Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-31
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
BALL AT ME-. AND
MRS. WAISTS TONIGHT.
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No event in many years has aroused the
keen interest which the fortunate and
much-envied guests are showing in the
ball at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh tonight. Over two hundred
guests will be present, and all are to come
in fancy dress and wearing masks. Only
the host and hostess will be in ordinary
evening dress. There are small cards upon
which the name of each guest is written
accompanying the invitation, and these
will be presented. A supper, served at
small tables, will follow the unmasking at
midnight and the cotillon will follow.
At the marriage of Miss Pauline Morton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Morton, to
Mr.. j. Hopkins Smith, jr., in st. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal Church, New York
city at o'clock Saturday afternoon, Feb
raary T. the maid OF honor Dr., VIII ILL De r MISS
maids will be Miss Lily Lee Page, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Page; Miss Martha
McCook, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John ].
McCook OF New York; Miss Matilde Town
send, Miss Katharine H. Elkins, Miss Flor
ence Rowland and Miss Jean Oliver, all OF
this city. Mr.. Smiths best man will be
his brother, Mr.. ST. John Smith There are
to be eight ushers. The Rev. DR.. Ernest
M Stires the rector of st. Thomas. Is to
officiate at the ceremony, which will be fol-
lowed by reception at the residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton, 1888 Park avenue.
The reception hours of Mrs. Bonaparte,
wife of the Attorney General. at the Port
land tomorrow will be from to o.
Mrs. Cortelyou, wife of the Postmaster
General, will not receive tomorrow.
Senator William A. Clark was at the pier
yesterday in New York to meet his wife
and their eldest child, who will be in this
city with him throughout the season. Mrs.
Clark and her two children have been at
their Paris home since last fall, after
lengthy automobile journey with the SEN
ator in France and Switzerland
Miss Agnes and Carrie O'Keefe Of
New York city are in the city for the holt
days, the guests of Nine. Francois Viboud.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. J. Farley will entertain at
a party in their honor this evening.
Ambassador and Mrs. Whiteaw Reid are
staying with Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles
and will be entertained tomorrow at dinner
at the Russian embassy.
Mrs Kean and the Misses Kean will give
a dinner tonight for Miss Christine Roose-
vert Of New York, who is staying with
them.
Mrs. May Dunan Bancroft, who came on
from New York for the holidays, has de-
cidod to remain with her aunt, Mrs. George
A. Myers. until January Is. They will be
at home Wednesdays at No. Grant place.
Miss Kate H. Fish, for fifteen years head
articulation teacher at Gallaudet College,
has been appointed principal of the Penn
sylvania Ora: School for the Deaf at Scran-
ton. A fareweIi reception to Miss Fish was
held at the home of Dr. E. NJ. Gallaudet.
She was also the CUES: of honor at numer-
Gus dinners and lunches during the holiday
season Miss Fl:h has many friends in CAL
vary aDtist Church and Is favorite in
many other Washington circles.
Miss Dorothy Morrow is spending the
holidays with hel grandmother, Mrs. c. B.
Smith
Mrs. Alexander Britton has cards out for
young peoples dance on Friday evening,
January 4, at the Chevy Chase Club, for
her young schoolgirl daughter, who is home
from Bryn Mawr during the holidays.
Miss Lena -cr6on of Petersburg, Va. has
been spending the holidays the guest of
Mrs. NJ. A. Chiles, 300 Elm street. She will
return home next Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Short of Englewood. N. J..
are spending the holidays in Washington
and are stopping at the residence of Mrs.
Brooks, wife of Captain Brooks, On Goth
street. Capt. Joseph P. McCrink gave a
party at his residence last evening in honor
Of Mrs. Short.
A masquerade and domino dance was
given last Thursday evening at the resi-
dence of the Misses Emma and Minna
Schafer on Vermont avenue. Amid
Christmas decorations the guests CO.
quoted and mystified each other until II
o'clock, then, unmasking for the supper
dance, pretty feature followed like
figure in the german, wherein all were
individually introduced by the charming
young hostesses. The Christmas color
dance programs and some of the costumes.
as Winter" Holly" and Christmas
Tree" Others represented Mother Hub
bard Colonial Girl" Carmen But
dour.'' Fortune Teller" Spanish Girl"
"Shepherdess," Might" Dutch Maicen,"
Poppy" "Columbine," 'Pierette. Prince
"Chinaman," Spanish Cavalier" and
knight" Four cadets from West Point
successfully impersonated two Sailor
Boys" AUNT .r Dinah" and Caesars
an unusually clever Clown" Buster
Brown and the huge Lemon Twins.
Miss Marion Crowell of New York city,
formerly of this city, was entertained at
the residence of Miss Maude Kei.,e-. 128
9th street northeast, Thursday evening
AFTER several interesting games were
played refreshments were served. Fol-
lowing this musical selections were ran
dered by Misses Schneider and Ev: Ms
and Mr.. Peacock. Among those present
were Misses Marion Crowell, Maude Kei-
ser, Grace Schneider, Irene Myrtle, Car
RE Evans, Louise Leimbach, nellie Bar
Der, Mabel Roberts, Edith Ray, Mcss.s.
w. j. Brooks jr., E. Trey, H. Gordon, r.
Young, G. Lewis, r. Hart, S. Peacock, ].
Topping, w. Wilmington, F. Hanks, v.
Keiser and H. Keiser.
Thursday. December %, a number of
friends of Mrs. Henry Pennywitt met at
her residence, No. 80 9th street southeast.
to pay their respects and present her
with handsome manipulated pitcher as
farewell gift. Mrs. Pennywitt Is soon
to leave for Pittsburg, Pa, where her
husband, Mr.. Henry Pennywitt, has re-
Gently been appointed in charge of the
local office of the weather bureau at that
place. During the evening refreshments
were served and violin solo rendered by
Master William Beck, accompanied on
the piano by Mrs. Hersey. Those present
were Mrs. E. H. Pitcher and daughter
Lois, Mrs. H. Hesse, Mrs j. Beck and son.
William Beck; Mrs. Hersey, Mrs d. N.
Walford and daughter, Mrs. c. Murroe
Mrs Geo. Ide, Miss Cora Beeber, Mrs G.
w. Smith, Mrs. Sara Starr, Mrs. Bear.
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