Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27

honor the dinner was given. Colonel and
Mrs Cromwell viii give dinner March !
In honor OF Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Taft. and another on the following evening
for Mr.. and Mrs. Welcome Of London.
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
Morton had as dinner guests Saturday
night Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Senator
and Miss Kean. Senator and Mrs. New
lands, Senator and Mrs. Elkins, the min
Swinderen, the Solicitor General and Mrs.
Hoyt, Mrs. De Koven. Mr.. and Mrs. Living
ston Hunt and Representative Cochran OF
New York.
The Chinese minister gave another ele-
giant dinner Saturday night, his guests
being the French ambassador, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, Miss
Shaw the japanese minister, the Siamese
minister, Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. PIERCE, Second Assistant Secretary OF
State Alvey A. Adee, Mrs Richard Butler.
Commissioner and Mrs. James r. Garfield,
Mrs. Foraker, Miss Foraker, Miss Hitch
cock Mr. and Mrs. William p. Emo and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ST. George Tucker.
Mrs. and Miss Postlethwaite of this city
were guests at the state ball given lately
by the khedive at the palace at Cairo.
Mrs John Joy Edison was hostess at
beautiful luncheon last Friday, when her
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Mrs. Jules Guthridge, Mrs b. H. Warner,
Mrs. Fairfield Carpenter Mrs. Alden smith,
Mrs Moore Richardson, Mrs. Mann, Mrs
Burrows, Mrs. Eichelberger and Mrs. John
Joy Edison, jr.
Miss Louise Miller entertained a merry
gathering of young people last Friday even
ing at her home, High View, Brookiand, In
honor of her eighteenth birthday annNer-
sary. During the evening an exceptionally
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GUS members Of the party. Games were
also enjoyed, the most amusing of which
was fish game. in which Miss Rosa Miller
carried off first prize, while Mr.. Stephen
Miller took cellar honors. Refreshments
were served and dancing followed. The
hostess was the recipient of many beautiful
presents.
The o. B. Jolly Club met Saturday after
noon at the home of Ruth Zellers, 1882
Center street where games and music were
INDUCED in, after which refreshments were
served.
Prizes were awarded to Miss Leslie Cam
eron, first, and Miss Florence Thornton,
BOBBY. The next meeting will be held al
the home of Miss Beatrice Lansburgh, 2511
14th street, on the 18th of March. Those
present We're the Misses Florence Thornton,
Beatrice Lansburgn, Leslie Cameron, May
Ramsay, Blanche Prescott Mildred Cam
eron, Lena Sheckels. Dora, Ruth and BERTHE
ZellerS and Miss Ethel Miller.
A pleasant evening was spent by the
Ever Young Euchre Club at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Burgess, S14 18th street
northeast, Saturday evening, February %,
in honor of Mr., Burgess sixtieth birthday
anniversary, AR. Burgess being member
of the E. Y. E. Club. The parlors were
beautifully decorated with flags and flow
ers. Euchre and music made the evening
both merry and pleasant, after which re-
freshments were served. Those present
We're Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Feathers, Mr. and
Mrs. B. f. Chase, Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Wor
den, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. M. Calhoun, Mr.. and Mrs. G. r.
Ferguson, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A Neuer, Mr.
and Mrs. l. B. Thatcher, Mr. and Mrs. A
Myers, Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Oldroyd, Mr.
and Mrs. Sydney Burgess, Mr.. and Mrs. A
Burgess, Mr. and Mrs H. Wheeler, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. o. Raymond, Mr.. G. H. Freeland,
Mrs. Josephine Hamacker and Mrs. Emily
Hughes.
Mrs. Henry J. M. Howard and Miss Inez
M. Howard, 221 Sd street southeast, will be
at home February q, from 3 to 6, for the
last time this season.
After delightful visit of two months in
Petersburg and Richmond, Miss Lena Will
kin will return home Wednesday. She will
have as her guests her cousin, Miss Nell
waine of Petersburg and Misses Livesey
and Barksdale of Richmond.
Mrs. Spooner, wife of Senator Spooner.
gave a beautiful luncheon today, when her
guests were Mrs. Harlan, Mrs. Hay, Mrs.
Shaw Mrs. Foraker, Mrs. Kean, Mrs. Dol
liver. Mrs Newlands, Mrs. Oliver, Mrs.
Higginson, Mrs Audenred, Mrs. Kuser,
Mrs. R. 1. Fleming and Mrs. Walcott.
Mrs. Clarence F. McMurray of Troy. n.
Y, is a guest of Mrs. Green, 1877 Massa-
chuSetts avenue.
DIR. Anita Newcomb MCGEE is in the city,
the guest of her parents, Prof. and Mrs.
Simon MCGEE and will be one of the guests
of the Secretary of Agriculture at the
cabinet dinner Tuesday evening.