs. Hitchcock Saturday night at one OF
the most beautifully appointed cabinet din
ners of the series, which it brought to
close The floral decorations were In
white lilacs. pink roses and Farlayense
ferns. The other guests present were the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Hay, the sec
rotary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw,
the Attorney General, the Postmaster Cen
eral and Mrs. Payne, the Secretary OF tho
Navy, Miss Wilson, daughter OF the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture; the Secretary OF
Commerce and Mrs. Cortelyou, Senator and
Mrs. o. H. Platt and Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight
Collier.
Representative and Mrs. Burk Of Penn
sylvania entertained their friends Satur-
day afternoon at one of the most elaborate
Inequalities Of the winter. The large ball
room at the New Willard was arranged as
a garden, being divided by an arbor giving
one half the space to the reception ana the
other to the supper room, where a table
was spread, abundantly served and prettlly
decked with pink ribbons and greens.
The arbor was formed Of tall lattice
work of pink ribbons, finished across the
top by a wood scroll, also pink. 1t had
three arched openings, and over 1t all ciah-
bered green vines. The picture gained
was not only the most original ever seen III
Washington, but It was at the same tlue
the daintiest and most artistic. Cieves
fingers worked out the scheme, put the
suggestions came from Miss Burk, the at.
tractive young daughter of the most anu
hostess. In a corner of the ball room q
mandolin orchestra played, hedge OF
palms there as well as in the other cor
ners contributing to the garden effects
Mrs Burk was richly gowned In pale
gray panne velvet and duchess lace; MISS
Burk was in light crepe de chine, nearly
covered in Cluny lace; Mrs. Robert D: In
gram, white satin and lace, and Miss Char.
lotte Burk was in white crepe. Other
most efficient aids to the hostess s w We're:
Shepherd, the Misses Cassel, the Misses
Deemer and Mrs. Philip H. Johnson OF
Philadelphia. The guests came from potn
official and resident circles with whom Rep
resentative and Mrs Burk are deservedly
SO popular.
Gen. and Mrs Draper, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z.
Glover Mr.. and Mrs. de Koven gave DIN
ners Saturday night. At the former the
guests were Justice and Mrs. White, Sen
ator and Mrs. Hanna, Senator ana MIS-;
Aldrich, Senator and Mrs. Alger MT. ana
Mrs Montgomery Blair, Mrs Audenread,
Mai. and Mrs. Scriven, Miss Stevens, Miss
Wetmore, Miss Ruth Snyder, Represent.
alive Morrell, Col. Sanger, Mr.. Hit ana
Richard We1ghtman.
Gen. and Mrs. Bates gave a dinner, fol-
lowed by small and early cotill1on, sat
urday night, when flags mingled with how
ers as an appropriate decoratlon aiu "a
vors were of small hatchets and cherries.
The dinner company was: Miss Bates,
Miss Daisy Wilson, Miss Young. Miss San
ger, Miss Randolph, Miss Ruth Hanna.
Huff, Miss Hagner, Miss Poor, Miss Fran
ces Anderson, Miss Enrol Brown. Miss
Gwendoline Ffoulke, Miss Zadie Cobb, MISS
Field, Miss Postlethwaite, Miss Elizabeth
Won Ritter, Capt. Williams. Capt. Proctor.
Mr.. Peachey, Mr.. Poe, Mr.. Mccormick,
Mr.. Bingham, Mr.. Dalzell, Lieut.. Robert
Clark, Lieut. Poole Lieut.. mccoy leu
Lieut. Carpenter, Mr.. William Hit, Mr..
John Fox Mr.. Hinkle and Mr.. Frederick
Swift of Boston. Additional guests joined
this party for the cotillion. which was leo
by Mr.. Swift.
Senator and Mrs. Dryden, whose dinner
giving has been one of the features OF thelr
first winter at the capital, entertained sat
urilay night at an elegant feast for Mrs
Hobart. To meet her there were present:
Senator Frye, Gen. and Mrs. Gillespie, MAJ.
and Mrs. Parker, Representative ana MIS-;
Dalzell, Representative and MRS Rlcharu
Wayne Parker, Mr.. and Mrs HornbloWer,
Miss Anna Ewing Cockrell and Mr.. Carrot
A. Hobart, jr.
Representative Sibley gave large dinner
Saturday night, his guests including SEND
tors Morgan, Cockrell, Blackburn and Pat
terson, Representatives Henry Burk, Hopt.
H. Foerderer, William A. Jones Samuel L.
Powers, Charles E. Lttlefield, Jesse Over
street. James A. Hemenway, Benjamin +.
Howell Adm B. Capron. H. Burd Casseil'
George Edmund Foss. D. Lynch Goocn'
John A. T. Hull, Charles H. Grosvenor,
Robert NJ Nevin, Charles B. Lands, James
M Robinson Charles N. Fowler Ebenezer
J. HILL Frank D. Currier, s. w. smith
Joel Heatwole and Champ Clark, Assistant
Secretary Robert b. Armstrong anu Ni'
W. McC. Wilson.
Mrs. Franklin " Killian will be at home
at the Cumberland Friday, February a.
from to 6.
Mrs. Ralph Nutting, 124 East Capitol
street, will receive informally today, from
to g.
Friday was the day of delightful gath
ering in honor Of the seventh wedding ami
versary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stevens, I'll
1 street southeast. Music and singing were
rendered until late hour, after which a
bountiful repast was served. Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Stevens,
Mrs NJ Shoenthal, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Archer, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Purdy, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
E. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. William Stansbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Stansbury Mr.. and
Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. A. Watts, Mrs. Kate
| Hunt. Miss Esther Mead, Miss ]. Gibbons,
Miss Flora Taylor, Miss M. Archer, Miss
Nellie Hayden, Miss May Jasper, Misses An
ME, Maggie and Alice Shaw, Mr.. Ed. De
| Shazer, Mr.. L. Weller. Mr.. J. Lusby, Mr..
Timothy Broderick, Mr.. Henry Hunt, Mr..
w. Stansbury, Mr.. ]. Corbin Mr.. T. Shear
er, Mr.. 8. Stansbury, Mr.. c. Stearns, Mr..
Emmit Jasper and Mr.. Harry Stansbury.
Mr. Andrew B. Duvall, Mrs Andrew B.
Duvall, Mr.. J. Buckley Burns, Mrs A.
Burns, Miss Elizabeth Burns, James Fa-
gan, VIM. H. Rice, Thomas A. Moore and
]. D. Pease are at Atlantic City.
surprise party was rendered Mr.. A. NJ.
Paul Maschemeyer, jr., last week, at his
residence, HOO 10th street, prior to his de-
parture for the north. Among the guests
present were Mrs. A. M. P. Maschmeyer,
Miss MIME Maschmeyer, Miss Marion o.
Speaks Miss Mary Johnson. Miss Frances
Miller. Miss Agnes Miller. Miss Faucet,
Miss Ethel Nelson. Miss Leila Nelson, Miss
Eva Fur, Miss May Taylor Miss Irean
Marche. Messrs. A. M P. Maschmeyer,
Edward Clarkson, Irving Porter, Harry
Miller. Dudley Burns. Louis Wagner. Ray
Taylor. Erick Parsons. James Tool and
Miller.
Col. c. H. Alden. U. s. A., retired, and
Mrs. Alden. formerly Of this city, are at the